Honcho Campout 2023 [Hearsay Talks]

Honcho Campout 2024 [The Grove]

Honcho Campout 2024 [Hemlock Hole]

Honcho Campout 2024 [Hemlock Nights]

@ohpeach closed out Hemlock Hole on Thursday evening, giving us an unrelenting journey of euphoric house, broken beat, and stomping party jams.

Campout Mix Series: Peach

@kimannfoxman live at The Grove on Saturday.

Campout Mix Series: Kim Ann Foxman

@scottzacharias closed down Hemlock Nights on Friday evening.

Campout Mix Series: Scott Zacharias

@djwillautomagic kicked things off beautifully at Hemlock Hole on Thursday morning.

Campout Mix Series:  Will Automagic

McKenzie Wark gave an incredible talk on the the revelatory truths and power of ‘Raving’. Plug in!

Campout Hearsay Talk Series: McKenzie Wark - 'Raving'

@roi_perez at The Grove on Saturday night

Campout Mix Series: Roi Perez

Neema delievered a wonderful talk contextualizing Appalachia, where Campout has grown to what it is, as a queer space.

Campout Hearsay Talk Series: Neema Avashia 'Another Appalachia: Centering Queerness in Rural Spaces'

@lisdalton casting spells and conjuring miracles at Hemlock Nights on Friday evening.

Campout Mix Series: Lis Dalton

@ccl-url blasted us all into space in their closing set atThe Grove on Saturday night.

Campout Mix Series: CCL

For the 124th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series we welcome, @david_elimelech!

Originally hailing from Tel Aviv, now based in Berlin, David Elimelech had his first appearances in the underground queer scene of Tel Aviv. His unique understanding and sensitivity towards all things Chicago, Detroit, and New York House brought him to Berlin, where after joining the UZURI Recordings & Bookings family, he became widely known for his vinyl collection, filled with rarities.

David has out together a fantastic mix to kick of the podcast for 2024. Enjoy :)

Honcho Podcast Series 124: David Elimelech

For the 129th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome the legendary @magda-official and @mikeservito. Dear friends and extraordinary DJs, their deep music knowledge and skill is on full display. This mix is a 2 hour excerpt from their recent set at Public Records. Enjoy!

Honcho Podcast Series 129: Magda b2b Mike Servito

@rosekourts at Hemlock Hole on Thursday afternoon.

Campout Mix Series: Rose Kourts

@radiodebonair closing out The Grove Sunday morning

Campout Mix Series: DEBONAIR

Campout Mix Series: zi!

@miseryconfusion at Hemlock Nights on Saturday morning.

'For a long time, I felt uncertain about what to play at Honcho for Hemlock Nights. It wasn’t until my friend Kayla (Seelene) asked, “So, you’re just going to play the Bobby afters classics, right?” that I began to break through the doubt. While this set includes a lot of new music for me, I took comfort in the tracks I often share with friends at home. My goal was to create a more intimate and personal space to introduce myself to a new audience.'

Tracklist:
Vladimir Ussachevsky - Wireless Fantasy
Kincaid - Falls Down
Five Rituals - Pungi
Polygonia & Popp - Onyx
Stereometrix - Alligators
Frank Rodas - Forest Dance
Pearson Sound - Blanked
The Horn - The Hunt
Isolated Material - Root Cause
Gladstone Deluxe - Errant Core
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di) (Afterlife Chillout Remix)
X Prod - B & F
Moisk - Deoxyribose
Electro Force - Getting High
Nelly - Hot In Herre (Excursions Mix)
Hazed - Disconnected (Long Distance Mix)
Origin Unknown - Valley of the Shadows
Ghost - The Club
SND & RTN - 3SR
KW Griff & DJ Booman - Who's In the House
Cool Tiger - I Feel You
Theo Parrish - Solitary Flight
Simic - Orbetello
Limp Bizkit - My Way (Los Bastoneros Edit)
OSSX - INTERNET CAFE
Heavy D & The Boyz - You Aint Heard Nuttin Yet (Instrumental)
Itsu Ono - B-Boy Rave For the Aging Hipster
Farley Funkin' Keith - Jackin The Bass
Kate Bush - Running Up THat Hill (Infusion Mix)
Steve “Silk” Hurley - It’s Percussion (Dub Mix)
Gat Decor - Passion (D. Emerson 12" Edit)
Mappa Mundi - Sexafari
Syclops - NR 17
Daft Punk - Veridis Quo
Jane Dowe & Terre Thaemlitz - DT (5:03)

Campout Mix Series: 'nohup'

@coupdestace at Hemlock Hole on Saturday afternoon.

Campout Mix Series: Stacy Christine

@napmusick at Hemlock Nights on Friday night.

Campout Mix Series: NAP

@tomsobolikmusic at The Grove on Friday night.

Campout Mix Series: Sobolik

"This mix was recorded on Saturday morning at the Hemlock Hole, right in the center of Campout. One of my favorite things about experiencing music in the woods is the overlap of natural sounds and music, and throughout the first part of this mix I wanted to lean into that collision by layering ambient music, field recordings of regional locations (New Hope, PA, Niagra Falls, and a southern New York forest), and the living sounds of the forest around us. I've been feeling a lot of mourning and anger at the dystopian imperialist violence that has erupted over recent years, which has been making the escapism aspect of partying feel.... not good. So, I wanted to use this set to ground the beginning of the day in slow attention, careful listening to the place where we were, and presence. To me, this kind of presence is the starting point for facing the world and evaluating our roles in empire & capabilities for resistance. This mix builds up to a crescendo of euphoric, sassy midwest house music, which holds a special place in my heart and sets me free every time. I hope you enjoy the journey :)"

Campout Mix Series: Johnny Zoloft

@saintmozelle at Hemlock Nights on Saturday night.

Campout Mix Series: ST. MOZELLE

@deezys at Hemlock Hole on Friday afternoon.

“A very special thanks to the Honcho crew for this year’s Campout and for letting me share this set. This was the 4th Honcho Campout I attended and I can’t count the number of times a DJ or artist has made me lose it in the best way at Hemlock Hole. So getting a chance to play a daytime set there was really exciting but daunting. I played this set on day 314 of the genocide in Palestine. As a Palestinian in this current moment, trying to find a voice or create moods in music has felt beyond heavy. Is this a time for moments of joy? For dancing? What does it look like to participate in a dance floor when the world in this moment seems utterly unjust? 

I honestly wasn’t quite sure how to tackle this set. So after a lot of overthinking, I stepped back and poured over nearly all of my records over the course of 5 months. I picked ones that have kept me going this past year, many of which I had never played out before. These records, I hope, highlight the beauty of dance music, the resistance heard in the especially black, brown and queer artists who shape this music, and the importance of participating in a space that feels urgent and irrevocable to the queer community. As I played this set, I wore the words of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who reminds us: “And we love life if we find a way to it. We dance between the martyrs and raise a minaret for violet and palm trees.” Free Palestine.”

Campout Mix Series: Deezy

@the-father-figure closing our the Grove on Friday night

Campout Mix Series: Father Figure

Campout Mix Series: Leonce

@askloveletters at Hemlock Hole on Saturday afternoon

Campout Mix Series: Love Letters

@alexanderberg at The Grove on Friday night.

Campout Mix Series: Dorisburg

@carrieondisco closing out Hemlock Hole on Sunday afternoon.

Campout Mix Series: CarrieOnDisco

@misstwinkusa and @ethan-hil closing the QFF Takeover at Hemlock Hole on Thursday night.

Campout Mix Series: Miss Twink USA and Mister Hoochiemama

@wngdu kicking off The Grove on Saturday night.

Campout Mix Series: wngdu

Campout Mix Series: ARCHANGEL B2b Cisne

Campout Mix Series: Queer as in Harm Reduction - Revolutionary Love in the Queer Community

@karimolenash at Hemlock Hole on Thursday afternoon

Campout Mix Series: Karim Olen Ash

@jamesk_1 at Hemlock Nights on Friday evening.

Campout Mix Series: james K

We're back for 2025 and pumped to kick off the Honcho Podcast Series with such a special artist. For the 130th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome Bay area artist, The Baptist. Joan Granite (she/her) serves up a energetic, playful mix, a perfect antidote to these cold, dreary months. In regards to her mix, Joan says, 'I wanted to play around the idea of what it feels like to dance at Hemlock Hole - and this is as close as I could get to that. It's chock full of some (not all) of my favorite dance music producers that have influenced me and my sound over the years.'

Tracklist:

1 Yawning Portal - Cut To The Feeling
2 Billy Ray De La Haye - Spread Your Wings & Fly Beverly Hills
3 Grevnik Transition - Transition
4 Kassian - Off World Vehicles
5 ADR - Comet relief
6 Kepler - Contact
7 Bouffant Bouffant - Colinda
8 Sylvio B - It's Like...
9 Aril Brikha - On & On
10 William Kiss - Werkin' Clap For Me
11 Ketiov Gorgeous
12 Acidulant - Noelka
13 Carpainter - Enoshima Ocean Blue
14 Granary 12 - CAN'T STOP THE HOUSE (ACID EDIT)
15 Studio 45 - Freak It! (Black Science Orchestra's Dirty Disco Days)
16 Timmy P - Born Unslippery (James Dexter Remix)
17 adryiano - Just A Beat
18 Velvet Velour - Clickin'
19 Constant Sound - Underwater
20 YASSCORP - If You Ever Cared
21 Paul & Shark - Takedown Request Edit
22 Doctor Jeep - Necka Pill
23 Reflex Blue - Outdoor Dance
24 Amy Dabbs & Athlete Whippet - Deep In Your Love (Extended Mix)
25 Sean Deason - Love Alarm (Mix 1)
26 North Phase - Sound connection
27 Tom VR - Acheless VIP
28 Aril Brikha - Kept Within
29 CJ Bolland & The Advent - Camargue 2019 (Keith Carnal Remix)

Honcho Podcast Series 130: The Baptist

For the 131st entry in the Honcho Podcast series we welcome DC's Gail Force One! Gail Force One is a co-founder and resident at Flower Factory, a DC-based queer DJ collective and party series. Having grown up in Ukraine, Tennessee, and the UK, Gail developed an omnivore’s taste in music, spanning a broad range of styles and time periods. This particular mix weaves together 90s-00s house classics and deep cuts, emotional breaks, and more contemporary club and techno tracks. Hop in, babes. 

Tracklist:
Mad Professor - A Reference To E2-E4 By Manuel Göttsching (Mad Professor's Qantas Crazy Remix)
max 404 - Infinite Legs
Kylie Minogue - Slow (The Chemical Brothers Remix)
Volume - Passion (Tucan Discos Edit)
Kaoma - Lambada (Dub Mix) (Gerah Edit)
808 State - Ooops (Eric’s Kup of Hysteria Remix)
The Wolfgang Press - Time
Pet Shop Boys - So Hard (David Morales Red Zone Mix)
SWAG - So Into 
KGB - Detroit 909
Robert Aaron feat. Edwige - Intoxication (Robert’s House Mix)
Cappella - Get Out of My Case (Paradise Remix)
Ambassadors of Swing - Hard Runnings
Livin’ Large - Anytime, Anywhere (Kiss Edit)
Theus Mago - X-Control (Eden Burns Remix)
Bump & Flex - Goddess
Bizarre Inc - Raise Me (Eon’s Ascension Mix)
Kojak - You Can’t Stop It (Xtra Large Version)
Livin’ Large - The Second Coming
Tino - Work My Body (Workout Mix)
NJOI - Astoria
The Stone Age - Paleolitic (Crotalus Vrs)
Charles Ostrov - Annoked
People On Process & Jean Marie K - Incidental Beats
Denia - Ibiza (El Mix Más Fuerte)
Piano City Productions - I Want Your Love (Totally Uplifting Mix)
Cold Sensation - Bang To The Rhythm (Morane & Krimson Club Mix)
Quazar - Breakaway (Above & Below)
Elkka - Make Me
Luca Lozano - Save Me From the Rave
TSVI & DJ Plead - Twos and Fours
DJ Mahroo - The Work Anthem
K-HAND - In the Morning
Eden Burns - Big Bark Manifesto
Amber - The Need To Be Naked (Thunderpuss Stripped Mix)
Another Level - Freak Me (Club Asylum Classic Vocal Mix)
X-Statik - Rapture (HUD Remix)
Desert - Moods (Club Mix)
Man Power & Louisahhh - We Trawl the Hurts

Mastered by Mat Keselman, Cover photo by le mat @magik4lboy

Honcho Podcast Series 131: Gail Force One

For the 132nd entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome DC's @joann_fabrixx! Joann Fabrixx is a co-founder and resident of Flower Factory, a DC-based queer DJ collective and party series. Having DJed in various spots around the East Coast since 2017, Joann is grateful and excited to collab with Honcho. This mix starts out trippy and clubby, eases down into proggy house and techno, and then picks back up with trance and hardgroove. A crunchy outer shell with a gooey center. Listen to it when you need energy and elevation.

This mix is dedicated to the memory of Bryan Smith, who taught me how to make a mind-bending party happen with whatever glue and string were lying around. Bryan was a cultural and spiritual force in DC, and he will be missed forever. Tell your friends you love them.

Tracklist:
Wordcolour - Rapture
Stones Taro - Ba Ba Bash
Pluralist - 1 2 3 4
Dj Babatr - In The Groove
Meat Katie & D. Ramirez - Stop The Revolution (feat. Odissi)
Paperkraft - Dizzy Disk
Trax Unit - Funky Bug
131bpm - Want More?
Papa Nugs - You Don't Know (Another Nother Mix)
Blu:sh - Fly And Mimi
Known Artist - Innit' (Club Mix)
Radio Cargo - Like You Move
Kim Ann Foxman - We Are Rhythm (Spray Remix)
NairLess - Dazzling Fantasy (Jex Opolis Remix)
Eoin DJ - On Lilac Skies
Rhythm Unlimited - Feel This
Denyl Brook - Vengeance
Waveform - Cold Memories
Match Box - Cyber Sunshine (Dutch Sunset Mix)
Dylan Fogarty - Purification
Ollie Lishman - 2 THA 3
Hanna - Orinoco Flow (The Factory Eurotrance Remix)
Narciss - Forbidden Fruit
Solarstone - Seven Cities (Solar Stone's Atlantis Mix)

Thanks to Mat Keselman for mastering and Cassidy DuHon for the picture!

Honcho Podcast Series 132: Joann Fabrixx

For the 133rd entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome @clubchow! Club Chow is a Baltimore-born, Chicago-based DJ. He's a resident at Steamworks Baths and organizes a few parties including Smooch (Jackhammer), Forbidden Fruitz, and Club Gauche (Smartbar).

Kevin wanted to share a few words about his mix: 'This mix was recorded live for Honcho 12/14/24 @ Hot Mass following a stellar opening set by Clark Price. As it was the last gig of 2024 for me, I ended up playing a lot of tracks that I had the most fun playing out during the year, consisting primarily of newer house and UKG. The beginning changeover and closing are omitted (you had to be there). Hope you enjoy!'

Honcho Podcast Series 133: Club Chow

For the 134th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series we welcome Pittsburgh's @jckmrn! Jack M, one of the minds behind Hot Mass’s Humanaut parties, is a purveyor of swinging drums, large basslines, and tripped-out rhythms. With a primary interest in house and garage music, his realm of taste is really better encompassed by the descriptor “party music”. With a keen ear for blending deep cuts and strangely familiar gems, his sets offer something for every kind of music lover—and this recording is no exception 


Honcho Podcast Series 134: Jack M

For 135th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series, we welcome @ketia! ketia is an up-to-no-good self-assigned cyborg, has a keen ear for new and exciting music, alongside a curious, invested approach to community building within the Lisbon and Berlin club scene. Known for their infamous intimate invite-only kit ket events in Lisbon and one of the glitches behind the label and collective, 'kaptcha'. In Berlin, where they reside, they’re deep and sweetly entangled with the modern rituals happening at Berlin’s new ambient listening bar kwia – ketia helps hold space for a different way of connecting through high fidelity sound and intimacy outside of the usual club dynamics. 

Sonically enticed by syncopated drums and twisted rhythms, driven house with groove and breaks married with rave nostalgia. ketia thrives on genre-bending beats connected through vocal-infused tracks that allow for unique storytelling.

Honcho Podcast Series 135: ketia

For the final recorded set from Campout 2019, we wanted to share a special moment from the weekend. @midland played a stunning three hour set at Hemlock Hole that helped set the tone for the weekend. 

Reflecting back on this time together feels almost like a dream. The threat of COVID-19 and the quarantine we’ve been forced to endure has forced us to hit pause on our lives and rethink our immediate futures. As much as we’d love to dance with you this summer, we tearfully must postpone Honcho Campout to August 19-22, 2021 due to COVID-19.  

For more information on our decision and future updates please visit: honchocampout.com/updates

Campout Series: Midland

Queer music collective at Pittsburgh's @hot-mass, residents at @signal-nyc, annual festival in the Pennsylvania woods (Aug 14-17, 2025). Resident DJs >> @humanaut-aaron  @clarkdprice and @dadhemar

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