SoundCloud Loves: Lunchbox Candy

SoundCloud loves: Lunchbox Candy 

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Lunchbox Candy is all about community, diversity, radical self expression and curating an experience, an energy that connects and moves people. 

Over the years we’ve been expanding and experimenting with different sounds without getting stuck in a box - this is a little taste of what you would expect to hear at one of our parties. 

It features a wide variety of textures and sounds, steering away from specific genres, highlighting Queer, FLINTA, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists, producers, collectives and record labels - Chloe Thevenin’s Lumiere Noir, Jennifer Cardini’s Correspondent, Major Records, MARICAS, Josh Caffe, Dornika, DJ Babatr, CCL, D Tiffany, Roza Terenzi, Kim Swim, Steffi x Virginia and more.

It gives a nod to our past - specifically to ballroom culture with Alexander Skancke’s ‘You Get A Two’ and The Paradise Garage with a remake of Yazoo’s ‘Situation’ - 90s inspired New York house, sex dripping 808s with Josh Caffe and LSDXOXO, and then going down a more experimental booty shaking route with bass, breakbeat, dembow and even drum n’ bass.  

For many years queer parties focused on specific sounds and genres and rarely veered off into uncharted territories. It’s so refreshing to now witness so many different collectives embracing such diversity of genres from across the globe and from all eras, adding their own take and delivering something new, unique and exciting.

SoundCloud Loves: Lunchbox Candy ft Elninodiablo

SoundCloud loves: Lunchbox Candy 

https://soundcloud.com/stories/post/queer-dj-collectives-berlin


A set crafted for summer queer loving and booty shaking. Sharing music with others is always deeply personal and I wanted to pay tribute to tracks that shaped my teenage years bookending the set with Sweet Like Chocolate - (Ruff Driverz Vocal) & Kylie Minogue’s Slow (chemical brothers remix) they both instantly bring a smile to my face and stir up so much emotion and joy not to mention a sneaky Spice Girls edit sandwiched between. 

Moving through some classic house sounds and diving straight into the genre bending I love so much. To me a queer dance floor has no singular sound. Around the world people have been coming together in both celebration and protest fighting for our right to exist unapologetically, bound by music. Our bodies are political and how we show up in the nightlife realm has shaped identities for decades. To me it’s all about connection, movement and playfulness. 

My sets are far from linear and this is no exception, I’ve always loved progressive house and more recently have been drooling over percussive, latin, hard groove and funk coming out of South America. I’m a sucker for a vocal, throwback, bootleg and anything camp and borderline tacky. Life’s too short to be pretentious when it comes to music. Let the people dance! 

I hope you enjoy the music wherever you’re listening and I’ll see you on the dance floor at Lunchbox Candy & beyond.

SoundCloud loves: Lunchbox Candy ft Adam Munnings

SoundCloud loves: Lunchbox Candy 

https://soundcloud.com/stories/post/queer-dj-collectives-berlin

House music carries history. Born from resistance, it was shaped in underground spaces by Queer and BIPOC communities who needed somewhere to let themselves be free from the oppressed world they were living in. Some of my favourite tracks come from the late 80s and 90s, not just because of the production but because of the soul and passion behind them. These were tracks made with heart and purpose and this mix is rooted in that legacy.

The mix opens with a tribute to the AIDS epidemic with an acapella from the Latour “People Are Still Having Sex track followed by a homage to ballroom culture, both were pivotal to the history of dance music and the spaces we find joy in today. I often use samples from queer archives, not just for nostalgia but to  honour those who came before us.

Many of the tracks I chose are deeply personal, tied to special moments with loved ones or flashbacks to being on the dancefloor. I want this mix to be a bridge between generations: a reminder to the younger ones, especially those of us who benefit from the freedoms that were fought for, to educate ourselves on where this culture comes from. The fact that we can do what we do today is not by chance.

While it’s reflective this mix is also a love letter to the future, a reminder that we don’t just chase the future, we carry it with us.

Lunchbox Candy is a space where people of all ages across the queer spectrum come together and celebrate. This Pride, I hope we continue to treat each other with respect and care. Queer people already face enough from the outside world, our community should be a place of love, not harm.

Let’s never forget the importance of queer dancefloors, especially in times like these, they are sacred!

SoundCloud Loves: Lunchbox Candy ft DJ Petite

NO FEAR IT'S QUEER 

Your gender bending, freedom lending, love bursting excuse to let loose 

Let’s make love ❤️

Luncbox Candy - Cosmic Dolls Domination - May 24th  

https://ra.co/events/2164727

Lunchbox Candy - Amsterdam - @ RAUM - July 4th 

Lunchbox Candy @ WHOLE FESTIVAL - BEACH STAGE, Saturday July 19th 

Lunchbox Candy - The Ket Gala @ AEDEN - July 26th / 27th 

Lunchbox Candy - The September Issues @ KREUZWERK - Sep 20th 

Lunchbox Candy DJs @ Los Ninos - Brussels - Oct 11th 

Sugar Free - October 19th @ AEDEN 

Lunchbox Candy - 4 Year Anniversary - November 8th @ KREUZWERK 


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SoundCloud Loves: Lunchbox Candy

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