As part of our celebration of 21 years of club culture, we're featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties and clubs most important to their lives in dance music. 

The Loft is one of the most storied and sacred spaces in dance music history. Founded in Manhattan in 1970 by the late David Mancuso, The Loft was a party unlike any other: relaxed and gently psychedelic, with pristine audiophile sound played at a medium volume level kinder to the ears. You didn't need to blast the music to appreciate the sonic perfection of the music and the system it was played on. Over the decades, Mancuso invented his own influential style of DJing, letting the records breathe rather than mashing them together. Mancuso, who died in 2016, had many acolytes over the years, perhaps none more prominent than Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, who provides our final 2122 birthday RA Podcast: a tribute to The Loft.

Murphy has an impressive resume without The Loft: she's a long-time radio DJ, founded the Classic Album Sundays series and started her own Lucky Cloud Loft Party in London, in collaboration with Mancuso. Her DJing style, slow, steady and respectful of the music, channels those years spent at The Loft, and her RA Podcast embodies the disco-influenced sounds that define the party, played with care, love and reverence.

RA podcast

RA.859 Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy recorded live from Houghton 2023 at Stallions on Friday night.

Recorded at Houghton - Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy (2023)

A Night in Detroit hosted by Mark Flash

23h-02h DTM Funk
02h-04h DJ MINX
04h-06h MARK Flash

DTM Funk live at C12 a Night in Detroit, Brussel March '24 (Opening Set)

Intro - Alan Watts
Solar - To The Most Holy Place
Alabaster Deplume - Visit Croatia 
Calm - Utopia & Visions
Lord Echo - I Love Music
Conclave - Habla
Dego - Recovered Memories
Another Taste - Time Is On Our Side
McKoy - Lucky Fellow 
Los Hermanos Detroit - Far Beyond Sight (Full Mix)
Musclecars - Ha Ya (Eternal Life)
Lamaj - Brotherhood Of The Baby Powder
Chaos In The CBD - Sirena Deep
Earl’s BOOM - NEP1
Roy Davis Jr & Peven Everett - Don't You Dare Stop Loving (Glenn Underground's Narrative Soul Mix)
Doug Gomez  - Baby Powda
Ron Trent & Joe Claussell - Magic Carnaval
Roy Ayers - Holiday (Kenny Dope Remix)
Beatless - Life Mirrors (Opaque Mix)
Darryn Jones - I’m Lost 
Exo Fender - Music In My Mind (Justin Vandervolgen Edit)
Gap Band - Party Lights (12” Extended Mix)

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Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM.NL w/ @wendelsield

RRFM • Our Society: Wendel Sield • 07-05-24

Exploring her interactions with Rhythm and Groove, Femdelic drops in with a tight blend of Boogie, Disco and Funk. Starting out at a young age, Femdelic’s journey began sifting through her father’s expansive record collection. Paralleled with a curiosity for dance she became encapsulated in a world of music and body movement. With each vinyl discovery, she delved deeper into the realms of all things Soulful, pulling out hidden gems that would shape her musical identity. Bounce into the weekend with these goodies from Femdelic.

@femdelic

LIFE CLASSICS 66 FEMDELIC

Embark on a musical voyage with San Soda as he unveils the mellower side of his sonic universe.


Music Take Me Up w/ San Soda @ Kiosk Radio 16.05.2024

Sun soaked disco & house by Amsterdam based DJ Kléo. 

🌐 "Outsiders" is our daily show hosted by labels, collectives, agencies, venues, clubs, ... worldwide
📡 Connect with the Outsiders, every day, at 9 am or 9 pm CET
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Outsiders: In-House w/ Kléo @ Kiosk Radio 17.05.2024

Getting deeper than deep with the house maestro. 
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It’s hard to avoid clichés when describing Fred P's music. It feels almost ineffably deep, whether he's going full-on ambient or minting his signature house tracks. We get a taste of the latter on his latest offering for his subscription-based label, Private Society.

As We Journey On Mixed & Compiled By Fred P

Open Source Radio | Soul at Heart Ep 18 | In The Light

Super excited to welcome the Utrecht based selector Wes in the serie. 
Active in the dutch scene for the past decade, Wes has been crafting the art of deejaying as the co founder of 'Weerd' party.

We urge you to dive into this killer selection of deep, soulful and fascinating sounds covering the best of what South america has to offer musicwise.

Into The Deep Stereo 021 - Wes

for bookings & promos: guusvbentum@gmail.com 

*2024*
* Paak NYE w/ Marini & Lysah | Nijmegen 1-1-2024
* Skatecafe b2b Ajuma (all night) | Amsterdam 12-1-2024 
* Notturno @ DOKA w/ Wendel Sield & Simon Paw | Amsterdam 10-3-2024 
* Paak w/ Fleur du Bonheur | Nijmegen 30-3-2024
* Danskamer w/ DJ Tracksuit (Amsterdam) | 26-4-2024
* Cosmic Echoes w/ Edo (Stockholm) | 28-6-2024
* Down The Rabbit Hole (Shared Joy) | 5-7-2024
* Blauwdruk x Drift op de Boot w/ Antal | 12-7-2024
* Blauwdruk w/ Colleen Murphy, Mesh (Nijmegen) | 16-7-2024
* TBA (Nijmegen) | 19-7-2024
* TBA (Utrecht) | 19-7-2024
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*2023* 
* Sissi's allnight w/ Mario Marini | 20-1-2023
* Paak allnight w Wes | 27-1-2023
* Bloemerbar Opening Weekend w/ Red D | 28-1-2023
* Arcade @ Azijnfabriek (All Night Shared Joy) | 10-2-2023
* Shared Joy all day (8hrs), Cafe Matinee @ Franco James | 25-2-2022
* Sub Rosa Amersfoort | Fluor 31-3-2023
* Paak b2b San Soda all night | 8-4-2023
* Push It Groningen | Vera 15-4-2023
* Discotuin Leiden | Wibar 6-5-2023
* Diskodip 10 years w/ Kamma & Masalo, Red D Doornroosje Nijmegen | 3-6-2023
* Shared Joy (All Night) | Mesh, Nijmegen 15-7-2023
* Paak (b2b Bonnefooi)  17-7-2023
* Paradise Festival w/ Ajuma 9-9-2023
* Down the Rabbit Hole x Kunstnacht Afterparty w/ Hellie & Lysah | Vasim 16-9-2023
* Blauwdruk 23-9-2023 w/ Kennedy | Mesh 
* Weerd w/ Kleo , Utrecht 7-10-2023 | Ekko 
* Herfstdrift (Shared Joy) | Nijmegen 25-11-2023 
* Anook @ NAR (Shared Joy) | Utrecht 22-12-2023

*2022*
Discotuin w/ San Soda, Wibar Leiden | 19-02-2022
PAAK w/ Loud E, Nijmegen | 26-2-2022
Tivoli w/ Sander Emil, Utrecht | 3-3-2022
Lovelee w/ Sekan, Amsterdam | 18-3-2022
Paradise Now, Dusseldorf | 8-4-2022
Blauwdruk w/ Mark Grusane | 13-5-2022
Raveplan w/ Mahabe & Bastienne, Amersfoort | 6-6-2022
Down the Rabbit Hole OSR w/ Sander Emil | 30-6-2022
Lovelee w/ Garnett , Amsterdam  | 15-7-2022
Drift op de Boot w/ CC:Disco & Sander Emil, Nijmegen | 17-7-2022
Park Kronenburg festival | 17-7-2022 
Bloemerbar w/ Red D | 17-7-2022
Paak w/ Kennedy | 20-7-2022
Via Electronica | 21-7-2022
Frequence, Paris | 7-10-2022
SID ADE, Sissi's Amsterdam | 22-10-2022
ADE Hangover festival | 23-10-2022
Paak (all night) | 4-11-2022
Herfstdrift b2b Wes | 25-11-2022
Listening session w San Soda | 27-11-2022
Blauwdruk w KC the Funkaholic | 9-12-2022
Brebl | 26-12-2022

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