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DJ Nocturna

I'M STILL DARKER THAN THE DARKEST NIGHT EVEN UNDER THE MOST MISERABLE SUN.

About Me


I'm a radio and club dj, promoter and artist. Welcome to the darkside. I spin 80s, dark 80s, death rock, gothic, industrial, EBM, dark Electro, ethereal and darkwave music. You can send me an email at [email protected]
I host a radio show on KTUH 90.3 FM in Honolulu called A Feast of Friends every Saturday night from 6pm to 9pm where I passionately play the music that I mentioned. If you want to see a playlist for what I play, please write me and ask me at [email protected]
I also spin from 9pm to 11pm every Wednesday night at LOFT (115 North Hotel St) an event called "TOTALLY 80s" with G-Spot, Quicksilva and guests. Much recognition has to go to Acid Wash, a night held at NEXT DOOR created by Mike Licata, aka Vegas Mike in 2005. Along with Vegas Mike, G-Spot, Quicksilva and myself, Acid Wash was a successful weekly event where crowds filled the dance floor until 2am. Thank you Mike Licata ! Mike has moved on to new ventures and doing very well. He will be returning back to Hawaii occasionally and you can catch him at TOTALLY 80s.
"Totally 80s" continues the the wonder and beauty of the 80s at the LOFT with myself, G-Spot and QuickSilva.
I also promote an event called Camera Obscura every First Saturday of the month, held at the Loft (115 North Hotel St). Camera Obscura features performers, dancers, goth, dark 80s, darkwave, dark electro music with visuals and a themed party every month. Rotating Djs in the goth/industrial scene spin at Camera Obscura. If you like my radio show then you should check out Camera Obscura and support the dark alternative music and culture. If you want to know more about Camera Obscura, please read about it in my blog.
Charles Baudelaire said "...that which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal: from which follows that irregularity-that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are an essential part and characteristic of beauty."
There is a mystery attached to the beauty of imperfection. Pierre Augustus Renoir believed that beauty of every description finds its charm in variety. He said regularity, order, desire for perfection (which is always a false perfection) destroy art. The only possibility of maintaining taste in art is to impress on artists and the public the importance of irregularity. Irregularity is the basis of any art.
If you believe in the same philosophy and you're as dark as me if not darker, add me as your friend and send me a message so I can add you.
If you're a band or artist from any of the genres that I play and you want me to listen to your music for possible airplay, please send me a message. Thank you.
THEY CAME ALONG THIS ROAD....



RESIDENCIES
“A Feast of Friends” KTUH 90.3 FM (See below for more info) Every Saturday night 6pm to 9pm playing Gothic, Industrial, EBM, Ethereal, Darkwave, Dark 80’s and Dark Narrative Rock*
TOTALLY 80s at LOFT, (115 North Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii) Every Wednesday night 9pm to 2 am playing 80’s dance music, new wave, dark 80's. I spin from 9 to 11 pm so come early if you want to catch my set.
Camera Obscura every first Saturday of the month at the LOFT (115 North Hotel St) playing Gothic, ethereal, darkwave, dark 80’s with monthly guest DJs.
I host a radio show called A FEAST OF FRIENDS every Saturday nights from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on KTUH 90.3 FM in Honolulu, Hawaii's only alternative radio station. A Feast of Friends features gothic, industrial and various forms of dark electronic music, ethereal and dark narrative rock music. Sometimes my guest(s) includes talented people in the community, from actors, playwrights, directors, artists, poets, Djs, bellydancers and independent artists of all genres etc... You can access KTUH on the following:
90.3 FM Honolulu
89.9 FM Windward
91.3 FM Northshore
843 Digital Cable
Main Office No.: 808.956.5288
Request Line: 808.956.7261
Please log on to KTUH's website for more information: www.ktuh.org
Many thanks to the Honolulu Weekly and staff, the Oahu newspaper that provides its readers weekly news of the local scene with independent entertainment, provocative coverage examining issues on music, art, film and theatre events.

My Interests



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I'd like to meet:

My inspiration in music and literature, Nick Cave

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Nick Cave... dark and creepy. You're a bi-polar genius, with equal passion for the most degrading aspects of humanity, as well as the beauty & wonder of God and Heaven.
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"The Ladders of life that we scale merrily move mysteriously around so that when you think you're climbing up, man in fact you're climbing down into the hollows of glamour, where with spikes and hammer with telescopic camera, they chose to turn the screw..." Nick Cave

Johhny Indovina of Human Drama

and.... the most beautiful dead girl and lovely bride...

Music:



Death rock, 80’s, gothic, industrial, ethereal, darkwave, some EBM, dark electronica, classical, classic rock, old school soul/funk Motown, blues, trance, trip hop and dark narrative rock.

Eclectic blend of music genres ranging from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kirlian Camera, David Bowie, The Doors, :wumpscut:,Voltaire, Human Drama, Johnny Indovina, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Kate Bush, Die Form, Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Portishead, Girls Under Glass, Clan of Xymox, The Last Dance, The Joy Division, New Order, Attrition, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Smiths, Nina Hagen, Blonde Redhead, This Mortal Coil, Soil and Eclipse, Poe, Love and Rockets, Switchblade Symphony, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cult, Gene Loves Jezebel, John Lennon, America, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Led Zeppelin, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Styx, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Delibes, Queen, …and so forth

Movies:

Check out the Livid Looking Glass, the dark alternative magazine on the web. You can log on to www.lividlookingglass.com
Livid Looking Glass is also on My Space- http://www.myspace.com/lividlookingglass
Hiroshima Mon Amour, An American Beauty, Eyes Wide Shut, Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist, Nell (Jodie Jodie Jodie fiilms), Silence of the Lamb, Hannibal, Lolita (Adrian Lyne), Unfaithful and others directed by Adrian Lyne, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway and others by David Lynch, The Others, What Dreams May Come, Somewhere in Time, The Hunger, The Graduate, Caligula, The Goodbye Girl, The Man who wasn't there, Wings of Desire, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Donnie Darko, Cemetary man, The Virgin Suicides, PI, Requiem for a dream, The Cook, the thief, his wife and her lover, Betty Blue, The Eye (the Pang Brothers), The Pianist, Closer, Pulp Fiction, Wolf, Black Orpheus, Memento, Following, Forrest Gump, the Prince of Tides, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Eyes of Laura Mars, Love Actually, The Village, Wicker park,The Red Violin, Tipping the Velvet, Memoirs of a Geisha.

Television:

I don't watch TV.

Books:

Any metaphysical books or erotic literature that takes you on a journey into the unknown....George Bataille, literary theory, etc..

Heroes:

Anyone who I would consider an independent thinker and goes against the grain.

My Blog

EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, SAT, NOV 1 @ LOFT (115 N. Hotel St)

CAMERA OBSCURA celebrates love, death and rebirth. Camera Obscura presents a ritual known today as Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.  November 1 marks the time when the deceased could retur...
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:21:00 PST

Thank you for coming to Camera Obscura on Sat, Oct 4, 2008

Thank you for coming to Camera Obscura ( A Tribute to Rock & Roll) on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the LOFT. It was an awesome night and good times ! Thank you to Lana Saldania, DJs Modboy, Periwi...
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:40:00 PST

Lana Saldania & Camera Obscura in Midweek. Thank you to the Midweek.

Lana Saldania and Camera Obscura in Friday, October 3 edition of Midweek, page 18. Thank you to the Midweek staff. Nocturna
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:16:00 PST

Thank you for coming to ART AFTER DARK, Friday, Sept 26, 2008 at the Honolulu Academy of Arts

Thank you also to everyone who came to ART AFTER DARK at the HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ART last night, Friday, Sept 26 for the BRITISH ARE COMING ! It was a good night and I appreciate all the positive feed...
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:36:00 PST

SABRINA FOX Video from SAUDADE Sept 13

If you missed SAUDADE on Saturday , September 13 at the LOFT, here's a glimpse of the BEAUTIFUL and DAZZLING SABRINA FOX. The Duende touches the heart and Saudade continues to yearn in the soul. I LOV...
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:50:00 PST

Spinning at ART AFTER DARK, FRI, SEPT 26

I will be spinning at ART AFTER DARK on the last Friday of this month, Friday, September 26 at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. See below. ARTafterDARK is the Honolulu Academy of Arts' monthly art party...
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:01:00 PST

CAMERA OBSCURAS TRIBUTE TO ROCK -N- ROLL AND LANA SALDANIA

PRESS RELEASE Promoter: Nocturna The next monthly themed event Camera Obscura is on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the Loft (115 North Hotel Street). Camera Obscura presents Back on the Streets with L...
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:39:00 PST

TOTALLY 80s in HONOLULU WEEKLY’S NIGHTSHIFT. THANK YOU HONOLULU WEEKLY AND STAFF, DEAN CARRICO

Check out the write up on Totally 80s in Today's (Wednesday, September 17, 2008) Honolulu Weekly's Nightshift page 10. Thank you to the Honolulu Weekly and Staff, Dean Carrico ! TOTALLY 80s ...
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:44:00 PST

Thank you for coming to SAUDADE on Sat, Sept 13

On behalf of Kalae and Shakti Dance Movement, we want to thank eveyone who came to Saudade on Saturday, Sept 13 at the Loft. The theme, Saudade, is a Portuguese word. It  denotes a loss, an inexp...
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:53:00 PST

Another Day..Hauntingly beautiful cover by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

 Just wanted to share...a fleeting  thought as the phoenix rises to Another Day.,.One of the most beautiful love songs ever written with sad duende lyrics is Roy Harper's Another Day. Most people will...
Posted by DJ Nocturna on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:53:00 PST