Luke Alexander goes big at 99 Scott

The New York DJ, a fixture of the city's club circuit, headlines an Elsewhere-presented all-nighter in Brooklyn next Friday, billed as his biggest hometown show yet.

There's a particular kind of New York DJ who has played every room in town, from bottle-service clubs to warehouse floors, without ever putting his own name above the door of a really big one. Next Friday Luke Alexander gets that night. He headlines 99 Scott in Brooklyn on Friday, November 13, starting at 10 p.m., with DEDRO and Shankz on the bill. Tickets are on DICE.

Elsewhere is presenting it, and the Bushwick club's own listing has it running 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., 21+, under electronic, house and garage, with Matty Chiuch also on the lineup. So this is a full night, not a two-hour set, and the headliner will be playing well past the time most Manhattan rooms would have him wrapping up.

The "biggest" framing comes from the run-up. Dance blog xoDIVAd called it his biggest NYC show when presale opened in August. Our own records point the same way: Alexander plays New York more than any other market, with 23 shows on file.

Before this, his career ran through the city's nightlife. His Amsterdam Dance Event artist profile and other bios list residencies at the Playboy Club, Space Ibiza and Highline Ballroom, plus sets at Marquee, Webster Hall and Pacha. That's a résumé built on knowing how to read a New York crowd that came out to dance, not to stand and watch.

He has worked every kind of room this city has. Next Friday the room is his.

99 Scott suits that kind of night. It's a mixed-use venue at 99 Scott Ave., where East Williamsburg and Bushwick meet. It books house, techno and the stops in between, and a six-hour Elsewhere bill there is an endurance event as much as a party. The support acts set the tone early, the headliner takes the peak hours, and the closing stretch is for the people who planned to be there at 3 a.m.

If you're coming from Manhattan, the trip is part of it. Get there before the room fills, pace yourself, and remember that a 4 a.m. finish means the late trains, not the last one. For a DJ who has spent years holding down other people's rooms, this one is his name on the marquee in his own city.

Sources: Elsewhere Presents: Luke Alexander @ 99 Scott - Dedro, Shankz, Matty Chiuch (elsewhere.club); DICE: Luke Alexander at 99 Scott (link.dice.fm); xoDIVAd: Luke Alexander's pre-sale tickets for his biggest NYC show are on sale now (xodivad.com); xoDIVAd: Three weeks until Luke Alexander takes over 99 Scott in NYC (xodivad.com); Amsterdam Dance Event: Luke Alexander (US) (amsterdam-dance-event.nl); Eventbrite: Elsewhere Presents: Luke Alexander @ 99 Scott (eventbrite.com); JamBase show listing (jambase.com); About - 99 Scott (99scott.com)