"I love eating cake — but when I play, I turn into the knife that cuts the cake."
「喜歡吃蛋糕，但放歌時會變成切蛋糕的那把刀。」
Sugarcoated Blades
Active in the Taipei underground music scene, younger dryas is a DJ, curator, and multicultural activist, as well as the founder of the queer collective — nectar. As the core driving force behind nectar, younger dryas focuses on the cultivation of queer culture, utilizing "Feminine Practice" to actively engage with issues of gender and body politics. They spearhead cultural interventions on the dancefloor to dismantle stereotypes and reconstruct diverse bodily experiences — transforming nectar from a mere party brand into a vital sanctuary for community connection and collective healing.
In both visual and sonic aesthetics, younger dryas perfectly epitomizes "cuteness within chaos" and "Cute Accelerationism" — upholding the ethos that cuteness is the ultimate truth. This aesthetic orchestrates a high-energy collision between high-saturation, sugary symbolism and the radical edge of underground club music. As younger dryas says, "I love eating cake, but when I play, I turn into a knife to cut the cake." Operating dynamically between day and night, sensibility and danger, they carve out a brand-new sonic trajectory for queer culture — one that is simultaneously a fierce sensory provocation and a profound emotional journey.
younger dryas 是活躍於台北地下音樂場景的 DJ、策展人與多元文化行動者，亦是酷兒派對組織 nectar (瓊漿玉液) 的主理人。作為 nectar 企劃的核心推動者，younger dryas 專注於酷兒文化的發展，透過「陰性實踐」切入性別與身體政治的議題。以當代女性主義者的概念為理論基礎，在舞池中展開對抗刻板、重構多元身體經驗的文化行動，使 nectar 不僅是一個派對品牌，更是社群連結與文化療癒的實踐者。
在個人視覺與聲音美學上，younger dryas 完美實踐了「混亂中的可愛」與「可愛加速主義」——主張可愛即真理。這種美學將高飽和度的甜美符號與地下俱樂部的激進感進行高能對撞。如同younger dryas所說的「喜歡吃蛋糕但放歌時會變成切蛋糕的那把刀」。在白天與夜晚、感性與危險之間，為當代酷兒文化開闢出一條既具備感官挑釁、又充滿情緒深度的全新聲音路徑。
Diverse Textures & Visceral Beats
The sonic architecture of younger dryas is propelled by a deeply body-inclusive, high-energy groove and the heavy sub-bass pressure of Bass Music, infused with nectar's signature fluid energy. Passionate about excavating the sensual warmth of Latin Club elements alongside mutations of Reggaeton, Kuduro, Bouyon, and Dancehall, they boldly absorb the heavy percussive drive of Hard Drum and the polyrhythms of Middle Eastern and African percussion. By restructuring sounds of intense visceral percussion, younger dryas translates primal bodily movement into a potent energy that reshapes dancefloor politics.
Within their curation, this organic, commanding cross-regional diaspora groove is seamlessly stitched together with the cold, metallic fragmentation and non-linear structures of Deconstructed Club. Constantly weaving highly diverse layers into the mix, younger dryas creates a sonic tug-of-war between high-velocity Jersey Club kicks, rapid Jungle breakbeats, and the sugary, high-frequency motifs of "Cute Accelerationism"—masterfully manipulating a highly dramatic sonic duality that acts as a dangerous fantasy sweet like cake, yet sharp like a knife.
Abruptly dropping out amidst fierce, razor-sharp rhythmic assaults to slice into heart-tugging, emotional interludes, the binary evolves into multiplicity, compelling the dancefloor into a state of ultimate release—suspended between the extreme chaos of spatial distortion and the warm, sensory resonance of collective healing.
younger dryas 的聲響架構以極具身體包容性的高能律動感與 Bass Music 低頻為核心推進力，並注入了 nectar 標誌性的流動能量。他熱愛挖掘當代拉丁俱樂部元素，還有 Reggaeton、Kuduro、Bouyon 與 Dancehall 的變體，完美融合 Hard Drum 強烈的重型打擊推進，更大膽吸納中東與非洲打擊樂的複節奏與變奏。透過重組具備強烈本能敲擊感的聲音，younger dryas 將身體的本能舞動轉化為重構舞池政治的能量。
這股有機且強烈的跨地域離散律動，在他的編排中與解構俱樂部的冷冽金屬破碎感、非線性結構完美縫合。藉由在混音中不斷精準疊加多元且豐富的聲響層次，younger dryas 在 Jersey Club 、Jungle 的高速碎拍與可愛加速主義極致甜美的高頻符號之間相互拉扯，操縱著極具戲劇張力的聲音雙重性——化身為如蛋糕般甜美、卻如刀刃般鋒利的危險夢幻。
在猛烈且銳利的節奏突襲中突然抽空、切入觸動心弦的情感瞬間，二元在此進化成多元。這迫使舞池在空間扭曲的極端混亂與集體療癒的感官震盪中，達到最深層的釋放。
Spaces & Movements
Lineup: BB RENEGAY (JP) · Kyra Yu · Lethal Pixie (JP) · Rydeen (AU) · XAN · Yona
Radio & Recorded Sets
nectar
More than a party brand — a vital sanctuary. nectar cultivates queer culture in Taipei through Feminine Practice: cultural interventions that dismantle stereotypes and reconstruct diverse bodily experiences, holding space for community connection and collective healing.
不只是派對品牌，更是重要的庇護所。nectar 以「陰性實踐」深耕台北酷兒文化：在舞池中對抗刻板、重構多元身體經驗，為社群連結與集體療癒撐起空間。