September’s Polari guest needs little introduction as one of DJs and organizers of the beloved queer Pittsburgh party series known as Jellyfish! Expect synth, acid, Italo, freestyle, NuDisco, new wave, and more! Ricky Mawzlin is a DJ, event organizer, musician, and all-around music nerd from Pittsburgh. He started playing in indie/post-punk/electronic projects and promoting punk shows at a young age. After years of researching & writing about music scenes and amassing vast collections of tracks, he began DJing via his party “Total Trash” at a divey gay bar. In 2017, due to his love of all things italo and disco, he co-created Jellyfish. He’s one half of Jellyfish: a duo that DJs & organizes traveling queer parties around the USA and abroad (with their home base still in Pittsburgh). Ricky’s sometimes-chaotic DJ style bounces between hi-NRG disco, to melodic techno, to sleazy house, to chugging italo, to dreamy shoegaze. Musical influence stems his travels along with the energy & community that the right dance floor can somehow magically manifest.