Every Thursday from NOON to THREE we YSD on:

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YES SHE DID! 6/24/21 featuring our special guest HRH Princess Diandra!

This week we welcome the legendary Kevin Aviance to YSD and pay tribute to the great James MTume!!  Yes She Did!!

YES SHE DID! 1/13/22

This week we welcome the illustrious DJ Tennessee to the show with classic house and tales of NYC nightlife!

YES SHE DID! 1/27/22

This week we welcome our Irish sister and Face Radio mate Kelly Anne Byrne who is visiting NYC for a few months! Irish eyes were definitely smiling! 🍀🍀🍀

YES SHE DID! 2/10/22

This week we’re proud to welcome the co-founder and owner of Henrietta Hudson’s, Lisa Cannistraci!

YES SHE DID! 2/17/22

This week we welcome DJ Ultra Violet with an all vinyl live set!

YES SHE DID! 2/24/22

Yes She Did live DJ set @ Good Booty @ Good Judy 5/21/22

TASCAM DR-40

YSD live @ Good Booty @ Good Judy 5/21/22

This week we are super excited to have HRH Princess Diandra back to discuss some hot DIVA topics and teach us more of her own special language, Diandran!!

YES SHE DID! 7/7/22

This week we are pleased and honored to welcome disco legend DC La Rue for an in depth interview about a wide range of topics past and present!

YES SHE DID! 7/14/22

This week we happily welcome back DJ EmJay to the studio for an all vinyl set and we celebrate the lives of Lamont Dozier and Olivia Newton John! 🙏🙏❤️❤️✝️✝️

YES SHE DID! 8/11/22

This week we welcome two of my OG homies all the way back from my college days! Our “Mix It Men” mobile DJ service rocked many a party at UW-Madison! Ladies and gents give it up for G Most and Smokin’ J (now known as DJ Skinny Brains!)

YES SHE DID! 9/22/22

This week we are pleased to welcome our friend DJ Kris Steeves from Balls Deep Disco live and direct from Toronto!  Join us for a journey into his nu disco sound!

YES SHE DID! 9/29/22

This week we welcome back our buddy DJ Patrick Kyle for a B2B2B session and discuss all sorts of topics & gigs!

YES SHE DID! 10/13/22

This week we’re very excited to have our dear dear friend Xavier on the show!  We’re looking forward to his “Ladies Of Soul” show coming up Thursday, February 9th at Joe’s Pub! Get your tickets today!!

YES SHE DID! 1/26/23

This week we’re very excited to have my dear friend Jeannie Hopper from Liquid Sound Lounge on the show! Her NYC and tri state area roots are deep and she’s celebrating 30 years of her own weekly radio show!

YES SHE DID! 3/30/23

This week we are excited to welcome Sisterface to the show live and direct from Hawaii! She is a out loud and proud queen using her powers for good while designing amazing caftans! Aloha!!

YES SHE DID! 6/1/23

This week we welcome Patricia Nicholson Parker to the YSD live show from  Arts For Art!

YES SHE DID! 7/6/23

This week’s live replay from Mad Tropical includes a SHExclusive mix of two shows and a quick kiki with our resident chef Marcellus aka @thefrolickinggourmet aka Miss Chicken Presents! Chef She Did!! 🐓🐓🐓

YES SHE DID! 7/13/23

This week our surprise guests Carlos & Chris fill us in on all things great about Jacob Riiis Beach! Plus @thefrolickinggourmet Marcellus joins us in the kitchen! 🐓🐓🐓

YES SHE DID! 7/21/23

It’s our 100th episode! Take a long ride with us as we enjoy some of our guest DJs! Thank you to all our listeners for the love and support! 🙏🙏❤️❤️💯💯

YES SHE DID 100th episode! 7/27/23

Steve Travolta and myself threw an “Unofficial Official” Birthday Bash for Frankie Knuckles’ at The Exley in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 1/18/24 🎉🎉❤️❤️

Gant Johnson & ST 4 Frankie (full set!)

Live DJ set with DJ That Matt at Peer Pressure 5/4/24.  We had a great time!

Peer Pressure live 5/4/24 @ C'mon Everybody

All vinyl set from the Deep Club 10 Year Anniversary Party at Public Records in Brooklyn, NY!

DJ Gant Johnson live at Deep Club 10-Year Anniversary all vinyl 4/16/23

Live at Animal Saturday 5/11/24 part one!

DJ Gant Johnson Live At Animal 5 11 24 (part one)

Live at Animal Saturday 5/11/24 part two!

DJ Gant Johnson Live At Animal 5 11 24 (part Two)

Live at Animal Saturday 5/11/24 part three!

DJ Gant Johnson Live At Animal 5 11 24 (part Three)

DJ Gant Johnson live set from Denver Pride June 2015

Gant Johnson At Deep Club OtterJ Present Honcho - Denver Pride June 2015

DJ Gant Johnson Classics mixtape from 1992 mixed on vinyl and recorded to cassette in NYC!

Classics Mix 9/29/92 - side A

When David Cole from C + C Music Factory passed away in 1995, I decided to do a mixtape in his honor.  David was an amazingly talented musician, illustrator, and the heart & soul of C + C Music Factory!  I would see him out at Tracks or Shelter in NYC right after I moved there in 1991 and he would always say hello! <3

David Cole Tribute Mix 3/95 - I- side A

DJ Gant Johnson Advanced Classics mixtape mixed on vinyl and recorded to cassette from 5/93!  Not your run of the mill classics!  Deep disco!!

DJ Gant Johnson Advanced Classics mixtape 5/93 - II - Side A

DJ Gant Johnson playing live at Bryan Rabin & Adam Bravin's Giorgio's!  Thanks so much for having me back as your guest!

DJ Gant Johnson live @ Giorgio's 3/18/17

"Hey Girl, Come And Get It" (Styleflex Re-edit by Gant Johnson & Mark Styles, 2003 (FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY, NOT FOR SALE)

Hey Girl, Come And Get It (Styleflex Re-edit)

Produced by DJ Gant Johnson & Olivier Spencer (Still Going)

Crickets (Inst.)

Rise Up Tonight

Peaches & Prunes (Gant's reel to reel re-edit)

PLEASE ENJOY THIS CIRCUIT DANCE MUSIC MIX, WHICH IS ONE OF MY STYLES THAT I PLAYED IN DENVER AT MY FRIDAY NIGHT DJ RESIDENCY AT X BAR BACK WHEN I LIVED THERE . . . HERE IS THE TRACK LISTING:

1) SPANISH GUITAR (HQ2 CLUB MIX) - TONI BRAXTON
2) END OF TIME (MANNY LEHMAN LABOR OF LOVE DUB) - BEYONCE
3) YOUR BODY (MC CRACKEN CLUB MIX) - CHRISTINA AGUILERA
4) LITTLE LIES (PUSSY GALORE REMIX) - FLEETWOOD MAC
5) HOW WILL I KNOW (VAN HOOFT & FOREVER KID REMIX) - WHITNEY HOUSTON
6) TRY (PETER RAUHOFER REMIX) - PINK
7) WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER (ELECTRO EXTENDED MIX) - DAVID GUETTA FEATURING KELLY ROWLAND
8) DARK SIDE (BILLY WATERS & FLOOR ONE MIXSHOW) - KELLY CLARKSON
9) ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN (HENRY FONG REMIX) - ELLE GOULDING
10) SKYFALL (PETER RAUHOFER BIG ROOM ANTHEM MIX) - ADELE
11) JUMP (AXWELL REMIX) - MADONNA
12) TEENAGE CRIME (AXWELL REMIX) - ADRIAN LUX

This set is intended for promotional use only, all rights reserved.

XXOO GANT

CIRCUIT TRAINING MIX MARCH 2013

Hello and thank you for your interest in me and my work! 

I may reveal my age by doing this, but believe it or not I have been DJ'ing since 1984.  I am originally from Chicago and was inspired and unexpectedly thrust into DJ'ing through making mixtapes for break-dancing "battles" that me and my friends were getting into at the time.  My friends and I were merely making these mixtapes in my bedroom on equipment hardly suitable for DJ'ing.  In Chicago at that time, there were several incredible mixshows being featured on the radio from black radio stations in Chicago like WBMX and WGCI and on local college stations like WNUR or WKKC which we recorded, bought the records played, and tried to emulate the mixes.  There was also a short-lived, often ridiculed disco station called WDAI that I secretly enjoyed.  I actually still have all of those mixtapes that I will make available here ASAP!!! 

After finishing high school, I ended up attending college at The University of Wisconsin - Madison, double majoring in Afro-American Studies and Communication Arts.  This was vital to me because my education helped me to define and to learn the true roots and history of this music I loved so much!  Another DJ friend of mine G Most and his brother and I ran a very busy mobile DJ business on campus for most of my time there, catering to many black and white fraternities and sororities as well as many other local clients.  We also were collecting and trading mixtapes from NYC, giving us a window into other styles of mixing and music not always present in our tapes from Chicago. 

When I graduated from college in 1991 I immediately came to NYC to further pursue my DJ career.  The magic of NYC's multicultural mix further broadened my musical horizons and made me thirsty for more!  I was DJ'ing and promoting several parties there full time, and I eventually accumulated 11,000 records!

From 1999-2004 I co-founded and ran a small independent dance music label called CAPTIVATING RECORDS along with DJ Will (Automatic)(The Carry Nation).  We managed to put out five 12" single vinyl releases during a very difficult time for everyone in the music industry.  We were the executive producers for each project, giving us the creative freedom to license and release our own original songs and tracks, material from other artists, as well as our own remixes of those singles.  It was quite the learning experience! 

My main passion, goal, and focus has always been within music and DJ'ing and it is very clear to me that playing music is a gift that I have been blessed with.  And even after all these years, I still enjoy sharing and celebrating this ability and music with those who want to listen.  This journey continues to take me through several clubs, bars, lounges, outdoor venues, and restaurants in NYC and beyond, and I am truly grateful!

As a veteran DJ, I feel obligated to mention that there are a lot of people out there trying to become and/or claiming to be DJs these days but very few of them actually know the history of dance music or possess the dedication, mixing skills, experience level, and the musical or technical knowledge to truly consider it their profession.  It takes a lot more than a laptop with a few music downloads and a controller to make an event or party happen!

The DJ sets, mixes, remixes, and re-edits I have posted on this page are a few examples of my work that I have produced on my own and by collaborating with others. The DJ sets I have shared here were all recorded "live" and were not pre-programmed, re-edited, or post-produced in any way.  That would take all the fun out of it, right? 

The DJ sets titled “YES SHE DID” are also live mixes done at THE FACE RADIO in BROOKLYN (or at parties) with my co-host Tre D’Ambrocia.  Please catch our show live from NOON to THREE Thursdays on thefaceradio.com 

For bookings and more info, please contact me at djgantjohnson@yahoo.com

Thank you for listening!

MUSICALLY YOURS, GANT

XXOO

DJ GANT JOHNSON

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