Every selector who has played CATEGORY. 100% femme, BIPOC, gender expansive, and/or queer-identifying, by policy.
You know it when you hear him play: a chugging, infectious groove from queer dance-floor royalty. The founder of LA's legendary queer party-turned-record label Spotlight and Club Toilet in Detroit, Chris is a regular at Panorama Bar (Berghain), Basement, Power Dance Club, and Block9 at Glastonbury. His sets celebrate the queer roots of house, techno, and underground dance music.
Victor Rodriguez and Chris Bowen are the duo behind one of Los Angeles' most enduring queer institutions, throwing their genre-defying party out of Silver Lake's Akbar since 2009. Their sound draws on cosmic disco, deep house, and dancefloor-ready obscurities, built for a crowd that spans every shape, color, size and CATEGORY. The pair have shared the booth with legends like DJ Harvey, Optimo, and Discodromo. Bears in Space isn't just a party, it's a lineage, and Victor and Chris are bringing that history straight to the CATEGORY dancefloor.
NY-based DJ and producer Kim Anh has been a staple of the queer dance music scene for over a decade, situating herself firmly as a tastemaker at the intersection of music and fashion. Her production and songwriting blends classic house and disco with a contemporary sensibility, with catchy hooks and edgy, sensual lyrics. She has played the most important dance floors in the world: Hearsay, Panorama Bar Berlin, Basement, Knockdown Center, à la Folie Paris, Savage Hanoi, Battle Hymn, Glitterbox, Unter, The Carry Nation at Good Room, and more.
Masha Mar is a Serbian-born, Los Angeles-based DJ and producer whose musical vision spans Chicago and New York house, cosmic disco, and left-field rarities. Equally at home on festival stages and in the sweat of an intimate club, she moves between worlds effortlessly. Each set feels like its own journey, never the same trip twice.
Afro-Latina LA native artist, dancer, DJ, and heartbeat of the underground house music scene, Juliet Mendoza fuses her love of dance with soul-stirring music to create immersive experiences on and off the dance floor. Previously a regular at famed houses like the Arena and Carnival, Juliet's practice broadened beyond performance into a holistic expression of house culture, melding dance, DJ craft, and promotion to shape clubs, festivals, and community spaces.
An LA-based DJ and producer who lives by one rule: only play the good stuff. Stacy cut her teeth in 2012 under the mentorship of Joshua James, before a chance meeting with Bears in Space's Chris Bowen pulled her deeper into the underground. She's opened for DJ Harvey, Moodymann, Honey Dijon, and Hercules and Love Affair, and played rooms from Knockdown Center in New York to Love International and Battle Hymn.
A dance floor shapeshifter and trusted steward of the LA underground and festival circuit. His sets are a joyride through disco decadence, '90s house, minimal, techno, hard groove, ravey breaks, pop vocals, and the frequent left-field oddity that combines for a sound that's both tender and relentless.
An architect of LA's underground, Kerry has built her name behind the decks at The Basement, Dublab, and as one half of Still Rollin' alongside Stacy Christine. Her sets move across eras and genres without losing the thread, blending the anthemic and familiar with the obscure and otherworldly into one continuous rush. Kerry has shaped some of the city's most iconic nights, including Rice & Beats, Hang Together, and Nitty Gritty. She doesn't just play a set, she builds a world, and CATEGORY is next on the map.
A rising force in Los Angeles' underground electronic scene, Flabbergast is known for unapologetically queer sets that fuse raw energy with transformative intention. Their sound is a relentless mix of pounding acid, tribal drums, and trippy, ethereal textures, crafted to heal the soul while keeping the dance floor in full throttle. Every set is a journey: joyful, vocal, otherworldly, and always made for bodies in motion.
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