33 episódios
Queertronica Podcast Saeleen Bouvar
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Saeleen Bouvar stands as the visionary behind the groundbreaking TRANSTRONICA Festival, now entering its third consecutive year as the world's first and only electronic music festival featuring a purely trans lineup. Renowned for her sets saturated with queerness, Bouvar crafts narratives brimming with passion and sensuality, igniting dance floors and evoking a palpable intensity that leaves bodies glistening with sweat.
Since its inception in May 2017, Bouvar has served as the Salonnière of Salon Queertronique, infusing Hamburg's club scene with vital TransVisibility behind the decks. Drawing from over three decades of queer club culture, her sets are a testament to her profound understanding of the genre. With a philosophy rooted in "Recreate-Restore-Reform," she resurrects the sonic essence of historic gay discos and later queer clubs, seamlessly blending them with contemporary elements to forge a wholly new experience. Bouvar's signature sound exudes a refined, feminine elegance, effortlessly traversing realms from disco and Chicago house to acid house, electroclash, and techno.
Her expertise in queer club culture is matched only by the electrifying performances she's delivered at prestigious events across europe. Bouvar has graced stages at Fusion Festival 2019, Vogelball 2022, Kinky Sundays, the Queer Bcademy, Hirscheneck in Basel, her own Salon Queertronique, and left an indelible mark with her unforgettable appearances at the TRANSTRONICA festival.
As both founder and curator, Saeleen Bouvar continues to push boundaries and challenge norms within the electronic music landscape. With TRANSTRONICA, she not only celebrates Trans* artists but also fosters an inclusive space where music and identity converge to create moments of pure liberation and ecstasy.
For further informations and bookings, please write to: saeleenbouvar@gmail.com
Live appearances:
30 Mar 2024, Voices4Berlin, 90Mil, Berlin
09 Mar 2024, TRANSTRONICA Salon, C*ntenservice, Kampnagel Hamburg
01 Jan 2024, Kinky Sundays, PAL Hamburg
21 Oct 2023, Glitters in Dust, Berlin
14 Oct 2023, TRANSTRONICA Festival, Madame Arthur, Kampnagel, Hamburg
19 Sep 2023, Queerpool, Südpol, Hamburg
05 Aug 2023, Kinky Sundays Pride, CSD Pride Special, Hamburg
21 May 2023, Safer Spaces, Chosen Family, Eeden, Hamburg
30 Apr 2023, Kinky Sundays Revolution, PAL, Hamburg
01 Apr 2023, Queer Bcademy Emotional Space Age, "Mirage", Kampnagel, Hamburg
11 Mar 2023, Le Salon Queertronique, "Technomouna", Kampnagel, Hamburg
06 Nov 2022, The Future is not Female, Qvartr Gallery, Hamburg
15 Oct 2022 Le Salon Queertronique, "A la recherche du T perdu", Kampnagel, Hamburg
28 Aug 2022 Queers Against Nature, PARKS, Hamburg
06 Aug 2022 Vogelball, Hamburg
06 Aug 2022 Kinky Sundays Roof, CSD Pride Special, Hamburg
04 Jun 2022: Voguing Ball Afterparty, Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
20 May 2022: Rundum Club, Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
14 May 2022: TRANSTRONICA Festival #3: CELESTE, Kampnagel, Hamburg
26 Nov 2021: Fine Space, Kampnagel, Hamburg
20 Nov 2021: Queerpool, Südpol, Hamburg
23 Oct 2021: Private Event, Edelfettwerk, Hamburg
19 Sep 2021: Feminist Futures Salon, PARKS, Hamburg
27 Aug 2021: There Is no satisfaction No.4, Regelwidrige Körper, PARKS, Hamburg
07 Aug 2021: Spektakel 2021, Command Queer, Gängeviertel, Hamburg
30 Apr 2021: Queer BCademy: Take it to the Streets, Hamburg, Kampnagel
19 Mar 2021: [sic]nal Radio Live Stream, Hamburg, Übel und Gefährlich
23 Oct 2020: Feuertonne #3: Le Salon Queertronique, Hamburg, Kampnagel
04 Oct 2020: Kinky Sunday´s Garden, Hamburg, MS Dockville
31 May 2020: Kinky Sunday´s Stream on PAL [TV], Pal Hamburg
06 Mar 2020: Le Salon Queertronique, Chapitre 5: Sissy, Elektrojahre einer Kaiserin, Hamburg, Kampnagel
14 Feb 2020: Queer Bcademy: House of Hope, Hamburg, Kampnagel
31 Dec 2019: Silvesterparty im Hirschi, Basel, Hirscheneck
01 Nov 2019: Dragslot: Three Years Dragslot & Dyane Prozaks Birthday Bash, Hamburg, Dragslot
26 Oct 2019: Perlon
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Queer House Odyssey Part 3 @Voices4Berlin
Very thrilled to share the last part of my House Odyssey Trilogy showcasing the past, the present and the future of House Music. This set, played for the Voices4Berlin for the Trans Day of Visibility 2024 starts off with a 90s house banger enriched and thickened with latin rhythms, honouring the latina trans queens of the 90s and today, finishing with a travel back in time to highlight the early 80s latin influence in House Music. Please have a ton of fun with this set.
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Oriental Coentenservice @ TRANSTRONICA Salon Queertronique
At the last TRANSTRONICA Salon Queertronique, I wanted to combine oriental rhythms and sounds and merge them together with electronic beats. In this set, you can hear the result out of this beautiful fusion of belly dance beats, egyptian Mahraganat, as well as turkish Sezen Aksu mixed together with vogue beats into a world trip through sound.
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TRANSTRONICA 2023: House Odyssey Part 2
After a long time, I decided to continue to post my sets again. This one is a very special one, because it is partly the set I played at the TRANSTRONICA festival 2023, although without the sickening vocals of Hausvrau. It is a trip through the 90s, a wild ride through House, Breakbeat and 90s Rave.
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Queer House Odyssey Part 1@PARKS
So I decided to rework the second part of my set and to offer you a trilogy of House with three of my performances in 2022. Initially, this was the set, I played for the Queer Bcademy @PARKS Hamburg. In this first part, the focus is on early House music, mainly from the late 80s. This era has a very special feel to it, it is the time, electronic dance music evolved to this certain club sound between Wave, Pop, House, Acid and what will later be known as Techno. Enjoy!
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Oriental Voguing Inferno @Vogelball 2022
This is my set from the Vogelball 2022! It was my very first time playing there and my very first time, the crowd was going absolutely crazy from the first second of it! Be prepared to enjoy a set through fierce voguing beats, house excellence, electronic abstraction and oriental rhythms all woven into a melodic tale.
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TRANSTRONICA Day 3: Celeste @Kampnagel
The TRANSTRONICA Festival was the first ever electronic music festival with an all trans* lineup. As the curator and founder, I set myself on the last evening, called "Celeste". It is about time to summarise my set filled with what I would call is 100% Saeleen Bouvar: sickening beats, oriental influences, Acid sounds and melodies to die for.
It is a non stop dance mix, so please have fun with it.