A few years ago, US DJ and producer C Powers made an offhand comment to me on Twitter about their drag background. I was intrigued and asked for more info, and they told me that they had DJed for the “trashtastic” House of Gunt for half a decade before moving from Savannah, GA, to the west coast (they’re currently based in Portland, following a stint in LA). A long time later, I asked them if they’d be interested in doing a mix in the spirit of the House, and after several months of hard work it's here. It’s been worth the wait. To go back to Gunt, you may be familiar with the concept of Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent, made famous by Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Gunt sidesteps away from the glamour towards Garbage, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talons. Their own description for me reads as follows:
Drop dead scandals from subterranean sutures in middle crust’s culture killing sabotage seek bittersweet repentance.
There’s an interview with the queens here, where they discuss their “southern swamp legacy” (ironically featured in a magazine with Drag Race winner Sasha Velour on the cover).
Outside of music, Cici has been heavily active in anti-displacement work in recent years. When they moved to LA in 2019, they joined the Los Angeles Tenants Union, helping working class and undocumented families organise against unethical landlords and gentrification in North Hollywood. Upon moving to Portland a year later, they became a co-founding member of Don’t Evict Portland, a tenant-lead organisation that is working to build tenant power and delay, reduce, or eliminate the harm and violence of eviction. Their work in the real world blends into their work as an electronic musician and deejay.
The mix is positively uproarious, with themed sections (just look at the tracklist) brought together by some true musicianship and skills, all interspersed with live recordings from a night at Gunt. We’ve got classic acid, Bmore, vogue, club music and even a rare collaboration from Towa Tei and Kylie Minogue. This one puts the dirt in get down and dirty. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Shakedown - At Night
Bok Bok & Tom Trago - Pu$$y track
Teanna Taylor - WTP
KW Griff and Booman - Work This Pussy
Dukeyman - Doggystyle (Eat This Pussy)
Schwarz - COLA (My pussy tastes like…)
Maurice Joshua - I Got A Big Dick
Helix - Dick Track
Lil Jay - Get Off My Dick
Geeman - Bang’t
Mason - Fashion Killa ft Stefflon Don
Dj Delish - TINA
Robbie Tronco - Walk 4 Me (The Payless Pump Mix)
M&M - So Deep So Good
B. Ames - Sniffles (The Bump Dub)
Shannell - Fuck Me Daddy
Dat Oven - Icy Lake (L-Vis 1990 remix)
Dj Tray - You Name It
Cousin Cole - Chicken Moose Rhino Monkey
K Hole Kardashian - Chicken Wrapz
Calvo Music - Can I Pet That Dog?
Gendered Dekonstruktion - The Future Is Non-Binary (Boy Pussy's ‘No Techno TERFs at the Rave’ Remix)
Chicago Bad Boys - Menergy
Towa Tei & Kylie Minogue - GBI
Dj Delish - SNACK DADDY
MikeQ - Ms. Honey vs Curtains for U
Snappy Jit - Bumpa
Katie Perry - Plastic Bag edit