The world seems to be turning a corner at this moment in time. We see the light at the end of the tunnel as more people are vaccinated and more businesses are opening back up. With an eye fixed on joyful days to come, I've created this set to energize and uplift our community. Our music and our scene will soon emerge from its chrysalis emboldened by new voices and new visions for what we can be and what we can accomplish together.

Return of Sunday Funday

Happy Pride! Summer is here in the U.S., and I am feeling the collective joy in the atmosphere. As we reflect on the contributions our forebears have made so that we can enjoy the freedom and acceptance that many of us enjoy today, I wanted to pay tribute to the tea dance, which was first created in Fire Island in the 1960s. I hope to carry on this distinctly American style of music and event well into the future. There's nothing like soaking up the afternoon sun surrounded by friends and great music. Special thanks to Allen Leu for this set's cover art <3

The Great American Tea Dance

This set was my most challenging to date! What started as an idea a few months ago became a significant urge to create and get off my chest. This month, I broached "mainstream" commercial house/dance music (sometimes called EDM) and put my own spin on it. Circuit diehards, don't worry, I will not forsake you ;) EDM-heads, I hope you find it worthy of your beloved genre because I love it too! As always, thank you for your continued support on my meandering artistic journey.

Electric Sunset

This mixed set was originally created as a "homework" assignment! I recently offered an event producer to create a set around the parameters he chose. He asked for a peak-hour circuit set that took the audience on a journey. I asked, "Who's in the audience?" and he replied, "Everyone - all ages, races, backgrounds, familiarity with the genre, etc." And this set is the result! I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do ❤️

Circuit Gigs, Vol. 1: 2:00 A.M.

Wow, what a year 2021 turned out to be! From secret, underground events to official, ticketed events, it’s been a wild and fun ride, and I’m so grateful that you all have followed me along. I’ve explored a range of styles this year within circuit and house music, and I’ve decided to end 2021 on a high note by offering up a high-energy kiki-style set showcasing a variety of Latin beats. (I affectionately refer to these tracks as “ducks” because of how they make me dance!")Have a safe and joyful holiday season and a fabulous New Year!!

Circuit Gigs, Vol. 2: DJ, More Ducks, Please!

This is my promotional mixed set for my performance in Atlanta for Medusa Productions' Presidents' Day weekend tea dance on February 20, 2022. Catch me opening for DJ Orel Sabag starting at 3pm at the Piedmont Room! Special thanks to James and Ronnie at Medusa for bringing me to Atlanta!!!

Medusa Productions Presidents' Day Weekend Promo

I threw out the rule book on this one! I've been wanting to make this for MONTHS, and I finally found the time to put it together. This piece is the culmination of years of exploring several varieties of dance music, and the end result feels so *me.* Enjoy, my queers ❤️

House Gigs, Vol. 2: Winter Queer Formal

Summer is just around the corner, which can mean only one thing: PRIDE IS COMING. In big cities and small towns around the world, we will celebrate who we are and what makes us unique. In this mix, I've done my best to capture what I think makes our LGBTQIA+ community unique—JOY. Nobody takes having fun as seriously as The Gays(TM). Whether you consider yourself a twink, a bear, a musculoca, a trans person, a gender-nonconformer, all of the above, or none of the above, I hope to make you feel included in my music. Happy Pride!!

Musculoca PRIDE Tea Dance

Do you know anything about techno? I didn't really until the past few months. I stumbled into it almost by accident and suddenly, a genre that I understood very little became a mini-obsession. At the time, I was processing some anger, and techno music helped me release that tension. I then took time to listen to several techno DJs and learn about its origins, features, and raison d'être--to communicate the relationship between humans and technology. Here I imagine and guide you through a journey through space, and a special treat awaits those who reach Planet Musculoca :D

Techno Gigs, Vol. 1: Journey to Planet Musculoca

We made it! As we look toward a fresh start in the new year, allow me to take you on a journey through my favorite circuit tracks from this year. This year has been full of challenges for me but also many successes, from releasing my first single and (finally) having a page on Spotify to gaining increased clarity about what I intend to accomplish on this musical journey of mine. All our challenges (and joys) are temporary, and it's so much more fun when we stick together as a community. My circuit community and extended family, I miss you so much, but I am still here, thinking of you. Sending you all my love and light for a happy and prosperous 2023!

Circuit Gigs, Vol. 3: Welcome 2023!

Is it still spring? LOL How many of us still haven't finished our spring cleaning... in every sense of the word? It's hard to make changes! There's the fear of the unknown, the discomfort of leaving the comfortable behind, but growth is the nature of life. I created this mix to help us all let go of what's no longer serving us. On the other side is excitement, even greater joy, fulfillment, and adventure! All my love to you, my listeners. See you very soon :-*

House Gigs, Vol. 5: Spring Breakup

Happy Halloween! And eclipse season... and fall... and shorter days... The slow march into winter calls me to slow down, reflect, trim away what will not help me endure the darkness ahead and focus my attention on what will. I've recently had ups and downs with my mental health, and beyond self-care, I've found that making music helps me move through difficult emotions, honoring them and allowing me to feel them while giving me the power to transmute them into action and change. The light cannot exist without the dark. In the dark lie the things we must confront to grow and expand. So let's have some fun in the dark!! Let's remember we have each other to lean on. Our loved ones want to be there for us! Sending all of you lots of love for this spooky season <3

House Gigs, Vol. 6: Haunted Homecoming

Thank you for listening and for your consideration of my entry. Please enjoy the music!

Utopia Festival 2024 DJ Contest - Jon Elle #TakeMeToUtopia

I had planned to make something very different this Winter season. I spent a couple of months preparing that piece, and then two nights ago in the shower, I realized that I needed to make something totally different. These past few months have been challenging for me personally as well as all of us collectively. Suddenly it became clear: I needed to make techno. This genre speaks to our present-day reality of encroaching technology in our daily lives as well as the technocrat takeover of world governments. For me, it has the uncanny ability to transmute anger into peace and beauty. May it do the same for you as it did for me.

Photo by arman khadangan via Unsplash (Thank you!)

Techno Gigs, Vol. 2: Transmutation

Ahhhh SPRING! Isn't it amazing how what was barren just a few months ago is bursting forth with new life? Seeds that formed as fruit last summer fell to the ground in autumn and were nourished in the soil in winter. Now that the conditions are just right, the seeds know exactly what to do. And, you know, seeds grow both downward and upward at the same time ;) I think of my downward growth as rooting into my community, creative practices that nourish me, and spiritual practices and rituals. And this long-form piece is just one of the examples of my upward growth this growing season. Play it at the beach this summer, while cleaning your house on Saturday morning, or on a long road trip to go on a deep dive through the emotional underworld to emerge stronger and truer once we get to peek above the surface of the Earth. All my love!

Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@mipavelk?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Majharul Islam</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/green-leafed-plant-Fd83tRfRBf8?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a>

House Gigs, Vol. 7: REBIRTH

The HEAT of the summer is here! And in many more ways than the air temperature. Our community members are being kidnapped off the streets and sent to other countries without due process. We are still witnessing a genocide unfolding and deepening on the other side of the world in Palestine. And, yet, sometimes in our lives, things are OK. This music is for those times. Our commitment to our own joy fills our tank so we can continue fighting for justice and collective liberation. Our commitment to centering pleasure makes our bodies a safe and fun place for our souls to live.

Musically, this is my tribute to a respected and now departed DJ elder, José Padilla, who played a key role in creating the Balearic house genre in Ibiza. I’ve been wanting to create this baby for YEARS now! I hope you all enjoy it and stay safe this summer.

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash

Downtempo Gigs, Vol. 1: HEAT

This is my first original track in almost three years, and I'm so excited to be releasing it on All Hallows' Eve, aka Samhain, which was the beginning of the new year for my Celtic ancestors. I wanted to capture the sonic signature of the birth of artificial intelligence in this glitchy, retro techno track. Ready for dance floors everywhere! Happy Halloween 

Genesis (Original Mix)

Ahh, fall. The cozy times. The spooky times. The wrap-it-up-before-winter times.

Abscission is the natural detachment of parts of a plant that are ready to fall away. This is what Mother Earth is inviting us to do at this time as well. When we release what's dead or ready to die, we create space for deeper rest in Winter and for more abundant growth come Spring. I intended this mix to help us with this beautiful and necessary process. Just let it go, bro 🤣 love y’all 😘

Photo by Hu lei via Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/@jasonhl)

House Gigs, Vol. 8: Abscission

My humble first offering to the world of circuit music is a mix of some of my favorite tracks for a cute poolside Palm Springs kiki, in anticipation of Palm Springs Pride 2019! I hope you all enjoy it <3

The Ultimate Palm Springs Kiki

I've been so humbled by you guys' reception of my first set!! My second offering to the circuit gods is a compilation of some of my favorite main party tracks for peak hour in the big room. Enjoy!!
(Re-recorded February 2021)

Now That's What I Call a Circuit Party

OK, folks, we've lived our lives at the pool party and werked it out at the main party. Now it's time to turn it fiercely at afterhours. This set was fun and challenging to put together, and I worked really hard on it, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Thank you all SO SO SO much for your support. I'm stunned, overwhelmed, and truly humbled. This music is for you and for us, the circuit queens.

Fierce, Dark Afterhours

We've all been there, honey. You turned it at the afterhours but still need to dance off that last little bit of... Enter the after kiki and this set I created based on my recent trip to Brazil, where the parties last well into the next day. Desfrutem bichas!

Too Lit to Quit (in Brazil)

We've survived pool parties, main parties, after hours, and even after kikis together. Now it's time for my favorite time of every week: Sunday Funday! I hope this new set brings you all some joy and reason to dance as we weather the coronavirus pandemic together hunkered down at home. As always, I continue to be humbled and grateful for your continued support!!

Sunday. Mothaf*ckin'. Funday.

The world is in a rapid and long-awaited state of change. Pride celebrations are returning to their roots as protests in coordination with Black Lives Matter, demanding equal rights for all people the world over. This pride podcast was conceived to reflect the joy and magic unique to Tel Aviv Pride, which I've had the incredible privilege to experience twice; it is truly unlike any other. Legendary Israeli producers, including Offer Nissim, Sagi Kariv, and Tommer Mizrahi, are featured prominently. Stay safe and love each other!

Pride 2020: Ode to Tel Aviv

This disco/funky house set was conceived to capture the vibe of long, hot summer days and inspired by the daily tea dances at the Blue Whale in the Pines of Fire Island, New York, the home of the original "tea dance."

Pink Disco Lemonade

This month's offering features a set of all throwback tracks to the late '90s and early 2000s, when gay dance music blurred the lines between house and trance. This mix is also a mini-tribute to Peter Rauhofer, with four of his tracks included. Many thanks to those who collaborated with me to ensure historical accuracy :) Enjoy your trip down the Y2K hole!

Art by Marc Giguere (Instagram @mac_gere)

Y2K Hole

Few members of LA's circuit scene are as generous as Landon, aka the DermKing, aka kiki host extraordinaire. That's why when he requested a custom compilation set of Whitney Houston dance tracks on the occasion of his birthday, I immediately said yes. Happy birthday, Landon! We love you and appreciate all that you do <3

To Landon; Love, Whitney

At long last, we return to the sound of the main room, the circuit party par excellence. The inaugural volume has been, by far, my most played piece on SoundCloud, so I had big shoes to fill when recording volume 2. In the year since I published volume 1, I have gained lots of technical skills and gotten a better sense of what my audience enjoys. I hope to take you on a new journey with this piece with twelve tracks pulled from today's hits and yesteryear's classics. Please enjoy and stay safe out there!

Now That's What I Call a Circuit Party, Vol. 2

It's been a while since I've explored the tribal circuit sound despite its ubiquity at LA kikis. This is a high-energy set designed to keep you moving and having fun, so put on those cha-cha heels and come party with the pretty people ;)

Pretty Boy Kiki

To commemorate the (sort of) peaceful changing of the guard in the United States, I hope you all will enjoy this daytime/early evening house set I created last month for a livestream. Light, feel-good grooves in the beginning steadily build to dancier, higher-energy circuit-style tracks toward the end. Eternally an optimist about the future of our country, I do hope the new administration ushers in an era of reconciliation and empathy as we work to build a more perfect union.

Impeach the HOUSE Party

It's been a while since my last mashup! Mark Coelho and I give you a throwback anthem that perfectly fits the times. Please enjoy the free download!

Jon Elle

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