Well said! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us, see you on the dance floor. When we are at our best, we are welcoming each other into our lives, and we’re all connected through a shared musical experience together. It can help us express our joy, our pain, and our love for one another. We can all come from different places and backgrounds, but music can bring us together. Music is meant to bring people together, to help express a common bond and a shared experience of what it means to be Queer. Our scene is at its best when it’s about community. Treat others the way you expect to be treated, and when people don’t value you or your time, be willing to walk away.įinally, what do you love most about the scene? Sounds pretty balanced! What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?
I love going to the movies and stuffing my face with popcorn There’s just something so magical and quintessentially New York about running by the water and looking up at the skyline. Now that the NYC weather is heating up, I love running along the Hudson River. I try to stay physically active as much as possible. Besides music what else do you do outside of that to stay on balance?īalance? What’s that? Kidding. “Believe it or not I am walking on air…” LOVE that song. I’m a lucky man to work with so many talented people! And some of the remixers for “My Heart Is Refusing Me” include Dan Slater, Dani Brasil, Mauro Mozart, Erick Ibiza, Jace M & Toy Armada, and DJ Blacklow & Stephen Jusko, just to name a few. Also just did a remix of “Cafe Con Alegria” with my friend Erik Vilar, for the legend, Tony Moran’s upcoming greatest hits album. To see a Queer artist produce a work of art like that, was just so inspiring.Ī post shared by DJ_BrettOosterhaus far as Producers, I’m working with some of my faves right now!!! I just did a remix for DJ Blacklow, Stephen Jusko & Brian Kent on a remake of “Believe It Or Not” from the Greatest American Hero. His album “There Will Be Tears” was THE Album of 2021. So that’s always a great time! I would LOVE to work with Becky Hill. She’s so creative and talented, and we just vibe. Who (if anyone) would you love to collaborate with?ĭebby Holiday is a muse of mine. I don’t know if my music sounds like any of them, but they’re part of the reason I fell in love with what I do, and why I push myself to create. I moved to New York in the heyday of John Blair, the Roxy, Alegria, Evolve with Victor Calderone… Those parties… The sound of New York, at that time, was so edgy and creative. Not only legendary DJs but producers as well. I would have to say Peter Rauhofer, Abel, Tony Moran, and Junior Vasquez. Who has had the biggest influence on your music and why? He was so supportive, and it really gave me a new outlet for my passion for music again. He saw my passion for music, specifically dance music, and I’m just so grateful he did. I used to go with him to all these events, and he really kind of pushed me to give it a try.
But when I moved to West Hollywood, my dear friend Andrew Briskin, used to manage some amazing DJs, as well as the incredible Debby Holiday. It never occurred to me, that DJing was even an option. I left the industry really disillusioned. And to make it even better (or worse lol) he is very sweet, funny, charming, and personable.) (FYI, It was difficult staying focused on the interview because he is HOT AF. We got to sit down with this man of many talents for a talk about everything from his upcoming projects to what he likes to do in his spare time.
Traveling the country and world spinning at legendary parties like White Party Palm Springs, MEAT, UNITE World Pride, PowerVERS, Mantamar Beach Club, Pavilion in Fire Island, Crown & Anchor in PTown, and many more.Įarlier this year, he remixed the Natasha Beddingfield classic Unwritten, one of my favorite songs EVER! Who out there remembers the show everyone said they hated but secretly loved, THE HILLS! Originally from San Diego, Brett has lived in NYC for 10 years, after a brief stint in LA and WEHO. He has also been a RISING star due to his day job managing Rise Bar in Hell’s Kitchen, spinning there on Friday nights. NYC DJ Brett Oosterhaus has been a RISING star in the music scene for years thanks to his upbeat remixes and collaborations with the best of the best.