
Hippie Torrales - Truly in an elite class of DJ, Hippie is one of NJ's OGs on the decks. Spinning parties since the early 70s, he'd managed to build his career starting with mobile sound systems in which he and his crew played deep disco and dance music to the thousands that would congregate in renegade venues in the Garden State. His rep grew steadily, and he eventually became the first, and long running Zanzibar resident DJ, and has continued to shine through the decades, and continues to spin records around the globe.

Peter Reyes - A legend amongst his peers, and an amazing and rare talent on the decks. Peter has also been spinning disco and dance music since the 70s, and continues to play parties around the globe. He has managed to stay an industry secret all these years, however those in the know respect the game, and know that Peter is one of the illest DJs and collectors of vinyl out there. We have been blessed to have Peter grace the decks on several occasions, and he always takes the crowd to school and back!

Sal Principato - A lead player in the seminal 80s downtown NYC band Liquid Liquid, Sal has been defying genres and categorization for years, cultivating an original sound, and making cult classic records in the meantime. Sal's music continues to inspire musicians decades later, is back together with the band working on new music, and his wide variety of taste in music has made him a reputation as quite the DJ these days as well. We got together with Sal one night and had a fantastic cook out (he's a chef too), while we played everything from island soul to left field dance tunes.








- Doug Gomez & Henry Maldonado - two of the three main Djs behind one of NYC's best dance music nights, Play It Loud. These cats have been getting down on the decks and production tip since the 80s (House 2 House anybody?), and continue to get down these days once a month with Darshan at PIL. Look out for their vinyl releases as they are both just as busy in the studio as ever. These guys took the night up a whole other notch on my birthday, and we have the set to prove it. Just check the "mixtapes" section on this site for a down load of their special tag-team set that night. Enjoy.


Deep Sang - One of Washington DC's up & comers, he plays all type of tunes for the kids, but when he plays in NYC for me, he knows it's all disco or nothing! Jacob brings the serious heat from his collection, and really lays it down with smooth mixing and great programming skills. Make sure to check out his Bump & Hustle mix which is killer, and make sure to check him out again next time he is in town, because he was getting those feet moving at the last Puddin' party.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST:

Benguin & Fox 50 - The two other Foreal People Djs! 3 is the magic number. Ben has a long history of outsider music promotion, obsessive record collecting, general scene shit and attitude that only a hardcore guy like him can have. He's also blazing on the decks, this guy is the up and comer. He handles the decks naturally, with class and style, and is a favorite of those in the know. He is the one to watch.
Now let's not forget Josh Dunn AKA Fox 50, AKA Wax Poetics art director, AKA Wax Poetics radio show host and DJ, AKA 100 Limousines and American Nights brain child, AKA Foreal People DJ & graphic designer, AKA AKA AKA... I don't know how he does it all, but he does, and he does it well! Detroit style on the decks all the way, Josh is always going to bring the excitement, and/or the deranged! He turns up unknown records like Timmy Dig-A-Lot turns up Leo Sayer records, and never ceases to stump me.
For this upcoming Foreal People party on Decmber 3rd, we all promise to make you contort yourself with left field jams, soul movers, disco stompers and boogie shaking vinyl all night long!!!
Thanks for the support everyone, and for making 2009 such a great year. However, enough reminiscing. Look out because 2010 is going to be even better year, new party concepts, new spaces and more collaborations and proper guest Djs. I can only promise to continue to book the great talent that is out there, particularly the talented and overlooked DJs that are under represented in this game, and hopefully bring their talent to light, and take these dancers to heaven...
Peace,
Richie AKA Love On the Run
P.S. COMING SOON:
In January, Boston's Joseph Colbourne, and Paris' Jeremy aka Underground Paris will be joining me for a night of international dance grooves!!! These are the young guns to watch on the scene.


2010 preview, More info to come...
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