The drag ballroom legacy of the Houses of LaBeija and Xtravaganza live on in new track ‘The Two Houses’

Gideön and Rush Davis (Images: Provided)

You can definitely dance to ‘The Two Houses’, the latest project from DJ-producers GIDEÖN and Rush Davis, but this isn’t just music for the club floor. The three-track EP of “conscious house” – as GIDEÖN describes his sound – is designed to unite and galvanise the LGBTQ+ community by paying homage to the pioneers of ball culture. The project is dedicated to ten legends from New York’s ballroom community who are no longer with us; they were all members of the scene’s two most illustrious collectives, the House of LaBeija and House of Xtravaganza.

Bonded by righteous queer solidarity as well as the pomp and pageantry of the peacocking drag balls, these vibrant chosen families continue to nurture some of America’s most marginalised queer

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