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@chriscruse closed out The Grove stage on Thursday night, completing the Club Toilet trifecta with Jeffrey Sfire and Ryan Smith. He sent the crowd into a frenzy with a beautiful set of euphoric house music.

Campout Mix Series: Chris Cruse

PRNCPTL 10 Years | Omoloko

recorded at Pornceptual's 10 Years Anniversary in Berlin

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PRNCPTL 10 Years | OMOLOKO

MUSCLECARS

@deezys at Hemlock Hole on Friday afternoon.

“A very special thanks to the Honcho crew for this year’s Campout and for letting me share this set. This was the 4th Honcho Campout I attended and I can’t count the number of times a DJ or artist has made me lose it in the best way at Hemlock Hole. So getting a chance to play a daytime set there was really exciting but daunting. I played this set on day 314 of the genocide in Palestine. As a Palestinian in this current moment, trying to find a voice or create moods in music has felt beyond heavy. Is this a time for moments of joy? For dancing? What does it look like to participate in a dance floor when the world in this moment seems utterly unjust? 

I honestly wasn’t quite sure how to tackle this set. So after a lot of overthinking, I stepped back and poured over nearly all of my records over the course of 5 months. I picked ones that have kept me going this past year, many of which I had never played out before. These records, I hope, highlight the beauty of dance music, the resistance heard in the especially black, brown and queer artists who shape this music, and the importance of participating in a space that feels urgent and irrevocable to the queer community. As I played this set, I wore the words of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who reminds us: “And we love life if we find a way to it. We dance between the martyrs and raise a minaret for violet and palm trees.” Free Palestine.”

Campout Mix Series: Deezy

TRACK ID's

Yothu Yindi - Treaty (Djulpan/Seven Sisters Mix) - Hollywood Records
Lil Louis - 7 Days Of Peace (Feeling Better Dub Mix) - Dance Mania
Dymond - Wild About Your Love (House Mix) - D.J. International Records
Garcia (The Latin Rouge) - Let’s Do It - Dirty Blends 
Saturn V - Your Mind - Crème Organization 
Amplified Orchestra - Electricity - Amplified 
Anaxander - Acapelove Crowd - Tasteful Nudes 
No Theory - Devil’s Dance - Sin & Soul Records
Jump “Chico” Slamm - Househall - Cajual Records 
Blackadiscomental - Atmosphere  - Jordan Fields Re-Edit
Ibex - Oasis - Planet E 
T.M. - Sunrise From Diemos - Flux White
Grey People - DCGWIO - Proper Trax 
Simba - Three Kays - Stripped & Chewed
Unknown Artist - Untitled - A Love That Never Dies 
Mark Grusane & Eric Schwab - Carburetor - Disctechno
Farley Jackmaster Funk & Ricky Dillard - It’s U (Sample Mix) - D.J. International Records
Chaz & Joi - Sexy Dancer (Sexless Dub Mix) - Paragon Records 
Nikki - Feel The Music (Let The Music Take Control)(Dance Mix)  - FoReal Recordz 


20_I94_ShaunJWright

This is my closing set recorded live at Faggots Are Women in NYC. FAW isn’t one of those mid parties begging for attention, promising collective moral high ground without doing anything. This party is an entire world—full of gags, friendship, and intention. The art, copy, door policy, sound, lights, chill areas—and its very existence in today’s USA—is T. It bubbled up from a scene that needs it, agitates the status quo, and doesn’t seek outside validation—IYKYK.

Its theme: “Faggots are FLINTA*s: Escape from Berlin.” We know New Yorkers love to say “Berlin is over” (while others say NYC is over). Some say Berlin is known for cheap living, liberated mindsets, world-class nightlife, and hot people - but it’s also dark and easy to disappear. For me, how you feel there has always been an inkblot test: it depends on who you are right now. 

But since Oct 7, 2023, Berlin has changed radically. A place known for freedom of expression has descended in to a McCarthyist hellscape for pro-Palestine activists. Cultural institutions cooperate by silencing dissenting views, and police enforce this with overtly racist brutality. It affects everything — everyday life, art, music, dancing and fun.

Obviously the political situation is similarly bleak in the US. It feels like a bizarre time to celebrate, but also a critical time to be together with the people you love. This is why the level of intention here is important: worldbuilding by and for a community, even just for a night, has the power to nourish us in so many ways.

And so I tried to match that level for the closing. Not gonna spoil the references, but they are thick and deep, and call on some very important voices. It’s usually hard to listen back to a live set without focusing on the flaws. But in this recording, I think of Charlene giving me a quick face beat en route, the unsure gays when I started, the grind-train of culturatti dolls towards the end, and the gaggle of Colombian queers losing it for Shakira. The room was unhinged and alive, full of the best. This is for those who were there—and for those who get it.

Live at Faggots Are FLINTA*s

@bpm131bpm

Arraigado en la escena de la fiesta queer, 131bpm proyecta en su sonido una amplia gama de influencias musicales que incluyen Fierce Diva House, Classic Detroit Electro, Groovy Progressive de los años 90 o música latina obscena, sus producciones y sets son sudorosos, sexys y llenos de bajos, voces desagradables y percusiones.
Elliot como le decimos sus amigos es residente de @body_language_bln , fiesta itinerante con base en Berlin y @vitamina_milano
un encuentro que ocurre en Milan que fusiona musica y artes.
131bpm se está forjando una reputación como DJ y productor, celebrado por su distintivos blends “mueve colas” y ritmos intensos que claramente encontraras en este mix que preparó para @pordetroit.

TRACKLIST

Destiny Cloud - Sun Phase
Carolina Marquez - S.E.X.O.
Spiritual Vibe - Sus Besos (Drums Mix)
Wigs - Closer Into Me
Red & Blue - Give Me Love (Dan Welton's Blakkat Mix)
Andy Notalez - Acid Tongue (Notalez Sharp Mix)
Peter Presta - Dance or Cry (Funky Junction & Dj Cytric Baila Dub Mix)
Lula ft. Papa Joe - Last Night A DJ Save My Life (D-Unity Dub Mix)
Dan Welton - Touchin' My Brain (The Headz Jumbo Shebang Mix)
PPJ - Dropi Dropa
Chico Blanco & TTRRAACCAA - Sexy Serpiente
131bpm - Purple Zone
Victor Kubin - Blunt
Wigs - Move To The Sound
Spun0ff - N.O.C.H.E (Blu:sh Remix)
Sequential & Kleph - Chuppa Me (Part Drums Mix)
Sunday Noise & Francisco Allendes - Dembow Blow
Brenda - Tinfa Protocol
Florentino feat. Baby Cocada - Hysterika
jtamul - Hadi Ikile
JIALING & Farsight - TWISTER
Lektor Scopes - My Intentions

PD101 w/ 131bpm

originally from rural Illinois, Jacob Meehan crystallized his deep relationship with music during his 15 year tenure in Chicago - spending time producing parties, he became a pivotal booster in America's burgeoning queer scene back in the early 2010’s 

his DJ style is an eclectic blend of machine and soul that transcends and captivates, and since moving to Berlin in 2016, he's become one of the driving forces as a curator behind two major events much beloved by the queer community: Buttons and WHOLE Festival

tune in for 90 minutes of Jacob's eclectic groove from Queen! at smartbar

Smartmix 85: Jacob Meehan

01 REC-2025-09-13 and yes 4 yesterday's -3

I Feel You (Issa Sacha)

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Simon Sim's & Tymers & Luny - I Feel You (Issa Sacha)

Honey Soundsystem Potcast

HNYPOT 351: Will Automagic's End of the Night All Night

Eris Drew is one of those artists who seemed to blow up over night, but who had actually been hard at work for decades. A long-time residency at Chicago's Smart Bar brought her to international attention, and her own Motherbeat parties at various places around Europe furthered that reputation. It is there that she manages to cook up pure, unadulterated dance floor love and euphoria with hi-energy selections and a unifying sense of oneness that is put together with her own so called “orchestration” mixing techniques. An inquisitive musician and innovative recording artist, she has also just put out her debut solo EP on Interdimensional Transmissions and runs T4T LUV NRG with partner Octo Octa. 

This week's mix is all of the above and more: a throbbing, impulsive and full bodied experience that serves up the most bumping house grooves but run through with the warm ambient glow of a post-rave comedown. The music feels at classic but also thoroughly contemporary: it will make you pump your fist in sheer joy, but also sends warm waves of euphoria through your body. This is the sound of the Motherbeat.

Eris on her mix:
"In a recent interview for DJ Mag I talk about my connection to the song “Secrets of Mediation” by Dutch producers Alex Dijksterhuis (Jamez) & Gaston Steenkist (Dobre). At Chicago raves in 1994 and 1995, this track revealed to me that modern dance music contains archaic ritual elements such as trance-inducing resonances, penetrating sacred drums, and language transformed into glossolalia. My DJ mix for Dekmantel is inspired by my formative dance experiences and by the intense extended sets I play at psychedelic raves such as Motherbeat and No Way Back. The mix includes bass music, progressive, breaks, house, techno, and minimal, all of which I collage, drop and scratch to put us into a tunneling trance."

Full tracklist here: dkmn.tl/270-ErisDrew

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 270 - Eris Drew

Saturday night at the Downlow

💖🌱 to @gideon_dj_official for having me, and 🙌🏼 to Jonny Woo on the mic 🎤. 
More sets available at: http://thenycdownlow.com

Saturday night, 26 June 2019
0100-0230
Mixer: Vintage Rodec MX180 MKII

Glastonbury Festival 2019

Live at NYC Downlow, Glastonbury Festival 2019

Just in time for Berlin Pride, we bring you a series of recordings from the last Cocktail d'Amore at Griessmuehle. In this, LA DJ and Spotlight honcho Chris Cruse moves through the gears from head-down steppers to euphoria-inducing rave pianos and strings.

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Live from Cocktail d'Amore - Chris Cruse

Rubi & Chris b2b, recorded in Berlin Friedrichshain.
Watch the full video including the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0giY7a4sDi8&ab_channel=Dr.Rubinstein666

Quarantine FM #19 Dr. Rubinstein & Chris Cruse

⭕️ Founder/resident of @spotlight-la party + label
⬇️ Upcoming Dates ⬇️
18 Oct - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar (b2b2b with Massmiliano Pagliara and Luigi Di Venere)
20 Dec - LOSO (Richmond)

Previous 🌴
06 Sep - House Therapy (Ljubljana)
13-18 Aug - Crew @ Honcho Campout
09 Aug - TeQCno Fierté (Montréal)
08 Aug - LOSO (Richmond)
02 Aug - Pines Party (Fire Island)
26 Jul - Club Raum (Amsterdam)
25 Jul - Multisex (Berlin)
24 Jul - Möbel Olfe (Berlin)
02 Jul - Fagbash (Provincetown)
28 Jun - smartbar (Chicago)
27 Jun - Merge Pride (NYC)
26 Jun - Block9 @ Glastonbury Festival
14 Jun - Kalt b2b Massimiliano Pagliara and Luigi Di Venere (Strasbourg)
07 Jun - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
07 Jun - IsBurning x Fluid (Utrecht)
31 May - World Pride Capital Cup (DC)
25 May - dbar. (Detroit)
24 May - Club 🚽 Crew (Detroit)
10 May - Just Like Heaven Festival (LA)
09 May - Vice Underground (LA)
04 May - Spaghetti Strap (NYC)
02 May - Heatsink (Denver)
01 May - Sound Metaphors ♡ FREE PARTY ♡ (Berlin)
20 Apr - Gay Haze (Brussels)
19 Apr - Snax @ Berghain / Lab.oratory 
29 Mar - Stereo621 (Mannheim)
28 Mar - Power Dance Club (Berlin)
02 Mar - Multisex (Berlin)
22 Feb - Heyday @ Sneaky Pete's (Edinburgh)
15 Feb - Studio @ Basement (NYC)
08 Feb - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
21 Jan - Modular (Cape Town)
17 Jan - Wolfkop Weekender (Citrusdal, South Africa)
1 Jan - Silvester @ Berghain / Lab.oratory 

2024:
28 Dec - LOSO (Richmond, VA)
14 Dec - Oh Honey @ Club Capital (Antwerp)
30 Nov - Goethebunker (Essen)
24 Nov - Sunday Sunday (CDMX)
23 Nov - XOXR @ Marble Bar (Detroit)
22 Nov - ⭕️ Friends & Family (LA)
21 Nov - Might Be Magic (Austin)
16 Nov - Faggots Are FLINTA*S (NYC)
15 Nov - Rex Club - b2b Cinthie (Paris)
02 Nov - Antik (Costa Rica)
25 Oct - Ladyfag presents: Halloween (NYC)
20 Oct - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
14 Sep - CRUISE @ Blitz (Munich)
09 Sep - Mercury Rising @ Pikes (Ibiza)
07 Sep - Robert Johnson (Offenbach)
31 Aug - Le Mazette (Paris)
30 Aug - Antiparos
24 Aug - Studio @ Basement (NYC)
14-19 Aug - serving at Honcho Campout
10 Aug - smartbar (Chicago)
04 Aug - Club Raum (Amsterdam)
28 Jul - CSD Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
27 Jul - Feel It (London)
26 Jul - Möbel Olfe (Berlin)
20 Jul - Gewölbe (Köln)
14 Jul - Love International (Croatia)
30 Jun - MyPleasure (Madrid)
29 Jun - Lux Fragil (Lisbon)
28 Jun - Meat Rack @ Glastonbury Festival
28 Jun - Maceo's @ Glastonbury Festival
22 Jun - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
14 Jun - Gundled @ Ficken3000
08 Jun - Catch One (LA)
01 Jun - Flash (DC)
31 May - Studio @ Basement (NY)
30 May - The Lot Radio (NY)
25 May - 🚽 Club Toilet Crew (Detroit)
18 May - Just Like Heaven Festival (LA)
11 May - Pornceptual (Berlin)
08 May - Stereo621 b2b w/ Massimiliano Pagliara (Mannheim)
04 May - Kockiri (Seoul)
03 May - Pawnshop (Taipei)
27 Apr - Confide @ Gasometer (Melbourne)
26 Apr - Club 81 x The Monarchy @ Connections (Perth)
25 Apr - Caterpillar Club (Sydney)
24 Apr - Club Mince @ Kinselas (Sydney)
20 Apr - Snug @ Savage (Hanoi, VN)
19 Apr - Observatory (Ho Chi Minh, VN)
12 Apr - Los Ninos @ C12 (Brussels)
05 Apr - SMD (LA)
28 Mar - BUTT Magazine party (Berlin)
23 Mar - The Black Party (NYC)
16 Mar - 9000 Dreams @ Fold (London) 
16 Mar - R3 Soundsystem - House Against Hate (London)
10 Mar - Nowadays Nonstop (NYC)
09 Mar - Void (Philadelphia)
01 Mar - Lab.Dance @ Lab.Oratory (Berlin)
23 Feb - Power Dance Club @ Ohm (Berlin)
09 Feb - Night Tales w/ Dr. Rubinstein (London)
20 Jan - Gaze @ PRST (Vienna)
01 Jan - Silvester @ Berghain / Lab.oratory

2023:
30 Dec - Mustang @ A La Folie (Paris)
25 Dec - Finest X-mas (Panorama Bar)
18 Nov - Robert Johnson (Offenbach)
11 Nov - Horse Meat Disco (Berlin)
09 Nov - Möbel Olfe (Berlin)
04 Nov - Sunday Sunday (CDMX)
28 Oct - Unter (NYC)
27 Oct - Sound Metaphors 8 Years @ Club Ost (Berlin)
14 Oct - Night Tales (London)
23 Sep - SF Eagle (Folsom)
17 Sep - Club 57 Society + Keith Haring @ The Broad (LA)
15 Sep - Studio @ Basement NYC 
14 Sep - Renaissance Tour (Seattle)
08 Sep - Sameheads (Berlin)
26 Aug - b2b w Kim Anh @ Paragon (NYC) 
12 Aug - smartbar (Chicago)
11 Aug - Planet Love (LA)
05 Aug - IsBurning Pride (Amsterdam)
23 Jul - CSD Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
01 Jul - Adonis Pride (London)
25 Jun - NYC Downlow @ Glastonbury Festival
18 Jun - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar (Couple Looking release party)
17 Jun - Carbone (Paris)
13 Jun - HÖR Radio
09 Jun - LA Pride
02 Jun - Studio @ Basement NYC
02 Jun - The Lot Radio NYC
27 May - 🚽 Club Toilet Crew in Detroit
09 Apr - Multisex (Berlin)
07 Apr - Queer Maps (Los Angeles)
25 Mar - Funnuvojere Showcase @ Romantica (Stuttgart)
18 Mar - Horse Meat Disco (Berlin)
03 Mar - Lab.Dance 17 Jahre (Berlin)
25 Feb - Night Tales w/ Cormac (London)
17 Feb - Mustang @ A La Folie (Paris)
11 Feb - Pferdreht @ Goethebunker (Essen)
04 Feb - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
22 Jan - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar
21 Jan - Cruise @ Blitz (Munich)

Live at NYC Downlow, Glastonbury Festival 2019

Chris Cruse

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