Hailing from Southern California, Beth Cohen aka @ladylavendersound is a DJ, party starter and dancer. Splitting her time between New Orleans and Washington DC, she is known for her serious yet upbeat approach to dance music. Lady Lavender's sound is selective but carefree, and always with a dance floor in mind. She enjoys playing on both vinyl and digital mediums, within the spectrum of house, techno, electro, breaks, disco, garage, and more. 

Her b2b alias with fellow DJ Nile Ashton is Secret Handshake (@secrethandshakevip) - in which they curate shows combining underground electronic music, visual art, and dance. Her most recent project is N*S*F*W (@nsfw-nola) - a b3b with DJs D1ME (@d1meee) and Gabriela (@soundsbygabriela), throwing quarterly parties that cater to lovers of leather & techno. Here in DC she has become a regular in the underground, playing with collectives such as Hast Du Feuer, 140+, Dance Club and more.

GUEST MIX #20: LADY LAVENDER

“for the club, not the faint of heart...”

Nile Ashton is a multi-instrumentalist turned DJ/producer from Durham, North Carolina. Now based in New Orleans, and with over a decade of experience DJing and producing events in any setting imaginable, he has honed in on his multi-faceted, multi-genre approach to underground dance music that combines modern club sensibility with a classic understanding of rhythm and groove.

He is also one-half of the power DJ duo Secret Handshake @SecretHandshakevip, alongside the DC-based Lady Lavender @LadyLavendersound. This project explores the musical styles of electro, breakbeat, and techno with a mission to lead the cutting edge of faster, darker, and heavier underground dance music for the new generations. Through their sets and thoughtfully envisioned events, the duo has made waves, introducing new audiences to the darker side of club music & garnering praise from long time enthusiasts.

As the Musical Director of The Rabbit Hole, a popular New Orleans music venue, Nile continues to help curate and shape the landscape of the underground community in New Orleans, balancing it with the city's rich cultural history and reputation for total, unhindered creative expression.

GUEST MIX #21: NILE ASHTON

@good_xtreme is a DJ & Producer based in New Orleans, Louisiana.  His music brings together sounds from both modern & nostalgaic dance music styles recycled into tight, future-forward tracks & mixes that span a wide range of rhythmic styles & invite you to melt away your notions of genre and the relationships between all styles of electronic party music.

Tracklist:
1. Phenix - Clockwise [1991]
2. Billy Daniel Bunter - 90 Bleeps & Bass (South) [2023]
3. The Sounds of Silence - Kick It! [1993]
4. Pal Joey - Partytime [1990]
5. Guy Contact - Smoke Machine Fluid [2019]
6. Jialing - Oh No! [2022]
7. Body Program - Don't Loose The Faith [2020]
8. Stefan Goodchild - Silvah [2021]
9. Violet - Burn The Elastic [1995]
10. Rainbow Bridge - The Party [1996] (Redance Edit)
11. Muzz - Git Into it Git Funky [1989]
12. Satin Storm - Can't Wait [1990]
13. Corticyte - Waveguide [2021]

GUEST MIX #22: GOOD XTREME

"A high energy set of house consisting of long technical blends, recorded and mixed on a Mastersounds rotary straight through. No editing or touch ups." A raw mix from the records of NYC’s very own Roman Martinez.

Tracklist.
Javonnttee- piano man
Prince - 17 days (Tony Loveless edit)
Laroze- More
Louie Vega- A day in my life
Gay Marvine- Luvly One
Reuben Wilson- Got to get your own (Tony Loveless Edit)
Midnight Magic- I found love (BHQ Passion vs. Desire Dub)
FloorPlan- What you need
Saison- Moments
Garrete David- The Message Hasn’t Changed
Greg Paulas & Taylor Bense- Do You Love Me (Martinez Bros. Edit)

GUEST MIX #23: ROMAN MARTINEZ

@virtue_signal aka Sam Haque is a DJ, producer, writer, and heathen who proudly calls New Orleans home.

Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, he spent his early childhood years in Osaka, Japan and then Maryland, USA before eventually digging his roots into New Orleans.

His origins in music & nightlife were on the dancefloor, a sacred space of free expression and catharsis. He started out as the sweatiest dancer in the New Orleans underground/DIY scene, and hustled his way through the community to take on a variety of roles - nightlife journalist, artist liaison, and artist manager. Over time, he found his own voice as an artist, and continues to hone his craft on the decks as well as in the studio.

TRACKLIST
1. A Sagittarian - Burning Crystal
2. Richie Hawtin - Mind in Rewind
3. Ido Plumes - Been Here
4. Amor Satyr & Siu Mata - Aquarius
5. Sunju Hargun - Phaya Naga (INN Remix)
6. Shinra - Anxsrv
7. plant43 - Cirriform Surface
8. WAVESENSE - DOPPELHELIX
9. Scape One - Sequence Memory
10. Darin Marshall - Sibilance
11. Solar X Brother Nebula - S.I.S.
12. MATHESON - Harbour
13. Laars & Cosmic G - Irregular Minds
14. Jeku - Aalto
15. Abdul Raeva - Hard Discount Primitivo
16. Bliss Inc. - Higher, Vision
17. Cromie - All in the Mind
18. Opal Sunn - Proton Dance
19. Pascale Project - Feel
20. Paranoid London - The State of That
21. Human Movement - Rabbit Hole
22. *DJ Bone - Black Patterns (Len Faki Hardspace Mix]
23. Mr. Sosa - Low Pressure
24. *Sansibar - Fantasmas
25. *Kelela - Contact
26. *Scott Grooves - Inspiration Sound
27. *Mario - Let Me Love You [virtue_signal 2-Stepper Edit]
28. virtue_signal - End of the Road
29. virtue_signal - In Reverie
30. virtue_signal - We Found a Way

*= Music by Black artists - support black artists for Black History month!

GUEST MIX #24: VIRTUE SIGNAL

GUEST MIX #25: MALCOLM BRAVO

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