Because of our weekly 2-hour radio show, making and releasing mixes is something we don't get around to often. They tend to require too much energy and often end up feeling ephemeral, a drop in a bucket that's already full to the brim.

This 5.5 hour mix is a live recording from us, Paul Raffaele & Barbie Bertisch, DJing at 718 Sessions on Sunday November 21, 2021, a gig we recently played that meant a lot to us. Benny Soto and Danny Krivit will celebrate their 19th anniversary next week and the party has long served as a beacon of light in our world: a place to learn, be with chosen family, release the pressure and experience joy.

This lineup was originally booked for March 22, 2020 but it was cancelled due to COVID. Luckily, the same lineup was revived for the party's return to indoor dancing, taking place at Good Room in Brooklyn. This night was particularly special because it was the first time we would play 718 Sessions, our favorite party, as a duo.

In a pivot from what one might expect from our sets, we made a conscious effort not to play any Garage or Loft classics to widen the musical offering of the party and avoid overlap with Danny in the main room. Some mixes are great, some aren't, but in a bit of a protest to today's world digital perfection, we've kept it all in there and serves as a record for one of our favorite nights DJing together ever.

We recorded line in from the mixer but also the sounds of the room, blending music and crowd together and resulting in what you'll hear throughout the mix. It's an effort to capture some of the room's energy and not just a collection of songs one after the other.

Our style is representative of an amalgamation of the DJs we grew up listening to and studying, most intensely: Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell, François Kevorkian, Danny Krivit, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, Louie Vega, Dope Jams, Theo Parrish, but there are many more. Thank you for the inspiration.

Barbie and Paul
December, 2021

--
Find us at Public Records on Dec 11 2021:
https://dice.fm/event/pqw2l-love-injection-all-night-long-11th-dec-public-records-new-york-tickets
--
https://loveinjection.nyc/
https://loveinjection.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/loveInjection.nyc/
https://www.instagram.com/loveinjection.records/
--
Photo by Craig Handfield

Love Injection live at 718 Sessions (November 21, 2021)

https://soundcloud.com/borisfromhamburg
https://soundcloud.com/finn_johannsen

TASCAM DR-40

2022-05-13 Live At Power House (Boris Dlugosch, Finn Johannsen)

Prins Thomas (@prinsthomas) recorded live at Platforma Wolff on 02.07.2022.

Prins Thomas at Platforma Wolff • 02.07.2022

Few DJs could adequately represent the last three decades of New York
nightclub history - no less do so with such iconic credentials as Justin
Strauss. Since he was 17, when his first band was signed to Island Records, Justin has had a career that reads like a Who’s-Who of the music scene, spinning at nearly every dance club that you’d ever want to go to. 

Starting as DJ at New York’s legendary Mudd Club, he spun his way through The Ritz, Limelight, Area, Tunnel, M.K., Life, Centro Fly and more, pioneering his own distinctive sound, and becoming one of the most sought-after remixers and
producers not just in New York, but in the world. He has worked with the
gamut of artists - Depeche Mode, Hot Chip, Sergio Mendez, Tina Turner,
Jimmy Cliff, B-52s, Luther Vandross, 808 State, Malcolm McClaren, Skinny Puppy, Goldfrapp, LCD Soundsystem to name a few and on over 200 records!

Much of the new dance crowd that goes to hear Justin DJ today, doesn’t
necessarily know his history; they simply love his spinning because he
always keeps them dancing and surprised, seamlessly mixing between
choice classics, delectable rarities and innovative beats. For Justin, no genre or style is off-limits – he can and will mix anything, so long as he can keep the crowd enthralled. His self-proclaimed mission is “connecting the dots” between what might otherwise seem disparate musical periods and styles, while introducing exciting new sounds. He does so with infectious passion, subverting preconceptions about what’s old and new, and inspiring young DJs with his masterful skill and ever-youthful spirit.

But Justin Strauss doesn’t stop there. As half of the production duos,
Whatever/Whatever and A/JUS/TED, he continued to produce and mix
records, working on remixes for the likes of Hot Chip, William Onyeabor,LCD Soundsystem, Blood Orange, Holy Ghost!, Franz Ferdinand, Beyonce. Working on new projects Extra Credit with Joe Goddard of Hot Chip & Marcus Marr, and with Max Pask under their Each Other moniker, whose debut E.P.’s
were mixed by Soulwax and released on their Deewee label, with new

releases coming soon. Touring the world Dj’ing at Panorama Bar in Berlin, Robert Johnson in Frankfurt, Zunkunft in Zurich to name a few. In fact, he doesn’t stop at all.

Photo by: Seze Devres

Follow Justin On instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/justinstrauss1/?hl=en

Coloring Lessons Mix Series 046: Justin Strauss

As part of our celebration of 21 years of club culture, we're featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties and clubs most important to their lives in dance music. 

The Loft is one of the most storied and sacred spaces in dance music history. Founded in Manhattan in 1970 by the late David Mancuso, The Loft was a party unlike any other: relaxed and gently psychedelic, with pristine audiophile sound played at a medium volume level kinder to the ears. You didn't need to blast the music to appreciate the sonic perfection of the music and the system it was played on. Over the decades, Mancuso invented his own influential style of DJing, letting the records breathe rather than mashing them together. Mancuso, who died in 2016, had many acolytes over the years, perhaps none more prominent than Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, who provides our final 2122 birthday RA Podcast: a tribute to The Loft.

Murphy has an impressive resume without The Loft: she's a long-time radio DJ, founded the Classic Album Sundays series and started her own Lucky Cloud Loft Party in London, in collaboration with Mancuso. Her DJing style, slow, steady and respectful of the music, channels those years spent at The Loft, and her RA Podcast embodies the disco-influenced sounds that define the party, played with care, love and reverence.

RA podcast

RA.859 Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy

JUSTIN STRAUSS @ The Lot Radio 02 - 16 - 2023

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on Radio Nova, Paris, 19/2/2023.
Some upcoming unreleased tracks, some classics and rarities, for your listening pleasure.

i:cube special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023.

MoMA Nights with Justin Strauss 03-03-2023

Today marks what would have been the Guv'nor's 60th birthday.

As a little nod to the late great Andrew Weatherall we've re-sharing an old mix of his alongside Sean Johnston, recorded in the lead up to Electric Elephant 11 years ago, which was only previously available on Mixcloud.

This came just a year into the duo's journey as ALFOS and their now infamous project which Andrew described as “an oasis of slowness in a world of increasing velocity”.

A solid slice of oompty boompty music to see you into the weekend. Stick it on and raise a glass to the chairman!

Andrew Weatherall: 'A Love From Outer Space' Electric Elephant mix [R$N Exclusive 2012]

One of Australia's best selectors brings the party.

Read more: http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=503

RA.503 Andy Hart

Apiento & Piers Harrison take control on the beach stage at Love International 2019.


Love International returns in 2020 from July 15th - 21st, tickets available now at: www.loveinternationalfestival.com/

Coloring Lessons Mix Series 046: Justin Strauss

COLORING LESSONS

Recent comments

APARAPIRA PARAPE

anastralia

Chris Lorenz 1

Chris Lorenz 1

Related tracks