Before We Were Born
Strictly 70s + 80s All Night with DJ Lani + DJ Rico
Jupiter Disco1237 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237 · Map
This night happened — Sat 7 Dec 2024
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Who was billed2 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
This was a crew, not a first meeting.
the pairs that have met
All 1 pairing on this bill had shared a bill before.
- DJ Lani and DJ Rico — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 26 Sep 2024.
Who they are
“For me, deejaying is curation, first and foremost.”
their own biography
the whole biography
For me, deejaying is curation, first and foremost. Designing a path along an arc of ideas and feelings through sound is what it’s all about. The experience can be in a large space, a small space, a virtual space, or an imaginary space. There’s an inherent and implicit trust involved; whoever is playing the role of DJ at that particular time will help you experience something that you wouldn’t be able to feel in any other place. I like to curate in the realms of house, disco, funk, 70s/80s everything, techno, electronic various, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, indie whatchamacallits, 90s easy pop/rock and alternative, reggae, rai, 50s/60s oldies, classic rock, everything in between and the list goes on. When I make mixes, I’m usually not just putting tracks together, but rather wrapping around an idea. Inspiration can come from anywhere, often from songs themselves. Taking those songs and arranging them in a way that makes me feel a certain way is usually the goal. Sometimes it starts with the name of the mix and goes backwards. The name might give you a clue what it’s about for me, but I won’t always tell you straight away. Your own set of connections and individual interpretation is important to me. I like the ambiguity. But we can have a dialogue about it - let’s do that. When I play out, I think about the space and who I expect to be there, and why they’re there. And what’s going on in the world around us that we can join into. What would we all really benefit from hearing and feeling and doing right now? The connection and shared experience you get with in-person events can’t really be replicated in my view. Not yet, at least. I’ve been curating music since I was maybe 8 or 9, and deejaying since I was 18. Being a DJ has been different things at different times for me. I like where it’s at right now, and I’m excited for where it might be for me in the future. Here with you, Lani @djlaniishereRecently at Jupiter Disco, The Chocolate Factory · often with motherDADDY, Cecily, Dj incognito mode, none of them here that night
Last at Jupiter Disco in Sep · often with DJ Reuben, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- motherDADDY2 with DJ Lani
- Berta1 with DJ Lani
- Cecily1 with DJ Lani
- Devoye1 with DJ Lani
- Dj incognito mode1 with DJ Lani
- DJ Reuben1 with DJ Rico
- Elle Dee1 with DJ Lani
- EscaFlowne1 with DJ Lani
62 said they were going — much busier than a usual Saturday at Jupiter Disco.
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at Jupiter Disco20
- Middle half finished between6 and 36
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted187
The room
Jupiter Disco — 928 events and 1,468 distinct artists since Aug 2023.