DJ Row-man

A corporate event where, after the official part, people don't scatter into corners but stay by the stage is a rarity. Usually background music just fills the pauses, and no one notices who's standing behind the mixer. With DJ Row-man, that trick doesn't work: the audience starts singing along and dancing before the chairs are even cleared.

Row-man is a Saint Petersburg DJ, beatmaker and songwriter, the ideological inspirer of the Reggae 2 Day collective. He has been behind the mixing console since 1999 and plays exclusively on vinyl records. His sets feature the "golden era" of hip-hop, reggae, ska, rocksteady, dub, funk, soul and hip-house. He is a resident of Saint Petersburg disco bars and clubs, a participant in five Stereoletto festivals on the main stage, the world music festival Chasti Sveta and BigFest, and worked at the Russian House at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Vinyl here is not a prop for a photo zone, but the physics of sound: a record delivers dense, warm bass and live dynamics that a laptop playlist never has. Row-man mixes manually, reads the room and changes the mood as the evening progresses — from warm-up to dancing, without lulls or random tracks. He brings two sets of Technics 1200 turntables, Korg and Pioneer mixers, and 1400 W concert speakers — you won't have to assemble the venue piece by piece.

St. Petersburg and nationwide travel: corporate event, company anniversary, presentation, New Year's party. Leave your number — we'll check available dates and quote the fee.