Lil'T
Michael’s love for DJing and music production started in Los Angeles at the early age of twelve and continued to ripen after completing a degree in Audio Engineering in San Francisco. His inherent passion for promoting and hosting events got thrown into the mix, founded on the importance of creating a space where people feel safe and can freely "dance like nobody's watching.” This methodology was the inspiration and concept for his brand and award-winning weekly party, Housepitality, going strong now for 21 years and becoming an institution for local, domestic and international artists, dancers and patrons in San Francisco. The brand has since expanded to Los Angeles, Chicago, and his new hometown, Brooklyn, New York.
His greatest success to date is accredited to writing, producing, and performing live with the eclectic electronic ensemble, PillowTalk. Formed in the summer of 2011 in the Lower Haight district of San Francisco, PillowTalk's music fuses house, disco, classic R&B, soul, funk, and boogie with indie dance. With over ten releases including their 2018 sophomore album, “All People” and seven live tours around the globe, this project has received notoriety from fans, press, music venues, and festivals worldwide.
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Additional compositions and productions embodying his love for jazz, funk, R&B, and Latin rhythms can be found under his solo artist name, Michael Tello. His other live production/DJ duo, Signal Flow, has received praise for their collaborations with vocalists Kevin Knapp, Gustaph (Hercules and The Love Affair), Navid Izadi, Gretz and Michael Tello himself.
Michaels new solo project, “Lil T,” signed to New York's Wolf + Lamb Records realizes an uncensored and deeper side to his productions with a slate of releases on Soul Clap Records, Uniting Souls Music and W+L. Along with some sonically pure remixes for Francesca Lombardo, Lee Curtis, Soul Clap, LowHeads plus much more cooking in the oven for 2020 which truly showcase this seasoned producer's variety and ability to make each song his own.
With an extensive discography under his belt including releases on Life & Death, Visionquest, Crew Love, Wolf + Lamb, Kompakt, Jive, Culprit, Leftroom Limited, Om Records, Smoke N’ Mirrors and Roam Recordings, as well as remixes for Francesca Lombardo, Groove Armada, Kasper Bjork, DJ Tennis, HNQO, Laid Back, Soul Clap, W+L, Nick Monaco, Life On Planets, Lee Curtiss, Tone Of Arc, PillowTalk, Navid Izadi, Midnight Magic, Future Generations, Set Mo, B.Bravo and Lonely Boy, there is no doubt that Michael will continue doing what he loves and is most passionate about, music.
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Records out on Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap Records, Uniting Souls Music and Housepit CHI Records. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
2026
- Sun 12 JulThe Sultan Roomfirst time · HOUSEPITALITY BK, Housepitality
2025 — 6 nights
- Sat 22 Nov 2025MAD Radio NYCfirst time · Mad Radio New York
- Fri 30 May 2025Moondog Hifitheir 2nd night
- Wed 21 May 2025H0L0their 2nd night · Tri Music Group
- Fri 4 Apr 2025Apollo Studiofirst time · Javier Pedraza Polo
- Sun 16 Mar 2025TBA - 175 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn NY 11237Golden Record NYC, HOUSEPITALITY BK, Housepitality, Touch Of Class Records
- Fri 17 Jan 2025275 Park BKfirst time · Beats On Time, Bespoke Musik, HOUSEPITALITY BK, Housepitality, JunXion, Listed Bookings, Parties 4 Peace, ebb + flow
2024 — 10 nights
- Sat 21 Dec 2024Moondog Hififirst time
- Thu 31 Oct 2024Darling Rooftoptheir 5th night · Touch of Classics
- Sun 15 Sep 2024TBA Brooklyn
- Sun 1 Sep 2024H0L0first time · ReSolute
- Fri 2 Aug 2024Darling Rooftoptheir 4th night · HOUSEPITALITY BK, Parties 4 Peace
- Sat 13 Jul 2024Lillistarfirst time · Touch of Classics
- Thu 6 Jun 2024Darling Rooftoptheir 3rd night · Touch of Classics
- Sun 5 May 2024TBA Brooklyn
- Sat 24 Feb 2024Darling Rooftoptheir 2nd night · Touch of Classics
- Thu 4 Jan 2024Darling Rooftopfirst time · Touch of Classics
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- Darling Rooftopwas a standing night · Jan 2024 – Oct 20245 nights
- Moondog HifiDec 2024 – May 20252 nights
- H0L0Sep 2024 – May 20252 nights
Once each: The Sultan Room, MAD Radio NYC, Apollo Studio, 275 Park BK and Lillistar. Three of the 17 listings never named a room, and are not counted as one.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- Shane Oneacross four rooms · Jan 2025 – Jul 20264 nights
- Sticky DojahDarling Rooftop ×3, Lillistar ×1 · Feb 2024 – Oct 20244 nights
- Ray Zunigaan unnamed room ×1, MAD Radio NYC ×1 · Mar 2025 – Nov 20252 nights
- Chuweean unnamed room ×2 · May 2024 – Mar 20252 nights
- Seb Hallan unnamed room ×2 · Sep 2024 – Mar 20252 nights
- Mike Cashen275 Park BK ×1, Darling Rooftop ×1 · Jan 2024 – Jan 20252 nights
The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography, the labels and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.