With roots grounded in the SF Bay Area, honorary New Yorker, Jefreedom is by far a renaissance man of his time. Dipping his hands and feet in most art forms, he authentically embodies the elements and indigenous origins of hip hop. DJ, dancer, graffiti artist, designer, and photographer are some of his better known titles. Jef's artistry is a way of life, by nature he embodies artistic fusion, and freedom. His personal journey has been composed of electric ingredients, divinely selected, since an early age–all led him to become a member of Dance Fusion Crew of New York. As an 80’s youth Jef was heavily influenced by the east coast emergent hip hop scene. He studied the legendary dancers he now calls family. He took the inspiration of freestyle movement, from dancers like WOR, The Nicholas Brothers, Joao Grande, MopTop, and cultivated a movement style of his own. Jef is a founding member of Troomoov Crew, known for its unique capacity to create unconventional expressions of movement, unglued to the forms hip hop was taking at the time. As an avant-garde mover he danced to drum and bass and spiritual jazz music. Jef plays with movement no different than a jazz artist plays an instrument.

Deeply rooted in purpose, Jessie “DJ Nebraska” Davis is an artist, educator, and cultural ambassador dedicated to using art as a tool for community building and sustainable development. Davis shares her message via her genre bending original music, elevating vibrations on dancefloors, and inter-continental artistic exchange.

Nina Sol, a nod to her Afro-Latina heritage & warm and sunshiny disposition, delivers a genre-bending soulful sound that resonates with audiences locally and across the globe. A vinyl enthusiast that traverses time and texture, Nina's insatiable curiosity for music discovering keeps her sets fresh and unexpected. Nina holds monthly residencies at Constellations, a party dedicated to past and present artists born under the zodiac sign of the month, and Elements throwing down underground dance music alongside soulful house DJ veteran, Patrick Wilson. She has played with artists ranging from DJ Spinna, Solange, Rich Medina, Pete Rock, Moodymann, Bugz in the Attic, Waajeed, and many others. Sol has contributed to music sites such as Music is My Sanctuary and mainstay parties namely thePeople, Jump N Funk, Bang The Drum, Makossa Brooklyn, Motown on Mondays, & Soul in the Horn NYC. Nina Sol brings a profound energy to dance floors while spreading messages of justice, freedom, and love.

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Joshua Reyes aka Bloom (he/him) is a Filipino-American dancer & DJ, born and raised in the Bay Area—Ohlone Land. As a guest in Hip-Hop & practitioner of its elements, Bloom embodies the essence of the culture through his movement & artistic freedoms and by always honoring the foundation set by the past that allows us to enjoy the fruits & abundance of the present. Energized by his love for music & movement, he prioritizes genuine exchanges & relationships, community building, liberation through art, deepening his connection with self & the world, and all that good shit.

Floyd Vader is a House/Dance Music DJ, Producer & Musician, currently based in Portland, OR, by way of Virginia Beach, VA. Growing up, Floyd was raised in a very musically influenced family, which ranged from dancers to musicians. Floyd took up music at an early age, in the form of percussion, adding in guitar & bass, then eventually playing keys. With his signature production style and imprint - "Deep Like..", Floyd draws influence from the Afro-Latin Diaspora,Soulful and Deep Melodic sounds. With releases on labels in the likes of Ocha Records, Merecumbe Recordings, Seed Recordings & Catch The Ghost Records .

As a DJ, Floyd brings the same integrity to the decks as he does to his production style. Utilizing his sense of musicality to his advantage, in favor of tasteful blends and highlighting the colors of sound in each piece of music he selects. Floyd has brought the honesty of his sound and selection to some of the most popular clubs in Portland, such as; Holocene, No Requests, White Owl Social Club and more. As well as, various clubs in cities outside of Portland, such as Spotlite in Detroit, as well as, Nowadays & Jupiter Disco in NYC + many more.

Floyd grew up a dancer as well, under the influences of many West African dances (Mali, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal), as well as, in the cultures of Hip Hop/Bboying & Capoeira. A long time dancer with groups like Rejoice!: Diaspora Dance Theater, Urban Artistry and his crew/family that he continues to shine light with; Assassins Crew. This gave Floyd a special connection to the music, and is what brings his focus and intention toward providing infectious energy to your dance floors and spirits.

Dancer-turned DJ, Patrick Wilson is known around the globe & locally as a LEGEND in the Soulful House community. It is his honesty, intensity and love that attracts devoted deepsoul lovers from miles around to hear his sets. Well known coast to coast amongst true headz, Patrick has been an unapologetic champion of the Soul Experience. Known for his love of the classics, Patrick's sets weave together music that spans over 3 generations, and maintain musical coherency while at the same time breaking new sounds. NuLife and now Elements is a manifestation of Patrick's desire to have a place where people could come and celebrate the musical journey in its entirety. Patrick has had the honor to play with some of House Music's best, Louie Vega, Frankie Feliciano, Timmy Regisford, Danny Krevit, Dennis F., Black Coffee, Master Kev, DJ Deep, Marques Wyatt, David Harness, Ron Trent, Karizma, King Britt just to name a few. As is the tradition of most music aficionado's Patrick has become an inspiration to many, uniting people through his love for the music.