Live

@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

Opening for Black Madonna at Spotlight
Vinyl only

Chris Cruse Warmup Spotlight 01.18.14

Throbs and grooves, unreleased or recently unearthed.

http://www.instagram.com/chriscruse

Chris Cruse @ The Lot Radio 06-02-2023

Spotlight LA's Chris Cruse put the WORK in our Labor Day affair at Beatbox. The dance floor was sweaty and the music was thumping.

Chris Cruse - Live at Honey Soundsystem [8-31-14]

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

It's an honor to bring you a mix from Chris Cruse, the man behind Spotlight - one of the best parties happening in LA, hands down. This mix was record live at Acid Camp Sunday Vol. 2 with the sun setting in the background.

Acid Camp Vol. 16 - Chris Cruse

On November 4, 2016, smartbar was transformed into a witchy forest for Men's Room presents PALA. Special guest Chris Cruse of L.A.'s Spotlight party starts off the live set in the first hour. Men's Room resident Harry Cross takes over for the second hour. Both selectors offering techno with tribal and ethereal moments to a packed house of half naked twirlers.

Live @ SmartBar for PALA 

Chris Cruse x Harry Cross live @ smartbar for PALA

An excerpt from DJ Chris Cruse @chriscruse set at Rites XXXIX: The Black Party Apr 21, 2018 New York City. Info at www.SaintAtLarge.com/DJS

Rites XXXIX: The Black Party 2018 - Chris Cruse

RLR Is Burning w/ Chris Cruse - 5 August 2019

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

Heads Radio Show 0028 with Maximum Joy

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW2oBsHXR2A&feature=youtu.be

18:00-19:00 https://soundcloud.com/rakans Live
19:00-20:00 https://soundcloud.com/chriscruse
20:00-21:00 https://soundcloud.com/luigidivenere

Quartely resident Luigi Di Venere brings his Maximum Joy party to the Sameheads in-house streaming service Heads Radio ------
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Chris Cruse - Heads Radio Show 0028 - 08.07.2020 - @ Sameheads

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)
23 Oct - TBA (NYC)
31 Oct - Battle Hymn Halloween @ Refuge (NYC)
20 Dec - LOSO (Richmond)

Previous 🌴
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