“ALL VINYL ALWAYS”
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UPCOMING DJ SETS and LATEST MIXES
DJ set for Rele Art Gallery opening May 2nd 6p
DJ at LATCB convention opening for Diana Ross May 4th Private Event
DJ Set at Made to Move at General Lee’s May 9th 10p
DJ set at Los Angeles Athletic Club May 10th 7p
DJ Set at Part Time Lover Hifi San Diego May 24th 10p
Sample That with Barry Jenkins
BIO
As an ALL VINYL DJ hailing from Oakland California, and living in Los Angeles for the last decade, DJ Jihaari has put a real stamp on the music and art scene. From opening up for Manny Fresh, Patti Smith, Or Kaytranada. To hosting private parties for Tessa Thompson, Lorna Simpson, Amy Sherald, Mark Bradford, David Hammons, and Fab Five Freddy. To being an assistant Music Supervisor for Women of the Movement on ABC. His extensive knowledge of music from the 20’s to the present set him apart from the run of the mill party DJ.
His love for music is expansive. Jihaari has been Barry Jenkins’ personal vinyl curator for the past 2 years and has created a music series called SAMPLE THAT which talks about specific artist discographies, who they were inspired by, and who was inspired by them.
Most recently DJ Jihaari has been Frieze Art Festival’s go to DJ and curator of sound. Creating eclectic city specific playlist and interviewing artist in the FOCUS (emerging gallery’s) section of Frieze.
At any given set you can hear him weaving genres while keeping people interested in what’s coming next. One could only compare it to a jazz show giving Jihaari the solo and letting him blow from the top unrehearsed like Miles Davis.
DJ Jihaari also makes music, ranging from syncopated driven house to head knockin beats. Always heavy always fun.
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Music Projects
Photo by Adrian Martin