This 2-hrs mix was recorded live at Bul Bar in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was played as a new episode of Jazzystan on Soho Radio (London) on Saturday: Nov 16th 2024. This is a very eclectic mix of jazz, hip hop, disco and house music. I hope you will enjoy.

Photo: with Trevor Fox, Aura Dynamo Fox and Brandon Rys Polanco at Port Said NYC.

Rustam Ospanoff - Circles Are Better Than Lines | For Soho Radio London. Nov 16th 2024

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…