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SkriptKid

Josh van RielDJ, producer, coderManchester

Re-programmed, re-wired and re-inspired to feed you hedonism re-coded byte by byte.

eat sleep code repeat

Identical twins. Same code, different compiler.

Identical twins. Same code, different compiler.

Josh

Josh build --depth-first

Josh: undiagnosed, but he's certainly not normal. Will hyperfixate on literally anything.

Kaine

Kaine build --every-tab-open

Kaine: raging ADHD, and equally hyperfixative. Every tab open, every idea at once.

They work together on music, DJ visuals and code. Neurospicy superpowers.

Away from normal.

Both twins on the same four axes. Tap a name to trace one.

Psychological analysis: extremely unscientific. No twins were harmed in this analysis.

the Neurospicy side

git blame stats.txt

Josh
Autistic: a bit, corrected to: more than his fair quota
Hyperfixative: off the scale, !! (crossed out: very)
ADHD: some (crossed out: a dash)
Normal: barely, corrected to: lol
Kaine
Autistic: barely (crossed out: some)
Hyperfixative: very, corrected to: equally
ADHD: off the scale, corrected to: raging
Normal: barely, corrected to: nope

Same frame, different tune.

  • Josh

    good at hyperfocus

    Locks onto one thing and doesn't come up for air until it's done properly.

  • Kaine

    good at mad ideas, tangents

    Sets off for A, comes back via Z with a better idea than A.

Where the two sprays meet, the ink pulls together into a pair of curly braces, one for each of them: Josh's locks into focus on the beat, Kaine's throws ideas off at a tangent.

The Visuals Twins

The picture: a stage building itself out of truss and scaffolding, its LED walls running a showreel of loops under a The Visuals Twins ticker, moving heads and lasers; Josh and Kaine in silhouette in front, seen from behind, each at a VJ console facing the stage.

The twins' VJ and visuals content creation company. Kaine pioneered it, and over the years it has gone by a few names: DJVB, DJ Visuals Builder, StageLoops and Artificially Awake. Now it is The Visuals Twins. Kaine has been making visuals for 21 years, and it shows. Josh has been at the desk beside him for plenty of them. They build the content and play the shows together.

the credits, to name a few

Screens they've filled

A few of them. The full list is far too long to remember.

The Visuals Twinsvisuals fora few of many

TomorrowlandGlastonburyCreamfieldsCalvin HarrisDavid GuettaSwedish House MafiaAviciiJustin BieberBBC Radio 1Carl CoxDiana Ross
Reading & LeedsBoomtownEXIT FestivalEric PrydzPete TongChase & StatusBurna BoyCentral CeeSean PaulRoyal Albert HallLamborghiniMOBO AwardsMercury Awards
Annie MacTinie TempahJamie JonesAdam BeyerAndy CDimitri Vegas & Like MikeJax JonesJames HypeGreen VelvetAsakeAitchHeadie OneTiwa SavageThe StreetsKaty BSofi TukkerMKUB40Shy FXFlux PavilionWilkinsonThe Warehouse ProjectPrintworksDrumshedsfabricAlexandra PalaceAmnesia IbizaSpace IbizaUshuaïa IbizaHï IbizaPrivilege IbizaDefectedCream at AmnesiaParadiseDrumcodeZoo ProjectBBC Radio 1's Big WeekendFA Cup FinalsAbsolut VodkaGrey Goose
Hannah WantsHannah LaingBen HemsleyPatrick ToppingEats EverythingDixonÂmeGhettsMiss DynamiteArrDeeDanny HowardSteve LawlerDarius SyrossianSam DivineFelix da HousecatSurgeonSlamRebekahBlawanBru-CSW4SnowbombingParookavilleJunction 2LatitudeLongitudeBoardmastersShangri-LaHideoutDo Not SleepInnervisionsWe Love Sundays at SpaceLe Grand BazaarOnyx IbizaStudio 338SankeysIbiza RocksOcean Beach IbizaOmnia BaliAlbert Hall ManchesterRadio 1 DanceBBC Radio 1Xtra LiveBBC Radio 1 Live IbizaBBC Radio 2Rated Awards
Miss MoniqueK-TrapM HunchoOcean WisdomFrankie Stew & Harvey GunnCrossyDimensionD.O.DFrictionGreyHowlingBouGabzyKWNMATTNSomedaysUltrabeatA.M.CSpace MiamiXOYO CubesIronworksDepot CardiffWe Are FestivalHigher LoveZurich OpenairDoof in the ParkDnB Allstars AmsterdamInto The WoodsCrucastMy Home Is the RaveANTSTogetherUnder EventsTimecodedChase & Status Halloween Ice RinkAsake Nigeria TourBBC IntroducingBBC Radio 5BBC Asian Network LiveBBC Radio 1 Teen AwardsDrum and Bass Arena Awards

and many, many more

Hyperfocus

All the way down. Through a screen, into a screen, into a screen. Keep scrolling: we will bring you back up.

  • the studio
  • front of house
  • the club
  • the visuals desk
Reckless With Your Love (SkriptKid House Edit)

Reckless With Your Love

Reckless With Your Love (SkriptKid House Edit)

SkriptKid House Edit. Original by Azari & III.

tempo
132 BPM
length
out

soundclouddownload

ls -la ~/music

josh@manchester ~ $ ls -la ~/music

total 17 (12 originals, 5 edits)

Originals and edits, with length and upload date
TypeGenreLengthUploadedTitleWaveform
originals
Dark Horse
Dark Horse (Artificially Awake Remix)
Dark Horse (Mark McMahon Remix)
Syncopate
Syncopate VIP Dub
Controlling Time
Doppelgänger
Doppelgänger (Instrumental)
Cutting Teeth
Unorthodox
Acid House
Acid Jam
edits: free downloads, symlinked to the artist
Reckless With Your Love (SkriptKid House Edit) -> Azari & III
Percolator (SkriptKid Edit) -> Green Velvet
Without Me (SkriptKid DnB Remix) -> Eminem
Insane In The Brain (SkriptKid Snatch My Crops DnB Edit) -> Cypress Hill
White Lines (SkriptKid Remix) -> Grandmaster Flash

DJ Mixes

Two processes. Still running.

Two Boomtown studio mixes, 6 hours 13 minutes between them.

  1. DJ mix 01

    Boomtown 2026 DnB Mix

    Length

    A high-energy studio mix inspired by the madness of Boomtown 2026.

    Drum & Bass, 4x4, House, Rave, Bass, Techno ·

    Listen on SoundCloudWatch on YouTube

  2. DJ mix 02

    4 Hours Of Hedonism: Boomtown 2024 DnB Mix

    Length

    Studio mix, inspired from 5 days on full send at Boomtown 2024.

    DnB, Trance, Hardcore, House, Techno ·

    Listen on SoundCloudWatch on YouTube

Committed.

Coder by day, Producer by night

$ git commit -m "SkriptKid"

no undo on skin

How did we get here?

  • SkriptKidnow
  • Slavemusic: Dark Horse, 2018
  • StudioSlaveteaching Ableton

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  1. SkriptKid (skriptkid.ts:2023)Re-emerged as SkriptKid; first upload Dec 2023 (Without Me DnB remix), catalogue uploaded Aug 2024. Founder of SoundOps.
  2. code (self-taught.ts:2018)Self-taught developer: LAMP, then MERN, then Next.js and TypeScript; AWS certified 2023; senior full-stack engineer.
  3. hiatus (life.ts:2015)After a few years running nights across Mallorca and Manchester, he stepped away from music to learn to code.
  4. degree (uni.ts:2015:2018)BA First Class Honours, Electronic Music Production and DJ Practice. Dark Horse released as Slave on Vulcan Recordings (VCN001).
  5. StudioSlave (adsr+udemy.ts:20000)Josh's educational alias and online learning platform for Ableton, mostly house and techno; no longer running, but its courses, with over 20,000 enrolments, are still on ADSR and Udemy, and its videos on YouTube.
  6. PointBlank (london.ts:2013)Electronic Music Diploma, Point Blank London.
  7. army (british-army.ts:2008:2015)HNC in Electrical and Aeronautical Engineering (SEAE); later a physical training instructor in adventurous training, teaching scuba diving and skiing.

RewireError: re-programmed, re-wired and re-inspired.

StudioSlave

// teaching, as

StudioSlave

Josh's educational alias and online learning platform for Ableton, mostly house and techno. StudioSlave is no longer running, but its courses are still on ADSR and Udemy, and its videos on YouTube.

20,000+enrolments on ADSR and Udemy

StudioSlave on UdemyStudioSlave on ADSRStudioSlave on YouTube

// music, as

Slave

His artist name for music before SkriptKid. Dark Horse came out as Slave in 2018 on Vulcan Recordings, with remixes by Artificially Awake, Mark McMahon and Noise Floor.

VCN001Vulcan Recordings, 2018

Dark Horse on SoundCloudDark Horse on Spotify

Other things

josh@manchester ~ $ tmux attach -t other-things

Five panes, one brain. Scroll and the focus moves pane to pane.

  1. SoundOps

    The music-industry platform he founded. This site runs on it.

    soundops.io

  2. Audiolancer

    A marketplace where producers and vocalists trade acapellas.

    audiolancer.io

  3. StudioSlave

    His Ableton teaching name, no longer running: the courses are still on ADSR and Udemy (over 20,000 enrolments), the videos on YouTube.

    12:slave, more on StudioSlave

  4. joshcodesbest.com

    His developer portfolio: senior full-stack engineer, AWS certified, self-taught.

    joshcodesbest.com

  5. The Visuals Twins

    The VJ and visuals company Josh runs with his twin, Kaine.

    thevisualstwins.com04:awake, the twins and their visuals
  • seal, encrypted
  • while(alive)
  • sk(): the motto, decrypted as it passes the head
  • hello, world

SkriptKid, Josh van Riel, Manchester · eat sleep code repeat