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It's Friday again and I'm in literal awe that we're already almost done with Q1. I typically mark the new year as my birthday and I'm hoping to have a way better year (and birthday) than I've had the past three. It's been rough for many of us and music has been the one thing to keep me going. On my birthday weekend this year, I'm ecstatic to be on the lineup for a new party series ASHAWO, a space to shake nyash to AltĂŠ, Afro-house, and Afrobeats with African and diasporic queer folks! Chicago really needs this, so please come dance if African-rooted sounds, beyond but including afrobeats, are your vibe!
Welcome to the DyasphereI'm back with another vlog playing my first Moneygun set, seeing Heavy-K perform in Chicago and at my first Bandlab event! Let me know what you want to see more of in the comments. Let's DanceI know, I know, you were snowed in during my last set at Dorothy's. I hope you come vibe in their beautiful lounge at the top of the month!
Tik N' TokI'll be going live on TikTok weekly! Make sure you're following me over there for some laidback fun where I'll be chatting and mixing whatever tf I want!! I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. Was this sent to you by a friend? Make sure to subscribe and read past newsletters.
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âThoughts with Mild Sauce
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Imagine.. it's 2007 and spiked belts from the beauty supply store are all the rave, you live and breathe DatPiff.com for the latest Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane releases, smartphones are becoming thee thing so you're begging your mom to get you a sidekick phone so you can finally trash your flimsy flip phone for good, then, the next yearâright before Christmas at thatâSouljaboy releases "Kiss Me Thru the Phone." These are some of my formative memories growing up in the early 2000s. Whenever...
Dyasphonic is finally back!! You all donât know how badly Iâve been wanting to bring my first party series back! We had sooo much fun dancing to global bangers, edits, and new releases until the sun came up last year! If you're new here, á¸yasphonic.dance is a dance party that adds spice to your favorite unappreciated genres and blends global tunes that are birthed in Black communities across the globe. At á¸yasphonic, DJs spin the sounds of their heart. For me, that's everything from Afrohouse...
It's taken years for me to fully understand the challenges of being an open format DJ. When I first started spinning, I was excited to learn how to mix different genresâto understand them separately in order to understand how to merge them in a way audiences can understand. I still love that I'm so expansive that the music I play reflects that. I mean, as DJ Dyaspara (pronounced diaspora) how could you put me in a box? But over time I learned that some promoters understand their brands more...