Scott Grooves + Lovie / Felipe Gordon + Mari Ella / Donis

Who they are

• Scott Grooves

  Detroit · 9 bookings since Aug 2023

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  Their RA profile lists Soma Records, Clone Records, Curle Recordings, Natural MIDI and 3 more.

  Last at public records in Nov 2024 · often with Jenifa Mayanja, DJ Nyack, Julion De'Angelo, none of them here that night

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  Lovie

  Washington DC · 90 bookings since Aug 2023

  “Lovie's musical discovery began in the digital music age: a young lover of local radio and after-school MTV marathons, her early mixes took shape in the form of burned CDs she made for her friends.”

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  Lovie's musical discovery began in the digital music age: a young lover of local radio and after-school MTV marathons, her early mixes took shape in the form of burned CDs she made for her friends. After relocating from her hometown of Washington, D.C. to New York in 2020, Lovie's unique selection of soulful, spiritual music swiftly ushered her into New York's local music scene. At the taste-making Brooklyn radio station, Lot Radio, she gave birth to her homey platform, summer school radio. For five years Lovie's radio mixes—now being offered as one of the station's few weekly residencies—have thumbed through the intimate corners of her music collection. She saunters through slow-groove disco, dusty '70s funk and groovy '80s jazz at a studied pace that makes it easy to marvel at every timeless chime, trill, and drum beat. She's as tempted by the bedroom pop of Clairo as much as the cosmic funk of Lonnie Liston Smith. Outside the Lot, Lovie presents summer school radio as soothing listening sessions around Brooklyn, providing warm balms for city fatigue with artists like alt-jazz harpist muva of Earth and New Age legend Laraaji. As co-founder of Soul Connection with long-time friend and collaborator, Honey Bun, she imbues the power of friendship and Black femme empowerment into sumptuous house music and '90s R&B spun with the patience and musicality associated with the East Coast house tradition. Connecting the mind, to the body, to the soul, her club sets inspire the warmest, most community-minded dance floors you'll find in the city. Her diligence to the craft, musical curiosity, and deep focus on the listening experience earned her a spot on Mixmag's Top 25 Breakthrough DJs of 2024. She now holds a coveted residency at Brooklyn club public records, and has played at art centers like MoMA, Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Beacon Theater, where she opened for Kamasi Washington. Her work has also brought her to international gigs at Paris's Djoon, London's Spiritland, and more. Whether playing on her stomping grounds or rocking dance floors overseas, Lovie creates honey-sweet dance floor memories you'll want to replay again and again.
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  Recently at Eavesdrop, public records, Good Room · often with Honey Bun, JADALAREIGN, Jenifa Mayanja, none of them here that night

• Felipe Gordon

  4 bookings since Sep 2023

  Recently at public records, Jolene Sound Room Brooklyn · often with Paul Nickerson, CAMILLA, Jonny Romero, none of them here that night

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  Mari Ella

  New York City · 26 bookings since Aug 2023

  “Mari Ella is a DJ, dancer, podcast host and all around artist originally from Vienna, Austria.”

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  Mari Ella is a DJ, dancer, podcast host and all around artist originally from Vienna, Austria. After many years of training to become a professional dancer, she moved to New York in the early 2000s and immersed herself into the NYC club scene and culture. In New York she has played at venues such as Elsewhere, Nowadays, Jupiter Disco, as well as more vinyl focused venues like BierWax and Eavesdrop. Outside of New York, her blend of Deep & Soulful House as well as Soul, Funk and Disco has taken her to Dante’s Hi-Fi Miami, Portland, Houston and Detroit. Internationally, she has played at Djoon Club in Paris, MiCasa Festival in Mexico and several venues in Vienna. She shared line ups with Terry Hunter, Rich Medina, DJ Spinna, Kenny Dope, Osunlade, Matthew Dear, Rimarkable and many others. In 2022 she started her own party DEEP WATERS - a deep & soulful house music experience - in Brooklyn, NY. In addition, she hosts and produces the newly created podcast DANCE TO THE MUSIC, focusing on the meaning and importance of “dance” in dance music. It is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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  Recently at Dead Letter No. 9, Jupiter Disco, Black Flamingo · often with VARSHA, Sanat, Mike Servito, none of them here that night

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  Donis

  New York City · 117 bookings since Aug 2023

  “DONIS is a Dominican American DJ/Producer from Brooklyn, NY.”

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  DONIS is a Dominican American DJ/Producer from Brooklyn, NY. His style embodies both tradition and innovation. Firmly rooted in NYC’s Dance Music history while tastefully pushing the envelope, he masterfully explores the intersections between Soulful House, Afro House, Techno and Disco. In the DJ booth, he combines excellent mixing skills with an innate ability to read the crowd, both responding to their desires while setting his sonic agenda. He’s become well known in the New York underground scene for playing parties and clubs such as Soul In The Horn, Papi Juice, Dweller Festival, Lebain, Basement among many others. He has most recently self released their second EP Metamorphosis02 and currently holds residencies at renowned club Nowadays, and The Lot Radio.
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  Their RA profile lists Toucan Sounds.

  Recently at H0L0, Signal, Million Goods · often with Bendito, Jeremy Giros, JADALAREIGN, none of them here that night