DJ JANE ELIZABETH
Owner/Head DJ

Thank you for considering Stylus! I’d love to share a little more about our history.

I’ve been a DJ and involved with independent music since I left a corporate career, and actually started DJing weddings completely by accident!

in the early 2000s, I was spinning mostly experimental, ambient and industrial music around NYC – between bands at shows, gallery openings, the chillout space at dance clubs.

After moving to Philly around 2010, I hosted a vinyl post-punk and new wave party called The Breakfast Club at Johnny Brenda’s. That’s when a friend of a friend got in touch and asked if I would DJ her wedding.

I told her it sounded like an interesting challenge, but I had  never DJd a wedding before. Turns out that was EXACTLY what they were looking for.

She was a huge music lover who had grown up on Long Island and attended all sorts of cheesy, over-the-top celebrations – the ones with the same overplayed music and obnoxious MCs berating Grandma to get her booty on the dance floor, right?

The DJ at her own Sweet 16 even ignored her carefully curated requests, after promising to play them!

So this couple wasn’t looking for some know-it-all with a big ego to tell them how he’ll “hype up the crowd” and “make everyone dance.”

They needed someone they could trust – someone who would really listen and execute their vision – and of course I said yes.

I learned so much from that first gig – that there is so much more that goes into DJing a wedding than showing up and playing music – and it definitely appealed to my project management background.

I also wondered whether there might be other couples out there who were looking for something a little different in a wedding DJ.

Not necessarily an “alternative wedding DJ,” but more like an alternative to the traditional wedding DJ experience. Someone who would emphasize collaboration, customization, and let couples choose as many Must Plays and Do Not Plays as they like.

So I put myself out there, to see if I could build up a reputation from nothing. It wasn’t easy, for sure, but my first review led to my second gig, which led to a few more…pretty soon I was booked every weekend and was travelling as far as 200 miles away.

As demand for my services grew, couples were getting in touch for dates I was already booked. It made me a little sad, because they were clearly into what I was doing and how I was doing it.

That’s when I became a “we,” and the process of attracting talent and forging us into the absolutely amazing collective we are today has been delightfully organic.

MEET THE TEAM!

MIXES

FUN FACTS

First Club Gig:
CBGB NYC

Recent Club Gigs:
New Wave Halloween at Gramercy Theater NYC, A Black Celebration Depeche Mode Party at Johnny Brenda’s PHL

Residencies:
Breakfast Club at Johnny Brenda’s PHL 2010-2015
Tainted Love 80s Dance Party at The Bell House NYC 2016-2023

First Concert:
The Bee Gees (with my dad)
Violent Femmes (on a date)

Recent Concerts:
HEALTH, My Chemical Romance, Morrissey, Ride, Jesus & Mary Chain, Psychedelic Furs, Sublime, Kim Gordon, Negativland, Charlatans UK, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan

Strengths as a Wedding DJ:
Being polite, prepared and present.

Besides music, I enjoy:
OrangeTheory
Bikram Yoga
Meditation
Cooking
Texas Hold’em Poker
Motorsports