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Last April, I stopped at the NTS studio in LA whilst I was in town during my North America tour. I recorded an hourlong guest show which featured music from Omar S, D. Tiffany, DJ Slugo, Parris, and more.

Gabrielle Kwarteng on NTS Radio - 22.04.22

@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

Resident Jason Kendig's three-hour set at Buddy Buddy on October 1, 2022.

Jason Kendig at Buddy Buddy

We are straight outta the bank holiday here at Phonica and right back into business with another killer mix in our Phonica series from one of our all time favorites of late; Spotlight Records and Panorama Bar regular Chris Cruse.

We are straight outta the bank holiday here at Phonica and right back into business with another killer mix in our Phonica series from one of our all time favorites of late; Spotlight Records and Panorama Bar regular Chris Cruse.

Chris has been a predominant figure in the queer dance scenes in America and in Europe over many years having represented his mainstay party, now label, Spotlight from L.A., the Club Toilet Crew from Detroit and now residing in Berlin the last couple of years where he holds down regular slots at the city's major clubbing institution Berghain / Panorama Bar (most notably the party Snax which takes place there). Chris has dug deep  and worked hard with these residencies to showcase the queer roots of house, techno, disco, and other forms of dance music.
For Phonica 118 Chris takes us on a heated, hot and heavy club ready mix which would get anyone out to party. We sat down and had a lovely chat with Chris about his mix, his approach to DJing and what he has got up his sleeve for the future.For Phonica 118 Chris takes us on a heated, hot and heavy club ready mix which would get anyone out to party. We sat down and had a lovely chat with Chris about his mix, his approach to DJing and what he has got up his sleeve for the future.

Phonica Mix Series 118: Chris Cruse

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TWIRL! - Jason Kendig - 19 Sep 2024

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

Part of Eoin's super fun opening set at PDC in the Sauna at Kreuzwerk Berlin in March 2025

PDC Live - EOIN DJ at PDC @ Kreuzwerk March 2025

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JOSH CAFFÉ B2B NIKS

Our 6-hour set from WANTED, Sept 6, 2025. Brooklyn, NY.

Find the full tracklist here: https://tinyurl.com/wanted20250906

xoxo,
Tralen & Randy

20250906 WANTED

Sacred Rhythms

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Simon Sim's - Sacred Rhythms

I Believe Kettama Extended Cut

For the 65th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome Jeffrey Sfire . This will be the first of four mixes to be released during Pride month. 

This summer series is a celebration of equality, self-affirmation, and love with music created by our brothers and sisters. Strap into this hour long mix of his signature style of italo and bitchy jack tracks.

Honcho Podcast Series 65 - Jeffrey Sfire

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

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08 Nov - Klymax (Bali)
15 Nov - Savage (Hanoi)
20 Dec - LOSO (Richmond)
01 Jan - Power Dance Club (Berlin)

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01 Nov - Zero Chill (NYC)
31 Oct - Battle Hymn Halloween @ Refuge (NYC)
18 Oct - Klubnacht @ Berghain / Panorama Bar (b2b2b with Massmiliano Pagliara and Luigi Di Venere)
11 Oct - Power Dance Club (Athens)
03 Oct - Lab.Dance @ Berghain / Lab
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

Live at Faggots Are FLINTA*s

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