Non-Traditional Wedding DJs

If you’re looking for a DJ who knows how to read the crowd, keep the energy up, and go with the flow, we can’t recommend Ben enough!!! The music was on point all night and really set the tone for such a fun, memorable evening. Even when we threw in some last-minute surprises, he handled it effortlessly and made it even more fun for everyone. Our guests had an amazing time, and so did we. Truly couldn’t have imagined a better vibe — so grateful Ben was part of our special day!

Ben came highly recommended from a mutual friend. From the first conversation we knew that just like us, he’s someone that deeply cares about music. My wife and I have pretty specific music tastes, and we really wanted the dance floor to be filled with new wave classics, other 80s gems, soul, disco, and some other stuff thrown in. Ben gave us great guidance on how to nail the dance floor, like when to go obscure and when to go more well known. From the start, Ben made it clear that he cares most about the dance floor. His company opts for minimal announcements, and for the prelude music, cocktail hour, and dinner, we made playlists that he shuffled. This was all great by us. And before we get into our watchouts, let me just say that Ben absolutely crushed the dance floor. It was going all night. Almost everyone came up to us afterwards to compliment us on the music choices and the floor itself. Ben pulled from our playlist and through in some songs that matched the vibe, and it was spectacular. One of my big concerns was that I read Ben’s company cuts songs off early; we really didn’t want this to feel like a medley of songs, and I need to say that Ben did a phenomenal job letting songs breathe and making sure everything flowed perfectly. However, there were two big things that happened that we need to call out. The first one was that Ben played a demo version of our aisle walkdown song instead of the version we wanted. It was a pretty big bummer. We had a big prelude playlist that culminated in this song, and when the demo version started, we had a mini heart attack. We told our coordinator that it was the wrong version, but instead of finding the album version, Ben played the demo again. We’re not sure who’s responsibility it was to make sure it was the right version of the song – whether it was ours, Ben’s, or our coordinators – but we hoped the DJ would be confirming the correct version for such a big moment. The other problem we had was that during a friend’s speech, Ben called our friend my wife’s name three separate times. If you’re going with Ben, know that you’ll have an amazing dance floor and a DJ that puts his all into the music. But I’d just be on top of everything, and triple check the details to make sure it’s exactly what you want.

Ben did a great job DJ'ing our wedding at the Loading Dock. Always professional, he navigated the planning process extremely well and we loved his work during the party. He did a great job incorporating our music taste into the mix, and our friends and family praised the music a ton. Working with Ben was fantastic as he also connected us with a keyboardist for the ceremony as well as a saxophone player to play alongside the DJ at the reception. He made the entire experience easy.

We worked with Nico for our amazing Greenpoint Loft wedding. He was very accommodating, helped whenever we needed song selections or advice on songs for processional/recessional, and also did all the tech set up for our event. Additionally, no song request was too strange - including Defying Gravity, which truly brought down the house. My guests were coming up to me saying that they really enjoyed the music and felt it created the perfect winter mood, especially during dinner! All in all, I'd 100% recommend Nico + Non-Traditional Wedding DJs!