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5 DJs Shaping Our Nights

The selectors quietly rewiring what a Toronto dancefloor sounds like.
By Priya N. · Apr 16 • 6 min read
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Not the headliners. The residents — the ones building rooms one Sunday at a time.

We asked five of the city's most trusted selectors what they're chasing behind the decks right now, and where they think the night is headed.

The Long Game of a Residency

A guest set is a first impression. A residency is a relationship — months of reading the same room, learning its patience, earning the right to take it somewhere it didn't expect to go.

“The crowd trusts you when you've stayed. That's when you can actually take risks.”
— Resident selector

Where the Sound Is Going

Slower, weirder, warmer. Across five very different booths, the same instinct kept surfacing — make room for the deep end.

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