Where to Go After DJ Sprinkles

DJ Sprinkles is one of Terre Thaemlitz's house music aliases. Thaemlitz began DJing at activist benefits after moving to New York and became a resident at the Midtown trans club Sally's II in 1991. In 1993, Thaemlitz founded Comatonse Recordings and later continued the project from Japan.

The DJ Sprinkles catalogue joins deep house to writing about queer club history and the commercial use of dance culture. The official Comatonse profile explains why this history cannot be separated from the records.

The artists below came through different cities and independent labels. Each followed a separate route into house music. Sound Shelter's deep house collection provides a wider route through their records.

Will Long

Will Long makes ambient music as Celer and house music under his own name. DJ Sprinkles added overdubs to Long's extended house recordings.

Kuniyuki

Kuniyuki is Japanese producer Kuniyuki Takahashi. His work moves between electronic production and live performance, with many releases appearing through Mule Musiq.

Frank and Tony

Frank and Tony is the partnership of Francis Harris and Anthony Collins. The pair released music through Scissor and Thread and became known for long, restrained house arrangements.

Lawrence

Lawrence is Peter Kersten, a Hamburg producer and cofounder of Dial Records. His work connects house with ambient music.

Fred P

Fred P is a New York producer who also records as Black Jazz Consortium. He founded Soul People Music and built a catalogue around deep house and jazz.

Smallpeople

Smallpeople is the Hamburg duo of Julius Steinhoff and Dionne. The project grew from the Smallville shop and label, which connected Hamburg with American house producers.

Move D

Move D is David Moufang, a Heidelberg producer who cofounded Source Records in the early 1990s. His long career joins ambient music with house. Our Move D discography guide follows his work through seven releases.

STL

STL is Stephan Laubner, the German producer behind Something Records. His catalogue is largely self released and keeps the marks of home recording, including rough edits and background noise.

Thaemlitz's work argues that house should not be separated from the people and places that made it. Follow DJ Sprinkles on Sound Shelter to see new releases and stores with copies in stock.