Love & Respect
About This Event
Love & Respect brings Antonio Ocasio with DJs MKL and Zak Zodiak to Cargo at Dead Letter No. 9. Ocasio, who has appeared at Public Records, moves between live electronics, hip‑hop/R&B and rock/pop frameworks with an emphasis on structure and groove, while MKL and Zak Zodiak build patient, transition-led club sets that prize continuity and the room’s acoustics.
About Love & Respect
Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs was written in 2004 by Emerson Eggerichs and first published by Integrity Publishers, Nashville, TN. The book was a national bestseller. In his book, Eggerichs argues that men value respect more highly than love.
About the Artists
DJ MKL
DJ MKL is a New York City–based DJ whose sets have been heard at Cargo at Dead Letter No. 9, including the party Love & Respect alongside Antonio Ocasio and Zak Zodiak. Working in a club context, MKL tends to treat a room as a sequence of transitions rather than a single peak.
Antonio Ocasio
Antonio Ocasio is an individual artist whose work moves between electronic production, hip-hop/R&B, and rock/pop frameworks. In New York City he has appeared at Public Records, including bills like *Love Injection Invites* alongside Love Injection, Gigi Testa, Gayance, beewack, Romare, Frank & Tony, and Snad, as well as *KAMAUU [Night One]*.
Zak Zodiak
Zak Zodiak is a New York City–based DJ who has appeared at Cargo at Dead Letter No. 9, including the party series Love & Respect alongside DJ MKL and Antonio Ocasio. Working in club formats that also leave room for close listening, Zodiak tends to build sets through careful transitions rather than abrupt pivots.