Behind the sound.

MEET THE
Architect.

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Who I Am

I'm Simon — the ear behind Taiga.

Taiga means tiger where my family's from, and I've built everything I do around that — reading a room the way you'd read weather, patient until it's time to move.

West Coast hip-hop raised my ear. Dre, Snoop, 2Pac, The Game — then Kendrick and YG carrying the torch forward. Laid-back, low and slow, sun-soaked. That's the foundation everything else got built on.

Then Philly got a hold of me and changed everything. Grittier. Faster. More serious about the pocket. I don't pick a coast — I play both, back to back, until the room forgets which one it's standing in.

I don't play a set list. I play the room in front of me, track by track, watching who's already dancing and who's daring me to earn it. Trust isn't in the drop — it's built in the first ten songs, before anyone's decided to stay. By the time they've decided, the whole night is mine to shape.

Outside of my own bookings, I run Remixologists — a collective for DJs who take the craft seriously enough to keep studying it. Building other DJs up is part of how I stay sharp myself.

How I Got Here.

01
West Coast Foundations
Grew up on the sound that would define my ear for good — the laid-back low-end of West Coast hip-hop, from the classics to the generation that carried it forward.
02
The Philly Turn
Moved east, and everything about how I heard music changed. Grittier, faster, more serious about the pocket — I started building sets that could hold both coasts at once.
03
Behind the Booth, For Real
Started building a reputation the only way that sticks — one room at a time, reading the crowd other DJs give up on, and getting invited back.
04
Founded Remixologists
Built the DJ collective I wished existed when I was coming up — a community of DJs who take the craft seriously enough to keep learning it, together.
05
Now: Atmosphere Architect
Booked for afterparties, private events, and brand activations up and down the East Coast — building the kind of nights people are still talking about the next morning.
Vibe Alchemist.
ATMOSPHERE ARCHITECT.
Tiger Energy.
“Trust isn't in the drop. It's in the first ten songs — before the room even knows it's decided to stay.”
— Simon, on how a set actually works
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