Every Saturday he plays old school bangers, The Shapeshifters, Black Madonna remixes. His four broadcasts have had 300,000 views and countless love-heart eyes emojis. “We’re averaging one comment per second during the sets.”

You might think nothing compares to being in a heaving nightclub, front left speaker, dancing your cares away. But the live-streaming experience has advantages. “It’s BYO drinks and no line to get in,” says party-starter McClelland.

France’s Bob Sinclar, Sydney’s Timmy Trumpet, Frankston’s Carl Cox and even Fat Girl Slim (yes, Norman Cook’s daughter) have all adapted to this coronavirus-afflicted world with broadcasts born to boogie.

Locally, Course, McClelland, DJ Sunshine and Honeysmack are leading the charge.

“We love what we do — we wanna play!” Course says, a sentiment shared by sports players and musicians around the world. “A painter not painting would be weird.”

DJ Sunshine (Sunshine Trott) has been spinning on Saturday mornings for 17 years at that glorious den of inequity, Revolver Upstairs.

“I’m going to do a Rise & Shine for a PJ party live-stream," she says. "The music will be fun, upbeat house and techno. People can clean the house, have a champagne breakfast or dance on the coffee table in their pyjamas.”

For acid techno artist Honeysmack (David Haberfeld), the forced isolation has been a tonic. “I’ve never been sane, really," she says. "This situation has normalised me somewhat.”

Honeysmack has fans in Denmark and Germany tuning in live via his Facebook, Instagram and YouTube channels for weekly live shows from his studio.

Logistically, there are big technical challenges streaming from inside a bubble without “techsperts”, sound engineers and bar staff. Course has gained sponsorship through The Grape Bunch and now has three cameras streaming to Facebook, Instagram and Twitch, with the occasional glitch.

Sunshine will “use GoPro for the video and the audio will come straight from my decks into the computer via a sound card.” Read: high fidelity.

McClelland’s offering is interactive through Zoom Meetings. He launched his Andy Loves… party series last Friday with a Britpop special.

“We could see everyone dancing in their isolation caves and people dressed up like they were going to a club night with red and blue party lights and Zoom projected onto big screens.”

There were hitches. “I run two somewhat unreliable laptops. One of them crashed but one punter started singing ABBA as I got my system rebooted and everyone was cheering.”

McClelland is monetising his efforts with $5 individual or $10 household tickets. The other three performers are not. Yet.

We must address the other elephant in the (lounge)room. Just how “into the spirit” are people getting?

“I hope they’re not ingesting substances if the kids haven’t gone to bed yet,” Course chuckles, adding a kicker, “I assume people are doing the same thing they’d do at nightclubs.”

Honeysmack is typically contrary: “It’s important that people eat well — especially at this time.”

In pure serendipity, old clubbers are catching up online with exuberant comments: “Oh hey, we used to go to Dome together!” and “I remember dancing with you at Q Bar!!”

“The community connection is part of the appeal,” Course muses. “We miss human interaction. We can’t do much about it and we’re all in it together.”

Next streams:

DJ Sunshine, Saturday, 9am-noon. www.facebook.com/sunshinethedj

Honeysmack, Thursday, 10pm. www.youtube.com/user/Honeysmacked

DJ John Course, Sat, 7-10pm. www.facebook.com/djjohncourse

DJ Andrew McClelland, Fri, 9pm-12.10am. https://www.facebook.com/andrewmcclellandgigs