Who is DJ FLOW?
Some DJs play records. DJ Flow lives inside them. Raised in the Bay Area on jazz, soul, and the hip-hop that sampled both, he started behind the decks over twenty years ago and never stopped digging. Always searching for the rare groove, the obscure pressing, the deep cut that makes a room go quiet before it goes wild.
He specializes in the all-vinyl format at a time when most have moved on. Not as nostalgia. A commitment to the source. To the warmth and weight of music the way it was meant to be heard.
The Work
The room that meant the most came in March 2026. SFJAZZ invited Flow to perform at the Miles Davis Centennial Series, Doo-Bop & Beyond — all-vinyl sets tracing the bridge from Miles into the hip-hop producers he inspired, sharing the stage with Easy Mo Bee and Vince Wilburn Jr., hosted by Sway Calloway. One of the great listening rooms in the country. Exactly the right one.
That invitation didn't come out of nowhere. Flow was a part of an amazing line up during the San Jose Jazz Summerfest as opener and between-act programmer on the main stage, and created Inventions & Dimensions, a custom vinyl studio and interview series launched in partnership with Topo Chico at the 2023 festival, producing 15 episodes with artists including Marcus Miller, Isiah Collier, Jungle Fire, The Soul Rebels + more. In May 2026, he opened for Chaka Khan at the Henry J. Kaiser Center in Oakland as part of her Conversations in Music acoustic series.
The work travels. Tokyo, Nantes, Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New York, Chicago, Houston. Every room a different ask. Every set built for the one it's in.
The Affiliations
Flow is a member of the Mac Vinyl Collective, Mac Agency's roster of world-class selectors including DJ Pee Wee (Anderson Paak), The world famous Beat Junkies, Scratch Bastid, and Easy Mo Bee to name a few. He is also a member of the world-famous 45 Sessions , the Rock Force B-Boy Crew, and holds radio residencies on 102.1 Jams in the Bay Area and 102.5 KSFM in Sacramento with his weekly mixshow The Weekend Rewind.
Beyond the Booth
Flow's reach extends well beyond the stage. His organic social following, built entirely around vinyl culture, sample education, and deep crate content, generates over 11 million annual impressions across platforms. His Jazz Essentials series sparked nearly 1 million views with comments from artists and collectors across the industry. His content series Loops to Listen To, Quick Samples, and Sounds & Stops have become reference points for a community of serious music listeners.
His content doesn't just reach fans. It reaches the people who built the culture. After posting a one-take all-vinyl Biggie samples mix, DJ Clark Kent, the legendary Brooklyn selector who discovered Jay-Z and one of Biggie's closest collaborators, commented within minutes. Usher found his content the same way, organically, which led directly to the invitation to perform at his Park MGM residency afterparties in Las Vegas. Neither of those moments came from outreach. They came from the work.
He has partnered with Vans, Red Bull, Monster, Topo Chico, Blue Note, Serato, and others. He also runs a curated vinyl shop, hand-selecting records the same way he builds sets: with deep knowledge, real taste, and no filler.
