DJ E shocked the world last year. Self-released without external promotion, E Crampton Chuquimia’s de facto debut as chuquimamani_condori spread by digital word of mouth, quickly taking over a corner of the internet patrolled by experimental music obsessives. While E’s artistic innovations have been heralded as genius since the mid 2010s, less attention has been paid to their work as an actual DJ. At Krakow, Poland’s NOISE-themed unsoundfestival festival last week, they showed both sides of their artistry. Their main billing was a dazzling, but brief, live “intervention,” performed for a massive crowd on Thursday, the first of the festival’s three “club” nights. The night before, however, they stood behind the decks for a much longer set at a much more intimate venue. In this small room, bathed in colorful light and fog, wearing an off-white cowboy hat and a burnt-orange Travis Air Force Base hoodie, E looked loose and locked in as they spun far-flung source material into songs that ...