Circuit

10/19/2026

We’re going off grid November 14th for a special Circuit Showcase event, celebrating Juheun’s birthday!
Prepare for an undisclosed warehouse, Funktion One Sound and a night dedicated to the music and the people who make it what it is. If you signed up for our RSVP list or are already part of our community, check your email now for access to your discounted early bird ticket before tickets go on sale to the public on November 2nd!
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NOV 14 // CIRCUIT SHOWCASE // LOCATION TBA
Juheun
Michelle Sparks
Mullen
Kevin Phillips
LIFTER
LILENE
No Stylist

10/15/2026

We’re taking Circuit off the grid for our next gathering.
A secret warehouse location. A night dedicated to the music. And something a little different in the works.

Full announcement drops Monday, but access starts with the list.

Our RSVP community gets first access to discounted early-bird tickets before the public release.

Get on the list. Stay in the loop.

🔗 RSVP via the link in bio.

10/14/2026

Our Circuit founders are headed to Amsterdam with RAWthentic Music and MUSIC+ 💥

Catch them at the Oosterbar October 22nd for the RAW label party at Amsterdam Dance Event alongside:

Carlo Lio
Carabetta
donnerstag
Joris Turenhout
Simon Field
Elias Gabriel

09/25/2026

We sat down with SHADED ahead of his show in Phoenix tomorrow night and here’s what he had to say about the tracks that helped influence his sound:

“These are 5 tracks that have sound tracked my life while simultaneously influencing my own personal productions journey. Nostalgic, classic, and timeless music that I can listen to on repeat.”

Track IDs:

SUBLIME - DOIN’ TIME
AIR - LA FEMME D’ARGENT
DR. DRE (FEAT. SNOOP DOGG) - STILL D.R.E
DUBFIRE - RIBCAGE
TELEPOPMUSIK - BREATHE

09/23/2026

09/23/2026

Meet our sound selectors for this Saturday 09.26.

SHADED
A restless architect of nostalgic future music, Shaded fuses driving psychedelic grooves with funk laced basslines, remixing his own catalog live in real time and refusing every trend in his path to pull the dancefloor somewhere it has never been.

SEAN WATSON
A longtime force in the Phoenix underground, Sean Watson brings years of instinct behind the decks and a deep musical vocabulary to every set. Moving fluidly through house, deep grooves and left-of-center selections, he knows how to read a room, build momentum and keep the dancefloor locked in.

VICTOR CASTLES
A familiar face in the Phoenix underground, Victor Castles is all about the groove. Rolling through house, tech and late-night rhythms with ease, his sets are made for those after-hours stretches when the room locks in, the groove gets deeper and nobody’s ready to stop dancing.

DRYRUB B2B James Edwards
Fresh faces in the Phoenix dance music community, these two groovers share a deep love for the sounds of the underground. Making their debut behind the decks, they’re warming up the night with funky beats, and fresh energy. Get ready to move.

09/21/2026

🤖 THE MACHINES ARE TAKING OVER.

Everyone is a DJ now. Not because everyone really loves the music, but because 'everyone' is a bigger market than 'DJs' ever was.

47 seconds is the average attention span on a screen today. In 2004 it was about 150 seconds.

That drop didn't happen because we got lazier. An entire industry figured out that faster and easier sells better, and content got built around keeping us consuming. DJ brands ran the exact same play.

Between 2004 and 2013 the gear got cheaper, smaller, and easier to use. Not for the culture but for the corporate machine.

Turns out you can turn any niche into a mass market if you strip away enough of what made it a craft in the first place.

No industry escapes the machine. Music, media, gear, eventually it all gets optimized for the widest possible buyer.

Is this level of accessibility progress, or is it just consumerism finding its next target? Tell us your thoughts in the comments.

09/18/2026

A little Phoenix dance-floor history coming full circle.
For years, Sean Watson’s BFF (Big Fun Fridays) BFF Phoenix at Bar Smith was part of the fabric of Phoenix’s underground electronic music scene — a long-running night built around good music, good people, and a proper dance floor.
In 2018, Sean brought SHADED to Phoenix for the first time for BFF’s 5-year anniversary. And on September 26, SHADED returns to Phoenix for Circuit at The Drop, with Sean back behind the decks on support.
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SHADED + Sean Watson + Victor Castles + Dryrub B2B James Edwards
09.26 // Circuit at The Drop // Phoenix, AZ

09/17/2026

It got steamy last time SHADED was in town! 💦

He’s back September 26th at The Drop PHX
with support from:
Sean Watson
Victor Castles
alp_chino
James

Tickets now available on RA.

09/16/2026

He calls it nostalgic future music. Contemporary tracks built for how he wants to hear them. With roots in minimal techno on Dubfire's own label SCI+TEC. SHADED now drops deep grooves on labels like Dirtybird and Trick. He's never chased a trend once, and it shows.

Before dropping dope records, before three Xone K2 controllers and a rig small enough to stay flexible on stage, SHADED started in punk. Every set since has been a live remix of his own catalog. No two nights the same. Which means the version of SHADED you catch at The Drop PHX on September 26 exists exactly once.

Catch him LIVE at Circuit Presents Shaded September 26th.
Location: The Drop PHX.
Tickets Here: https://ra.co/events/2518653