zikade (she/her)

Before her own debut behind the decks, zikade explored electronic music and club communities as a raver for many years. She went on to use those experiences as a key focus in her sets: always dance floor oriented and with the collective moment in mind, zikade’s selection is characterized by a love for hard kicks, rolling beats and trippy melodies. zikade wants her sound to be less connected by genre than by atmosphere: dark but groovy, melancholic but sexy. Based in Berlin, zikade is a resident DJ for the queer collective SLIME, regularly performing at their bi-monthly events and various showcases.

Notes on the Mix ///
"For this mix I wanted to bring together different sounds and atmospheres, hopefully teasing out a spectrum of emotions. Lately, I have challenged myself to become more eclectic and playful in my sets, something I admire and enjoy a lot when I’m on the dancefloor myself. The mix is a combination of recent record store finds and those records that I pick out often, but almost never play in public. Thanks for having me! :)"

SOCIALS:
@zikade-x
https://www.instagram.com/zikade.x/
https://ra.co/dj/zikade


XOXA BLEND 237 - zikade

Bea (she/her)

Bea is a New York based DJ who plays stripped down, hot-and-heavy tracks to make you feel the beat deep in your body. Crafting moments to undress your inhibitions, she draws you in with an ear for slow burning, groovy, minimal sounds until you can’t help but lose yourself in the rhythm.

Notes on the Mix ///
"This mix was recorded on a cold, December afternoon in the basement of my dear friend and mentor, Dr. Fruit, with no particular plan. I ended up exploring some of the darker, more tense corners of the bouncy, minimal house and techno I'm drawn to. Hope this helps to keep you warm through the winter xoxo."

SOCIALS:
@bealevy
https://instagram.com/beazlevy

TRACKLIST
Butterfly Effect - Kaitaro
Beat This Slow - Van Rivers
Wet Dreams - Decimal
Subraum-Omen (Dualism Warped Remix) - Phase
Giggles - Pheek
Scary Noises - Linda Swallow
Stress - Barem
Gizeh - Onur Özer
Playin - Renè Hamel
Tar Ann Tullah (Lee Curtiss Remix) - Seph
Repair (GO!DIVA Remix) - Yoma
On the Skive - Gabriel Ananda
Folk - A-Inc
Simsa - SiS
Indigo (Knobs feat.Seven Davis Remix) - Harada, Hess
Spiel - Kaye Ken Coffee
Seconds (Gabriel Ananda Remix) - Minilogue
Bon - Akiko Kiyama
Titti - Alex Smoke
Distress - Seismal D
Maybe - Mathias Kaden

XOXA BLEND 238 - Bea

Live recorded set of Ariel Zetina @ Good Room for XOXA's 7 Year Anniversary. Recorded on Saturday April 26th 2024 12am - 3am

@arielzetina

Ariel Zetina @ Good Room ~ XOXA's 7 Year Anniversary April 26th 2024

Kidcat & Broccoli (she/her)

«  Back-to-back *vinyl only* set by Kidcat and Broccoli, the co-founders of the Dyke/Queer collective Pillow Princess. »

Lara, aka Broccoli, is an Italian-born, Berlin-based DJ, vinyl collector, and co-founder of the queer-dyke collective Pillow Princess. She is known for her distinctive analog vinyl sets, seamlessly blending 90s progressive and acid house with modern sounds. Cat, aka Kidcat, is also a vinyl DJ and co-founder of Pillow Princess, celebrated for her dynamic genre-spanning mixes, which range from disco and house to progressive house, trance, and groovy techno.

Together, they run Pillow Princess, a Berlin-based collective and event series dedicated to fostering safe, inclusive spaces for FLINTA* and queer communities within the electronic music scene.

Notes on the Mix ///

"This mix was recorded on October 26, 2024, in Berlin at the queer party Frog on Ziegerstrasse. It’s a back-to-back vinyl only set by Kidcat and Broccoli, the co-founders of the Dyke/Queer collective Pillow Princess. Together, we explored the rich spectrum of progressive house and trance, flowing from deep, groovy rhythms to hypnotic melodies. Over the years, we’ve curated a collection of proggy records, shopping for and sharing sounds as we go. This mix is a reflection of that journey, blending some of our favorite tracks together. Playing together is always a joy, and this session was no exception—it’s exciting to anticipate what the other will play next and blend our choices into a cohesive, shared soundscape. We hope you'll enjoy listening to is as much as we enjoyed playing and dancing night 🫰"

SOCIALS

Kidcat
@k_i_d_c_a_t 
https://www.instagram.com/kidcat_o.o/
https://ra.co/dj/kidcat

Broccoli
@broccoli69
https://www.instagram.com/ilbroccolovolante/
https://ra.co/dj/ilbroccolovolante

XOXA BLEND 239 - Kidcat & Broccoli

Liam J (he/him)

Liam is a DJ, dancer and party host based in South London. He’s the co-founder and resident of non-profit dance party Handclap, which has hosted guests including Seb Odyssey, Wallace and Tia Cousins. His tastes took root with early disco, before tracing the queer histories of electronic dance music through house and techno… tastes that have been honed over a decade on the capital’s queer dancefloors at parties like Chapter 10, Pumping Velvet and Adonis. His DJing revolves around house music and all of its subgenres, with doses of industrial muscle, dreamy atmospherics and plenty of sleaze.

Notes on the Mix ///
This is a section of a live set from last year, recorded at a party with friends in the Norfolk countryside at the beginning of summer. This was a pretty rare case of feeling totally at ease when playing, and the music flowing freely… the result of a perfect balance between considered prep, improvisation, and a great energy flowing through the dancefloor. It’s pretty upbeat (for me), lots of groovers, some classics, nice textures, and a bit sexy too. Hope you enjoy! 

SOCIALS
@handclapliam
https://www.instagram.com/handclap.se/
https://www.instagram.com/liammcneilly/

TRACKLIST:
Vitess – Highway (DJOKO remix)
Huerta – Freak Emotion
Lex Wolf – New York Jaxx
Rhythm Method – Call Of The Wild (Tech Support Edit)
Cristalli Liquidi - Volevi Una Hit
Nail – Monday Brew
Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close (Frankie Knuckles Mix)
Ketiov – Ritmo
Erol Alkan – A Hold On Love (Trip Mix)
Baalti - Kirpa (Seb Wildblood remix)
Kosh – The Chopper
Known Artist - Spread Love
Demi Riquismo – Talk To Frank
Not Even Noticed – Petulant
Long Island Sound – Eleventh Hour Exchange
Anne Clarke – Sleeper In Metropolis
Huerta – Zappin’
Jex Opolis – Spooky Funk

XOXA BLEND 240 - Liam J

Patsy (He/They)

Patsy is an anti-binary DJ, event producer, and creative based in Brooklyn NY.  As a reference to the country music heroine Patsy Cline, Patsy's moniker plays with the juxtaposition of the artist's conservative upbringing in the mountains of SW Virginia vs their queer experience and existence in NYC today. This mixing of cultures, genres and styles is the creative pillar of everything Patsy does, running with the motto "always eclectic, but never random". Patsy has produced and performed a menagerie of different projects, ranging from guest radio spots on NTS and 8Ball Radio, to live spatial audio performances and various forms of visual design work. Patsy though is most commonly found at, and known for, their various events and performances at the queer punk venue Purgatory in Bushwick Brooklyn. 

Notes on the Mix ///
"The heart behind this mix really boils down to exploring the idea of what "rave music at the punk bar, and punk music at the rave" sounds like. It feels like I’ve been playing with that idea my entire career, especially with the parties and events I throw at my home venue/bar Purgatory, but I approach the idea with more intention here.  The mix features some OG punk/alt tracks from acts like Coil, Crass, and Gina X, along with newer voices like La Neve, woven together with a slew of different rave and dance floor sounds to keep the energy moving.  The recording is a portion of a set I played for a small group of friends in a cabin in rural Pennsylvania. My time slot was just past peak hours, a time I love as it can cover both high energy party moments along with the more abstract and bubbly sounds of a late night / early morning floor. My intention as a DJ is always to play with and bend the lines between genre boundaries, and in that regard, I’m really happy with where this mix ended up."

SOCIALS
@itspatsy
https://www.instagram.com/_its_Patsy_

TRACKLIST:
Crass - "What the Fuck"
La Neve - "The Vital Cord"
Georg-i - "Strobe Fodder"
Djrum - "Tension"
X-Coast - "Get Down"
Will Hofbauer - "Drip Dip Drip the Dip Drip"
Senna Mejoza - "Bigwigs"
Sósia - "Villager"
DJ ADHD - "OGs"
Mabel - "Dolphin Girl"
Coil - "Things Happen"
AYEGY - "Dig It Up"
LUXE - "Lucky Star"
Russell E.L. Butler - "Flooded Cul De Sac"
GǼG - "Merpa"
Monkey Timers & Keita Sano - "Jack"
Decius - "Masculine Encounter"
Gina X - "Drive My Car"
Djs Pareja - "Macho Beat"
Yaleesa Hall - "Shanks"
The Golden Filter - "Infinity"
Q Lazzarus - "Goodbye Horses" (Extended Mix)

XOXA BLEND 241 - Patsy

Born in the early 90's, my culture and musical taste is very much marked by my roots, Valencia. Since the 80's it has been a meeting point for many types of parties that have formed a very particular sound. I have grown up in several remarkable periods in the history of electronic music in Spain and Europe, from the evolution of disco to house music, the era of minimal, makina, remember, the arrival of edm to the spaces that we all suffer so much (🥲) and finally the emergence of techno in the clubs (DISCOTECA). 

(It is important for me not to put clubs, but rather "discoteca" discoteque in French, I don't know if there is a translation other than "club" into English, because in Spain at that time there were no clubs, and today what is considered a club here in Berlin is very far from being a club in Spain.))

 I found the raves, (Free parties) where I could discover an infinite variety of musical genres, and different types of music.

I exchanged the dance floor for the mud, sun, cold, and heat of the free and almost always illegal parties, which have been for years part of my personal growth as a musician, places of coexistence with unknown people and friends where we united in remote places and far from cities, without disturbing anyone, full of respect. 

Finally, in Berlin, where I am currently based, gives me that part of freedom in the CLUBS, spaces designed and created for the enjoyment of music, the possibility of discovering genres, artists and labels. For me, it is a privilege to be able to live here now that I am growing as a DJ.

I am currently addicted to songs with vocals, I like to mix many types of genres in the sessions and let them surprise you.

THANKS TO KIRA/XOXA FOR GIVING ME THIS SPACE ON THIS WONDERFUL PAGE FULL OF TALENTS.

Note on the Mix ///

"This mix is composed of several tracks that represent my musical taste, based on my first electronic music parties in Spain, full of electro, electro-house, tech-house, percussive beats, vocals, very lively rhythms, sometimes very sexy because of the cultural approach of this kind of parties. 

When I started mixing music a little over 2 years ago, I felt the need to combine these styles that I like to mix and dance nowadays, techno. I have divided this session in two parts, the first one more groovy and the second one with more dark and hypnotictechno.

I want this set to be a thank you to the people who have helped me and taught me from the mixing of songs, recording, musical research, and have the music in my hands as I have always wanted."

SOCIALS
https://soundcloud.com/user-733141368
https://www.instagram.com/reix_w/

TRACKLIST:

1. Touch me (edit) Hot meal records.
2.Hush baby Black girl/White girl
3.La Playa Rover ranger, David Löhlein, Sofia.
4.The tribe. JKS
5.Watch your language. Justin Jay, Adrian More.
6.Amnesia. Zisko 
7.Screenshot of compliment.Funk assault
8.What Should i Do Next?. Dj Plant Texture.
9.Blow. Dj Gigola.
10.Let me. Funk Assault.
11.Shake that body.Mark Broom.
12.Sexual Tension. UFO95
13.Heat on tracks. Agent Orange Dj.
14.Warriors.Hurdslenk.
15.Sacred arsenal. Funk Assault.

XOXA BLEND 242 - SPINELLI

Josh Watkins (he/him)

Josh Watkins is a Brooklyn based DJ and co-founder of DIY party series and event space, The Hole - a project that aims to preserve space in NYC for people to dance that centers intimacy and community, and is free from the distortion of commodification and profit. With a musical focus on texture and emotion rather than any one genre, Josh plays to the convergence of body and mind. 

Notes on the Mix ///
"This mix is a reflection of my current musical and emotional states—attempting to lean deeper into weirder, fuller sounds while still maintaining groove, clarity, and occasional sass. Turn this mix on when you want to get lost in the palace of your mind and dance along the way."



SOCIALS
@jwhatt
https://www.instagram.com/jshwtkns 

TRACKLIST:

Amaliah - Slow Burn
Deadbeat - Too Much Pressure
Pugilist & Pod - Mystic
DVS1 - Falling
Analog Fingerprints - Psy vs Psy
Off The Meds - Belter (Joy O Belly Mix)
J:Kenzo - Cyborg City
Jor-El - LILIES2 (DJ Lily Remix)
Marcel Dettman - Suffice To Predict (LB Dub Corp Remix)
Al Groove - Indigenous Dance II
Chris Bruin - Het Feest
Timo Maas ft. Kelis - Help Me
Truth - Yesterdays
Miss Kittin - 1993 EACID
Kush Jones - Wub
Kodemul - Despídete Bien
DRC - Out of Control
Yoko Ono - Will I (John Creamer & Stephan K mix)
al dente - Dome of the Robot
Rising Sun - Nostalgia (Convextion Remix)

XOXA BLEND 243 - Josh Watkins

Manta (she/her)

Manta is a Berlin-based DJ, a fierce Chilena Italiana drawing inspiration from cultures and time in a samba band. Her genre-fluid sound brings rhythmic percussive energy with layered basslines. Manta's latest project, frog.bln, is a party series creating a community for FLINTA* prog house artists and dancers. In 2022, she also founded @visionskollektiv, a transdisciplinary collective that organizes festivals, club nights, film nights and workshops.

Notes on the Mix ///

"This mix is a recording of a set I prepared over a year ago, one I’ve kept in my archives until now. It blends hardgroove and tech house. Yum percussive beats, dub basslines and atmospheric synths. Featuring tracks from Saoirse, Bashkka, Ray Kandinski, Amaliah and Bambounou (thank you), this set stays true to my love for swung groove and captures the fast edge of my sound. Listening back, I feel proud of where I’ve come from. Back then, I never would’ve released this. I didn’t think I was good enough. These days, I’m a bit kinder to myself. I look for archival wins to celebrate and remember to enjoy the process. I have practiced and learned so much; it just gets more fun out there. To all emerging artists: keep going, you got this, you are the queen!"

SOCIALS:
@soundmanta
https://www.instagram.com/mia___manta/
https://ra.co/dj/manta

XOXA BLEND 244 - Manta

Jennifer Spektor (she/her)

Jennifer Spektor is a trans DJ, producer, artist, poet, art therapist whose performances aim to foster communal, rhythmic experiences grounded in love. Hailing from what is known as the Chicago area and now based on the stolen land of the Coast Salish people in Seattle, her sets blend the emotional energy of underground dancefloors in the midwest and the UK with the cultural influences of her diasporic Jewish heritage, turntablism, and the oceanic landscape of her current home. She hosts the monthly radio show Echolocation on Particle.fm.

Notes on the Mix ///

"I wanted to lean into my love of house music while including some of the tracks that I had the best memories of playing for dancers over the past couple years (mostly at the Kremwerk Complex here in what is known as Seattle.) This recording was made with CDJs, turntables, and a Pioneer mixer. I hope you enjoy the mix!"

SOCIALS
@jenniferspektor
http://instagram.com/jenniferspektor
https://ra.co/dj/jenniferspektor

Photo Credit: Valerie Calano

TRACKLIST:
K'Alexi Shelby(KKlasik) - Afro-disco P3
Krimp - Get Up (Original Mix)
Davis Galvin - Qorlii Propagule
Leonce - Not Here For It
NAASHA - WATCH ME
Armando - Land of Confusion (Confusion Mix)
DJ Hyperactive - Chicago
Ehua - Roman
Doja Cat - Woman - (Leonce Refix)
Hiroaki Iizuka - Drum Unit 2
QB Project_01 - Inspace
Shanti Celeste - SLB (Original Mix)
Blatant Breaks - Never Felt (Breaks Mix)
Loris - Mizmar drip
Raj Ghai & Pedro - Keys To The Madhouse
Aguila - Zenith's Groove
Scratch record: Scratch Fossils by Moschop

XOXA BLEND 245 - Jennifer Spektor

XOXA is a boutique booking agency and events promoter based out of North American and the United Kingdom. Their mission is to support and highlight talented marginalized artists in the electronic dance music industry. 

XOXA BLEND is a long running mix series featuring a wide range of genres and sounds from queer people & womxn (& select allies). 

Agency Roster: @tammylakkis | @honeybbzz  | @shannon1dj | @panooc_music

& residents: @heidyp @kandylion

Email kira@xoxanyc.com for artist bookings & mix pitches.

Upcoming events:

Berlin, DE
March 22nd 2025 23:00 - 08:00
BXB (FLINTA* Takeover) @ Renate
BLVSH x XOXA x BRENN.
GREEN ROOM: Panooc, DJ Shannon, zikade

Edinburgh, Scotland
March 27th 2025 23:00 - 03:00
treasure, treasure @ Sneaky Pete's
DJ Shannon, Robin Flux & Panooc

Brooklyn, New York
April 5th, 2025 10pm - 5am
XOXA 8 Year Anniversary @ GoodRoom
Fatherhood (Michael Magnan b2b Physical Therapy), Jubilee, HONEY B, Kiernan Laveaux b2b Sobolik & DJ Shannon)

London, UK
April 19th 2025 20:00 - 03:00
Extracurricular @ Cu Dalston
XOXA x Fortune Signal
Seb Odyssey, John Xie, D.D. Curry & Panooc
Open Decks - Application on our Linktree

Past events (2024-25):

Edinburgh, Scotland
January 30th 2025 11pm - 3am
treasure, treasure @ Sneaky Pete's
Hayley Zalassi & Panooc

Berlin, DE
Nov 29th 8pm - 4am FLINTA* Open Decks & Les Libertines after party w/ Panooc & zikade @ Secret Location

Brooklyn, NY
Nov 16th 10pm - 5am Good Room 10 Year Anniversary Party @ Good Room w/ Powder, Gee Dee & XOXA Bad Room Takeover: HONEY B & PlayPlay

Berlin, DE
July 24th 8pm - midnight FLINTA* Open Decks w/ Panooc & Amy Dabbs @ Secret Location

Brooklyn, NY
June 28th 10pm - 5am PRIDAY @ Good Room w/ Amy Dabbs, DJ Shannon b2b HONEY B & KNDYFRK (Kandylion b2b SPRFRK) - Peer Pressure Bad Room Takeover (That Matt, Drew Beck & Heidy P.)

Brooklyn, NY
June 14th 10:30pm - 4am Flamingo Pride @ Black Flamingo w/ Robin Flux, Charles Hawthorne & Heidy P.

Berlin, DE
May 25th 11pm - 8am XOXA x BRENN. @ SchwuZ w. Olive T, Flemish.Fetish, Panooc & Open Decks

Edinburgh, UK
May 16th 11pm - 3am Have a nice rave @ Bongo Club w/ Ron Like Hell, Panooc, Bartek & Feena

Glasgow, UK
May 11th 11pm-3am XOXA - Glasgow @ Stereo ft. Kilopatrah Jones, Robin Flux & Panooc

Brooklyn, NY
April 27th 10pm - 5am XOXA 7 Year Anniversary @ Good Room w/ Ariel Zetina, Tammy Lakkis, HONEY B b2b nextdimensional, DJ Shannon, Heidy P. & Kandylion

Brooklyn, NY
April 26th 10pm-midnight XOXA w/ Panooc & Tammy Lakkis - The Lot Radio

London, UK @ Dalston Superstore
April 12th 2024 
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Berlin, DE @ Renate
January 20th 2024

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