DJ ICON

01/11/2024

Tomorrow in LA! 🎃👻

30/10/2024

Hope you all had a fun weekend #1! I had so much fun playing Ghost Palace with at The Palace of Fine Arts. What an awesome party decked out with Halloween decor and everyone dressed in creative costumes. Thank you to everyone who danced in the packed room during my set.

This Saturday I will be playing in LA at with .live for Halloween weekend #2! Hope to see my So-Cal fam there. 🎃👻

08/09/2024

Burn night at my camp Opulent Temple was a peak experience of an epic week at . All the sets that night were FIRE and brought the literal fire to the dancefloor. It was my best burn ever and that’s saying a lot! Stay tuned for my live recording to relive the magic 🔥✨🔊❤️‍🔥 Dress by 👗 / 📸 by

21/08/2024

Super excited to return to TTITD after missing Mud Man last year! It's an ON year for my camp Opulent Temple so we are all systems LFG! This was a big year of change and transition for me and I'm looking forward to reconnecting with my inner child and creativity in our home in the desert. This is where you can find me in my happy place doing what I do best!

*AND* this year I have a limited run of pimp laser-cut and hand assembled acrylic DJ ICON pendants for the lucky 65 Frands & Framily who are lucky enough to get one. (Thank you to the amazing 'Random' Chad for making my vision a reality!) 🐱❤️‍🔥

Can't wait to give you all Bass Face and dusty hugs on the playa! 🫶🏼💖🔥

🔥 T U E S D A Y 🔥
9-10PM - Opulent Temple (Melodic Bass set) - 2 & Esplanade
1:30-2:30 - Sepia Lux Art Car (Roaming)
3-4AM - Slutgarden - 10 & Esplanade

🔥 T H U R S D A Y 🔥
9-10PM - BRC Snow Club - Center Camp Plaza
11PM-12AM - Elektra Art Car @ Nova "We Will Dance Again" - Deep Playa ~10 & E
12:30-1:30AM - Dusty Rhino - Art Car (Roaming)

🔥 F R I D A Y 🔥
8:30-9:30AM - NuTz (Sunrise Set) - 10 & G
5-6PM - Duck Pond - 9 & E
7-8PM - Vertical Block Party - 8:40 & J/K

🔥 S A T U R D A Y 🔥
8-9PM - Heavy Petting Zoo at The Man before the Burn
11:45PM-1AM - Opulent Temple (Bass House/Tech House) - 2 & Esplanade

04/08/2024

Happy Sunday FUNday! I hope you're supporting BRC Snow Club today at Disco Donutz at 7th West. Then regroup and come out for SINDUSTRY SUNDAYS with myself and Jeff Straw Branding live on the saxophone at Butter. I'm playing at 10-11 then again at 12-1. It's always a good time, come join the fun and some jello shots! 🎷🧈🪩
https://www.facebook.com/events/2650547605128625

26/07/2024

🪩 THE TL;DR
I haven’t posted much lately because I have been busy with some major life transitions which has led me to reminisce on past eras of my life. This is very apropos timing to announce that I will be playing at the FREQUENCY 8 Reunion Party this Saturday July 27 at the Vintage Club in the Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa with DJ Mars and Mac Vaughn (formerly Uphonic). I play 11-12 and will take you on a journey from classic Trance to my current sound. Keep reading below for the full 411 and SF rave history! ᠁ 🫶🏼

🔗 Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1288993545410539

👽 THE BACKSTORY 👽

When I was at the impressionable age of 16 in 1996, I attended my first massive Funky Tekno Tribe rave at the legendary HomeBase warehouse in Oakland and immediately felt like I had found my people and was at home; I was there living my best life until the rolling doors went up at 9AM. That night I was blown away as I watched DJ Dan (who I now call a friend) lead the packed dancefloor into a frenzy, and I knew I had found my calling in life. I said to myself “I want to do THAT!”

A week later, I attended an underground rave at the Dimension 7 warehouse where local heroes Mars & Mystr-E were playing and heard the Cybertrance sound for the first time. The euphoric beautiful melodies and 140 BPM beats captured my attention and heart and from then on, I was a Trance aficionado. Mars & Mystr-E were the founders of the Frequency 8 rave collective who were known for throwing full moon renegades at the beach and top-notch underground Trance parties in San Francisco that are embedded into Bay Area rave history; they also owned a popular dance music record store in the Upper Haight that imported German Trance. They had a unique message of “Love the music, not the drugs” because their belief was that music was the drug. I immediately joined their following and was excited to befriend them.

Mars took me under his wing and gave me my first DJ lesson on beatmatching, beat counting, phrasing, EQing, and other DJ fundamentals on Technics 1200s and I quickly picked up the skill and started my own budding DJ career at a time where very few of us were playing professionally (you could count them on one hand). At that stage of my life while I was still developing my sense of self and purpose, I really looked up to them and this movement was instrumental in permanently altering the course of my life. It was through Frequency 8 where I met life long friends I still have today, including aka Mac Vaughn, formerly Uphonic. It was coming up through Frequency 8 that led me to build a name for myself and eventually become an internationally touring artist with major agency representation, presence on internationally broadcasted TV shows and radio and producing releases on several dance music record labels; I am amazed that I am still DJing today, 27 years later. I am honored to be invited to play at the long-awaited Frequency 8 reunion party alongside these legendary artists. Thank you Mars, for inviting me! Hope to see you on the dance floor! PLUR 4 EVER! ❤️🌈

📸 This photo was taken at M & M’s apartment in the Panhandle in 1996, the turntables behind me were where I first learned how to DJ.

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18/07/2024

Hey NYC fam! I'm back in my old stomping grounds this weekend with Opulent Temple homie Billy Casazza at the OPULENT TEMPLE · Sacred Dance party at House of YES in Brooklyn! Hope you see you on the dancefloor and on the playa! 🔥🫶🏼

04/06/2024

I had an amazing time tagging B2B2B with my ladies & at UnScruz last month. That was definitely a highlight and we lit that dancefloor on fire. Now we could relive that moment through the live recording of our set! BUMP IT LOUD AND SHARE! 🔊🔥🔊🔥🔊

🔗 LINK IN COMMENTS 🔗

🔺 TRACK LIST 🔺
1. (Mandy) Diplo "Bubble Up"
2. (Denise) Mau P "Beats For The Underground"
3. (Icon) Julian Jordan "Narcotics"
4. (Mandy) Smokey Bubblin' B "Better Run" (Jack Junior remix)
5. (Denise) San Pacho "Party People"
6. (Icon) Anti Up - The Weekend
7. (Mandy) David Herrlich "My Rhythm"
8. (Denise) Odd Mob X OMNOM X Roland Clark "Strut"
9. (Icon) Alex Amaro - “Power”
10. (Mandy) Tomy Romera "Boiling Room"
11. (Denise) Low Steppa & Tony Romera "Dance To The Music"
12. DJ Denise & DJ ICON "Cake"
13. (Mandy) Sosa UK - "Bugbeat" (Extended Mix)
14. (Denise) Afrojack "Polkadots" (Truth x Lies Remix)
15. (Icon) PeaceTreaty "My Affection"
15. (Mandy) Hotinga, Nephast "BEP"
16. (Denise) Odd Mob X Birthdayy Partyy "Underground" (Extended Mix)
17. (Icon) Crystal Rock, Zombic & Marc Kiss "Hot In Herre (ft. Bloodlyne)" (Extended Mix)
18. (Mandy) Walker & Royce "Rise to the Sky"
19. (Denise) Suprimo "From The Hood" (DJ Denise Remix)
20. (Icon) James Hype "Wild"
21. (Mandy) 4 Non Blondes - What's Up (Nisene Remix)
22. Martin Ikin "Make U Sweat" (Extended Mix)
23. (Icon) The Temper Trap "Sweet Disposition" (John Summit & Silver Panda Remix)
24. (Mandy) Something Good - "Rhythm (Of The Night)" (Yotto Remix)
25. (Denise) Lost Frequencies & Bastille "Head Down" (Lost Frequencies & Suark Deluxe Mix)

24/05/2024

🎉 Happy FriYay! 🎉 The fun just doesn't stop for the ICONtourage! After my show at Halcyon SF with Chapter & Verse tonight [📢 you can still get on my FREE before 11 guestlist 📢], tomorrow I'll be returning to BottleRock Napa Valley and playing TWICE! First from 3:30-5:00pm inside THE CLUB (it's legit in there!) then 7:00-8:30pm at the Allianz Silent Disco stage with the HUSHconcerts crew (always a good time). I love this bougie festival right in the middle of downtown Napa with rocking music, gourmet food and wine; it's always a highlight of my year. This year I'm bringing my rave babies so come say hello to me, The XanMan and Lady XaXa! 🎧🍷💃🏻

21/05/2024

ICONtourage! I just sent out my ICONTACT newsletter today with recap on recent events and upcoming happenings but here's a TL;DR. If you haven't subscribed yet, please do so at: djicon.com/subscribe 🙏🏻

I'm heading into Memorial Day Weekend with a full slate. On Friday, I'm making my debut and opening for Chapter & Verse at Halcyon SF in San Francisco then I'm playing twice at BottleRock Napa Valley on Saturday at the Cisco Disco stage and The Club; it's my favorite bougie festival with music, wine and gourmet noms. Then wrapping up the weekend with a private pool party in northern Sonoma! 🍷🎧

Also, my Burning Man camp, Opulent Temple, launched our Kickstarter campaign to redesign our iconic O-pod DJ booth to bring to Burning Man this year. Lastly, I'm excited to be part of a private takeover of a new community campout venue in a couple weeks, reach out if you're intrigued! 🫶🏼💖

xoxo,
ICONnie

🔗 Here's the link to the newsletter with all the details, all links to happenings in the comments:
https://djicon.com/sendy/w/Ijq53467lqM4CWWzrxALFQ/Ijq53467lqM4CWWzrxALFQ/wpEgCBSi7aW2R763BKS1UCLQ

14/05/2024

Snarklefarker’s Nightclub at UnScruz by 😍🧛‍♀️🔊