Some places you live in - but New York lives in you.
After half a year away, it feels right to share my first live recording back in the city.
A new chapter, same spirit.
Recorded live for Soho Radio in Brooklyn, NY - all vinyl.
Featuring new music from Space Grapes, Joe Claussell, Vick Lavender, Shaka, Louie Vega, Trinidadian Deep, Nico Lahs, Toribio, Kai Alcé, Lars Bartkuhn, G&D Records, Kay-Dee Records, plus a few classics, including Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Dope Jams!), Stanley Clarke, and more.

PS: Just moved back to NYC with my family. If you are looking for someone to bring deep records and good energy, I’d love to connect. Grateful for all the support — it truly means a lot!

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Black Rascals Featuring Cassio Ware – So In Love (Joe Claussell Rough Mix 1)
Shaka - A Paris State Of Mind (Instrumental Mix)
Shaka - Unbleached
Sound Signals – Autumn's Song (Trinidadian Deep Rebel Mix)
Nico Lahs – Over Me (including Kai Alcé mix) [NDATL Muzik]
Vick Lavender Ft. Justin Dillard  - Time And Time Again (Album Mix)
Vick Lavender Ft. Justin Dillard  - The Project
Lars Bartkuhn – See The Light (Inner Experience)
Louie Vega & Marc Anthony feat. Tito Puente & Eddie Palmieri - The Masters At Work (Keep It Comin' Now) (Eddie's Mood Dub)
THE IBOGA. UNOFFICIAL EDITS & OVERDUBS BY JOAQUIN JOE CLAUSSELL - STREET CELEBRATION
Area 10 Featuring MK – Get Up Early (Remix)
Aretha Franklin vs. Marshall Jefferson 
Mascara - Baja (Instrumental Dub Version
Deodato - Whistle Bump (New Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell Remix)
Flatbush Ave Rythm Band - Voices Inside My Head
Jambonne - Jambonne, Jam On
Crystal - Santo Domingo
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Ghalib Ghalab - Make My Move
Caroline Crawford - Coming On Strong
Rebound - He Is Alive 
Bambu - I Don't Wanna Lose It (Joaquin Joe Claussell Edit)
Janet Jackson - Young Love (Re-Edit)
Charles Amoah - Our Love’s On Fire
Jimmy Bo Horne - Is It In (Winners x Le Pamplemousse x War) (DJ Harvey Edit)
George Benson ‎– The World Is The Ghetto (Re-Edit)
Kidzblock - J Dilla Tribute
Toribio - Jazz Misconduct
JR Disc – Thrust 
Emerson Lake & Palmer - When The Apple Blossoms Bloom In The Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine (Dope Jams Kaatskill Mountain Take)

The upcoming gigs in NYC (more to be added soon):

Upcoming Gigs
🗓️ 5/23 SoHo House
🗓️ 5/24 @pineappleride
🗓️ 5/24 @experimentalcocktailclubnyc
🗓️ 5/25 @brooklyn.pop.up
🗓️ 5/29 Nightmoves @ntmvsmmxix
🗓️ 5/31 @moondoghifi
🗓️ 6/7 @cafebalearica
🗓️ 6/8 @brooklyn.pop.up @brooklynmuseum
🗓️ 6/13 @foreverrare.fr @therepmusiccafe
🗓️ 6/14 @crowninnbk Inn
🗓️ 6/20 SoHo House
🗓️ 6/21 @arlowilliamsburg  🗓️ 6/22 @brooklyn.pop.up @brooklynmuseum
🗓️ 6/28 @silenceplease
🗓️ 6/28 @crowninnbk
🗓️ 6/29 @brooklyn.pop.up @brooklynmuseum
🗓️ 7/30 @portsaidnyc 
🗓️ 7/31 @eavesdrop.nyc 
🗓️ 7/31 @mezcaleriamilagrosa
🗓️ 8/1 @goodbarbk
🗓️ 8/1 @studio151nyc 
🗓️ 8/2 SoHo House
🗓️ 8/7 @mezcaleriamilagrosa
🗓️ 8/14  @mezcaleriamilagrosa
🗓️ 8/15 @publicrecordsnyc 
🗓️ 8/16 SoHo House
🗓️ 8/17 @brooklyn.pop.up 
🗓️ 8/21 @mezcaleriamilagrosa
🗓️ 8/22 @experimentalcocktailclubnyc
 🗓️8/28 @mezcaleriamilagrosa
🗓️ 9/10 TBC
🗓️ 9/12 @studio151nyc
🗓️ 9/13 @silenceplease 
🗓️ 9/19 @carouselbk
🗓️ 9/27 @eavesdrop.nyc
🗓️ 10/3 @cafebalearica 
🗓️ 10/4 @ciaociaodisco
🗓️ 10/24 @experimentalcocktailclubnyc 
🗓️ 10/25 @cafebalearica bar
🗓️ 11/28 @cafebalearica 
🗓️ 12/13 @cafebalearica

Back in NYC (Live Mix for Soho Radio. May 3rd 2025)

RUSTAM OSPANOFF | DJ BOOKING: ospanoff@gmail.com

Founder & Producer of Jazzystan Music Festival (Almaty) & "Precious Love" (Vinyl Listening Sessions (NYC). Radio Presenter on Worldwide FM, Soho Radio, Love Will Save The Day FM. 

Rustam’s vision and mission is literally to spread love and harmony through music through a rarely seen diversity of musical selections and audiences. Organic, warm and far-reaching. His sets and radio shows mean transcending the boundaries of trend, genre-orthodoxy, age, culture, etc. to create something unique, exciting, surprising, and inspiring.

Rustam gathers all the deepest soul sounds from around the world and elegantly delivers them in gorgeous musical journeys. His creative goal has always been to expose diverse music to people through the curation of special events, live concerts and radio shows. 

Rustam shared decks alongside Gilles Peterson, LEFTO, Louie Vega, DJ Spinna, Ge-Ology, Natasha Diggs, Sadar Bahar, DJ Rahaan, Mad Mats (GAMM), Jeremy Underground, Kyodai, JKriv (Razor-n-Tape), Dave Lee, DJ KON, Shuya Okino, Dom Servini, Bradley Zero, Rainer Truby, Eddy Ramich, DJ Scribe (I Love Vinyl), Paul & Barbie (Love Injection), Nickodemus, Nik Weston (Juno Records), Zimpala, Anders Sicre (Le Mellotron), Shawn Dub (Human Head), Melik Bencheikh (Heartbeat Vinyl) to name a few.

His DJ sets have taken him all over the world from music festivals like SummerStage (Central Park NYC), Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide (France), Cully Jazz (Switzerland), Southern Soul (Montenegro), Terraneo (RBMA/Croatia), Sunsplash; parties like Soul In The Horn, Golden Record in NYC to numerous events in London, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, Mexico City, Hamburg, Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Lisbon, Brussels, Ghent, Liege, Geneva, Sierre, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna, Zagreb, and other parts of the world. 

Rustam is well known for his long 6-8 hrs vinyl sets in New York City. He was a resident DJ at Public Records, Virgin Hotel, Ace Hotel NY & Brooklyn, Lilli Star at Moxy Brooklyn Hotel, Izzy Rose, Studio 151, Nublu, Record Room. He also played records at some of the most important NYC venues like Nowadays, Elsewhere, Jupiter Disco, Le Bain, Black Flamingo, Magick City, Milagrosa, Good Bar, including regular DJ sets at Brooklyn Museum and Rockefeller Center.

He is best known for being the founder of Jazzystan Music Festival (this ran from 2009 in Almaty, Kazakhstan) in his home country. He booked and produced live acts featuring artists like Jamiroquai, Incognito, OMAR, Marcos Valle, Jazzanova, Gilles Peterson, LEFTO, Nubya Garcia, EZRA Collective, Kyoto Jazz Massive feat. N’Dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies), Nathan Haines, Jessica Lauren, Soil & Pimp Sessions, J.A.M., Root Soul, Quasimode, Cro-Magnon, Jazzanova feat. Paul Randolph, Tortured Soul, Voilaaa, Cotonete, Kutiman, Boom Pam and many more…