DJ Nights

A selective guide to who’s spinning what and where.

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

rpm (one-off) (house) (breaks/electro) (techno) @ Silk City w/ Imri, Sean "big salami" O’Neal, Chasm, Orbit and Daniel, $3. A friendly party that mixes it up with house, techno, funky breaks and electro.

Midi Lounge (monthly) (techno) @ Love Lounge w/ Rhyne, Bjoern and Slushy, n/c. A night of laid-back techno.

Platinum (weekly) (drum’n’bass) @ Fluid w/ Dieselboy, Sine, Icon and Dub2, $5. Keepin’ it real with just the main residents at your service.

Trippy Thursdays (weekly) (trance) (techno) (hardcore/happy hardcore) (house) @ Evolution w/ Hectic, Pat Egan, Scorpion, Circuit Breaker, Space Monk-E, Bobby Skills, Dream Weaver and Bexxie, $8. A new weekly blowin’ up the dance floor with hardcore, Chicago booty house and hard techno and trance.

Level (weekly) (deep house) @ Eighth Street Lounge w/ Sean Thomas, n/c. A sonic trip into the deepest realms of pure soulful house music.

Glide (weekly) (drum’n’bass) (experimental/ambient) (reggae/world) @ Martini’s w/ Ivan Ross, n/c. A new experience featuring a primarily jazz and Latin influenced eclectic mix.

Hard Thursdays (weekly) (house) (progressive house) (trance) @ Space w/ Roland Riso, Chris Costanza, John Shah and John E, $8 w/ flyer. Kickstart your weekend with some hard house and trance.

Smile (weekly) (house) (progressive house) (hip-hop) @ Shampoo w/ Plasmic Honey, Dozia, Joe Caz, Frankie DeSante, Lucas and Tripp, $12. "Smile" goes progressive with their new resident, Plasmic Honey.

Botany 500 spins (weekly) (trip-hop) (funk/soul) @ O’Neal’s, n/c. Botany’s rare grooves and flawless selection of soul and funk.

DJ Active spins (weekly) (hip-hop) @ Cloud 9, $5/ladies free until 11. Bangin’ beats and undaground hip-hop w/ open mic.

FRIDAY, JUNE 23

Green (one-off) (house) @ Silk City w/ The Pathfinders, Sean "yummy" O’Neal and Raf, $3. A solid party of delightful house and a knob-tweekin’ performance by Plastic City’s Pathfinders.

True Fridays (weekly) (trance) (drum’n’bass) (breaks/electro) (house) @ Space w/ Michael Myers, John Shah, Mindbender, Jugo, Imri and Mass, $12 w/ flyer or web coupon. Three of Philly’s most dominating trance-meisters.

High Life (weekly) (hip-hop) @ Cloud 9 w/ Lil’ Dave, $3. WKDU’s Lil’ Dave funks you up with jazzy off-da-hook hip-hop.

Latin Night (weekly) (house) (reggae/world) @ Brasil’s w/ Jay Rockwell, $8. The only place in Philly where you can dance the night away to the sounds of Latin house, salsa and merengue.

Worship Fridays (weekly) (deep house) (reggae/world) (trip-hop) @ Filo’s w/ Rob Paine, n/c. Experience the vibrant sounds of dub, deep house, roots, reggae and dancehall.

SATURDAY, JUNE 24

Classic Hip-hop (weekly) (hip-hop) @ upstairs at Grape St. Pub w/ Sat One, $5. Come see the Readyrock Records producer rock the classic hip-hop like no one else.

Grass (weekly) (trip-hop) (drum’n’bass) (experimental/ambient) @ Silk City w/ Crasta, Milkweed and Julian, $3. Indulge yourself in future sounds.

Steady (weekly) (deep house) (house) @ Fluid w/ Pete Moss and Sean Thomas, $5. Two of Philly’s smoothest house DJs set the vibe and keep you jittering with soul in motion.

Impact 2000 (weekly) (progressive house) (house) (hip-hop) @ Space w/ Jeff Heart, Mass, DJ Freedom, Ricky Lee and Tripp, $10 w/ flyer. Rave on with the Space residents until 2 a.m.

Treats (weekly) (hip-hop) (funk/soul) (deep house) @ Filo’s w/ DJ Train, n/c. Making your weekend just a little bit sweeter with refreshing rare grooves.

SUNDAY, JUNE 25

Marinate (weekly) (reggae/world) @ Filo’s w/ Kenny Meez, n/c. Indulge in the reggae and rasta vibes by Kenny Meez.

Leftism (weekly) (trip-hop) @ Saint Jack’s w/ Crasta, n/c. A brand new weekly of down-tempo trip-hop and abstract acid jazz.

Sundaze (weekly) (house) (deep house) @ Lucy’s w/ Russell Sullivan, Hollis Monroe and Marc Williams, n/c. Soak in the sounds of pure house music.

MONDAY, JUNE 26

611 House 1 (house) (deep house) @ Silk City w/ Nigel Richards, Carl Michaels, Willyum, Sean Thomas and Sean "Sex Machine" O’Neal, n/c. A night dedicated to house music by Philly’s own house connoisseurs themselves.

Future Rhythm (weekly) (house) (deep house) @ Butter w/ Deep C + guest, $5. A new excursion dropping the future sounds of house music.

Magnetique (weekly) (experimental/ambient) (trip-hop) (drum’n’bass) @ Silk City w/ Jeff and Jugo, n/c. You’ll hear anything from indie-pop to trip-hop to atmospheric d’n’b to Manchester.

The Remedy (weekly) (hip-hop) @ Fluid w/ Cosmo and Big Rich $5. One of Philly’s phattest hip-hop weekly’s ever with plenty of beats and plenty of meat.

TUESDAY, JUNE 27

Fly! (weekly) (deep house) @ Marmont w/ Sean Thomas, n/c. deep, refreshing house music for your lounging demands.

Una Nota (weekly) (deep house) (reggae/world) (funk/soul) @ Filo’s w/ Aaron Luis Levinson, n/c. A Latin house/rare groove/Nuyorican soul night featuring the sounds of MAW, Eddie Palmieri, Jazzanova and other unique selections.

Cream (weekly) (trip-hop) (house) (deep house) (trance) (progressive house) @ Lucy’s w/ Michael Myers, $3. The Local 13 DJ brings you a more mature and loungy vibe than his usual rave outings spinning acid jazz to trance and everything in between.

Heavy (weekly) (deep house) (trip-hop) (reggae/world) @ Saint Jacks’ w/ Rob Paine, Willyum and Fzlah, n/c. Gather with the Worship crew and soak in the deep and dubbed-out sounds.

Feelin’ Irie (weekly) (reggae/world) (hip-hop) @ Eighth St. Lounge w/ Kenny Meez, $5. A rastafied weekly of reggae and hip-hop.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28

House Fusion (weekly) (house) (breaks/electro) @ The Warehouse w/ Carl Michaels, Cronus, Juggy Gales, Sean "The DJ" O’Neal and guests, $3. A new weekly that brings back an old vibe with nothing but house and breaks.

Soulglow (weekly) (deep house) (trip-hop) @ Filo’s w/ Willyum, n/c. The ideal chill-out spot to warm up for the weekend with deep house, acid jazz and trip-hop.

Experimental Sounds (weekly) (reggae/world) (funk/soul) (ambient) @ upstairs at Grape St. Pub w/ DJ Hutnons, $5. Experience a conceptual mixture of reggae, world, funk, soul and ambient.

EthniCITY (weekly) (house) (funk/soul) (reggae/world) @ Brave New World’s VIP Lounge w/ Rahsaan, $5. Rahsaan offers a fusion of Afro-Latin rhythms, nu and old soul and fresh house music for a culturally-mixed crowd.

Phuture Beats (weekly) (drum’n’bass) @ O’Neal’s w/ Ivan Ross, n/c. Ivan keeps his jungle chill and atmospheric almost ambient at times.

Rock Solid (weekly) (funk/soul) @ Saint Jack’s w/ DJ Train, n/c. Intelligent funk classics, soul and rare grooves for your lounging desires.

Brasil’s,112 Chestnut St., 215-413-1700.
Brave New World, 720 Arch St., 215-413-4000
Butter, 125 S. 2nd Street, 215-351-9026
Cloud 9, 21st and South Sts., 215-735-9939
Eighth Street Lounge, 338 N. Eighth St., 215-925-1900
Evolution, 1517 N. Delaware Ave., 215-634-0100
Filo’s, 408 S. Second St., 215-238-0151
Fluid (above the Latest Dish), 613 S. Fourth St., 215-629-0565
Grape Street Pub, Grape and Main Sts., Manayunk, 215-483-7084
Love Lounge (above the Knave of Hearts), 232 South St., 215-922-0499
Lucy’s Hat Shop, 247 Market St., 215-413-1433
Marmont, 222 Market St., 215-923-1100
Martini, 19th & Callowhill, 215-557-9533
O’Neal’s, 611 S. Third St., 215-574-9495
Saint Jack’s, 45 S. Third St., 215-238-9353
Shampoo, Willow Street, between Seventh & Eighth, 215-922-7500
Silk City, Fifth & Spring Garden Sts. 215-922-8157
Space, 953 N. Front St., 215-629-2833
The Warehouse Nightclub, 700 N. Delaware Ave. 215-923-0504

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