By all means, DJ Jess should be dead. The abandoned factory towns of old New England left him soured and delinquent, with nothing to hold onto to but an abused copy of The Anarchist’s Cookbook, and nothing to look forward to but another shoplifting spree at the local Wal*Mart. Feeling shackled by his small town’s 1950s mentality and total lack of humour, he desperately saved his pennies and clung to the side of the first train bound for NYC he could get his mitts on. Instantly finding work as a DJ in the seedy and suspicious corners of the downtown club scene, he soon found himself catering to the persnickety tastes of troubled brit-poppers, juvenile new wavers, and emotionally turbulent indie rockers. Realizing that melody reigns over genre, he found that with the right amount of grace, flow, and wit, he could get people slam-dancing to The Gossip and subsequently have them moon-walking to Morrissey. He’s presided over decks at every hipster party of note, including Motherfucker, MisShapes, Rated-X, Tiswas, and NC-17, but his crowning achievement has been the long running East Village misfit social that is TRASH!. Voted “Best Free Disco” by the Village Voice and “2nd Best Club in the Country” by British Accents, TRASH! manages to deliver charm, sex, and impeccable taste every Friday night… all on a dance floor.

With DJ credentials firmly in tow, he’s taken to taking some of the most wicked, erotic, and delightful photographs of the NYC underground. Using nothing but charm, talent, and excellent taste, he photographs poetry in perversion, romance in ruins, and passion in destruction. Lets shoot…

DJ Jess has been voted “Best DJ in NYC” on Citysearch.com.
DJ Jess has been voted “Best DJ in NYC” by The L Magazine.
DJ Jess has been voted “Best Photographer in NYC” by The L Magazine.

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