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As with the band submissions, we had a ton of entries from DJs wanting to spin at C20. Choosing a small number out of such a wealth of talent is never easy, and we thank each & every one who was interested in the event. Here is our official line-up!
(Convergence 20 DJs: -Who They Are -Where You Can Find Them On the Internet - Where They Spin/Where They Spun - What They'll Be Spinning at C20)
- DJ Fross (London, UK)
https://www.facebook.com/frossness
Events: Semi-official(!?!) Convergence DJ...forced out of retirement once again! :) Convergences V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII and XX
Genres: The "golden age" of ebm/industrial and mixed/mashed-up screaming into whatever works.
- voodoo (Seattle/Hollywood/San Francisco)
https://www.facebook.com/voodoodj
Events: Club Iguana; Diskotek Nekromantika; House of Voodoo; Convergences X, XII, XIV, XV, XVI, XIX
Genres: Gothic rock, classic industrial, deathrock, darkwave and eighties, with a twist of glam thrown in for flava.
- DJ :Garz: (Milwaukee)
https://www.facebook.com/romankaze
Events: Sabbatic; Club Anything; Sanctuary (Milwaukee); Neo (Chicago); C19; DarkFlower (WGT)
Genres: All dark styles, focus on EBM & Synthpop with a little 90's German goth rock for good measure.
- DJ Mike Textbeak (Cleveland)
https://www.facebook.com/mike.textbeak
Events: Various nationwide; Hellfire monthly in Cleveland.
Curator of TXTBK's CHVяCH XV BяXK3N 7ANGvAG3 Radio
Genres: Classic Goth, Classic Industrial, Grave Wave, Witch House
- DJ Wednesday (Portland, OR)
https://www.facebook.com/DJWednesdayPDX
Events: Brickbat Mansion; CXIII; formerly Bar Sinister, Violaine; Generation Death radio
Genres: Shoegaze Goth Darkwave Post-punk Dreampop Ethereal
- DJ Arcanus (Boston)
https://www.facebook.com/djarcanus
Events: The Attic, Boston; WGT (Leipzig); CII, CVI; Xiled Radio
Genres: Industrial, EBM, Powernoise, IDM
- DJ Skeletal (St. Louis)
https://www.facebook.com/djskeletal
Events: Rapture; Conspiracy; St. Louis Gothic webmaster
Genres: Industrial, Dark Electro, Goth, Dark Wave - all eras.
- DJ SailorGloom (Washington, DC)
https://www.facebook.com/sailor.gloom.9
Events: Midnight; C12; Stuttgart-Schwartz; Galaxy (Honolulu); Agents of Empire DJs
Genres: Darkwave, Synthpop, EBM
- DJ Dave Bats (Long Beach, CA)
https://www.facebook.com/releasethebatsclub
Events: Release the Bats, New Church, Helter Skelter
Genres: Classic Gothic, Deathrock, and Dark Alternative
- DJ Peroxide (Chicago)
http://www.facebook.com/djperoxide
Events: Bittersweet; Shimmer; Machina
Genres: New and Classic Goth, Darkwave, Post-Punk & Dark Alternative
- DJ DirtNap (Chicago)
https://www.facebook.com/Matthewbinswanger
Events: Seizure; Back to the Grave; Blacklist; Unbound (Chicago)
Genres: Goth, deathrock, punk, industrial, minimal synth and whatever else sounds good and dark.
- DJ Schadenfreude (New Orleans)
https://www.facebook.com/GothicNewOrleansWithoutOontzOrCrack
Events: Shadow Gallery
Genres: Trad goth, mashups, swirl, New Romantic, death rock, non-techno industrial.
- DJ Toast (Chicago)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bashert-Productions/255430684526103
Events: Various current & past residencies at Vision, 950, neo, Darkroom, etc.
Genres: 80's New Wave, punk, post-punk and maybe a little psychobilly and deathrock.
- DJ Meowsoleum (Leo Alme, formerly DJ Cadaverine; Chicago)
https://www.facebook.com/Cadaverine00
Events: Unbound; Back to the Grave; Blacklist.
Genres: Gothic Rock, Post-punk, Deathrock, Darkwave
- DJ Wormwood Star (Austin, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/funeralparadeatx
Events: Funeral Parade; CXIX
Genres: Deathrock, old and new, post-punk, dark punk, and occasional nostalgic favorites.
- DJ CarrieMonster (Chicago)
https://www.facebook.com/carriemonster
Events: formerly Hex; Post Mortem; Swing from Your Rosary (Chicago)
Genres: "Goth, duh. Probably more punky goth stuff."
- The Pirate Twins (Scary Lady Sarah & William Faith; Chicago)
https://www.facebook.com/thepiratetwins
Events: Many Convergences; Nocturna; The Lonely Tarts Club; Back to the Grave; Shimmer; Machina; When We Were Young; WGW; etc, etc. etc……..worldwide.
Genres: New dark alternative