An extended version of my set for Book Club Radio. The set is inspired by and dedicated to my son, who through his own life inspired me to get out and live mine.

Live Your Life

If you only liked the first half of my Book Club "A Disco Descent into Darkness", then this is for you. It's just the first half!

A Disco Descent into Darkness - but just the disco

TGIVarist is streamed live every Friday at 3PM Eastern on YouTube, Insta, Facebook, X, and Twitch.

TGIVarist - Mar 15, 2024 - Live Mix

Dark Varist Rises - A Neurofunk Drum & Bass diversion

TGIVarist - May 3, 2024 - Live House Mix

This set is poiiiii-son.

It'll make sense 52 minutes in.

TGIVarist - May 9, 2024 - Live House Mix

This is a disco house set I put together for a Safe Room event in Brooklyn, but then also posted as a pre-recorded TGIVarist set.

TGIVarist - May 31, 2024 - A Wrinkle In Time

You'll know it when you hear it. 😁 All sorts of house today. Definitely not approved by the HOA.

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TGIVarist - July 12, 2024 - Don't Go Wasting Your Emotion

TGIVarist - October 11, 2024 - Keyless Entry

I feel like I should explain the title here. For the duration of the set, I was wearing a shirt with a Santa Yoda that stated "An elf I am not". I think we all agree that was worth the two sentences required.

Does anybody read these descriptions?

TGIVarist - December 20, 2024 - Not An Elf

A Varist Funky New Year 2025

Wait, did you think I'd take a break after Lightning In A Bottle? Honestly, so did I.

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Live Funky House Mix | TGIVarist - May 28, 2025 - Lightning in a Den

Oh no. Temps are finally starting to climb in central Pennsylvania. So that means I'm sporting high fashion today: khaki cargo shorts and a festival t-shirt. Thank goodness nobody comes here to look at me.

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Live Funky House Mix | TGIVarist - June 4, 2025 - So Take Off All Your Clothes

Digging up tracks every week is an interesting exercise, because you set out to make a particular kind of set, but then you hit play on a track and that whole idea crumbles away. And that's how we end up with garage sets.

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Live House and Garage Mix | TGIVarist - June 11, 2025 - You're The One For Me

Live House and Techno Mix | TGIVarist - June 18, 2025 - Oil and Water

This was a night where everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. Audio interface failure? Check, but replaced with spare. Using a new mixer without performing a stream test prior? Of course! Storm outside causes enough of a power fluctuation to knock out connectivity ... twice? You know it! And then clipped audio for the entirety of the mix? YUP!!!

YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Set still turned out okay, though. Enjoy.

Live House Mix | TGIVarist - June 25, 2025 - Alpha and Omega

Due to lightning storms, I postponed TGIVarist for a day. As fun as it was restarting the stream multiple times during the last storm - no, wait, that wasn't fun at all. 

Big news if you haven't already heard it: I'll be playing the inaugural Book Club Radio Festival this October in Brooklyn alongside some truly legendary house producers and DJs! Hit up https://bookclub.radio for information and tickets.

For bookings, contact booking@djvarist.com !

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Live House and UKG Mix | TGIVarist - July 17, 2025 - Big Top

After last week, I feel like maybe now is a great time to bring the tempo down to a speed where you can dance and still hold a drink without throwing it all over yourself and the people in your immediate vicinity.

Live House Mix | TGIVarist - August 6, 2025 - Cup Holder

For those of you who have ever thought, "Varist is so dedicated! He does this every week!" Some weeks are harder than others. This week has challenged me both in the size and number of life/work stressors, but sometimes a little tech house is what's needed to make one forget about the amplitude and frequency of one's aggravations.

Live House and Tech House Mix | TGIVarist - August 13, 2025 - AM/FM

Whew, took a little break there, and it was just what I needed! There's so much stuff happening right now that breaking up the routine really helped me get out of a slowly building anxiety spiral. Thanks for all the support!

Live House Mix | TGIVarist - August 27, 2025 - Jackin' It

The title has nothing to do with this set, really. I'm coming off my first weekend with a gig every single night, and I am perhaps irrationally excited about that milestone.

Live House Mix | TGIVarist - September 3, 2025 - Trifecta

Nobody owns House, and that's why it has so few rules. As long as your beats are four on the floor and your mailbox is a pre-approved style and color, it's all good. Though there's wiggle room on the mailbox. Apologies to every other nation in the world that's far too smart to allow home owners' associations to exist and has no idea what I'm talking about.

Live House Mix | TGIVarist - September 10, 2025 - HOA

We can't predict the moment of transformation, but when it happens, we know. What a completely ridiculous way to say that I had a great time at the Book Club Radio festival! But now it's time to be back ... for a little bit.

Things have been busy lately, so now's a great time to book me before my calendar fills up. Contact booking@djvarist.com for more info!

Live House Mix | TGIVarist - October 8, 2025 - Kafkaesque

I don't have a deep explanation for this week's title. It was just that I found myself musing about what a PLUR/dance commune would look like. I mostly imagine everybody reminding one another to hydrate but none of us knowing how to dig a well.

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