KEVIN AVIANCE RELEASES “CLUB HIPPOPOTAMUS" NEW UNINTERRUPTED DJ MIX OUT TODAY
The Billboard chart-topping dance music pioneer transforms the world of HIPPOPOTAMUS! into one continuous club experience — zero breaks, just Kevin
NEW YORK, NY — WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2026 — Turn it on and let it run! Billboard chart-topping dance music pioneer, nightlife icon, and cultural trailblazer Kevin Aviance today released his long-awaited CLUB HIPPOPOTAMUS! DJ MIX, a new continuous playlist transforming the music and remixes of his HIPPOPOTAMUS! era into one uninterrupted club experience.
One mix. Zero breaks. All HIPPOPOTAMUS.
Created from music spanning HIPPOPOTAMUS! and its recently released Deluxe Edition, CLUB HIPPOPOTAMUS! puts Aviance behind the metaphorical DJ booth, blending the project’s tracks and remixes together as they were always meant to be experienced: in motion.
Rather than simply assembling another collection of songs, Aviance wanted the release to capture the feeling of a night out before you even reach the club — putting on your makeup, getting dressed, gathering with friends, turning up the music and letting one beat carry you directly into the next.
For an artist whose career has been inseparable from the dance floor, the mix also brings HIPPOPOTAMUS! full circle. Aviance has spent more than three decades helping define the sound, attitude and visual language of queer nightlife, and CLUB HIPPOPOTAMUS! lets him personally reshape his latest body of work through the language he knows best: the DJ mix.
IN KEVIN’S WORDS:
“You know I’m a club girl. I love my beats, I love my club music, and with CLUB HIPPOPOTAMUS I get to be your DJ. We had created so many remixes throughout this album that eventually I realized: we have enough here to make this its own experience.Putting it all together felt so good because suddenly everything had a purpose. It flows. You can put it on while you’re doing your makeup, getting dressed, having a kiki or getting ready to go out, and you never have to stop the energy. There’s something for everybody in that mix. I’ve listened to it over and over and I still love hearing where it takes me. That’s CLUB HIPPOPOTAMUS, baby.”
The release follows the August release of HIPPOPOTAMUS! DELUXE EDITION, which expanded Aviance’s first full-length solo album in more than two decades and completed a musical project spanning club culture, survival, chosen family, self-love and rebirth.
CLUB HIPPOPOTAMUS! (DJ MIX) — TRACKLIST
- YOU + THIS = LET'S BEGIN — Mixed — 1:49
- SEE YOU WHEN I GIT THERE — Mixed — 7:09
- POSSIBLE — DJ Gomi Remix (Mixed) — 3:19
- BLOODLINE — DJ Gomi Extended (Mixed) — 4:30
- BEAUTIFUL — DJ Gomi Remix, Mixed — 3:53
- PULLED — DJ GOMI Underground Epic Mix (Mixed) — 4:20
- THE AVIANCE — Mixed — 3:55
- THAT PART — Quentin Harris RE-PRODUCTION (Mixed) — 5:10
- BODY — Extended Version (Mixed) — 3:32
- DOLLS — Mixed — 2:39
- C*NTY — Mixed — 2:31
- OF GOLDEN SUN — Mixed — 6:43
Stream the CLUB HIPPOPOTAMUS! DJ Mix now:
ABOUT KEVIN AVIANCE
Billboard chart-topping dance music pioneer, nightlife icon and cultural trailblazer Kevin Aviance has helped shape queer culture and dance music for more than three decades. A member of the legendary House of Aviance, he became a defining presence in New York nightlife and built an enduring catalog of club anthems including “Cunty (The Feeling),” “Din Da Da,” “Rhythm Is My Bitch,” “Alive” and “Give It Up.”
His influence reached a new generation when Beyoncé sampled Aviance’s voice on “PURE/HONEY” from her Grammy-winning 2022 album RENAISSANCE. HIPPOPOTAMUS! marked Aviance’s first full-length solo album in more than 20 years and a new chapter in a career built on fearless self-expression, survival and liberation.
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