This is ‘The Spotlight.’ Many artists pass through D.C. on a weekly basis, but this column highlights one specific artist who happens to be playing in the district during the week so that you may join their journey in influencing the house music landscape.
Sleazy McQueen. Since the early 2000s, the self-described ‘disco edit vanguard’ has carved himself a small, but dedicated estate of dance music aficionados after years of curating deep cuts and crafting a  signature sound blended from parcels of the deep house and nudisco pantheons of sound. 100% self-made and having gone to and from nothing multiple times in the attempt to find himself in music, McQueen’s journeys led him into a constant state of evolution – the true mark of genius in any field – before eventually founding the indie label Whiskey Disco in 2009.
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Since establishing himself in the dance community, Sleazy McQueen has traveled all over the world playing world class clubs in South America, Madrid, and Tokyo and spots during the Winter Music Conference and Electric Daisy Carnival. His relentless touring schedule, eccentricities, and steady stream of well-executed disco edits and reworks has made him a diamond in the rough in the dance music community at large making his sets a go-to experience for anyone looking to go beyond the normal electronica atmospheres and events.
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This week, you can see Sleazy McQueen at the Eighteenth Street Lounge in Downtown D.C. on Saturday, March 28.