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Jacob Meehan - Codependent Funk

Buttons resident @jacob-meehan 
Opening intro featuring Precious Brady-Davis

Recorded live Oct 3, 2021 in Berlin on Tag der Clubkultur, a day inaugurated last year by the city's Club Commission, in the height of the pandemic, as a way to draw attention to the importance of nightlife artists & spaces, and a way to disperse some much needed grant money.   We so appreciate living in a city that values our importance, creating initiatives like this.  

October 3rd is Germany's reunification day.  The reunification of east and west brought together a generation that was able to start healing themselves to the fresh soundtrack of electronic music.  We are proud to call this place our home, as it is still a magnetic place that draws many from all over the globe, pilgrims of the mother beat.

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Logo by Nicola Napoli

Radio Buttons #106 - Jacob Meehan

Jacob Meehan - Substantiate*

One of the hardest working gals behind the decks and behind the scenes @jacob-meehan has been turning the beats and serving up fab events from his days in Chicago to Button's in Berlin and the most major recent addition, WHOLE Festival.

CARRY BLOWOUT BLITZ: JACOB MEEHAN

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)

Jacob Meehan, a native of Roodhouse, Illinois (population 1,700) cut his chops in Chicago, the home of house, while working at Gramaphone Records and throwing/playing parties in and around the city. A major player in the new queer underground, he now resides in Berlin where he has furthered his musical prowess as producer and resident DJ of the much-beloved fête, Buttons, and the epic summer standout, Whole Festival. 

Major Records is pleased to feature the very first single release from Meehan, featuring a remix by our very own Nita Aviance. "Hier" started out with a nod to the forefathers, referencing David Morales and Frankie Knuckles mix of Alison Limerick's "Where Love Lives,” but quickly grew into a deep house dream full of funky synth leads and anthemic arpeggios all layered over some kicky-fresh beats. 

Nita’s remix strips it all down only to build it back up again, leaning into the arpeggios and riding those new wave synths through the dark night and straight into the dawn with her signature diva vocal cut-ups.
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released July 7, 2023

mastered by Bakehouse Studios

Jacob Meehan - Hier

Live at Battle Hymn (Brooklyn), Aug 2023

The final recorded set of Aérea Negrot B2B Jacob Meehan, before our beloved sister moved on to the next plane.  May she watch over us, may we forever channel her.

Recorded live
Buttons d'Amore 
Aug 2023
Berlin

D'aunties (Aérea Negrot B2B Jacob Meehan) - Live at Buttons d'Amore

Live recording from Fandango on the Beach, Plötzensee, 6th June 2023

Next up on our live mix series is @jacob-meehan who played the perfect house loaded beachside set on one of our sunnier Tuesday’s this summer. Jacob is part of the organising team behind Whole Festival and Buttons - events that inspire us with their purpose, care, and attention to detail. It’s no surprise the same traits and dancefloor mileage shine in Jacob’s set.

LIVE AT FANDANGO - Jacob Meehan

Live at Lecken (Sept 2023)

Roxy Tool (True Nature)

Kinda Ate (Jacob's Fizzapella) (demo)

Sulky Puss

This was maybe my fourth time ever playing techno, and it felt incredible to be given the trust to close the main room at Zero Chill, NYC's hottest rave. After nearly 20 years of DJing—mostly known for house, sometimes ambient—it was a thrill to stretch into a harder, faster prime-time slot for a massive, raging warehouse crowd. Pride 2025 called for a disco-flavored last hour to honor our origins and ancestors.

I’ve never had so many people DM me after a set, and it’s got me inspired to keep exploring this direction in the techno landscape.

Special thanks to my dears Dirty Daddy Don and Physical Therapy for lacing me with some tracks for the night. It takes a village.

Zero Chill NYC - Main Room Closing - Pride 2025

Image credit: Jessica Labatte "Pond Weeds #31," 2014, archival pigment print, 40x30"

All or Nothing

Live at Buttons - December 2019

Chicago ---> Berlin
From Chicago, Jacob Meehan has made a name for himself over the last fifteen years as both a musical purveyor & vibe creator. Since moving to Berlin in 2016, he’s left his mark with two projects beloved by the queer community: @radio-buttons & @wholefestival . The last few years he’s delved into music production and leading ambient focused yoga nidra guided meditation sessions.

Past appearances include:
Adonis (London)
Basement (NYC)
Bunker (NYC)
Carry Nation (NYC)
Cocktail d'Amore (Berlin)
Club Toilet (Detroit)
Contact (Tokyo)
Honcho Campout (USA)
Honey Soundsystem (SF)
Horse Meat Disco (Berlin)
Listen Festival (Brussels)
Panorama Bar (Berlin)
Savage (Hanoi)
Smart Bar (Chicago)
Tresor (Berlin)
Unter (NYC)
Unknwn (Manila)
Wrecked (NYC)

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