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Today we begin spotlighting all of the DJs that will be joining us this year at the 2nd annual Soul Togetherness USA! We will be posting a new bio everyday until the event while we are finalizing our website, which will have detailed information on all of the DJs, the venues, accommodations for out of town guests and more, but in the meantime you can find all of the info on our facebook event page.

Anyhow, lets get the ball rolling with David Haffner of Austin, TX!

When David Haffner plays records - people listen. His style, born from a Golden-era 90s Hip Hop perspective, refined in the deep funk 45 culture of the late 90s, and finally set in the subsequent years opening and operating one of the nation's premier all vinyl record shops - Friends of Sound in Austin, TX - champions the under-appreciated sounds in Soul. His sets always incorporate equal parts songs you know already, songs that you feel like you know, and songs you've never heard before. He has run a number of successful parties in Austin, sharing the stage with esteemed guest djs like Chairman Mao, David Griffiths, Matt Weingarden, Shaun Pauling, Meaty Ogre, Dreas, Kevin Coombe. He has guest djed parties ranging from Sweater Funk in SF, The Get Back in Las Vegas, Funky Sole in Los Angeles, The Soul Summit in Chicago, The Emerald City Soul Club in Seattle, and Dam Funk's Funkmosphere party. Last year took him to Germany to play alongside soul heavyweights Dave Thorley, Soul Sam, Marc Forrest, Lars Bulnheim, and George Mahood. In the past, he has held down radio mix shows in Nashville and Los Angeles and residencies in Los Angeles and New York sharing the stage alongside the likes PB Wolf, Shortkut, Miles Tackett, Egon, Mike Vague, Galt MacDermot, Weldon Irvine, Mr. Dibbs, Madlib, DJ Signify, and many more.

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Have a listen to David from a previous Soul People radio show below: