«For me, House music is a 44-year-old genre of music that originated and popularized in the black gay LGBTQ+ nightclub spaces of New York, Chicago, and Detroit that spilled on to influence and inspire the world. House music is a living breathing relic that tells its own story in the hits, the lyrics, the parties, and our legends and legacies in local and worldwide scenes.
House music is a mode of being, a ritualistic euphoria we gather for, a space of praise, connection, and unadulterated feeling, healing and dancing- kind of like church should be, a dance floor where there is room for someone like you.
The mix I made explores a spiritual realm of House music with influences of Jazz, Disco, Gospel, and African and Latin Diasporic sounds.
Its infectious rhythms take you into a certain sentimentality. This is an ancestral conversation twisting into different messages of hope and resilience. The heart, soul, and mind are wrestling with big themes in these transitions. Though breaking through at times to find lightness, this one is meant to go deep. I love that House Music can hold all the multitudes and complexities of being human.»

«Para mí, la música House es un género musical de 44 años que se originó y popularizó en los locales nocturnos de homosexuales negros LGBTQ+ de Nueva York, Chicago y Detroit, y que ha influido e inspirado al mundo entero. La música house es una reliquia viviente que cuenta su propia historia en los éxitos, las letras, las fiestas y nuestras leyendas y legados en escenas locales y mundiales.
La música house es un modo de ser, una euforia ritualista para la que nos reunimos, un espacio de alabanza, conexión y sentimiento sin adulterar, de curación y baile, como debería ser la iglesia, una pista de baile donde hay sitio para alguien como tú.
La mezcla que he hecho explora el reino espiritual de la música house con influencias de jazz, disco, gospel y sonidos de la diáspora africana y latina.
Sus ritmos contagiosos te transportan a un cierto sentimentalismo. Se trata de una conversación ancestral que se retuerce en diferentes mensajes de esperanza y resistencia. El corazón, el alma y la mente luchan con grandes temas en estas transiciones. Aunque a veces se abre paso para encontrar ligereza, este tema está destinado a profundizar. Me encanta que la música house pueda contener todas las multitudes y complejidades del ser humano.»

House is a Spiritual Feeling

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Alias: Dee Diggs
Pronouns: She / Her
Location: Brooklyn, NYC
Music Labels: Toucan Sounds
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TRACKLIST:

01. Dee Diggs – Go Deep [*unreleased* Toucan Sounds, 2024]
02. Trinidadian Deep – Euston Street [ Future Shock Music, 2021]
03. Paul Johnson – Dream of You [Chiwax!, 2017]
04. Danny Tenaglia – Do You Remember (Original Mix) [Tourism, 1998]
05. Ben Cenac – Africa [ Rush Hour, 2023]
06. Sounds of Blackness – The Pressure (Frankie Knuckles Classic Mix) [Perspective Records, 1991]
07. Debbie Winans Lowe & Korean Soul – It’s All Good (Louie Vega Remix) [Nervous Records, 2022]
08. Steffi – Fallin (Vinyl Remaster) [Dolly, 2020]
09. DJ Patti Kane – You (Soulminded mix) [House Royalty Records, 2020]
10. Lynette Smith – Only You (Nu Birth Test The Dub Mix) [Defected Records, 1998]
11. Martha Wash – Carry On (Tee’s Crazy mix) [Delirious, 1997]
12. Dialect – Sitting in the Sun (Derrick Carter’s Winter Crazy Vocal Dub Reprise) [Distance, 1998]
13. Salākastar – On Black Thoughts: Dreams and Joyful Movement [Salākastudios, 2023]
14. G.U. – Detroitism [Strut Records, 2012]
15. dunnEasy – Won’t Stop (feat. Monique Bingham) (dunnEASY Club Mix) [Jellybean Soul, 2008]
16. Ananda Project – Straight Magic (feat. Heather Johnson) (Wamdue Kids Jazz Mix) [Nite Grooves, 2020]
17. Mariah Carey – Anytime You Need a Friend (Boriqua Tribe Mix) [Columbia Records, 1993]
18. Stevie Wonder – Another Star (The Jackal’s ‘La La La’ Edit) [unofficial remix]
19. Felix Dickinson feat Blane Lyon – People’s People (Ron Trent Remix) – [Ugly Music 2023]
20. Sole Fusion (House Nation Mix) – Bass Tone [Strictly Rhythm, 1994]
21. Louie Vega feat. Luisito Quintero, Nina Rodriguez – Yemaya (Louie Vega’s Bassline Mix) [Defected Records, 2018]
22. Delano Smith – Ancestors (Deep Mix) [Kolour Recordings, 2010]
23. Naked Music NYC – It’s Love (Joshua’s Mo’ Musique Vocal) [OM Records, 1997]
24. Joe Claussell – Je Ka Jo (Original Vocal) [Ibadan, 2000]
25. Wamdue Kids – Echoes & Instruments [Guidance Recordings, 1996]
26. Tarika Blue – Dreamflower [Chiaroscuro Records, 1977]

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