RASA presents Lil' Louis | Friday, 9 October On Friday, 9 October, we welcome the Founding Father of House himself. Pioneer, icon, and living legend Lil' Louis arrives on our Floor for the night! From drumming in church as a child to DJing his first party at just 12 years old, Louis Burns’ life has been woven into the very DNA of house music. He was the first in Chicago to regularly play disco in the clubs (and got fired from nearly all of them for it). He opened his own venues, organised what is widely considered the world’s first rave in 1977, pioneered the art of edits, and ran the “lab rat” experiments that helped shape the sound. Then came “French Kiss” - a record that sold over 6 million copies, topped charts worldwide, and remains one of the most important house tracks ever made. Albums on Sony and Polygram, productions for Jay-Z, Donna Summer, Meshell N’degeocello, Basement Jaxx and more, a published book, and the groundbreaking film The House That Chicago Built… the man is a true Renaissance figure of the culture. Joining the Founding Father on the Floor are two of our favourite local storytellers: Suffyan moves with a selector’s intuition and a digger’s soul. Never afraid to take risks, he weaves downtempo, deep house, minimal, ambient, and leftfield oddities into journeys that somehow make perfect emotional sense. Xinyi is a longtime house dancer turned DJ, and her music sits where movement and music become one, bridging bodies & shared energy with grace and soul. Doors open at 17:00 for dinner & drinks | Music starts from 22:00 | See you on the dance floor