Bobby Beethoven

Legendary DJ blurs genres with intense, experimental sets.

Ashland Mines, known as Bobby Beethoven and formerly Total Freedom, is an influential DJ who significantly shaped the US queer underground and the "deconstructed club" sound. Based in Los Angeles and New York, his sets are renowned for their chaotic, unpredictable, and genre-agnostic nature. Mines utilizes CDJs as an expressive instrument, crafting long-form compositions from disparate elements like Brazilian funk, R&B acapellas, movie samples, and death metal. He was a regular at GHE20G0TH1K and co-founded the pivotal Wildness party in Los Angeles. His recent activity includes an RA Podcast in September 2023 and a performance at Unsound 2025. Bobby Beethoven's confrontational yet playful approach continues to redefine the boundaries of club music.