In more normal times, we'd be celebrating our 8th "birthday/anniversary" as Occupy The Disco with all of you in person, but since we can't, we wanted to share one of our recent Paradisco sets with all of you and announce a new effort to support our friends at Le Bain.

Le Bain makes it possible for us to gather our friends and chosen family, week after week, to celebrate life, music and each other. 

What makes Le Bain so great is their staff. From the door, to the coat check, elevator, bar, bathroom, management, lights and sound, the staff are the lifeblood that ensure our days and nights there are always enjoyable. 

With the current health conditions, the club remains closed and all of the amazing staff are out of work. We are turning to you – our community, our family, our friends – to donate and help offset the loss of income for the staff of Le Bain. Many of them have families they need to support. 100% of the proceeds will go directly to them.  

Please consider making a donation if you are feeling generous (any amount is okay - link is avail on our bio page), to help out until we can all dance together again. In honor of our 8th birthday as Occupy The Disco,  we've donated $2500 to help kick things off and we're hoping that you, collectively can help match that. 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/le-bain-staff-support

Love,

Josh, Tadeu, & Ru

Paradisco Live Recording: 2.9.2020

Here's the mix we created for the runway portion of the DragOn: The Dollhouse event benefitting GMHC.  Hope you all enjoy!

DragOn: The Dollhouse Runway Mix

Here's a little taste of the deep house and tech house we play at our basement dance party, Night Fever. 

Night Fever Mixtape

Once a month, the three of us get together for a "jam session" and play new tracks for each other. We share our favorites from each session on our mixtape series, aptly titled 'Sessions'. 

We hope you all enjoy our second mix in this series!

OXD Sessions #002

We're super excited for the return of Paradisco at Le Bain atThe Standard, High Line, starting weekly on Sunday, January 24.  Here's a preview of what you can expect to hear this season.

Paradisco
3-9P Every Sunday, starting January 24
Le Bain at The Standard, High Line
444 W 13th St.

Paradisco 2016 Mini-mix

Inspired by one of our favorite places to have a party: Fire Island.  Enjoy!

To The Pines, With Love

Our monthly 'Sessions' mix series continues. This time we drew inspiration from one of our favorite annual NYC institutions: The Black Party. Enjoy!

OXD Sessions #003

We're so proud to be a part of this amazing annual event benefitting GMHC. Here's our runway mini-mix the girls strutted to this year!

DragON High Society Runway Mini Mix

We're excited to be closing out Pines Party Weekend with Pleasuredome - The After Party! 

2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
July 24, Fire Island Pines

Tickets and Weekend Passes are on sale at PinesParty.com now!

Pines Party '16: Xanadu - Pleasuredome - The After Party Promo Mix

We hope you all enjoy our newest mix with some of our most recent faves. Play on!

OXD Sessions #004

Occupy The Disco family, your presence and savoir faire is duly requested on our precious dance floor on Friday, December 2nd, 2016. 

https://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?901350 

Grab your finest baubles for this gem of a party where you'll shine on the dance floor as we provide music from late night into the wee hours of the morning. 

We've found a secret location, a diamond in the rough of Brooklyn, if you will, where the ballsy and flamboyant will reap the rewards of venturing into the unknown. 

Be bold. Be randy. Be anything but Republican and join us for The Family Jewels.

Location will be sent this week to attendees!

The Family Jewels: Diamond in the Rough Mix

We put a little house music mix together to celebrate being back in our house (New York City!) after a really fun summer. Happy fall, y'all!

OXD Sessions #005

something new to get you in that fall mood :)

autumnal equinox

something new from us since it's been a minute :)

a new mix

In more normal times, we'd be celebrating our 8th "birthday/anniversary" as Occupy The Disco with all of you in person, but since we can't, we wanted to share one of our recent Paradisco sets with all of you and announce a new effort to support our friends at Le Bain.

Le Bain makes it possible for us to gather our friends and chosen family, week after week, to celebrate life, music and each other. 

What makes Le Bain so great is their staff. From the door, to the coat check, elevator, bar, bathroom, management, lights and sound, the staff are the lifeblood that ensure our days and nights there are always enjoyable. 

With the current health conditions, the club remains closed and all of the amazing staff are out of work. We are turning to you – our community, our family, our friends – to donate and help offset the loss of income for the staff of Le Bain. Many of them have families they need to support. 100% of the proceeds will go directly to them.  

Please consider making a donation if you are feeling generous (any amount is okay - link available on this page,) to help out until we can all dance together again. In honor of our 8th birthday as Occupy The Disco,  we've donated $2500 to help kick things off and we're hoping that you, collectively can help match that. 

Love,
Josh, Tadeu, & Ru

Photo: Zaki Kamandy

Paradisco 2.9.20

Paradisco 2.9.20 (Part 2)

In more normal times, we'd be celebrating our 8th "birthday/anniversary" as Occupy The Disco with all of you in person, but since we can't, we wanted to share one of our recent Paradisco sets with all of you and announce a new effort to support our friends at Le Bain.

Le Bain makes it possible for us to gather our friends and chosen family, week after week, to celebrate life, music and each other. 

What makes Le Bain so great is their staff. From the door, to the coat check, elevator, bar, bathroom, management, lights and sound, the staff are the lifeblood that ensure our days and nights there are always enjoyable. 

With the current health conditions, the club remains closed and all of the amazing staff are out of work. We are turning to you – our community, our family, our friends – to donate and help offset the loss of income for the staff of Le Bain. Many of them have families they need to support. 100% of the proceeds will go directly to them.  

Please consider making a donation if you are feeling generous (any amount is okay - link available on this page), to help out until we can all dance together again. In honor of our 8th birthday as Occupy The Disco,  we've donated $2500 to help kick things off and we're hoping that you, collectively can help match that. 

Love,
Josh, Tadeu, & Ru

Photo: André Pause

Paradisco 2.9.20 (Part 1)

Occupy The Disco (OXD) is the New York-based DJ collective of Tad Haes, DJ RuBot, and Josh Appelbaum. What started out as a casual experiment by three friends to introduce undergound electronic music back onto the gay dance floor soon turned into curation and experimentation behind the decks. Their shared love of nightlife's past and present permeates their sound, unabashedly queer and always eclectic.

Occupy The Disco maintains a residency at Le Bain at The Standard, High Line. Additionally, OXD has been featured at Good Room, Flash Factory, Cielo, Black Flamingo, Analog BKNY, House of Yes, NYC Pride, and The Pines Party

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