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Next: DAF 10 – January 28, 2012 @ The CAMP Basement
70-74 City Road, London EC1Y 2BJ
9pm-3am – £7, £6 b4 10pm

DICK AND FANNY, the club night for homosexuals of all persuasions returns for its first outing of 2012 on Saturday 28^th January to CAMP Basement. THE LOVELY JONJO (HOT BOY DANCING SPOT), JOOLS PALMER & MANDY GRAVES (BASSMENT, NYC) and SANJAY turn it out with Dick and Fanny’s usual mix of house, techno, italo, disco and Hi-NRG. Also onboard again are Scena Mancante who will be providing some eye candy with their live visuals all night. DAF is a party for a mixed crowd of dykes, fags, trannies and their admirers with a high dosage of fun, dancing, amazing music and no attitude.

THE LOVELY JONJO needs little introduction having been a stalwart of the London indie club scene for the last few years. Starting as a core part of the small team at legendary London indie club Trash he currently is a resident DJ at Punk Wears Prada in Milan, at the internationally renowned Durrr and boasts his own East London night, Hot Boy Dancing Spot. Jonjo regularly plays nights such as Trailer Trash and Fabric Live, and festivals such as 1234, Glastonbury, Lovebox, V, the Isle of White and Airwaves in Iceland. Jonjo has supported Maximo Park on tour in China and has played Club nights in Athens, Tel Aviv, Barcelona, Berlin, NYC and Tokyo.  Away from the dance floor, he has compiled CDs for Tank magazine and remixed artists like We Have Band and Bishi. Jonjo has created catwalk music for London’s top fashion talents including Gareth Pugh, Jonathan Saunders, and Marios Schwab.

Both veteran DJs on the scene, MANDY GRAVES & JOOLS PALMER met back in 2009 and hit it off instantly.  Since then, they’ve been curating and DJing at NYC party Bassment where they welcomed guest such as Kim Ann Foxman, Lady Miss Kier, Sammy Jo (Scissor Sister’s official DJ) and Johnny Dynell, establishing Bassment as the weekly go-to for DJs and house music lovers alike. The DJ duo are quickly becoming prominent members of NYC nightlife, having played at such notable parties and clubs as Josh Sparber’s Good Times, Rich King’s Snaxx, several SPANK parties and Xanadude as well as reaching beyond NYC with a national and European tour in the works.

SANJAY has been a fleeting fixture on scenes, from Medway to Calcutta, for nearly a decade – holding residencies at Rebel Rebel and most recently, Dalston Superstore. Described as “the Indian Kenneth Williams”, this popinjay can usually be found rummaging for disco reclaim and house rarities.

DICK AND FANNY, the club night for dykes, fags and their friends, celebrates its second birthday with a line-up of international DJ talent on Saturday 1st October at CAMP Basement. MASSIMILIANO PAGLIARA, JOYCE MUNIZ, THE DUCHESS OF PORK and DE LA IOAKIM will be seeing DAF into its third year with the usual mix of house, techno, italo, disco and Hi-NRG at this very special bash. To make this anniversary a memorable one there will also be visuals from VJ collective Scena Mancante, a raffle for a free night’s stay at Dalston’s new boutique hotel, the  AVO Hotel, and the chance to buy a DICK AND FANNY 2012 calendar, which will include all the previous flyer artwork plus some brand new ones. £2 of each sold calendar will go to the London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard.

Italian-born DJ and producer MASSIMILIANO PAGLIARA studied theatre-dance and choreography at Milan’s Scuola d’Arte Drammatica before relocating to Germany’s capital Berlin. There his already existing interest in electronic music developed further and he began DJing in 2003. Since then he has played some of the most popular underground clubs, venues and bars in town and in Germany, such as Club 103, SO36, Week-End, Maria , Cookies, NBI (Berlin Hilton), Tape Club, Berghain, Pet Shop Bears, Proxi Club, Tresor, Möbel Olfe, Robert Johnson (Frankfurt) as well as abroad in France, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, UK and Sweden. He also soon began to produce his own tracks and after releasing various 12” he released his debut album Focus for Infinity in June 2011.

JOYCE MUNIZ is a Vienna-based, Brazilian DJ, vocalist, club promoter and producer, whose funky percussion heavy bass based DJ sets provide a unique and diverse sound taking the listener on a musical journey through Afro beats, Tropical Tech, Electro, and House and guarantee serious sweating on the dance floor. After various collaborations, contributing her vocals and sharing production credits with Shanti Roots, she released her debut Party Over Here, Party Over There in late 2010 and has released her EP Bedstories in early 2011.

Dick and Fanny’s own DUCHESS OF PORK hails from Southwest Germany’s Black Forest but has been calling London home for more than a decade. When not co-running Dick and Fanny he dedicates his time to his other projects including Dirtbox and Kimono Krush. He is a regular at The George & Dragon and has DJed at various venues and parties from NYC art party Cheryl to Club Motherfucker, Dalston Superstore, Trash Palace and The Egg as well as DJing at festivals such as Lovebox and Glastonbury.

DJing at friends parties as well as bars in Cyprus a few years back, DE LA IOAKIM found herself some years later playing in places like Mexico City, Paris, and East London’s alternative scene. Having lived and worked across 3 continents she fuses electro and broken beats with Afro Cuban Sounds, French Nu-Jazz, Disco and Latin House Funk. As a DJ she transcends the boundaries of genre, her exquisitely blended choice and range affecting all those exposed to her seductive beats.

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Berlin-based DANA RUH grew up in East Germany and made the move to the German capital when abandoning her economics degree to pursue a career in music. Involved in musical ventures from an early age, be it singing in choirs or playing in a rock band, she eventually fell in love with electronic music and started her DJing career when she bought her first set of decks in 1994. Since then she has played a variety of premier venues in Berlin including Berghain/Panoramabar, Watergate, Weekend and Tresor as well as playing internationally from Switzerland, Denmark and Spain to France, the UK and the Netherlands. She also runs her own label Brouqade and has released music on Barraca, Perspectiv, Cocoon and Ostgut Ton.

NYC resident RYAN SMITH has been obsessed with house and techno since experiencing the Minneapolis rave scene in the late 90s. Once he made the move to NYC his ongoing love affair with dancing and dance clubs translated into DJing and promoting. He co-founded East Village party Rocket and Williamsburg club night Soffita70 and has played a variety of venues and club nights from Santo’s Party House and Bunker in the Big Apple to London’s Dalston Superstore and Vogue Fabrics. He is also co-founder of new queer-run record label Discaire, base out of NYC, San Francisco and London which has caught attention with its first release ‘Mercurio’ from Berlin’s Discodromo (Dick and Fanny headliners October 2010).

London-based PISTOLPETE is resident at fetish club RUT and fur night Bear Necessity where he plays everything from deep sexy sounds and techno to hi-nrg and disco. He has also occasionally been sighted at Dalston Suprstore playing a variety of up-tempo nuggets.

DAF co-promoter SANDRA LE recently made her DJ debut at I’m With Fringe, the collaboration between Fringe film festival and performance collective I’m With You and had her second outing at Pooldisco goes Dick and Fanny. July sees her first set at Dick and Fanny.

DAF 7 is kindly supported by Pho

JIM STANTON is probably best known as co-founder and DJ at South London’s premier Sunday nightclub Horse Meat Disco. Since its inception HMD has been going from strength to strength taking the HMD residents around the globe, inviting a host of outstanding guest DJs, taking the HMD sound to Glastonbury and Lovebox festivals via the NYC Downlow and releasing two acclaimed compilations of disco gems. Jim also was the promoter behind seminal Friday night The Cock at the now sadly demolished Ghetto.

Los Angeles-based KIM ANH is resident DJ and founder of Booby Trap, the monthly party for Hollywood’s hip and out of the box lesbians. She has been playing the local club circuit since 1998 with her mix of house and avant-garde dance music as well as taking Booby Trap to NYC and regularly djing in Paris. KIM ANH has shared bills with the likes of Hercules and Love Affair, Chromeo and Sam Sparro and has curated and djed for Yves Saint Laurent, The Standard Hotel and Flaunt Magazine. She is also one half of indie electro duo Saint Le Roq.

Originally taking to the decks, like a duck to water in Brighton 8 years ago, MICHELLE MANETTI has since played to dance floors all over the world including; Australia, Ibiza and Taiwan. Now based in London, she has residencies at some of the capital’s biggest clubs & bars as well as regularly spinning at some of East Londons prolific underground nights, which have included: Wish, Mannequin, OPP, Family Affair, Flashmob, Koochooloo, Gay Bingo and the Joiners Arms.

DJ BEN ADDICT was called into being by a freak accident when two nerds tried to create the perfect bear on their computer and ended up uploading it into a Mrs Potato Head during a thunderstorm. He spent much of his early life plaiting his nose hairs into practical and durable ponchos for Tibetan nun-cats until one day he met Adolf Stalin, legendary promoter of Studio Shifty-Whore who recognised his genius in blending together invisi-house, techYES, and gayrage. The rest, as they say, was mixtory. Ben has played clubs across London and San Francisco including Deep Inside, Substation South, Megawoof, the Lazy Bear Weekend and Bearracuda.

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DAF 6 – January 29, 2011

DAF 6 is kindly supported by Tsunami-Addiction

Berlin’s TAMA SUMO is resident DJ at Berghain/Panorama Bar. She started her DJ career in 1993 at Drama Bar in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, one of the first bars to have its own DJ on weekends and one of the few locations playing house in the city when most clubs were dominated by techno. She went on to play gay Saturdays at Cafe Moskau and had regular appearances at Tresor. She was also a resident at Berghain’s predecessor Ostgut and has worked the decks of other Berlin clubs such as SO36 and Arena Club as well as playing around the globe.

DAN BEAUMONT is one of London’s more forward thinking DJs whose varied sets include a heady mix of vintage house, italo rareties, vocal disco and the best new music he can find. He launched Disco Bloodbath in 2006 which started a three year adventure playing in some of the UK & Europe’s most discerning nightclubs as well as remixing artists like Franz Ferdinand, Little Boots and Monarchy. Last year Dan fulfilled a dream by opening his own venue – East London’s groundbreaking Dalston Superstore and has since left Disco Bloodbath to pursue analogue adventures in the studio.

DJ and promoter MDMX regularly appears at Dalston Superstore favourite Twat Boutique and has played at various lesbian club nights across the capital including Mannequin, Ruby Tuesdays, Other People’s Property and Koochooloo.

BORJA PENA is a resident at Disco Fag Bar and has had guest spots at Carpet Burn, Dalston Superstore, Vogue Fabrics and abroad in Madrid, New York and Prague.

See the photos of the party on TheMostCake.

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DAF 5 – October 9, 2010

Originally hailing from Italy, DJ-duo DISCODROMO reside in Germany’s capital Berlin where they run monthly night Cocktail D’Amore with fellow DJ Boris which they have recently taken to Stockholm Pride. They play a variety of nights and venues in their adopted home town such as Moebel Olfe, Bar 25 and Berghain and abroad from guest spots at BUTT magazine parties in London and Venice and at San Francisco’s Honey Sound System. DISCODROMO also produce their own music released on Prins Thomas’ Internasjonal imprint as well as remixing other acts. Their remix of Dance Disorder’s ‘Zusammen’ will be released on BPitch Control in Sep 2010.

FERAL AKA MC KINKY first came to attention with the Top 20 ‘Summer of Love’ anthem ‘Everything Starts with an E’ with E-Zee Possee. Since then has applied her vocal talents under various guises and has collaborated with the likes of Boy George, Jah Wobble and Natacha Atlas as well as DJing and performing in New York, at Love Parade Berlin and more recently NYC Downlow and London’s Love Box amongst many others. In recent years she has been recording under the Feral moniker and is currently working on collaborations with Joe & Will Ask?, Jodie Harsh and Tom Stephan.

The grande dames of East London’s lady bender club nights, QUEER COUNCIL, have been around the East End block and further afield. From their origins at 291 Gallery on Hackney Road they have played Wish, Wotever, Club Motherfucker, First Out and the George & Dragon amongst others as well as the infamous Radio Egypt and Trailer Trash  boat parties. Their future itinerary is leading them to San Francisco and New York.

DJ and promoter THE DUCHESS OF PORK is a resident at Dalston’s Dirtbox and Vauxhall’s Kimono Krush as well as a regular at The George and Dragon and has played venues such as Dalston Superstore, Trash Palace, First Out and NYC’s Eastern Bloc.

See the photos of the party on TheMostCake.

See Diva Magazine‘s review.

VeLocity’s blog on DAF.

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DAF 4 – July 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based KIM ANH is resident DJ and founder of Booby Trap, the monthly party for Hollywood’s hip and out of the box lesbians. She has been playing the local club circuit since 1998 with her mix of house and avant garde dance music as well as taking Booby Trap to NYC and regularly djing in Paris. KIM ANH has shared bills with the likes of Hercules and Love Affair, Chromeo and Sam Sparro and has curated and djed for Yves Saint Laurent, NYC’s Top Shop and Flaunt Magazine. She is also one half of indie electro duo Saint Le Roq.

DJ, promoter and producer WARBOY has been at the forefront of London clubbing over the last decade. He has co-promoted nights such as avant dress-up club Kash Point with Matthew Glamorre and nu-rave joint All You Can Eat with K-Tron and is currently promoting Caligula on Friday nights with Leo Belicha. WARBOY has been playing his varied sets of tech house, dark disco, acid and hi-nrg in forward thinking London clubs such as Trailer Trash, Bastard Batty Bass, Wet Yourself and Anti-social and at parties across Europe and the US. He also just recorded an acid-driven vocal track with Vogue cover star Andre J to be released later in the summer.

Greek import PHILIPPOS N moved to London in 2001 to study sound where his early work appeared on labels such as Rescue and Sensei Recordings. PHILIPPOS spins his all-groove eclectic blend at a number of clubs in East London and abroad. During the day he runs Freshit recordings, a platform for innovative musicians, sound geeks, visual artists and club freaks. Philippos N – Stealth is out on Freshit on 25 May.

British-Japanese DJ/producer MAYA JANE COLES has quickly established herself as one of the most respected cutting edge producers in London today. She has been winning fans and critics alike with her unique blend of tech house and techno to deep house, and more minimal skewed moments. Having opened the BBC’s Electronic Proms alongside Annie Mac and Fat Boy Slim MAYA plays clubs from Berlin to Japan and festivals from Sonar to Bestival. She is a member of dub-electronica duo She Is Danger and has remixed Massive Attack, Gorillaz and Dreadzone.

Kim Anh’s blog on DAF.

See the photos of the party on TheMostCake.

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DAF 3 – April 10, 2010

New York resident LAUREN FLAX has collaborated with everyone from Fischerspooner to internationally known singer Sia, best known for her work with Zero 7 and has shared the stage with an array of talent: DJ Heather, Disco D, Carl Craig, Jungle Brothers, Green Velvet, Derrek May, Kevin Saunderson… the list goes on and on. She recently released her first single ‘You’ve Changed’ featuring vocals by Sia and has also been busy remixing for bands such as Le Tigre, MEN, Telepathe, Morningwood and Heartsrevolution.

A Parisian who fell in love with London and never looked back, JERRY BOUTHIER is first and foremost a busy DJ strikingly passionate about music in all its forms. His ties with BoomBox, Kitsuné, Vivienne Westwood and Ponystep are rapidly making his name a fixture in the fashion world, from London to Paris, Milan to Tokyo.  Blending electro, disco, pop, rock, rave – and everything else in between – in one continuous uplifting mix this restless Frenchman boasts an insatiable enthusiasm when it comes to giving people an unforgettable time on the dancefloor or creating exciting fashion show soundtracks.

POLANSKI, co-promoter of irregular night Hunted and contributor to the world’s first travelling homo disco NYC Downlow and its radio version, celebratre a decade behind the decks dedicated to everything from post rock to electro disco and punk funk.

GAY FOR DISCO! are behind behind Camden’s Play It By Ear club dishing up an eclectic mix of old and new skool electro and remixes plus live bands every month.

The DIRTBOX DJs will bring the sound of their sweaty underground Dalston basement parties to Bethnal Green.

See the photos of the party on TheMostCake.

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DAF 2 – January 30, 2010

SEVERINO has been a fixture on the London club scene for quite some time. A native of Italy Severino started his DJ career in 1998 with Rob Wood and Michael Morley and their party Happy Families. He has since firmly established himself as one of London’s hardest working DJs  with regular gigs at Crash, AM, 333, Codex and of course as one of the Horse Meat Disco residents, playing a mix of electro, house and disco.

DJ and sound artist MISS BAILEY can be found playing house in all its incarnations with her liberating approach to sound at clubs like Tatty Bogle, Queen Bees, Bastard Batty Bass and Sunday Happy Day.

DJ, performer and artist HOLESTAR, the tranny with a fanny, has been performing and DJing across Europe, the UK and NYC. Her DJ sets include classic underground disco, electro and old school house and she has been gracing the decks at Dalston Superstore, Club Wish and Foreign among many others.

See the photos of the party on TheMostCake.

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DAF 1 – October 10, 2009

KIM ANN FOXMAN is a jack of many trades. A vocalist for the internationally known band Hercules And Love Affair anchored by Andrew Butler, a designer of her own line of jewellery called Foxman, and a respected DJ of classic aesthetic dance music (classic house, acid house, chicago house, disco, and classic techno). She first rose to fame with her party Mad Clams @ The Hole (voted Best Gay Party 2004 by New York Magazine) in New York in the early Noughties with Andrew Butler as the resident DJ. She has since been djing around the globe in clubs in London, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona amongst others. Kim Ann will soon embark on a new tour promoting the new Hercules and Love Affair album, due to be released in the near future.

DIRTBOX have been throwing underground parties in sweaty East London basement venues harking back to a time when gay clubs happened in bath houses with a mix of hi nrg,, italo, synthpop, new wave, new beat, acid and hip house. Dirtbox are The Duchess Of Pork (Kimono Krush, Dalston Superstore), Princess Michael Of Cunt (The George & Dragon, Babes Against The Machine) and Gibsonsgay.

JENNY WOOLWORTH from the Swiss hills has been djing in clubs across Europe including London’s Bar Wotever. She also championed women in music in her radio show Tiger Beat for Radio LoRa in Zurich and continues to do so on her music blog Women In Punk.

See the photos of the party on TheMostCake and their interview of Kim Ann Foxman.