A dancing in the dark event where you can lose yourself to find yourself. Musically, I take you on a housey-disco trip that glides around in soulful, percussive, melodic, and funky vibes.

A dancing in the dark experience that focuses on personal manifestation through movement. Participants are invited to move through the darkness on a cognitive, layered musical journey mixed with intention. Your dance is whatever you make of it and whatever you need it to be. No talking, no stimulants and no cell phones keep the experience in the present. Only the thumping music and sound textures raise the energy on the dance floor! We invite you to move as you wish and tap into the mysterious healing power of the mind. Whether you need to move through, over, past, around or celebrate let this movement bring you balance. Check your baggage at the door and let this soul warming time in the darkness bring you happiness and harmony.

The birthday guy requested an uplifting trip reminiscent of a night at the Fire Island Pines Pavilion in the nineties and here it is! I blended in some more recent tracks that fit right in alongside this vintage house set.

Recorded live at the W Hotel, Times Square, NY, June 25, 2016

Recorded live at the W Hotel, Times Square, NY June 25, 2016

Recorded live at Roseland Ballroom, February 14, 1998. Music Joe D'Espinosa. Lights Richard Sabala.

East 17 "Stay Another Day"
One Nation "Bittersweet Symphony"
Wubble U "Petal"
Nalin & Kane "Beachball"
Chris & James "Ghosts"
D:Ream "Take Me Away"
Lighthouse Family "High"
Olive "You’re Not Alone"
Jam & Spoon "Odyssey to Anyoona"
Orson Karté "Tonight"
Sting "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
Way Out West "The Gift"
Lustral "Everytime" (Overlay)
Mama Cass "Make Your Own Kind of Music"
Street Corner Symphony "Symphony No. 5"
Deborah Cox "Things Just Ain’t the Same"
Lisa Stansfield "I’m Leavin’"
Sharon Redd "In the Name of Love"
Jimmy Ruffin "Hold on to My Love"
ENCORE

Recorded live at Roseland Ballroom, February 14, 1998. Music Joe D'Espinosa. Lights Richard Sabala.

Prefab Sprout "If You Don’t Love Me"
John Paul Young "Love Is in the Air"
John Anthony "Take Me On"
Ti.Pi.Cal feat. Kimara "Live for Today"
Lighthouse Family "Lifted"
Our Tribe "Love Come Home"
Shawn Christopher "Sweet Freedom"
Paul Varney "Open the Door to Your Heart"
Kavana "Crazy Chance"
The Braxtons "The Boss"
Marlena Shaw "Touch Me in the Morning"
Kama Sutra "Happiness"
Brand New Heavies "Back to Love"
Ronni Simon "Take You There"
P.M. Dawn "Ways of the Wind"
Symetrics "Life Goes On"
Junkster "Slide"
The Other Two "Selfish"
Gary Barlow "Love Won’t Wait"
New Order "Regret"

Recorded live at Roseland Ballroom, February 14, 1998. Music Joe D'Espinosa. Lights Richard Sabala.

Betsy Cook "Love Is the Groove"
China Crisis "Everyday the Same"
Sam Mollison "Will You Love Me in the Morning"
Deep South "Believe"
Groove Corporation "Your Eyes"
Ceybill Jeffries "Open Your Heart"
Towa Tei "Happy"
Sydney Youngblood "If Only I Could"
Pet Shop Boys "Being Boring"
ENCORE
Roberta Flack "Don’t Make Me Wait Too Long"
Bonnie Raitt "Nick of Time"
Madness "Yesterday’s Men"
Zoë "Lightning"
Buck’s Fizz "I Hear Talk"
Alton McLain & Destiny "Crazy Love"
Jean Carne "Was That All It Was"
Duncan Sheik "Reasons for Living"
Annie Lennox "Step by Step"
Seal "Deep Water" (Acoustic)
ENCORE
Depeche Mode "Home"

The second part of my 2-hour set from Occupy the Disco's Paradisco event, recorded Sunday, June 2, 2013 at The Out NYC.

OCCUPY THE DISCO
Our goal is simple: to re-unite the gay community in NYC through music. To create rich and fun experiences. To dance. To feel free. To move beyond what’s familiar. To reclaim our role as tastemakers. We want to go further than what we already know and be surprised with new, exciting music. And we will work to bring this back.

This is our call: Occupy The Disco.

Besides being a good friend of OXD, NYC’s Joe D’Espinosa is a talented and experienced DJ and will be hitting the decks at Paradisco this Sunday, June 2nd. We’re looking forward to a sun drenched afternoon while enjoying Joe D’Espinosa’s soulful tunes.

The first part of my 2-hour set from Occupy the Disco's Paradisco event, recorded Sunday, June 2, 2013 at The Out NYC.

OCCUPY THE DISCO
Our goal is simple: to re-unite the gay community in NYC through music. To create rich and fun experiences. To dance. To feel free. To move beyond what’s familiar. To reclaim our role as tastemakers. We want to go further than what we already know and be surprised with new, exciting music. And we will work to bring this back.

This is our call: Occupy The Disco.

Besides being a good friend of OXD, NYC’s Joe D’Espinosa is a talented and experienced DJ and will be hitting the decks at Paradisco this Sunday, June 2nd. We’re looking forward to a sun drenched afternoon while enjoying Joe D’Espinosa’s soulful tunes.