Recorded live at ESL | Washington DC. Date: Feb 23rd 2024. Duration: 5 hrs.

Love To The World. Sharing this live recording of the 5-hrs set I played @18thstlounge in Washington DC on Feb 23rd. 

It’s super eclectic again. I started my set with a few slow jams by Bilal, McKinley Jackson’s Tribute to Marvin Gaye, Paulinho da Costa, Francisco Aguabella, Friends From Rio, Alcione, Tony Bizarro, Emilio Santiago, some mixes on #sade #cleosol #jillscott #michaeljackson #whitneyhouston #luthervandross #mosdef #thegapband I definitely played some original tunes, edits and remixes by @dj.darryn__disco_or_die @rahaanrah @anothertaste_ @davelee.jn @dimitrifromparisofficial @louievega @wallacejimmygs @jkriv @souldynamic @musclecars.nyc @kaiditatham @toddterje @red_greg @badbadnotgood @mfdoom @royayerssunshine to name a few…

I would like thank everyone who came to support and dance! Hope to see you again soon! Thank you Farid Nouri 🙏 Photo: @rustam_robert @bluebar_almaty

Some of the upcoming gigs in #washingtondc & #newyorkcity :

Sat 3.2 Mercy Me 7 pm | Washington DC
Sun 3.3 Analog Market Vinyl Session at Bump’n’Grind 10 am
Fri 3.15 Port Sa’id 8 pm | NYC
Sat 3.16 Carousel 9 pm | NYC
Sat 3.23 Allegory 9 pm | Washington DC
Thu 4.4 Touch of Classics @ Darling Rooftop | Hard Rock Cafe 8 pm | NYC
Fri 4.5 Cafe Balearica Bar 9 pm | NYC
Sat 4.6 Crown Inn 8:30 pm | NYC
Sun 4.12 Nina NYC / NYC 
Thu 4.11 The National Art Gallery 6 pm | Washington DC 
Fri 4.12 Allegory 9 pm | Washington DC
Fri 5.3 Bogart House. Private / NYC 
Sat 5.4 El Techo | Washington DC
Fri 5.10 Razor-n-Tape Shop 4-6 pm | NYC
Fri 5.10 Eavesdrop 8 pm | NYC
Sat 5.11 Cafe Balearica 9 pm | NYC
Fri 5.24 Port Sa’id 9 pm | NYC
Sun 5.26 Private Event | NYC
Sat 6.1 Private Event | Maryland (TBC)
Sat 6.8 Le Mont Royale | Washington DC

Rustam Ospanoff - Live @ 18th Street Lounge. Washington DC.  5 hrs Set (Feb 23rd 2024)

Chicago House - Detroit techno-Deep House-Soul- Funk -Disco-Nu Jazz

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…