Johnny Collective

Johnny Col­lec­tive began as an acci­den­tal tourist into DJ delights — a bed­room DJ that cob­bled together an eclec­tic mix of friends and musi­cal tastes to put down sets that bog­gled the mind all night long.  It didn’t take long for dance floors to notice a siz­able group was reg­u­larly miss­ing, skip­ping out on out­side events in favor of Johnny’s house.  They were crammed in front of well-worn couches and one mir­ror — but 24 hours later you could still find them danc­ing the night away to Johnny’s con­sis­tently slam­min’ sets.

Now Johnny brings that same musi­cal joie de vivre in line with a highly tech­ni­cal set, a per­fect mix of pro­fes­sional tal­ent and an impec­ca­ble ear for good music.  Johnny favors bold, chunky, soul­ful sounds that bring energy to the dance floor and rhythm to your feet, with the sole pur­pose of keep­ing the crowd danc­ing until they sweat off their clothes.

Since his first gig at Rem­edy, he has been grac­ing San Fran­cisco VIPs at our favorite venues includ­ing Tem­ple, End Up, Har­lot, Pink, Ves­sel, Slide, Mars Bar and many late-night under­grounds. Keep­ing good com­pany, he’s shared the decks with ground­break­ing leg­ends like Doc Mar­tin, Chuck Love, David Har­ness, Jay-J, Andre Har­ris, and the up and com­ing Max Van­geli. He approaches his music col­lec­tion like a DJ of old, comb­ing record stores and libraries, search­ing for the “lead­ing edge” and the “lost in trans­la­tion” of what’s out there.  This keeps his rota­tion chock full of heavy, famil­iar hits while intro­duc­ing expe­ri­enced ears to fresh, new tunes.

Mr. Col­lec­tive draws inspi­ra­tion from a long his­tory of dance floor mas­tery — from Latin ball­room to break­danc­ing, and from disco to dub-step — some­how he knows what’s the best out of con­tem­po­rary music and styles and he can liven up any dance floor that wouldn’t get up and dance for any­one else. As a dancer turned DJ and self-proclaimed House music preacher, his goal is to share a pos­i­tive, uplift­ing & soul­ful expe­ri­ence to any­one who is in vol­ume range.  And he likes it loud!!
Johnny Col­lec­tive brings needed energy into the local scene.  He is still hun­gry to bring a great set to keep feet on the floor and butts in the seat. You can see him jam­ming behind the decks with his own par­tic­u­lar jump-step and a huge smile.  And that’s his magic.  He is a great DJ, but an even bet­ter per­son with a rep­u­ta­tion for con­sis­tency and com­pas­sion — how else would he know what we want to hear? Danc­ing and music afi­ciona­dos cling to him.  We don’t know where he’s going, but we’re hang­ing on for the ride of our life — we know it’ll be good

~ Mino­ria