DAUSTEG is the DJ duo Are Mokkelbost & Tony Wilson, aka Single Unit & Spykidelic.
Each night has a theme which serves as a rough guide for what records we bring to the venue. Eclectic to the bone we mix music from polarized genres and demographics, off piste as well as dance-inducing music, always favouring the experimental, visionary and idiosyncratic.
DAUSTEG is improvised and we record straight from the mixer as we play. It is about the two of us playing each other records we like, responding by layering tracks for contrast or compliment - simply thinking out loud via other people´s music. It is NOT about beatmixing, genre subscription or playing requests.
We prefer to play one off gigs in special locations. When possible we use our own light man to create a complete DAUSTEG setting.
INTERVIEW
Here is an interview Ultima Festival did with Are Mokkelbost about DAUSTEG (in Norwegian).
DAUSTEG CONCERT NIGHT
THE CHURCH IS A REVERB CHAMBER: In August 2009 we were asked by Ultima Festival to organize a concert night in Jakobskirken in the DAUSTEG spirit. We invited Tri-Function Million, Mick Barr and Mount Kimbie to play for us in Oslo. Afterwards we played a two hour Dausteg set, introduced by hooking up the electronic church organ to a Tenori-On. And we got light man Kyrre Karlsen to do light for the night, using only yellow and white lights, strobes and smoke.
