"Working my ass off, to be honest," is how Eli Escobar starts our interview  below. That basically sums up his vibe. The New Yorker might not have the same household name status of other DJs who have been soundtracking Manhattan clubs since the early '90s, but he certainly deserves it. Any New York resident worth their salt should have him near the top of the list of their favorite local DJs. He plays anywhere and everywhere in the city, and he can play pretty much anything he wants to, as his RA Podcast will attest.

When it comes to his own music, Escobar puts out records equally informed by disco, hip-hop and house—in other words, a very New York sound. He hasn't been producing as long as he's been DJing, but his albums and EPs for labels like Classic, Night People and Razor N Tape are full of the soul, humor and talent of someone who knows dance music inside out.

As Escobar says below, he doesn't really have any one type of sound. His DJing varies greatly from night to night, and he's always adding to his considerable collection, so no one set is quite the same as another. For his RA Podcast, put together painstakingly with many specially edited tracks and recorded in a hotel room in Colombia, he strikes a relatively reflective tone, but it's still eminently danceable. He moves gradually through two hours of house and disco that ranges from celebratory to muted, from minimalist to rich with live instrumentation. It's the sound of New York dance music as passed through generations, from one of its best and most beloved musical storytellers.

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RA.839 Eli Escobar

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✹ dates ✹ 
23.8. Ruïna · KeinKollektiv · Kirchenruine Wachau

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✹ booking & inquiries ✹
jasmin@undulate.de

✹ played ✹
Beate Uwe · Between Mountains · Blue Velvet · Cassiopeia's Saga · Charles Bronson · Conne Island · Detect Classic Festival · DUQO · elipamanoke · freihgefühl · Fusion · Future Boutique · Garbicz · Garage Ost · heiter bis wolkig · iBug Flöha · Institut für Zukunft · Kepotopival · Klunkerkranich · Kulturlounge · Mensch Meier · MILA · Minimal Bar · MSNT · Mystic Creatures · Noch Besser Leben · ost:end · OHA Osthang · Pixi Kollektivbar · Rad Tanke · Sektor Evolution · Sommerfest · So&So · Station Endlos · SUBARDO · tante manfred · tippex fka tipi · vak Kultursommer · YSY · Zum Wilden Heinz · Zur Gruam

✹ love 4 ✹
bananas are berries · fem*vak · fjeden · Future Fabrik · Hütte · JETSET · kap.tripití · Kollektiv Blaue Stunde · Stolen Money Posse

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From her early influences rooted in Motown, jazz, and funk, thanks to her bass player father, Megan cultivated a diverse appreciation for music. Working at a local record shop while attending university in the '80s, she broadened her musical horizons. Throughout her studies, travels, and career as an educator, Megan has always pursued her first passion: music and dance.

Megan meticulously crafts playlists with a purist's attention to harmonies, genre transitions, and tempo builds. With a profound appreciation for the roots of African music (bolstered by a decade of dance in Egypt), jazz, hip hop, funk, soul and deep house, her mixes will have you moving on the dance floor or grooving in your kitchen.

RA.839 Eli Escobar

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