Jeffrey Cheng (US)

After a four-year hiatus, Jeffrey is glad to be back in one of his favourite cities as well as this event where he first attended and played at ten years ago. A true music aficionado and a long-time reveller of the New York Underground Music scene for over three decades, Jeffrey witnessed the beginnings of the House-music scene in New York and was a fan of disco before that along with the burgeoning electronic music from the 80’s. From those formative years, he has built up an extensive knowledge and collection of music.

He started dabbled with DJ-ing and production in the late 90’s. It was not until Midnight Society’s Curtis Atchison convinced him to play in public with him in 2016, did he dive into the DJ-ing world. From that time on, he started playing in venues around NY (HΩhm, Secret Oasis, le Bain at the Standard, LP & Harmony, Key Bar, Phoenix) and at several ADE Festivals (Amsterdam). New Yorkers (and many of his surprised industry and club friends) took note of his ability to weave a story with both old and new, as well as across genres. He attributes this ability from the influence of NY music masters such as François K, Louie Vega, and good friends such as Danny Tenaglia, Honey Dijon, DJ Gomi, Hex Hector, and Angel Moraes.

In New York, where he has called home for most of his life, Jeffrey has been a host of Christina Visca’s renowned Birdcage parties. He also guest DJ-ed, both solo and partnering up with long-time friend, DJ Alex Lauterstein (collectively known as Sonic Tales). During the pandemic lockdown and after, the free time gave him the opportunity to work on his production skills to do a number of remixes, including two for his dear friend and club impresario, Roxy (of the Ride Committee fame, who had numerous hits in the New York Underground House music scene - including “Get Her!”) Jade Elektra, and Breeze. He’s also released remixes for labels such as Twisted, Aviance , iUndeground, and Rejoin Records.