Sounds of Peter Calandra

Rochester NY, United States

Peter CalandraDowntempo Morning Music
Peter Calandra - Torch Song (Volume 01)Original1:50:34
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I began clubbing in the mid-late seventies when I lived in Hoboken NJ and Brooklyn NY and I have been programming music for a wide variety of crowds for the past 46+ years.

I am a multi-genre music collector, a DJ and an audiophile (currently retired as of 2024 but still recording sets) that has worked extensively within the night club scene in Portland OR, Seattle WA and San Diego CA. I have a strong passion for multi-tempo music and melodies. The biggest influencers on my style of mixing are DJ Robbie Leslie, the late DJ Jim Burgess (NYC), the late DJ Roy Thode (NYC) as well as producer Vince Clarke. I'm especially fond of the sets recorded by current DJs Jerry Bonham and Paul Goodyear, who both maintain a high sensitivity and respect toward integrating melody and rhythm.

If you ask me to pick a specific year, hour & place to magically return to for one final dance party, it would have to be 1978 at 6:00am at 12West in NYC. My favorite sounds include all forms of latin percussion, disco, nu-disco, house and EDM, interlaced with Chopin and Mozart.

My style of mixing is unconventional - old school and I prefer to mix out of a double chorus rather than use a formulaic outro. The element of surprise is the ace in my back pocket. I used a Condesa Lucia mixer currently and previously used Rane, Urei and Bozak, respectively. My program of choice remains as Traktor Pro and I use a Mac.

Member since: 11 years