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****Physical Cassette Mixtape Available Our Bandcamp****
https://octoocta.bandcamp.com/album/love-hypnosis-vol-2

I heal myself weekly with the music I play. I listen deeply to the words buried within; the intention behind the lyrics either peppered-in or chorused. So much of the house music I connect with is rooted in love. It’s rooted in desire and hope. It’s rooted in narrative, “Do you want to trip with me?”, “I’ll outstretch my hand”, “I won’t forget about you, you won’t forget about me, we won’t forget about love vibrations!”. I listen to the messages to remind myself what I need and why I continue to move forward.

Vol.2 is represented in two mixing styles; long-melded blends (Trippin’ On Love) and fast, tight radio-style cut mixes with overdubs (Slammin’ With Love). Both convey the deep need for connection to one’s body and to others. It’s this connection energy that I find so powerful about house music’s healing magic.

Xoxo Octo Octa

♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ 50% of the profits the mix will be donated to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), which works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎

Octo Octa - Love Hypnosis Vol. 2 Mixtape

This mix is all music from 1984. It is a special live vinyl mix that I recorded on July 19, 2011 as a promotion for the A.D. (After Disco) series of parties here in Chicago.  The mix has been hosted for a few years on the Loves Podcast and I decided to upload it here to my Soundcloud for the first time.  Here’s a few words I wrote to go with the mix:  

1984 is an amazing year in music. At the time, "house" was still a colloquialism for the music played by Frankie Knuckles at the Warehouse. House was not yet a music form in its own right. "Fresh," on Vince Vince Lawrence’s fledgling label Precision, is the only house-qua-house track on the mix. The other tunes are properly considered proto-house -- the music which formed the milieu of dance music which we now describe (rather clumsily) as:

*Electro (e.g., Solo – “Girls, Girls” produced by John Robbie; JellyBean – “The Mexican”); 
*Garage (e.g., Circuit - "Release the Tension" a Timmy Regisford production; Colonel Abrams – “Music Is The Answer”); 
*Italo (e.g., Stop – “Wake Up”; Pancho Ballet – “Dancing Shoes”); 
*Synth and industrial dance (e.g., 52nd Street – “Can’t Afford” produced by New Order’s Stephen Morris; Palais Schaumburg – “The Beat Of Two” produced by Gareth Jones who also produced Depeche/Nitzer Ebb); and 
*Post-disco (e.g., Stephanie Mills – “Medicine Song”).

This music from 1984 is ‘proto’ in the sense that it was establishing the necessary elements of house – e.g., use of certain instruments (drum machines, synths, samplers) – but there are some stark differences.

Although much of the music in 1984 was released on small independents and remained quite underground, there were major successes for dance music at the time and investment in dance music by major labels. There was A&R structure at all record labels and radio play. "Trapped" (1985) by Colonel Abrams sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Earon’s “Land of Hunger” hit the top 40 on the soul singles chart. John “JellyBean” Benitez placed nine songs in the Top Ten of the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

The democratizing force that would be house music had not been fully realized. It was still expensive to make dance music. For example, most of the tracks on the mix feature vocalists, session players or a full band. Although the epic ensembles of the disco era had long passed in fashion and economic viability, dance records were still recorded in professional studios and engineered by individuals like Bob Blank and Herb Powers. The E-max Sampler hit the market in 1984, but the studio standard were samplers like the Fairlight and Synclavier (which had more than $100,000 price tags), each of which were prohibitively expensive for use by most musician/producers.

By 1984 the relatively inexpensive Roland gear was just finding its way into the hands of Chicago, Detroit and New York’s new roots musicians. A year before, Larry Sherman acquired Musical Product’s pressing plant, the only one in Chicago. Ron Hardy was playing "Penthouse and Pavement" by Heaven 17 and "DumDum" at the Music Box. Dance music was about to fall off the edge, for better and for worse.

1984 Track List:

1. Citispeak Featuring Jeanne Harris – I Don't Need Your Handouts (Inst.) – Partytime Records 
2. Pancho Ballet – Dancing Shoes (Instrumental) – Best Record 
3. Jellybean – The Mexican (Funhouse Mix) – EMI America 
4. Nuance Featuring Vikki Love - Take A Chance (Dubapella) - 4th & Broadway  
4. Samson & Delilah – I Can Feel Your Love Slippin' Away (Long Mix & Inst) – Saturn Records 
5. Hugh Masekela – Don't Go Lose It, Baby (Stretch Mix) – Jive Afrika 
6. Colonel Abrams – Music Is The Answer (Dub Version) – Streetwise 
7. The Earons – Land Of Hunger (Extended Version) – Island Records 
8. Wet – That's The Game (Instrumental) – Bellaphon 
9. Circuit – Release The Tension (Dub) – 4th & Broadway 
10. Stephanie Mills – The Medicine Song (Dub Version) – Casablanca Records 
11. Anne Clark – Our Darkness (Remix) – Ink Records 
12. Solo – Girls, Girls (Ah-Ah-Hi) - Next Plateau Records Inc. 
13. 52nd Street – Can't Afford – Profile (on license from Factory) 
14. The Bridge – Love Dance (Industrial Mix) - Second Vision 
15. Stop – Wake Up – Damabi International 
16. Fresh – Dum Dum – Precision 
17. Palais Schaumburg – The Beat Of Two (Extended Version) – Mercury


1984 After Disco (A.D.)

@coupdestace brings the joy with her wherever she goes and her set on Saturday night was no different. She took it to the max, moment after moment...like magic!

CARRY BLOWOUT BLITZ: STACY CHRISTINE

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

Jason Kendig at Buddy Buddy

Everything's more beautiful in hindsight. 
IDK why that is.
 Here's something to mark 2022, to archive where I'm at on this hybrid- digital meets vinyl sound journey. 

Sometimes you listen to the recording and it reveals you had a real squeeze on the room and the vibes reflected are a pleasant surprise. As always listening back was a reckoning with my fIaws forcing me to deep listen and switch on some self acceptance til my mistakes become poetic mishaps meant to coax the message thru. I was touched seeing the divine feminine magnetizing in my sound and bringing the gurlz to the front of the dancing crowd at the Great Northern in San Francisco where this was recorded live - post-thanksgiving weekend in Nov 2022. Jazzy, sexy, manic, strange, grown, and very much me. Enjoy it!

Special thanks to @polyglamorous-club

I got the stuff that you want, the thang that u need.
More than enough to make you drop to your knees - Whitney Houston

TRACKLIST BELOW:

1. The Boss (Eric Kupper Extended Remix) - Donna Summer
2. Shelter (Ron Trent Remix) - musclecars
3. Gypsy Woman (Kaytronik Remix Extended Version) - Karizma, Nicholas Ryan Gant
4. Stop Playing With My Mind (feat. Darryl D'Bonneau) [Whiplash And Turner Vocal Mix] - Barbara Tucker
5. Sandman OG - Blue Boy 
6. (VINYL) Throb David Morales legendary club Mix - Janet Jackson 
7. Another Sleepless Night [David Morales Redzone Mix] - Mike 'Hitman' Wilson ft. Shawn
8. Do Ya (Sure Is Pure Remix) - Inner City
9. (VINYL) Hot Shot '97 (Da Techno Bohemian Hot Vocal Mix) - Karen Young 
10. Stolen Frequency - Nativesun
11. Motor City Madness (Underground Resistance Remix) (Edit) - Waajeed
12. Work (Extended Mix) - Honey Dijon featuring Dave Giles II, Cor.Ece & Mike Dunn
13. Desire (Fabrice Africa Pain) - Aural 
14. Work SOHA (DJ Gregory) Work the Walk Mix - Masters At Work Feat. Puppah Nas-T & Denise
15. Can We Live (Farley & Heller Roach Motel dub) - Jestofunk
16. (VINYL) Supernature (Danny Tenaglia's Twilo Club Mix) - Cerrone 
17.  Midnight Mouse (Revised) - Mighty Mouse
18. Reach (Basement Jaxx Firecracker Mix) - Lil' Mo' Yin Yang
19. (VINYL)  Last Rhythm  (Cammellato Mix) - Last Rhythm 
20. (VINYL) Losing My Religion (Apollo 440 House Remix) - Rozalla
21. It's A Raid ! (Original Mix) - Deep Elementz aka Dj Elementz
22. Sex Machine DJ Mix  - 20 Fingers feat. Katrina
23. Space Bass - Slick 
24. Peaches & Prunes (Ron Hardy Re-edit) - Nightlife Unlimited
25. Relight My Fire (ft. Loleatta Holloway) (Dimitri From Paris Remix) - Dan Hartman
26. My All [Morales "My" Club Mix] - Mariah Carey
27. Let’s Dance - Cajmere & Russoul
28. Hot In Herre Edit - Arma
29. I Hear The Music (Mondo Grosso Re-Edit) - Ralphi Rosario & Linda Clifford
30. (VINYL) Needed U Stereo Dub - David Morales
31. Ancestors (Deep Mix) - Delano Smith
32. Big Beat - LADYMONIX
33. Summertime (Kelvin's Summertime Afro Dub Mix) - Brutha Basil, Sacha Williamson, Kelvin Sylvester
34. Future Sonic (Original Mix) - Trinidadian Deep
35. (VINYL) Deep - Creation feat Fantasy & X-man
36. Couldnt Love Your Bounce - Sade Vs Todd Terry
37. Queen Of The Night (Cj's Master Mix)  - Whitney Houston

Poly Glam Live SF Recording - End Of 2022 Mix

En esta nueva entrega de la serie Fun Fun Mix presentamos al dj Jacob Meehan, con este increíble mix grabado en vivo en el Zenner Club de Berlín el día de año nuevo de 2023. Después de mudarse de Chicago a Berlín en 2016, Jacob ha estado produciendo y alentando algunos de los eventos queer más queridos de su ciudad adoptiva, particularmente Buttons @radio-buttons y el Whole Festival. Su experiencia multitudinaria con la producción cultural, (ha sido anfitrión de una radio comunitaria, manager de restaurantes y de una galería de arte contemporáneo, vendedor de discos en una legendaria disquería, director de sesiones de meditación guiada y organizador de fiestas disco en un teatro porno gay), demuestran su atención al detalle para lo experiencial y lo efímero, demostrando que la creatividad está en todas partes. El tiempo de inactividad durante la pandemia le dió a Meehan la oportunidad de sumergirse más en la producción musical; Esperen nuevos lanzamientos de él en este 2023!

For the 39th entry in the Fun Fun Mix series, we present dj Jacob Meehan, delivering this amazing mix recorded live at Zenner Club in Berlin on New Year's Day 2023. After relocating from Chicago to Berlin in 2016, Jacob has instigated some of his adopted city's most beloved queer events, particularly Buttons @radio-buttons and WHOLE Festival. His multitudinous background with cultural production - hosting community radio, managing neighborhood restaurants, operating a contemporary art gallery, selling records at a legendary record shop, leading guided meditation sessions, & throwing disco parties in a gay porn theater - inform his attention to detail for the experiential & ephemeral, proving that creativity is everywhere. The downtime of the pandemic afforded Meehan the opportunity to dive further into music production; expect new releases from him in 2023!

Soundcloud: @jacob-meehan
www.instagram.com/jdmeehan/
www.instagram.com/buttonsberlin/

Fun Fun Mix 39 - Jacob Meehan (Live at Zenner Berlin)

For the 112th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome @stathisvt! Creative director and resident DJ of Power Dance Club in Athens and Berlin and DISCOSÓDOMA in London, Stathis has been a staple in queer clubbing around Europe with his eclectic selection of leftfield electronic dance music over the past nine years. 

Stathis comes out swinging with a beautiful one hour mix of swirling, trippy house music.

Honcho Podcast Series 112: Stathis

Mix by Octo Octa:
https://soundcloud.com/octoocta
Art by Brandon Locher: 
http://www.brandon-locher.com/

Tracklist:
Aaron"Fit"Siegel Feat L'Renee - Tonite (Detroit Mix)
The Deep - Love Your Brother
Ele Ferrer- I'll Make U Happy Baby (x-tended club mix)
I:Cube - Piano In Paradise
Levon Vincent - Late Night Jam
DJ Dozia - Pop Culture (Original Mix)
Kresy - Do You Enjoy
Ralphi Rosario feat. Xavier Gold - You Used To Hold Me
High Powered Boys - Udon (Julio Bashmore Sax Dub)
Cajmere feat. Dajae - Brighter Days (Underground Goodies Mix)

GhostlyCast #56: Octo Octa - Get In My Room

For Eris’s mixtape “Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1”, she uses old records to create a new style out of fragments. Many of the selections have been featured heavily in her live DJ sets, including her b2b sets with Octo Octa. Eris accumulated these records slowly, over decades, but it wasn’t until touring last year that she realized a “sound” coalesced in her bag. What does a rave at the disco sound like? Kinda like everyone took ecstasy at the roller rink. On her ecstatic mix, Eris colleges together a genre by scratching-in breaks with horn samples, mixing Disco House with broken beats, dropping Miami Bass jams with Boogie keys and blending Rave tunes with disco vocals. On the mix Eris utilizes turntable techniques such as “doubles” tricks and “hot mixing”—a fast-paced mixing style inspired by her beloved B96 Mixmasters, Chicago’s most popular 1990’s radio DJs. Like all of Eris’s mixes, she weaves strong narratives of embodiment, defiance, cultural transcendence and personal triumph (a classic disco emotion) into a flow of body rockin’ beats, scratches, drops, and sweet melodies. The result is a bass heavy summertime house mix for the psychedelic bad girls, boys and enbys. 

A limited run of Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 cassettes are available now exclusively from the label’s Bandcamp - http://t4tluvnrg.bandcamp.com

 The recording can be streamed on the T4T LUV NRG SoundCloud for free and hi-resolution versions are available for download on the label’s Bandcamp (donation requested). All profits  from Eris’s mix will be donated to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), which works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence.

Eris Drew Raving Disco Breaks Vol 1.

dublab - Masha - Analog Players Club w/ Bouffant Bouffant

dublab is a non-profit music public broadcasting internet radio station based in Los Angeles. They have also been involved with art exhibition, film projects, event production, and record releases.

Masha 0:00 - 0:51
Bouffant Bouffant 0:51 - 1:55

@mashadjs @dublab

dublab - Masha - Analog Player's Club w/ Bouffant Bouffant

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pronouns: she/her
a selectress with no inhibitions 
NO INHIBITIONS? //NO RIGID GENRE BORDERS IN THE BOOTH? //
YET FOREVER A STUDENT OF THE TENANTS OF 
BLACK AMERICAN HOUSE MUSIC
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Thru sound I lose my metaphorical restraints and commit myself to a sonic landscape, not absent of outside influence, yet deeply seeped in my references & love of history & hunger for myths of parties I never went to. I live to uncover and share these temporal moments locked in recordings of music magic taken place before I was born. I fall strongly in favor of sounds that are a reflection of my mood in the moment. {there is a song tracking every feeling & thought} I practice alchemy mono to stereo seducing the collective 'we' into movement & memories & emotions.
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