Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters built his reputation as the long-running resident DJ at New York's Sound Factory, a residency that ran from 1997 into the mid-2000s and became known for marathon sets stretching up to 20 hours. That residency established Peters as a central figure in New York's circuit party and club scene, where his sets blended vocal house with the kind of extended, tension-and-release programming suited to all-night crowds.
In 2006, DJ Times voted him America's Best DJ, recognition that reflected years of consistent club bookings and his standing within the American house DJ community. Peters also worked as a remixer, reworking Whitney Houston's "My Love Is Your Love," a credit that connected his club-DJ profile to mainstream pop remix culture.
His sets at Sound Factory and other New York venues helped define a particular style of marathon club DJing rooted in the city's late 1990s and 2000s dance scene. Across a career spanning multiple decades, Jonathan Peters has remained closely tied to New York's club circuit, with his long Sound Factory residency continuing to anchor his reputation as one of the city's defining house DJs of that era.