Miscellaneous
I could not not publish a mix for Pride month, so I dived back in, like the boy in Hockney’s painting, and got to work. unlike Alice, instead of falling down the rabbit hole, we fell down the PC hole. this time around, I chose to pay homage to queer trailblazers, past, present, and future. with sounds that are bigger than life, anthemic, eclectic, bizarre, these artists help break the mould. they show us a way outside heteronormativity and help us embrace our true selves. the way some of these artists create - turning what is usually regarded as scraps of noise into a beautiful mess called art - is also a good metaphor of queer people living in a society that disregards them and casts them out. this mix is a celebration of the bizarre, the unique, and the flamboyant. love is free, baby. as we slowly learn to be together again after a harrowing year, this is an invitation to lose yourself in a crowd of sweaty bodies. it is an urgent rallying cry to dance as an act of resistance, it is a call to fight for the emancipation of all queer bodies. the name “pac choi” is a play on words between my name, Pacôme, and a staple vegetable of South-East Asian cuisine, Pak Choy. ?