Brett Copell brettcopell@gmail.com www.trippingfranklins.com Spins electro, house The sound: Crunchy. I’m into noisy video game-sounding shit, but nobody else seems to like that at parties... Worst song request: Any time a drunk girl asks for Lil’ Wayne. Being a DJ means: People don’t point and laugh at me any more.
Sweet Teeth (Francis Tseng) ftzeng@gmail.com // www.myspace.com/sweetteethyum Spins '80s and '90s throwbacks, candy crunk, Jock Jams In the beginning: When I was 10 years old I broke into my house’s candy cupboard (it was like El Dorado for grade schoolers) and ate almost everything in there. I fell into a candy coma. I woke up to my father shaking his head saying, “Those sweet teeth of yours will get you into a lot of trouble.” The sound: Schizophrenic coked-out neon pop, like if OGs battled out East vs. West Coast over Super Nintendo while candy-flipping. Worst song request: “12:51” by The Strokes. Not because it’s a bad song, but because I always forget to play it at 12:51 and people get pissed off.
Holden Cross (Holden Frederick) holdenfrederick@gmail.com // Facebook artist page Spins house, electro, hip hop The sound: Killer basslines + massive breakdowns + the sound of a packed room of people going absolutely nuts Favorite song: It’s not something I’d drop in the middle of a set, but LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” sends chills up my spine every time I listen to it. The lyrics are what get you. Craziest spin session: I once had a girl offer to give me a ZJ behind the booth. I tried to ask her what a ZJ was, but she said that if I had to ask, I couldn’t afford it.
Slut Yeshiva (Kimberly Eisler and Ned Eisenberg) slutyeshiva@gmail.com // www.myspace.com/slutyeshiva Spin a little bit of everything What's with the name?: Slut Yeshiva is comprised of Professor Big Ball$ and MC Bialy, because we have big balls and ethnic breads. Big balls is pretty self-explanatory, but you should feel them for yourself. “Bialy” is the Yiddish word short for bialystoker. It’s the bagel of purists. The sound: Dirty South degenerative warp-pop for delinquents with dance moves. Craziest spin session: Biggie came back to thank us. In 10 years: We'll have changed the name of Huntsman Hall to Slut Yeshiva.
DJ Dread and DJ Rain (Landon Robinson and Peng Chen) basslinepr@gmail.com // www.basslinepro.com Spin house, electro, hip hop, mash-ups The sound: Dread: Quick, emotive and panty-dropping. Rain: The sound that gets you high and makes your spirit fly. Craziest spin session: One time, Landon was so entranced by the set at a Halloween gig that he couldn't leave the tables, so he pissed in a pumpkin bucket while spinning. Inventive equipment strategy: We were DJing and both of the tables failed, and all we had to make sound was the microphone. We led an impromptu karaoke session starting with "Disturbia" by Rihanna until we could fix it. The crowd loved it, and we came right back in with that song.
Robin Marcenac robin.marcenac@gmail.com Spins house, electro In the beginning: I got started in the underground scene in Paris when I was 12. The sound: Not what's on your iTunes. In 10 years: I'll be reminding my analysts what they should be doing at 2 a.m. on a Friday.
