This week, we go back to Kampala, Uganda to talk with Richard Odoi. Richard and his team have worked tirelessly to grow the electronic music scene in and around Kampala. They'll celebrate their 5th anniversary this November.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/richardodoimusic/

Underground Kampala: https://www.instagram.com/undergroundkampala/

Disco Tronic Kampala: https://www.instagram.com/discotronickampala/

This week, we talked with Brandon Williams all the way from Honolulu, Hawaii. Brandon made his way to Hawaii to study following his service in the United States Armed Forces.

He shares his experiences as a producer, performer, and consumer of electronic music, from Berlin to Honolulu and everywhere between.

IG:https://www.instagram.com/itsbrandonwilliams/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCI0ixTOlOr-r3A_qQtR9tmA

This week Ryan and I had a conversation with our good friend @kelevrakidah of @the_kindred_effect

A lot to learn from this conversation as he shared with us, his insights on his favorite gear and his experience in the Internet radio scene as well as here in the DMV

Check us out on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple podcasts. Hope you enjoy the conversation!

This week, Ryan and I had a conversation with State Secret, who joined us from Aix-en-Provence (France). We initially met Andrew here in the DC area, where he is a member of The Kindred Effect, one of DC's most active collectives.

State Secret talked with us about his year in France, the appetite for house music in Aix-en-Provence, the cultural differences (and similarities) in the house music scene, and what he's got in store for himself next. Enjoy!

https://www.instagram.com/statesecretmusic/

This week, Ryan and I sat down to reflect on the first 10 episodes of the Open Decks Podcast and to look ahead to what's next in the series. Ryan also shares his experience as a festival-goer at Project Glow this year in DC. We also recapped the latest District Apple event in Brooklyn. Enjoy.

Ryan SoHo https://www.instagram.com/ryan_soho_/

Tommy Junior https://www.instagram.com/tommyjunior_ofc/

Tommy's Latest SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tommyjunior_ofc/wednesday-night-at-the-house-e2

District Apple: https://www.instagram.com/wethedistrictapple/

This week, Ryan and I talked to NANGOBI, a new DJ who picked up a controller while working in Uganda. In the past year, she's elevated her skills and performed throught the country. She's also an event curator with Femme Frequencies, a collective formed to 'foster visibility & growth for female techno djz & producers.'

NANGOBI https://www.instagram.com/jordan_beeks/

FEMME FREQUENCIES https://www.instagram.com/femme.frequencies/

RPG COLLECTIVE https://www.instagram.com/therpgcollective/

TOMMY JUNIOR https://www.instagram.com/tommyjunior_ofc/

RYAN SOHO https://www.instagram.com/ryan_soho_/

Joverine joined Ryan and me this Memorial Day weekend, by way of Waveroom. Joe and I founded District Apple earlier this year as an event series to provide opportunties for DC-area DJs to showcase their talents outside of the DC-area, starting with New York City.

Joe has been a fixture in the DC house music scene as a supporter for many years - and recently began his own journey as a DJ, performing at venues such as Never Looked Better and Vagabond in DC, Keybar and Eris Evolution in NYC.

Joverine

IG: https://www.instagram.com/djjoverine/

District Apple

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wethedistrictapple/

RedSauceRadio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkLRIDnPMHI

RPG Collective:

https://www.instagram.com/therpgcollective/

This week, Ryan and I talked with Casa Nova (Diego), who can regularly be found on the lineup at Flash, the standard bearer for house music in Washington, DC. We discussed everything from his psy trance project to his approach to five-hour sets; from authenticity to technology. We recorded this at Music Box Karaoke in Falls Church, VA, and we were joined by special guest ByYourDeep (Max) in the studio.

Casa Nova:

https://www.instagram.com/dfrnte/

https://www.instagram.com/casa.nova.ofc/

https://www.instagram.com/merkabatrance/

Ryan SoHo:

https://www.instagram.com/ryan_soho_/

Performing at Jumpin Jax in Port Tobacco, MD July 4, 2o25

Tommy Junior:

https://www.instagram.com/tommyjunior_ofc/

Performing w/RPG Collective in Brooklyn, NY May 31

ByYourDeep:

https://www.instagram.com/byyourdeep/

MusicBox Karaoke:

https://www.instagram.com/musicboxdmv/