URB MARCH 2005
HEY DJ:Johnny Love
home base:Chicago
style:Post-electroclash electro, acid house, turn of the
century Chicago industrial, italian disco, jack tracks,
92 belgian hardcore, '77 disco
equipment:Laptop computer, 120gb external harddrive, 12-pack of
ultra-thin condoms
productions:None as of yet, but most importantly, I produce
experiences, and if those experiences produce a
baby, well that damn kid isnt mine anyway.
mixtapes:(CDs) Sex Cells, The eXXXperience, Guilty Pleasures
first party djed:Juke-a-Thon 3, Southside of Chicago
best party djed:Jerkstore grand opening October 8th 2004,
600 post-rave and Wicker park scenesters
freaking out to disco.
favorite musical artists:Giorgio Moroder, Ron Hardy, James Chance,
Bobby Orlando, Patrick Cowley, Claudio Simonetti,
Kraftwerk, Armando Gallop, Lime, Atomly,
HIdden Variable, Mahjongg, Jeffrey Sfire,
Billy Dalessandro
advice for aspiring djs:Talent gets you nowhere, give up.
dream dj gig:Rimini, Italy in 1985, Music Box circa 1983,
Medusas circa 1990, the Hacienda circa 1988,
A dirty loft in either early '90s Wicker Park
or early '80s New York during the first wave
of No-Wave, and a squat rave on the west coast
of Holland.
career highlight:The highlight of my career happens every time
I meet a girl who knows who I am, and shortly
thereafter take her home with me.
current chart: audion/pong [spectral]
vitalic/fanfares [citizen]
woody mcbride/flights departing(nee and shreve mix) [kompute]
matt french+lee chameleon/chathode ray tube [surveillance]
lcd soundsystem/yeah [dfa]
junior senior/shake your coconuts (dfa remix) [atlantic]
the hacker+ian clark/flesh and bone [pias]
rex the dog/frequency [kompakt]
jesper dahlback/astridson [blank]
pixeltan/getup/saywhat [dfa]