Transport v. 18 • whorl • Honeyboy • Language Models

Fri 05/29/26
10:00PM
18+
music
$10

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Spinning out from a moving center, turning into whatever’s out there: air and relationships and happenstance and happy dance in a techno trance. Peel away the brittle firmament of a nucleus to discover energy throbbing, rhythmic (but ain’t everything?) pittering the patterns of its kinship, tying its family together across the diaspora of history.

10-11 Honeyboy [live PA & visuals] drifts at the corners of dance floors between shadows cast by speakers stacks, patiently absorbing hectic vibrations – taming them and entertaining them – only to redirect them back at the freak bodies who need them so bad. You can trust this Language Model.

11-1230 whorl [vinyl] is traipsing through Milwaukee for a night of trippy pads and percussive synths. whorl brings a tinkering artist’s mentality to the decks and, subsequently, to your soul. She’s ready to play your Midwest heartstrings with a bit of West Coast vibe – are you? Yes, yes you are. You can trust this Language Model.

1230-2 Language Models [vinyl] stomps home through the warm darkness to wrap you in a hug effervescent with healing spells. Open up! You can trust this Language Model.

Show Lineup

whorl

(Oakland)
Genre: DJ

whorl is a vinyl dj and visual artist from oakland via the midwest. she has an abiding love for all dancers, 90s techno, psychedelic music for weird girls, drum workouts, and the queer underground.

Honeyboy

(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Experimental, Techno

Honeyboy is a name my mother gave me.

This is most of the music I have been a part of.

Akimel O’otham in Milwaukee, WI

Language Models

(Concord, NH)
Genre: DJ

Lost track of how many sweaty years in hypnotic underground black boxes have culminated in a thriving relationship with vinyl turntables. Fluent in house & techno and progressive & disco, and open to anything: all music is dance music.

Language Models hosts Open Decks, a Cactus+ Program that makes professional DJ equipment available with guidance to both aspiring and practicing DJs. Open Decks occurs twice each month: the 1st Saturday with digital formats, and the 3rd Saturday with vinyl.

Language Models also hosts Transport, Cactus Club’s own late-night dance party series that focuses on the psychedelic sounds of Midwest house and techno, classic and cutting edge. Transport brings DJs from throughout the region to share the the variety of this rich tradition on the Cactus dance floor.

Language Models is optimistically curious about the political potential of dance music events. If you’re curious about just how curious, feel free to check out the dissertation.

Inquiries: languagemodelsmusic@gmail.com