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​We raised $45,000 so far for organizations that are making a difference. 

FUNDRAISER FOR
The Lebanese Red Cross
Nineteenth
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L I V E S T R E A M ​ D A N C E  S E S S I O N
International Beast!

Friday, August 7, 8pm EST
Saturday, August 8, 1 pm EST

non-stop high energy
​global rhythms
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​W a t c h     P r e v i o u s    S e s s i o n s ---> C l i c k   H e r e ! 

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​IN MY HOUSE LIVE STREAM SESSIONS 
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All proceeds from this live and every live stream will be donated DIRECTLY (no mediator) to the designated organization.

FIRST Live stream Link

STREAMOLOGY

SESSION 1 (24 April 2020): House (Current)
SESSION 2 (25 April 2020): Dance Party (essentially, a mix of what most people like)
SESSION 3: (1 May 2020): 80s Dance Party (Golden Age) 
SESSION 4: (2 May 2020) Techno and Hard House
SESSION 5: (8 May 2020) 90s Dance Party (The Eclectic Decade)
SESSION 6: (9 May 2020) Dance Party (an Electrifying Mix of what most people like)
SESSION 7: (16 May 2020) 70s Dance Party (The Queen of Dance Decades)
SESSION 8: HIZZ! العب يلا (Baladi and Mahraganaat) Dance at your own risk
SESSION 9: HISHIK! آه و نص (Sha`bi, Mashriqi/Maghribi) Dance at your own Wist
SESSION 10: "Get Up! Stand Up!" House+ (House, Funk, R&B+, Conversation)
SESSION 11: DABKEH! 
SESSION 12: "VAMOS A LA PLAYA" BEACH PARTY!
Session 13: 80s Arabic Dance Music (Hobbak Ya Wala)
SESSION 14: Revolutionary Raî
SESSION 15: Baby Shark to Baba Fein (Kid's Dance & Pajama Party) 
Session 16: House and Tech House (Delicious Tech House) 
Session 17: The Beautiful Sound of the 1980s (You're My Heart, You're My Soul etc.)
Session 18: Tarab & Araq (طرب و عرق) (Classic Arabic Music)
Session 19: International Beast (non-stop high energy global rhythms)

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Donate to The Lebanese Red Cross (Session 19) ​
Friday 7 August, 8pm, and Saturday 8 August, 1pm, International Beast Fundraiser

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Donate to DC Film and Arts Festival (Session 20) ​
Saturday 8 August, International Beast Fundraiser

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Donate to Doctors of the World (Session 18) ​
Friday 31 August, Tarab & Araq Fundraiser

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Donate to Growin Palestine (Session 17) ​
Saturday 25 July, The BEautiful 80s Fundraiser

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Donate to The Love Land Foundation (Session 16) ​
Saturday 18 July  2020, 3pm, House Music Fundraiser

Donate to Children's Defense Fund (Session 15) ​
Sunday 12 July  2020, 2pm, Baby Shark to Baba Fein? Fundraiser

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​The Thump . . . A Retrospective Account of DC Club Scene

Back from the Basics

It’s never going to stop. That feeling when you hear the pulsating thump, accompanied by a fierce rhythm.

For the past 35 years, I’ve been glued to Dance Music, or Club Dance Music, as it is classically called, both as an enthusiast and a DJ. This is not the radio stuff. But the kind that moves you viscerally. That sound. The melody. The memories of a time when Night Clubs were (mostly) about the music and dancing, not voyeurism, grinding, and champagne in the VIP.

Dj’s used to spend months and years learning how to perfect beat-mixing records that drew from the crowd’s energy while also educating their ears; Promoters had a commitment to the music back then, even if they were making money too. Some clubs had no promoters at all as other elements were the draw. Club owners owned Dance Clubs first, and a business second. And clubbers just reveled in the music—for the most part.

Even hip-hop sounded better then—I say “even” because if you started going to clubs in the 2000s, you’d think that the club world was always dominated by that genre. In reality, the notion of “club” dance music historically was more associated with Disco, Euro High Energy, House, Trance, Techno, and the like. With the various changes in the music industry (yes, neoliberalism hit that too), mass tastes, and technological advancements, that world lives through a smaller number of venues in every city, almost world-wide.

Despite notable exceptions among DJ’s, promoters, owners, and clubbers, things are different, to say the least.

Yet, it is sill often exhilarating. We can’t bring all the magic back, but we can relive it virtually as we celebrate the current moment in club life. This is what I wish to do with many among this community, new and old, by launching a steaming podcast of music sets, writing, interviewing, and hosting testimonies from that magic era, from the mid-1980s to the early 2000’s, right before things went to shit . . . for the most part.

What made house explode in 1988 "Can you feel it"

DJ Residency Timeline

Desirée/ 1988
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BAJA & Anastesia / 1990
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Fifth Colvmn / 1992-1995
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Coco Loco / 1995-1996
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Zei / 1996
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Diva / 1996
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Babylon / 1997-2000
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Platinum (Fifth Colvmn Space) / 2000-2003
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Diva / 2004-2005
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1223 & Spank / 2005-2009
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I-Bar / 2005-2007
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Andalu & Aqua Ardiente / 2003-2009
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Lima & Retro / 2008-2012
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Opera / 2013-2015
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Greenhouse / 2016-2018
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Entering the Fifth Colvmn was a sublime experience.”