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FUNDRAISER FOR
Médecins Du Monde

Fourteenth 
L I V E   S T R E A M   ​D A N C E  S E S S I O N
Revolutionary Raî
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​Friday, 3 July 2020
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3:00 PM WASHINGTON/NEW YORK
7:00 PM LONDON
8:00 PM Algiers
​9:00 PM CAIRO/VENICE
10:00 PM BEIRUT/RAMALLAH

Live stream Link

Thanks to all who watched and supported.
​We raised $31,000 so far for organizations that are making a difference. i

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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 
​FundraiserS 

​Starting with DC's "Martha's Table" and ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid), Los Angeles Food Bank, The Red Nation, AROC (Arab Resource and Organizing Center), UNRWA USA, NAMI (National Association for Mental Illness), MBL (Movement for Black Lives), Skoun, Muntada Al-Muq`adeen, UPA (United Palestinian Appeal).

All proceeds from this live and every live stream will be donated DIRECTLY (no mediator) to the designated organization whose COVID-19 Relief Efforts are intensified.

FIRST Live stream Link

​DISCOLOGY

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: 80s Euro High Energy/Italo Disco (not what you think. not "Sweet Dreams" etc)
SESSION 15: The Beautiful Sound of Modern Talking, Bad Boys Blue, and other extremely cheezy (vocal) tracks and bands--candy for the ears (because "ear candy" does not sound right).
Session 16: Peak-Time Dance Tracks (Adrenaline)
Session 17: Revolutionary Rai 
Session 18: House 2
Session 19: Techno 2

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Donate to Médecins Du Monde (Session 14) ​
3 July  2020, 3pm, REvolutionary Raî Dance Music Fundraiser

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Donate to UPA (Session 13) ​
27 June  2020, 3pm, 80's Arabic Dance Music Fundraiser

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Donate to ANERA (Session 12) ​
20 June  2020, 3pm, BEACH PARTY! Fundraiser

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Donate to Muntada al-muq`aden and Skoun (Session 11) ​
13 June  2020, 2pm, DAbkeh! Fundraiser

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Donate to MBL (Session 10) ​
6 June  2020, 3pm, "Get Up! Stand UP!" House+ Mix & Fundraiser

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Donate to NAMMI (Session 9) ​
29May 2020, 3pm, HISHIK! SHA`BI DANCE PARTY

Donate to UNRWA USA (Session 7) ​
16 May 2020, 3pm, 70s Dance Party

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Donate to the red nation and AROC (Session 5&6) ​
8 & 9 May 2020, 3pm, 90s Dance Party

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Donate to Los Angeles Food Bank (Session 3&4)
​1 May 2020, 8pm, 80s Dance Party

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Donate to ANERA (Session 2) 25 April 2020, 8pm
[American Near East Refugee aid]

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Donate to Martha's Table (Session 1) 24 April 2020

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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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Get In Touch

especially if you experienced the golden age but still want to jump and prance. others too, who grew up to mostly recycled 2006+ dance music

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Entering the Fifth Colvmn was a sublime experience.”