̸BIOGRAPHY A pillar of the new wave of queer underground parties, Aaron is co-founder of the Honcho and Hot Mass collectives in Pittsburgh. Additionally, the Honcho Campout festival is his blitz of the forest, a pinnacle event of queer American dance music. A pillar of the new American wave of queer underground clubbing, Aaron is co-founder of the infamous Hot Mass club in Pittsburgh. A loud, sleazy after-hours built inside of a gay sauna where anything goes until 7am every weekend. At Hot Mass, he programs both the queer Honcho party as well as the 20-years long techno party, Humanaut. More recently, Honcho has become known for their annual Honcho Campout festival - a tight-knit queer blitz of the Pennsylvania forest that has become a pinnacle event of underground American dance music. His sound is the American Midwest, sliding effortlessly between house and techno – everything sharing the common threads of heavy kicks, funk, and a slathering of the psychedelic.

̸BIOGRAPHY Ariel Zetina is a Chicago based artist, focusing in music production, deejaying, and writing. Though her music can be considered techno, she takes inspiration from Chicago house, Belizean genres punta and brukdown, and the queer club scene worldwide. These influences can be heard on 2020’s “MUAs at the End of the World” EP (Femme Culture); 2019’s "Organism" (Majía) and “Shell” (Head Charge); 2017’s “Cyst” (Boukan Records); and on mixes for Rinse FM, Dummy, Truants, and NTS. Her ruthless, cross genre DJs sets have been heard worldwide. She is a resident at the legendary house club Smartbar, and on Discwoman’s roster. ̸SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY MUAS at the End of the World EP, Femme Culture [2020] Shell EP, Head Charge [2019] Organism EP, MAJIA [2019] Cyst EP, Boukan Records (2017) Club Chai Volume I (compilation), Club Chai (2017)

DJ & producer from Washington DC Growing up in PG County, Maryland nestled between Baltimore and Washington, DC shaped life for artist Baronhawk Poitier. Listening to local radio stations and sorting through records while working at The Record Exchange heavily influenced his pursuit of a career as a producer and DJ. He was recognized alongside mentor Kris Klayton aka Karizma/ Kaytronik with a grant from the National Endowment of Arts for electronic music production. Baronhawk expresses his passion for cultural preservation and education working with dance legends at the nonprofit culture and education project Urban Artistry, Inc. He has also earned a name for himself within the LGBTQIA+ dance music community as a member of the unique DC based queer artist collective “The NeedleExchange,” who are known for their independent events, raves and DJ residencies. Baronhawk Poitier’s first EP “Temperado Tornado” (Honey Soundsystem Records) released in 2020, followed by remixes for notable artists Roxy “The Contagion” (Nervous Records), Chrissy “Give U XTC” (Cool Ranch Records) and Majorettes “Run The Trip”.Singles, “Phickle Pickle” (Future Times), “There’s N000 Time” (None/Such Records) and “One Missed Call From A Tenderhawk” (Trax Only Records) are available on all platforms. ̸SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY Temperado Tornado EP / Honey Soundsystem Records Roxy - “The Contagion Remix” / Nervous Records Majorettes - “Run The Trip Remix” / Major Records Chrissy - “Give U XTC Remix” / Cool Ranch Records Outputmessage - “Our Love Remix” / Black Techno Matters W.Jeremy - “Life Remix” / Get Up Recordings “One Missed Call From A Tenderhawk” / Trax Only Records “Phickle Pickle” / Future Times

̸ BIOGRAPHY ̸ SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY Swimmers Groove / O Yea Future Times 2009 Big Coast (12", Promo) Future Times 2010 Beautiful Swimmers featuring John Davis (11) - Open Shadow (7", Promo) Future Times

̸BIOGRAPHY Amal, James Bangura, & Nativesun Hailing from the District of Columbia, come together to bring you a new sound, the sound of their city. Born from the essence, Black Rave Culture lifts up the torch and begins to walk forward spreading the message of Black Rave. Amal, James Bangura, & Nativesun Hailing from the District of Columbia, come together to bring you a new sound, the sound of their city. ̸SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY Haus Of Altr - Black Rave Culture Vol1 BRC - Black Rave Culture Vol2

“I think that’s what music is missing: Live frequencies. I miss those days when people just created from the love of music.” When Byron The Aquarius talks about live frequencies, his enthusiasm is infectious. A keys player by trade, Byron’s love for melody and harmony has consistently drawn the attention of electronic music’s leading labels and producers. In 2015, Byron released a ten track solo album on BBE entitled “Planets of Love.” When he wasn’t working on his own music, he was playing keys in the studio with Kai Alce. These creations got into the hands of Theo Parrish, who loved the sound of his sublime jazz-infected house and picked two tracks to release on his legendary Sound Signature label in 2016. The resulting “Highlife EP” has been hailed as “stunning”, “intoxicating” and “essential.” In the years since, Byron has released a consistently high level of music on Wild Oats, Eglo records & more. In the past 3 years Byron has released three LPs, starting with his debut album “Astral Traveling” released on Mutual Intentions. The following year Byron released “Ambrosia LP” on Jeff Mills’ label Axis Records, & most recently, Byron released “The New Beginning LP” on the UK label Shall Not Fade. He has toured the planet playing festivals such as Dimensions, Dekmantel, Suncebeat, Lente Kabinet, All Points East and many more as well as a plethora of the worlds best clubs. 2022 will see the beginning of Byron’s own label TALKNOI$E Records kick-off with a five-track EP coming out in June and will be available as a limited vinyl-run along with digital release on all platforms.

̸BIOGRAPHY Cay Horiuchi is a Japanese American non-binary DJ based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Cay Horiuchi is a non-binary Japanese artist, DJ, and community organizer based in Portland, Oregon. Their work is based on identity, community, and politics influenced by phenomenology, light and space art, and underground dance music. Cay is a founding member of UwU, a T/GNC & QTPOC focused artist collective creating spaces for marginalized communities to dance in safety. We are committed to prioritizing QTPOC and uplifting our communities through art, action, and advocacy.

̸BIOGRAPHY CCL specializes in the liquefaction of rhythmic and melodic matter - combustive phase transitions through cowgirl-breaks, trip-funk, wiggle steppers.

̸BIOGRAPHY International Deep House dj and producer Dj Aakmael! House Music dj and recording artist Dj Aakmael is a dj /producer who creates some of the deepest and rawest house tracks of today’s Deep House scene. His dj mixes contain the perfect blend of hard hitting deep house instrumentals as well as smooth vocal tracks. Aakmael has graced the dance floors of About Blank - Berlin, Fáklya Klub - Budapest, Good Room - NY, Bossa Nova - NY, Output - NY, TBA - NY, Motor City Wine - Detroit, Soundtable - ATL, DC clubs Flash, 18th Street Lounge and DC Eagle and played alongside Frances Harris, Dj Spinna, Dj Sprinkles, Patrice Scott and Kai Alce. Aak's music has been released on respected dance labels such as Scissor & Thread, Freerange Records, Axe On Wax, Release Sustain, Kolour LTD, Hizhou, Monologues, Morris-Audio, upcoming releases on Dogmatik, NDATL, Rainy City, his own imprint Unxpozd and others. Aakmael’s remixes also has made the rounds of clubs and radio shows worldwide, still preserving that deep underground sound. His music has been charted by Jimpster, CJ Mackintosh, Brother’s Vibe, Kai Alce, Lady Blacktronica, and Jef K to name a few and has mixes and interviews on Worldwide FM, Rinse FM France, Teshno, NWS Cast Denmark and Crossfadr, and looks forward to networking more than ever! ̸SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY https://www.discogs.com/artist/223478-DJ-Aakmael

̸BIOGRAPHY DC-based DJ of electro styles. Co-founder of Go BANG! (SF), House of BOOM (DC), and Electric Kingdom (DC). ̸BIOGRAPHY DC-based DJ of electro styles. Co-founder of Go BANG! (SF), House of BOOM (DC), and Electric Kingdom (DC).

̸BIOGRAPHY Harry Cross is a resident of the Loose Ends party at Smart Bar, the Overly Drumatic rooftop party at the Ace Hotel, Witch Finger at random warehouses, and Friday night resident of Steamworks Bathhouse in Chicago, IL. His weekly functions at gay bathhouses and leather bars keep his sound drenched in the sweaty and smoky corners of house, techno, breaks, acid, dub and disco.

̸BIOGRAPHY Washington, DC based techno, house and DnB producer and DJ. 1/2 of techno duo, Rush Plus. 1/2 of IDM / DnB duo, Superabundance (Future Times) ̸SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY https://www.discogs.com/artist/3822655-Jackson-Ryland

̸BIOGRAPHY Chicago ---> Berlin As a Chicagoan, Meehan broadcast signals from behind the console at WLUW 88.7FM, behind the counter at Gramaphone Records, behind the decks at Smart Bar, and behind the scenes as a co-founder of the Men's Room parties. Berlin-based since 2016, he's the program director and a resident DJ of Buttons & an organizing member of WHOLE - United Queer Festival. Coincidentally traveling to the US for some gigs at the end of February 2020, Meehan is, for the time being, residing with his family in the forests of central Illinois, riding out the pandemic. Along with Mark Louque, he co-hosts the 2 x month radio show Nightshade FM, broadcasting live on Cape Cod Community Radio stations WOMR / WFMR. ̸SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY https://soundcloud.com/nightshade_fm https://www.electronicbeats.net/whole-festival-2019/ https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3554 https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2642

̸BIOGRAPHY DJ, curator, and all-around trouble maker, Jacq Jill is an undeniable force in the American underground. Known for being as versatile as they are technically gifted, featuring all across the spectrum of the Underground in the Mid-Atlantic US and beyond. Splitting their time between DC and Baltimore, Jacq has been spinning energetic “techno-adjacent” sets for nearly a decade. Jacq has multiple releases on a who’s who of mix series and is featured on the 2019 Boiler Room North American Tour. Selection is so important, as is energy. As much as they work hard to be a diverse and conscious selector, they work twice as hard to be an energy provider and community organizer. Their goal is always to elevate a room whether that be through having a wide soundscape or creating a space that welcomes the outsiders. A friendly face bringing you disrupting rhythms, old school rave and trance infused sounds, anything techno or techno adjacent, with a healthy respect for queer underground history. 
 More recently, Jacq has been featured in the Washington Post discussing the current state of American dance floors and navigating the pandemic, as well as a feature in Extend Magazine, where they recall the transition from conservative Texas to the East coast, bringing their favorite southern sound influences along with them. 
 Expanding their reach, Jacq has made multiple noted appearances at Elsewhere NYC, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Hot Mass Pittsburgh, Nowadays, and The Lot Radio. This summer they made their SF debut alongside globetrotters, Beautiful Swimmers, played alongside queer royalty at Wrecked & Carry Nation’s NYC Pride extravaganza, and launched a new daytime rave series BODYSERVICE in the heart of Baltimore underground. Jacq Jill is best known for their captivating energy on the decks, it’s impossible not to be pulled in.

multidisciplinary artist from Baltimore, with roots in Taiwan based in Brooklyn Born and raised in Baltimore, JiaLing was a classically trained cellist for 15 years. After a tumultuous relationship with the cello, Shih moved on to study visual arts and film, discovering club music and ableton while in the studio. Recently moving back to New York from Tel Aviv where Shih was deejaying and producing events for two years, JiaLing continues to self-release tracks under a new alias/label Big J. Her work uses performance, sound, installation & interactive media to deconstruct and heal from trauma through a cathartic creative process. Channeling inspiration from her roots as well as her experiences living in the Middle East, Australia and Asia, JiaLing explores these sonic landscapes with curiosity. https://jialing.bandcamp.com/releases

DJ Karizma is a Baltimorean who has been DJing since he was 13. He has many productions/re-mix credits to his name including work with the Basement Boys, Black Vinyl Records, Ricanstruction, 83 West, Objektivity, R2, Ben Westbeech, Peven Everett, Blaze..Karizma

̸BIOGRAPHY House, disco, funk and soul

̸BIOGRAPHY The Dancer’s DJ Born and raised in Queens, a city dweller and a club kid, Kilopatrah has an innate and superlative gift for transferring energy from the booth to the dance floor—through exciting house, techno, and jungle, and moments that both harken to Sound Factory–era glory days and bring you to sweaty BPMs of the future. Their sets are palpably personal: The dance floor has always been a powerful platform for expression for Kilo, once as a freeing and connecting space for a quiet house dancer and now as one for moving others like them. When Kilo gets going, you’ll lose sense of the kick drum versus the beat of your own body against the floor. That’s a gift from them to you, and your percussion is a gift back to them. Kilo brings their energetic sass to a monthly Lot Radio residency and to parties with impressive lineups, playing alongside Todd Terry home in New York, at the legendary Movement weekend Club Toilet in Detroit, and for Boiler Room. Their mixes, for series such as Coloring Lessons, Honcho, and Juanita’s, and for spots on Rinse and Refuge, also capture the club at its most euphoric. You’ll step a little harder with Kilopatrah Jones. Words by Sacha Madadian

̸BIOGRAPHY Kim Ann Foxman / Firehouse Recordings / self:timer / Pleasure Planet The short-story version of Kim Ann Foxman’s trajectory is pretty simple: An island-born kid dreams of a life in clubland, hits the big city and, with a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, emerges as one of dance music’s leading figures. But it’s the details that transforms her singular tale into something far more fascinating than the standard-issue success story. After all, what other DJ can lay claim to the title of Miss Teen Filipina Hawaii? How many can say that their first job in nightlife was when in high school, serving as the in-house dancer and serving rave smoothies at an all-ages club? How many, after moving to New York by way of San Francisco in the early ’00s, can say that they helped to rejuvenate the city’s then-stale nightlife via her residency at one of the best parties ever held in a hole-in-the-wall gay bar, the Mad Clams affair? How many have tasted stardom as one of the original members of the scene-making dance-music collective Hercules and Love Affair? Exactly one, and it’s Kim Ann. But it’s a safe bet that she would have made it to where she is today without those biographical eccentricities, because her near-classical take on jacking club rhythms is hard to resist, sounding as fantastic at a full-scale mega-rave as it does at a grimy basement bash. It’s a universally appealing sound that’s taken her around the world—the past few years have seen her playing such hallowed halls as Fabric, Berghain, DC-10, Concrete and Contact, all while holding down a residency at her hometown’s Good Room. A lifetime in clubbing has informed Kim Ann’s studio work as well, with her music—much of it coming out on her own Firehouse label—synthesizing the best elements of raw house, propulsive 303 material, emotive techno and even the occasional hint of trance into a hugely satisfying whole that lives somewhere between the weird and the wonderful. And then there’s her latest project, Pleasure Planet, which sees her teaming with Andrew Potter and Brian Hersey to add sparkling touches of extraterrestrial new wave to the mix on her new sublabel, self:timer. It’s yet another twist in the continuing saga of Kim Ann Foxman—and, we’d wager, there are plenty more to come. Bio Written By Bruce Tantum

Hailing from Southern California Beth Cohen AKA Lady Lavender is a DJ, radio personality, and dancer. Now New Orleans based, she is known for her serious yet upbeat approach to dance music. Lady Lavender’s sound is selective but carefree, and always with a dance floor in mind.She is a co-founder of For The Record - a New Orleans based creatives' collective rooted in community, compassion, solidarity, and having a damn good time. Her most recent project includes Secret Handshake, in which she partners with fellow DJ Nile Ashton to curate shows combining DJing, dance, and visual art.

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̸BIOGRAPHY Label boss (Better Listen Records) and disco and house selector based in the District of Columbia. Martín Miguel is A&R and manager of DC-based disco house label, Better Listen Records. He also holds residency at the legendary Eighteenth Street Lounge, Flash, and is a seasoned promoter and selector on the District of Columbia scene. Additionally, Martín was previously editor of the now-defunct Dance Party Chronicles, and currently writes for Bolting Bits and Sleazy Beats.

̸BIOGRAPHY Hot Mass Resident, Ondo / Gusto moved to Pittsburgh and immersed himself in the city’s ever-growing electronic scene, constantly refining his sound and performance to express both his love for electronic music and his urban/soulful roots.

̸BIOGRAPHY house. disco. sunshine with a little bit of attitude. Phlegm is a New Orleans-born and based DJ, visual artist, and educator who got his start DJing under the wings of New Orleans nightlife party unit Babygirl (Bouffant Bouffant and Five). His style pays homage to classic Chicago and New York handbag house, ghetto house, and disco. His soulful and cheeky approach to djing can be described as "sunshine with a lil' bit of attitude". Always in pursuit of joy and always for the lovergirls.

Under the Priori Moniker, Québecois musician Francis Latreille has established himself as a crucial voice in underground techno. His 2019 full-length debut On A Nimbus, released on his own NAFF imprint, was a haunting foray into the possibility/impossibility of technological utopia, where elements of dub techno, drum & bass, IDM, and tech-house curiously converged, resulting in an album at once familiar, modern, and undeniably singular. Francis followed that with a string of essential releases–from the slow-burning techy meditations of SCN and Little Flower to the anthemic, trance-inflected Infinity–ending with 2021’s Your Own Power. Priori is also an accomplished mixing engineer; a quick search will reveal an exhaustive list of credits on projects by Roza Terenzi, D. Tiffany, Escape Artist, Bambii, Gene Tellem, Maara, and ex-terrestrial, to name a few. Between the label he runs with Adam Feingold (aka ex-terrestrial) and the studio he runs with Patrick Holland, Francis is quietly shaping the course of underground electronic dance music in Canada and abroad.

̸BIOGRAPHY Less interested in genre and more curious about wide mode. Cleo Stern (she/her), known as Razrbark, is a dj from New York². Part of the multidisciplinary Boof Sis squad, Razrbark bled into existence following an encounter with a sharp piece of wood during a pool party at a certain upstate music festival. Edge with her on the whimsy of evil.

Roi Perez is a Berlin-based DJ, After a headstart playing records in 2011 as a local resident in Tel Aviv’s underground queer clubbing scene, he moved to Berlin in 2013 in order to continue his personal journey of establishing a coherent, creative and diverse musical language, skills, style and knowledge. Not so long after, he started playing to Berlin’s busiest dancefloors, including being invited to play at the notorious fetish club Lab. Oratory and Berghain’s Panorama Bar. In 2015 Roi started touring worldwide, performing in important clubs and destinations all across the globe. Roi’s long, eclectic sets offer a dynamic musical journey through genres and styles, where house and techno music are weaved together with disco and electro to create a hypnotizing, powerful yet playful musical experience. Roi is currently living in Berlin, working as a music selector in the local branch of London’s important music establishment Phonica Records.

̸BIOGRAPHY Dj from Detroit. Resident of Macho City. Half of The Fantasy, with BMG Scott Zacharias is musically ambidextrous, the co-founder of both Detroit's Macho City and Disco/Secret with Mike Trombley, and the original resident of Oslo. He started in thrash bands as a teenager then moved on to space rock project Monaural before his interests in Jazz ultimately led him to the traditions of Detroit's deep house DJs, and then beyond into a truly expansive almost psychedelic take on Disco and all its weird friends. With 4 records on Secret Mixes / Fixes under his belt with BMG as The Fantasy, he has blossomed into Detroit's best kept secret, a true student of freeform dance music.

̸BIOGRAPHY The gayest band since The Village People. Based in Sydney Australia, they make music and parties. Coming to a Pride float near you soon. Stereogamous are the musical equivalent of Mardi Gras that runs all year. Paul Mac and Jonny Seymour have remixed or collaborated with Kylie, George Michael, Hard Ton, Jake Shears, Sia, Sam Sparro, LCD Soundsystem, Light Asylum, Beni, The Presets and loads more. Don't hate though. They are actually lovely lads who are more into dancing and staying up late than being sceneious. They have original tracks featuring collaboration with Shaun J Wright (Classic Record Co / Chicago) turning people out all over They have played in backroom dance floors all over the planet (Pannorama Bar, Razzmatazz Barcelona, Horse Meat Disco London, Trough Melbourne) mega festivals (Lovebox, the Big Day Out, Burning Man, Glastonbury) soundtracked fashion parades (NYC, Paris, Sydney fashion weeks) and also represented at Gay Pride events all around the homo circuit (Folsom Street Fair San Francisco, Sydney Mardi Gras, Madrid Pride) They refuse to play weddings downunder, until its equal, gworl! http://www.soundcloud.com/stereogamous http://www.twitter.com/stereogamous ̸SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY STEREOGAMOUS feat Shaun J Wright "Sweat" STEREOGAMOUS feat Shaun J Wright "Face Love Anew" STEREOGAMOUS "Theatre Background" remixes: SHAUN & ALINKA "Journey Into The Deep" BENI feat SAM SPARRO "Your Body" SAM SPARRO "I Wish I Never Met You" KYLIE MINOGUE "Cupid Boy" LIGHT ASYLUM "A Certain Person" LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "I Can Change" SUSPECT "in ur face" B(IF)TEK "Machines Work" KHAN "Ride Me" MANDY WARHOL "I'm Gay" MEN "Credit Card Babies" MY ROBOT FRIEND "Jerbear" GEORGE MICHEAL "I Want Your Sex" SNAX "No Dancing" THE PRESETS "Kitty in the Middle" THE SCARE "Could be Bad" WE HAVE BAND "You Came Out" WOLFMOTHER "Dimension"

̸ BIOGRAPHY Tommy C, is a DC-based DJ and member of Dance Club and TNX. Tommy C. is a Washington DC-based DJ and member of Dance Club and TNX. Tommy is also a resident at Trade, a frequent selector at DC's many late night spots, and the Camp Director of the after-hours stages at the Honcho Summer Campout, which takes place each August in Pennsylvania. Tommy has shared the bill with DJs such as The Black Madonna, Omar-S, Keith Worthy, DJ Harvey, Rich Medina, Maurice Fulton, Martyn, Ciel, Jeffrey Sfire and Aaron Clark, to name a few, and has championed bringing talented queer DJs into DC, including Honey Dijon, Horse Meat Disco, Eris Drew, Octo Octa, Discodromo, Honey Soundsystem, DJ Minx, Kim Ann Foxman, DJ Holographic, Gay Marvine, Carlos Souffront, Discodromo and Honcho. Tommy has appeared at clubs and parties including the Red Bull Music Academy Festival and The Carry Nation in New York, Folsom and Dore Alley in San Francisco, Hot Mass in Pittsburgh, The Black Eagle in Toronto, Nowadays in Brooklyn, Fag Bash in Provincetown, Southern Decadence in New Orleans, Deep South in Atlanta, Bridge Club in Portland, and Buttons in Berlin.

̸BIOGRAPHY Yessi is the producer/DJ alias of Colombian American visual artist and experimental musician Jessica Fuquay.