Merlin Bobb, New York native and celebrated DJ, producer, and music executive is widely recognized as a pioneer of house music. His groundbreaking contributions continue to earn acclaim, including his highly anticipated Boiler Room debut DJ set in 2023.

Merlin’s career began on the airwaves with his first mix show on WBLS, where he quickly became a favorite among dance music fans. His show became a landmark for introducing early Chicago, New York, and New Jersey house music to a wider audience. Constantly pushing boundaries with new sounds and techniques, Merlin helped redefine the art of DJing and laid the foundation for a remarkable career in music.

Beyond the decks, Merlin shaped the direction of house and dance music as an executive at Atlantic and Elektra Records. He was instrumental in bringing house into the mainstream while collaborating with and championing legends like Frankie Knuckles, Timmy Regisford, Roger Sanchez, Kerri Chandler, David Morales, Louie Vega, Tony Humphries, and DJ Spinna. At the same time, he worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B—Missy Elliott, Brandy, Busta Rhymes, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Outkast, Dr. Dre, and more during his tenure as Senior Vice President of A&R.

Merlin also helped shape New York nightlife as co-founder of Club Shelter in 1991, a cultural institution whose influence continues to resonate across global club culture today.

Now, after years behind the scenes, Merlin has returned to DJing and producing, reigniting his connection with longtime fans and reaffirming his role as a vital force in the house music movement.

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Vincent Henry is a rising German DJ shaping a sound that’s both global and deeply personal. After spending formative time in Paris, he’s now based in Berlin, drawing on the energy of two of Europe’s most influential music cities.

His sets blend progressive, contemporary, afro and house music with strong electronic influences — layered, energetic, and made for movement. Known for his ability to build dynamic journeys on the dancefloor, Vincent crafts an experience that balances groove, rhythm, and emotion.

He is the co-founder of ZENZÅ, a forward-thinking event series that fuses electronic house music with visual storytelling, immersive atmospheres, and curated lineups. Designed as a ritualistic experience, ZENZÅ bridges culture, rhythm, and aesthetic precision.

Without music, the world would have no heartbeat.

Lea (Leanna Yip) is a Brooklyn-based DJ, house music producer, soul gospel singer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Trained in classical and soul gospel music, Lea’s productions span NY underground, deep, soulful, and afro house. Her productions have included several chart-topping dance hits played by the most respected DJs in the international house music scene.

Her past releases include "Songbird" (co-written and co-produced with Muzikman Edition featuring South African vocalist Tweety) and “Joburg” (a collaboration with Oscar P on Open Bar Music), both released on the Open Bar Music imprint. Just released in December 2020, the Atjazz love soul remix of Songbird made it to #1 on the Traxsource Top 100 Chart and was awarded the 2020 Remix of the Year by the Bembe DJ Music Awards.

Lea's other prominent releases include her deep house remix of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s World” (released on Exemplary Music Makerz), and house remix of the Rose Royce 70s soul classic "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", with Muzikman Edition on Exemplary Music Makerz. Her productions have been released with several notable labels including Open Bar Music, Soundmen on Wax, Deep Culture Music, TSTC, and Exemplary Music Makerz.

As a DJ. Lea regularly frequents the decks at legendary parties and venues across New York and Brooklyn, such as Afrokinetic at Le Bain at The Standard Hotel, Soul in the Horn at Gran Torino Music Hall, TBA, LP n Harmony, and The Funktion House Brooklyn. She is a member of the Afrokinetic DJ/Producer crew, who organize events and work to build the NYC dance culture community.

Ali Coleman is a New York City–based DJ and producer with over 30 years of professional experience shaping dance floors through deep, soulful, and globally influenced house music. His sets are guided by a dancer-first philosophy  ... prioritizing groove, pacing, and emotional connection over hype.

Ali’s relationship with DJ culture began in 1979, rooted in early disco, block parties, and club spaces ... an influence that continues to inform his intuitive approach behind the decks. As the founder of Voice of Voice NYC and Let’s Dance Brooklyn, and through decades of club appearances, Ali brings both underground credibility and seasoned professionalism to every room he plays.

Whether warming up a floor, taking a room peak-time, or closing with intention, Ali delivers thoughtful, body-moving journeys designed for real dance floors.

Known as a “lawyer by day, DJ by night,” Alan King is one of the early members of the legendary Chicago-based DJ crew, the Chosen Few DJs (now consisting of Alan, Wayne Williams, Jesse Saunders, Tony Hatchett, Terry Hunter, Andre Hatchett and Mike Dunn).  In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, the Chosen Few DJs was a group of popular DJs from the city’s south side who played their unique brand of soulful dance music to huge crowds at Chicago night spots of historic importance in the birth and development of house music, including Sauer’s, First Impressions, the Playground and the Loft.  Alan’s influence on the house music landscape has been felt for more than 40 years, and he has been cited as an inspiration by countless DJs including legendary house music DJs and producers Frankie Knuckles, Steve "Silk" Hurley and Chip E.  Alan still regularly plays to rave reviews at clubs and events throughout Chicago, the United States and across the world.  The Chosen Few DJs also host the annual Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic each July 4th weekend in Chicago, one of the largest and longest running house music festival events in the world!

Kervyn Mark offers something no other DJ quite delivers - a fusion of spiritual intent, cultural guardianship, and dancefloor pecision that's singular in today's scene. 

Here's what only he brings to the table:

1) Ritualist's Approach to House Music - Kervyn doesn't just play tracks - he conducts rituals. His sets are built like sacred journeys, where every transition is designed to cleanse, uplift, and transform. No one else crafts energy shifts the way he does-it's not about peaks and drops, but about healing and elevation. That's not performance...that's cermony.

2) Scholar-DJ Hybrid - While some DJs are historians and others are selectors, Kervyn bridges both. He's a walking archive of Afro-diasporic music history, able to link Yoruba rhythms, spitual jazz, early house, broken beat, and deep soul with scholarly insight. But he doesn't lecture-he lets the music teach. No one else connects dots across Black musical lineages in such a subtle but profound way.

3) Deep NYC Underground Fluency + Global Sonic Vision - Many DJs are either local heroes or global spinners-Kervyn is both. He's deeply rooted in New York's loft, Shelter and dance community tradition, but his sound travels through Lagos, Bahia, Detroit, Cape Town, and London-all without losing coherence. It's a rare global-local fusion that feels lived-in, not curated.

4) He doesn't just play for a community-he serves it. Though events like The Meltin Pot, collaborations with dancers, and mentorship of younger DJs, Kervyn protects and nutures spaces that are too often erased by gentrification and commodification. He is not a "headliner"-he's a guardian.

5) Resistence Through Groove

Only Kervyn can play a deep house set that simultaneously:
- honors the ancestors
- affirms Black queerness
- critiques gentrification
- and makes you sweat for hours

He doesn't just move the body-he moves the consciousness.

In a world full of DJs chasing charts, gigs, and algorithms, Kervyn Mark offers music as ancestral memory, resistance art, and spiritual technology.

The are great DJs. There are smart DJs.

BUT there is only one Kervyn Mark.

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