2025 DJ Lineup

Felipe Martinez - San Francisco, CA

Felipe is a full-time tango dancer, teacher, DJ, and organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Felipe has been DJing tango for around 20 years. He is a resident DJ in the Bay Area at The Beat, Genesis, Alberto's, and El Valenciano and has also played music in Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Istanbul) and Buenos Aires, where he was invited to play music at El Beso and Villa Malcolm Club on several occasions. He has played music at the most important festivals and marathons in the US: Portland, San Francisco, Baltimore, Denver, Washington DC, Atlanta, Houston, Fort Bragg, Austin, Boulder as well as in many other communities like Providence, New York, Los Angeles, Montreal.

He has also played in Asia at many festivals and marathons: Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Bali, as well as Tainan and Taichung. Felipe's musical selection is based on the Golden Age classics that ensure a great atmosphere for dancing.

Carol Horowitz - Montreal, Canada

Carol often Dj's at the Studio Tango Milongas she hosts in Montreal, and when schedule permits, she loves to travel to marathons and festivals around North America.She's Dj'd at the Abrazo Marathon, East Coast Marathon, San Francisco Tango Marathon, Tango Magic, Los Mujeres Marathon, and the Philadelphia Tango Festival to name a few.

A DJ with a keen sense of energy and flow, she helps facilitate an electric yet warm atmosphere that keeps everyone on their feet tanda after tanda.A classically trained dancer who worked for several years in contemporary dance, Carol was introduced to tango through friends, falling immediately in love with the creative and improvisational aspects of the dance.

A passionate teacher, Carol is co-founder/manager of Studio Tango Montreal, a centerpiece of Montreal's vibrant tango scene that boasts 10 permanent teachers on staff. Aside from teaching and managing the Studio’s regular activities, Carol has produced countless workshops with visiting guest teachers as well as many larger events, including the Montreal Summer Tango Fling, Bailongo Montreal Tango Festival held annually in May, and La Fete, an annual New Year's holiday time string of milongas.

Sabah Chammas - San Diego, CA

Sabah got addicted to Tango in the late nineties. It started with dancing and now it includes being a DJ. Tango music occupies his thoughts and energizes his spirit and he is in constant search for good music.

Although he tries to vary the music he plays, He is heavily influenced by the style of dance in Buenos Aires as well as the music played at the milongas there so feel free to call him old fashioned he said.

He lives for Golden Age music. The emotional impact of the music is what he looks for in addition to the musicality.

Jun Yi - San Francisco

Intrigued by the beauty of the music and intensity of the dance, Jun discovered the world of Argentine Tango when studying at Yale University, and started her DJing journey at Yale Tango Club.

Her incessant quest for great tango music led her to invitations of DJing by popular milongas in New York City, the vibrant tango community that nourished her growth and blossoming into a mature dancer and DJ. A gentle and sensitive soul, Jun actively listens to the dance floor and she creates a music space that speaks to dancers’ emotions absorbed in a warm embrace, elegant steps, and playful movement. She aspires to create an engaging conversation with the dancers through her tunes where dancers could ease into their personal truth of tango with their emotions safely unfolding and expressed through the dance. Known for her impeccable delicacy of storytelling, Jun’s music is instrumental to creating some of the most blissful, energized, and passionate milongas for the dancers that have heard her.

She has been sharing her music selections at renowned marathons internationally, like Abrazo Tango Marathon (Montreal), San Diego Tango New Year Festival, Atlanta Tango Marathon I & II, Buscandote Houston Tango Marathon, Las Mujeres Tango Marathon, Santa Maradona Marathon (Napoli, Italy), Pandora Tango Marathon (Greece), Caras de Tango Festival (Turino, Italy), etc., as well as Milongas in China, Italy and Argentina. Currently residing in California, her journey as a tango dancer, DJ, and community-builder continues to grow and expand through her persistent study of tango music and her consistent tango travels to Europe, Argentina and Asia.

George Naasan - New York, NY

Georges Naasan has been dancing tango since 2002. His journey debuted in Lebanon, at a time when there was no tango community or milongas to attend. He took classes with traveling teachers and taught himself at the American University of Beirut.

Along with a few friends, he founded the first milonga in Beirut and ran it for a few years before he moved to the United States in 2007. He continued to develop his tango skills with various teachers who traveled to Cleveland and later to the Bay Area.

In the summer of 2014, he was the recipient of the gold medal in Argentine Tango at the Gay Games. He started DJing in 2015 and quickly became one of the Bay Area’s prominent local DJs. He has traveled for DJing in various US cities including San Diego, LA, and New York. In 2016, he was invited to DJ at the Beirut Tango Marathon. Georges has learned much of his tango dancing and DJing skills from various mentors that he met along his journey and to whom he is ever grateful.

Avik Basu - Ann Arbor, MI

Avik began his tango journey in Ann Arbor in 2002 and has since become a highly sought-after DJ, playing at many of the major tango events in North America.

Some of his more interesting adventures include DJing at Salon Canning, teaching tango to a Bollywood actress in Mumbai, and touring the U.S. as the bandoneon player tango band Trio Folias.

Avik's musical selections are grounded in the Golden Age classics, but he also enjoys pushing the boundaries of the familiar (in small doses) and offering dancers a chance to explore something new.

Diego Doigneau - London, UK

Born in Argentina, he studied music and theatre in both Buenos Aires and London. Since 2008 and for nine years, he was the resident DJ at Negracha Tango Club, London's largest milonga, and has also played at numerous other milongas in London and across the UK. He has performed at major tango festivals and milongas worldwide, including River Tango in London, MSTF in Porec, Sevilla Tango Festival, Brussels Tango Festival, Lisbon Tango Festival, Mallorca Tango Festival, El Yeite in Budapest, Southern California Tango Championship and Festival, Milano Tango Pop, El Huracan Marathon in France, Lisbon Tango Marathon, Ephesus Tango Marathon in Turkey,

Araka in Parma, Roma Tango Fest, Ljubljana Tango Festival, BazTango in Spain, Pau Tango Festival in France, CircuiTo milonguero in Turin, Festivalito in Edinburgh, Tango Torino Festival, Milano Festival, Maldito Tango in Sweden, Otoño en Palermo Tango Festival, Bella Ciao Marathon in Tours France, Dos Corazones Tango Accademia, Milonga Pasional in Porto, El Abrazo in Skipton Uk, also Practica X, Viva la Pepa, El Motivo, Las Malevas and Milonga Discepolo in Buenos Aires and many others.

In addition to his work as a DJ, he is also the organizer of Milonga UN PLACER in London and he was one of the organizers of Tango Etnia and Milonga 3D in London. As a DJ, he creates a journey for dancers through the music, selecting songs to vary the atmosphere of the night. He primarily plays golden era orchestras but also adds modern orchestras to the mix depending on the night. He has a deep love for music, the night, and keeping people dancing until even after the milonga is over.