On Oct 6th 2021, about 2 years after my last set in London, I played from open to close (11pm to 5am) at Village Underground in Shoreditch. Here's a recording of the whole night with a bit of the crowd noise. 

Perhaps a full tracklist at some point... some unreleased stuff in here. 

Even though it had been a while, we had all night so no use in rushing things! I came across a lot of lovely music this year, but it mostly lived in my rekordbox or in a radio mix. I actually record a lot of my sets but it always feels like they're in a constant state of iteration, making it hard to pick just one "version" to release. Over the years I feel like this has led me to only very sparingly drop live-recorded sets. A "party" doesn't often lend itself to the archivable realm, maybe the memories are best suited to the ephemeral. 

Anyway, eternal gratitude crystals to those who came and those who danced, and to those listening now.

-av

Avalon Emerson Live in London (6 hour dj set) Oct 2021

Name: Monica F.
Alias: LADYMONIX (@ladymonix)
Pronouns: She/her
Location: Detroit, MI

Influences: An ever growing list..... Deee-lite, 90s everything, deep soulful funky jazzy diva vocal dub house... that should cover it. But seeing my friends and peers get their shine in this industry gives me infinite inspo.

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects:
Frizner Electric - friznerelectric.bandcamp.com
Grace @ Temple Bar
Maybe Tonight @ Motor City Wine

Favorite Quote:
I only move forwards, never backwards, darling. - Grace Jones

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community:
- Do you! Easier said than done in a world of social media. Your lens is unique and the creative energy you bring is valued.
- Uplift newer djs/producers coming thru. We all have so much to learn from each other.
- Be kind!

With this mix LADYMONIX asks to please learn more about and consider donating to: 
Underground Music Academy (UMA)
A major project being built by Waajeed to create a more inclusive global dance music community that’s more aware of its roots.
(www.undergroundmusicacademy.com)

Tracklist - https://bit.ly/LADYMONIXtrax

Daisychain

Daisychain 233 - LADYMONIX

Taking the prompt from Allies in Arts’ mission to support artists who are: BIPOC, women, and/or a part of the LGBTQ+ community, DJs Dee Diggs and Lunàtica curated a 2 part mixtape to remind us that Pride never ends. This mix tape outlines the sounds that fill our queer imaginations, pulling from old and new source material. So grateful for this opportunity and hope you enjoy the mixtape!




Side A: 

A psychedelic discoe-y, house-y, rhythmic emotional ride by Dee Diggs

Pleasure Principle, Thoughts on loving, living, and leaving, hard on the edges, soft in the middle, BBQs/beach days/outdoor hangs that linger into dancing under the stars, accidental meanderings into morning, the tender vulnerability of the new sunrise cracking open before your eyes.

Tracklist: song - artist

1. Burn (Black Water Remix) - Honey Dijon & Tim K feat. Jason Walker Black Water Remix
2. I Can't Get No Sleep (No Sleep In '95 Mix) - India, Masters At Work
3. In The Name Of Love (Kim Anh Re-edit) - Sharon Redd
4. Pleasure Principle - Janet Jackson (Boston Chery Remix) - Boston Chery
5. I See Your Face featuring K'Alexi Shelby (K'Alexi & Russoul Mix)- Paris Brightledge, K'Alexi Shelby
6. Dance, Freak & Boogie (Special 12' Disco Mix) - Nightlife Unlimited
7. Weekend (Weekend Club) [the Wam Bam Mix] - Todd Terry Project
8. Saturday (Original Mix) - Bumforhire, Mood II Swing
9. Take Me To The Bridge Glen Rivera ReStructure Mix - Vera
10. Living The Life (Drummapella) - DJ Minx featuring Lady C
11. Living For The Love Of You (David Morales Def Dub Mix)  - Jimi Polo
12. Flip Phone freestyle (prod. black surfer) - Aura 
13. Microdosing - UNiiQU3
14. I Can Tell - The AM
15. Lick It - Roula
16. Everyday 2gether  - Bored Lord
17. Lovin is Really My Game Remix  - Sylvester

Art credit is to @kkanva on instagram

Allies In Arts Mixtape -  Side A - DEE DIGGS

****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

@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

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)

Shanti Celeste & Octo Octa @ The Lot Radio (May 25, 2017)

"This mix is a recording from the Polyglamorous 3 year anniversary party in San Francisco that I played last weekend. It was an incredibly fun night and probably the first time I DJed without shoes because I was wearing heeled boots that killed my feet the night before." - @octoocta

Full Q&A: http://discwoman.com/mixes/octo-octa

DISCWOMAN 40 x Octo Octa (Polyglamorous Year 3)

A fizzing mix bringing together the old and the new. There's Liquid's 'Feel 3' and Leftfield's 'Fanfare Of Life' from 1992 and Luca Lozano's 'Essential Elements' and Truska's 'Lucid' from this year, mixed into to a bunch of other electrifying records either released in the early '90s or the last two years.

Tracklist: https://mixmag.net/feature/in-session-eris-drew

More exclusive music

In Session: Eris Drew's 'Thundering Goddess Mix'

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.

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DISCWOMAN 40 x Octo Octa (Polyglamorous Year 3)

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