Cormac's Queerly Beloved

Kiddy Smile is a DJ, producer, dancer and activist with an incredible story behind his range of talents.Since getting his first big break dancing in a George Michael video, Kiddy has been busy, releasing excellent house music, working to help bring the ballroom scene to Europe, all while touring as a DJ, collaborating with Madonna, appearing in movies for directors like Gaspar Noé and judging on Drag Race France for three seasons.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify⁠⁠

Babymorocco is a singer, producer and performance artist who plays with character around male aesthetics - and the club - to provoke and delight.Moroccan-born, raised in Bournemouth and now based in London, Babymorocco made his musical debut in 2023. His latest album "Amour" came out in late 2024, a great modern pop album that gives an insight into his broad range of influences.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify⁠⁠

BASHKKA is a powerhouse. As a DJ, she’s a resident at Blitz in her hometown of Munich, Raum in Amsterdam and Hamam Nights in Berlin. In her sets - and her productions - there's a driving percussive-ness that speaks to her formative years in New York amongst the ballroom community. This episode was recorded live at ADE in 2024.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify⁠⁠

Robert Owens is a true legend in house music. Starting out in Chicago as a DJ and vocalist in the early 80s, Robert soon formed Fingers Inc. alongside Larry Heard and Ron Wilson. Together, they released formative house music that shaped electronic music and beyond for the next 40 years.Robert never stopped DJing and producing, holding residencies in Berlin and with an extensive body of work online like practically no other artist.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify⁠⁠

Hannah Laing has had a stratospheric few years. As a DJ, producer and founder of her label 'doof', she operates under a broad umbrella of techno, trance and hard dance. Her dedication to keeping it about the music has earned her a widespread, devoted fanbase that embraces young first-time ravers alongside seasoned veterans.In 2025, Hannah will host her first festival in Scotland, as well as her first major Ibiza residency, going back to where she first started honing her skills a decade ago at The Highlander in San Antonio.This episode was recorded live at ADE in 2024.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify⁠⁠

DJ Paulette is a true legend in house music, holding residencies across her 30-year career in London, Paris, Ibiza, and Manchester's fabled Haçienda. She won a DJ Mag Lifetime Achievement award in 2022 and is a regular radio host on platforms like BBC 6 Music and Apple.Paulette put her wisdom, stories, experience and more into her book 'Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ', which came out in 2024. Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify⁠⁠

Teneil Throssell aka HAAi is a DJ and producer, known for eclectic sets influenced by her early days as a rock musician. She's held a residency at Phonox in London, won the Radio 1 Essential Mix of the Year, and her fantastic debut album 'Baby, We're Ascending' came out on Mute Records in 2022.This episode was recorded with a live audience at Lost Village Festival in 2024.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify⁠⁠

Beth Ditto is a multifaceted talent and a queer icon of our times. A singer, writer, designer and actress, Beth is perhaps best known as the lead singer of the indie rock group Gossip.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify⁠⁠

Hayden Payne (aka Phase Fatale) has been breaking ground in techno for over a decade, with residencies at Berghain Berlin and Khidi Tbilisi, plus releases on labels like Ostgut Ton, Jealous God, and BITE - which he launched in 2018. Hayden is also one half of Italo body music duo Soft Crash, alongside Pablo Bozzi.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify⁠

Chloé Caillet is a DJ and producer from Paris via New York City. In 2023, Chloé launched SMIILE, a community-focused event series and record label with an ethos that champions queer and POC artists.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify

I. JORDAN is one of the most exciting producers in electronic music at the moment. Their album I AM JORDAN came out earlier this year on Ninja Tune, but they've been putting out great music since 2019.Listen to all the Season 2 guests' music choices:⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Season 2 Guest Playlist - Spotify

In our first community episode, we will hear some of your queer stories and the music that goes with them. Cormac also answers any questions that listeners asked when they got in touch.

In this special episode, we take a deep dive into some of the artists, places and themes that came up consistently throughout Season One of Queerly Beloved.

Jam Rostron (aka Planningtorock) is a critically acclaimed artist, producer, DJ and director who has been queering music and visual arts since the early 2000s

Lerato Khathi (aka Lakuti) is an esteemed DJ and resident of Panorama Bar in Berlin. She curates Uzuri Recordings and is co-founder of the Bring Down The Walls and Your Love party series.

Kim Ann Foxman is a leading DJ, producer and vocalist who has earned worldwide esteem as all three. An original member of Hercules and Love Affair, Kim's latest collaborative project Pleasure Planet adds synthy psychedelia to her already-broad discography. Original

In this live episode recorded at ADE, Cormac speaks to Josh Caffé - the multidisciplinary artist, musician, DJ and one of the frontmen for house music duo Paranoid London

Fat Tony is a DJ and bestselling author, whose residencies (and sense of humour) have shaped three decades of the UK club scene and beyond.

fka.m4a is a fast-rising star in the new generation of DJ excellence. Already a mainstay in Berlin and beyond, every set is experimental yet unfailingly fun

Peaches is a musician and producer who has been pushing the boundaries of genre and performance for over three decades.

Andy Butler is a musician, producer, singer and DJ, best known as the creator and driving force behind Hercules & Love Affair.

Romy Madley Croft is a musician, singer, songwriter and DJ. She is one-third of the worldwide phenomenon The xx, and releases solo material as Romy. Her debut album Mid Air came out in 2023, to critical acclaim.