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Devon's KiKi

@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

02 CarrieOnDisco

A portion of my set at ANIMAL on 11/7/2024

SPRFRK @ ANIMAL 11/7/2024

Parental Advisory: Explicit Content/Lyrics

Track List: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4aSOLKQwIXiJfH1Uwu8Ggm?si=X8hv1EuUSwChrzmEcjk3Bg&pi=01TV7ZghR12ZH

Call of the Wild Mix

"The last time I came back from Brazil, I brought home a rare collection of vinyl that my brother, a fortunate crate digger and dealer, had found in a single batch, seemingly from one DJ’s hands. Rare not because of the songs themselves, but because of the stories etched into the objects. Worn and often pirated, these records had once soundtracked Bailes Charme: street parties born from Black communities on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, predating the baile funk era.

After careful cleaning, their voices returned: slow, swaying R&B and mellow house, breathing romance and unapologetic sensuality. This mix, my first recorded entirely on vinyl, is an intimate dialogue with those songs, embracing sentimentality without shame, unafraid of being cheesy, because love is cheesy, and we love to love."

BW12 - Gio Goltara - Full of Charme

Club Chow (he/they)

Club Chow is a Taiwanese-American DJ based in Chicago. An omnivorous selector, he blends music across genres and eras with a common euphoric undercurrent. Club Chow's taste and energetic mixing have made him a resident of Steamworks bathhouse, a staple at SmartBar and Podlasie Club, and a sought-after guest DJ at queer underground parties around the US.

Notes on the Mix ///

"This mix consists of mostly older house records that I've recently purchased long blended with some interstitial bandcamp finds as well. I had the goal of trying to tell a coherent story while editing down to stick to a more concise (1-hourish) length of time. I ended up with an assemblage of house tracks that share a 'classic' sounding palette and have some pump, jittery highs, evocative vocals, or some other deep quality that caught my ear - hopefully they resonate with you as well!!"

SOCIALS
@clubchow
https://www.instagram.com/clubchow
https://ra.co/dj/clubchow

TRACKLIST:
Love (The Secret Mix) - MUNDO DE AVENTURAS with VENUS

Alone (Foreplay Mix) - Nicky Scanni

Pumpin' - Sweater

This Vibe (Original Mix) - HUD

Officious Organ - U-Trax

Touch me (original 12" Mix) - Blake Baxter

Wrong # (Original Mix) - Demarkus Lewis

Hot For You (Slower Deeper Dub) - T-Total

Resist (Unison Mix) - Full Tone

You Can Have It All (Unreleased Dub C. C. S.) - Eve Gallagher

Don't Leave Me Now (Love Walk With Me Mix) - THYONE GIRLS

Isn't That Terrific - Ben Diggins

Get Over - Olav Basoski

Don't You Love Friday Night - Einstein & Chewy

Love Is What We Need (Original Mix) - H.P. Vince

Free (Original Mix) - Freak Nature



XOXA BLEND 266 - Club Chow

originally from rural Illinois, Jacob Meehan crystallized his deep relationship with music during his 15 year tenure in Chicago - spending time producing parties, he became a pivotal booster in America's burgeoning queer scene back in the early 2010’s 

his DJ style is an eclectic blend of machine and soul that transcends and captivates, and since moving to Berlin in 2016, he's become one of the driving forces as a curator behind two major events much beloved by the queer community: Buttons and WHOLE Festival

tune in for 90 minutes of Jacob's eclectic groove from Queen! at smartbar

Smartmix 85: Jacob Meehan

Let's Go To The Beach

Buy on bandcamp

Simon Sim's - Let's Go To The Beach

Third Healing (Long Play)

Godheals The House - Third Healing (Long Play)

Lift Me Up

Kazamayé - Lift Me Up

-S̷ ̷P̷ ̷R̷ ̷F̷ ̷R̷ ̷K̷-

A dancefloor diva turned DJ from Brooklyn, NY via Miami, FL.

1/2 of KNDYFRK with @KANDYLION

Bookings: sprfrkmusic@gmail.com