DJ_DAVE RELEASES LIVE-CODED SINGLE “AWAIT”
The Los Angeles-based electronic producer and live coder known for her ethereal electronic production, DJ_Dave has just shared her latest video-single, “Await”—the latest cut from her upcoming debut project, Hardcore Software––releasing October 2nd via Mad Decent. Hard-coded line by line in Strudel, the self-produced emotional club track is carried by DJ_Dave’s chopped-up vocal hook while hallucinatory synths surface and dissolve underneath it. The accompanying performance video was self-shot by DJ_Dave at Homeboy Recycling in Los Angeles, an electronics recycling facility—one of 14 sites of Homeboy Industries—which is the world’s largest reentry organization for formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people, serving more than 10,000 individuals annually, providing comprehensive social services and job training. Dave elaborated on the location choice, “since we’re constantly bombarded with the sociological and environmental fallout of big tech & AI ventures, I wanted to shine a light on the positive work that Homeboy Recycling is doing with electronic recycling, reuse, and secure data destruction.”
DJ_Dave has rolled Hardcore Softwareout across three singles this year: “one4u” “Fail-safe”, which she wrote in ten minutes, and July’s “Next to U”, whose power-fifth lead melody came out of a mistyped comma in Strudel, her live coding environment. Beatport named her to its Next Class of 2026, Grimes booked her for a Met Gala afterparty, and Frank Ocean selected her for Homer Radio. She spent August on festival stages including Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party, and plays Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival on September 6th. The Hardcore Software Tour, her first as a headliner, opens at the El Rey in Los Angeles on October 1st, and nine dates supporting horsegiirL on the Nature Is Healing Tour carry her through North America and Europe from late October into December.
THE HARDCORE SOFTWARE TOUR + SELECT NATURE IS HEALING TOUR DATES WITH HORSEGIIRL
MORE INFO & TICKETS HERE
The Hardcore Software Tour + Select Dates on the Nature Is Healing Tour:
08/07 – Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
08/09 – Capitol Hill Block Party – Seattle, WA
09/06 – North Coast Music Festival – Chicago, IL
10/01 – El Rey – Los Angeles, CA
10/03 – Gods & Monsters (The Midway) – San Francisco, CA
10/16 – Elsewhere (The Hall) – New York, NY
10/17 – Bar Le Ritz – Montreal, QC
10/21 – The Eastern – Atlanta, GA*
10/23 – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA*
10/27 – HISTORY – Toronto, ON*
10/31 – Roadrunner – Boston, MA*
11/21 – Art Club – Houston, TX
11/25 – Huxleys Neue Welt – Berlin, DE*
11/27 – L’Élysée Montmartre – Paris, FR*
11/30 – Trix – Antwerpen, BE*
12/01 – Melkweg – Amsterdam, NL*
12/04 – O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK*
*Support for horsegiirL
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