Outer Heaven presents: JKriv

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  JKriv

  New York City · 56 bookings since Aug 2023

  “JKriv is a Brooklyn-based producer, DJ, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and label owner.”

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  JKriv is a Brooklyn-based producer, DJ, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and label owner. With a professional musical career stretching nearly 2 decades, J has gained serious attention recently for his original productions and inspired DJ sets, and was called “an innovator of the scene” by Defected Records boss Simon Dunmore. It’s a title he has rightly earned, with releases and remixes on Joey Negro’s Z Records, Soundway Records, his own label Razor-N-Tape, among many others, plus massive new singles and remixes for Glitterbox. J brings a seasoned musicality to everything he touches, whether original productions, remixes or reworks and re-edits. A trained musician, his talent for dazzling live instrumentation is evident in original disco productions like his recent Traxsource #1 Soul/ Funk/Disco track Not That Serious (Big Love), Vertigo (Z Records) and Yo Love (Glitterbox). As a studio musician he has recorded bass, guitar, and/or written string & horn arrangements for Dimitri From Paris, Horse Meat Disco feat. Kathy Sledge, and as the producer of the sprawling Studio 54 Music: Night Magic Vol. 1 project, J reimagined disco classics with brand-new all-live studio recordings, translated through his modern club approach, garnering nearly 1.5 million plays for the lead single Souvenirs. J has a slew of new music forthcoming later this year and into 2022, including a release Dam Swindle’s Heist Recordings, Razor-N-Tape, and Glitterbox. A purveyor of all things outer-national, JKriv has nurtured a long-standing love affair with the music of Brazil which he realized through his 2017 Férias ’77 LP compilation of reworks on Razor-N- Tape, his 2019 Aguaxirê EP on Detroit’s Rocksteady Disco, and multiple releases on Brazilian Mareh Festival’s label Barefoot Beats. He has remixed African artists for renowned labels Soundway and Africa Seven, and 80s French pop for label Pardonnez-Nous, and both classic and current Afro/Latin sounds for Razor-N-Tape. His music has garnered support from all quarters of club and radio DJs, such as Derrick Carter, Disclosure, Andrew Weatherall, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Mark Farina, BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong and BB6’s Craig Charles, among many others. Like his productions, JKriv’s DJ sets showcase his deep and diverse taste, weaving eclectic disco, house, and offbeat selections together seamlessly, always with an ear for groove and harmony, and an eye to the dance floor. As a founding member and resident DJ of Hot Honey Sundays, JKriv helped lead the most buzz-worthy new party of Brooklyn’s incredible comeback summer of 2021, growing a 2000+ devoted weekly following of dancers and a formidable social media presence. J has performed live and DJ’d in over 30 countries and in nearly every state in the continental US, sharing bills with Todd Terje, Tony Humphries, Dimitri From Paris, Joey Negro, and made his smashing debut at the Defected Croatia festival this past summer. A foundational member of the live disco band Escort, J has co-written/produced songs, and toured as bassist/guitarist with the group at Coachella, Sasquatch Festival, Electric Forest and innumerable club gigs around the world, as well as a original founding member and former bass player for the groundbreaking live-house group Tortured Soul. JKriv’s talents as a tastemaker extend beyond the studio and DJ booth, as co-owner of respected Brooklyn record label Razor-N-Tape. RNT now boasts a nearly 100-release-deep catalog that has garnered support and spins from some of the biggest names in modern club and radio, and is one of the most respected and consistent current independent dance music labels.
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  Disco on 67, House on 52, Nu-Disco on 27 and Deep House on 23. styles on their catalogued releases

  Released on Bedits (1), Favorite Recordings (1) and Lumberjacks In Hell (1); their RA profile also lists Z Records, Disco Deviance, Discovery Recordings, Razor-N-Tape and 6 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile

  Recently at Gabriela, Black Flamingo, H0L0 · often with Aaron Dae, Disgonuts, Peter Matson, none of them here that night

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  Son Of Lee

  New York City · 11 bookings since Jan 2024

  “Son of Lee is Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Sam Levison.”

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  Son of Lee is Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Sam Levison. A musical omnivore with a love for all things deep, cosmic and deep in the cosmos, he started DJing as a teenager and has been active in Brooklyn's dance music underground for almost ten years. Currently, he is a resident DJ at hi-fi listening bar Outer Heaven. Previously, he's held residencies at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Wild Birds, Public Records and Jupiter Disco, among others. Sam has also played renowned nightclubs including Output, Elsewhere, Berlin's KitKat Club, Departamento CDMX and Golden Pudel in Hamburg on bills alongside Soul Clap, Terrence Parker, Analog Soul, Lawrence (Dial) and many others. However, he feels most at home spinning genre-spanning sets at the bars and small venues that are the lifeblood of his hometown music scene. As a producer, he’s released disco and house records on labels including Dailysession NY, Toucan Sounds and Berlin's Disco Bizarre. Most recently he had a featured remix on Tyler Pope's solo debut, Nur Weill Ich Kann (Interference Pattern, 2020) and a dubbed out cosmic disco edit on Rocksteady Disco's ABC Versions EP alongside tracks from Blair French and Peter Croce. No matter where he DJs, Son of Lee is committed to a single goal best articulated by his idol George Clinton: the preservation of the motion of hips.
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  Their RA profile lists DS Records, Smile For A While, Rocksteady Disco, Dailysession Records and 3 more.

  Recently at Outer Heaven, H0L0, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Daniel Wang, Mona Matsuoka, gabby cocco, none of them here that night