TRANSMUTE presents driving industrial techno from Vitamin1000 DJ mothbot and hypnotic rhythms from live act Adra (Direct to Earth). Transmute residents Stridah and Mas kick things off with their eclectic mix of broken techno and leftfield acousmatics.

mothbot (Vitamin1000)
Adra (Live)
Stridah
Mas

As an enigmatic force in the San Francisco music scene, mothbot draws inspiration from the allure of the night to captivate crowds with mixes of experimental textures, relentless techno, and the chaos of industrial noise. Her sets carry an unapologetic attitude and impulsive raw energy influenced by her upbringing in punk and underground scenes. mothbot is a resident of SF-based collective Vitamin1000 and hosts her monthly show, wish fulfillment, which features guest mixes by experimental musicians and friends, on Oakland-based Lower Grand Radio.

Adra, aka Alandria Sheffer is a heady and technical gear-based producer and live act based out of San Francisco, California. Originally hailing from Las Vegas, Adra moved to the bay to escape the desert heat, but it seems obvious that she’s brought to the bay a bit of heat on her own with her original music and Live P.A. Adra’s very much an underground techno phenomenon, having pushed aside many other things in her life in order to keep her head locked within her gear, as such, you might have to know someone or be already heavily involved in the scene to have to get to know what is stewing in her musical pot. In a way, that’s almost better since her music and focus are pure, while her dedication remains deeply true to the pursuit of techno that is at once both original and issues a challenge to the world techno scene at large, making her music a joy to discover and cherish as one of the many intriguing forces defining the SF techno scene to date.