The Roster

Residents.

A permanent cast of selectors who hold down the New Life sound. These are the artists you'll find across every series, every room.

01
DJ Ideal
Open Format · Hip-Hop · House

SD native and the anchor of New Life's weekly sessions. He's held down INDUSTRY SUNDAYS at Beverly Beach Garden since day one — the kind of selector who makes a Sunday afternoon feel like 3am. One of San Diego's longest-running resident DJs, with a set that cuts across genres and rooms without losing the thread.

02
Jill Stanley
Tech House · House

One of the West Coast's most in-demand house selectors, with bookings that run from Montauk to Mykonos and a Defected Records remix credit to her name. She's headlined New Life's ABYSS nights and brings a groove-forward approach that moves rooms without ever losing sophistication.

03
ANOLUXX
Hard Techno · Industrial

Launched in 2021 and moved fast — releases on Insomniac's Basscon Records and GRIT, headlining New Life's Anniversary and AFTERDARK flagship nights. Peak-time, high-BPM, warehouse-shaped sound. The kind of set you don't walk away from early.

04
Shay De Castro
Hard Techno · Techno

Factory 93, Kraftek, Respekt Recordings — built her sound in self-taught isolation and ended up on stages that matter internationally (ADE, Frankfurt, New York). She's appeared at every OVERTIME event New Life has thrown. Twenty-eight thousand followers is a floor, not a ceiling.

05
Terry Jasinto
House · Deep House · Techno

San Diego roots run deep — from Seattle's after-hours circuit to Miami and back to SD, where his Dance Klassique residency is one of the longest-running house weeklies on the West Coast. Two #1s on Traxsource Techno, releases on Dustpan and Viva Recordings, and lineups shared with Sven Väth.

06
Petra
Techno · Electronic

San Diego underground, coming up fast. Petra's been in New Life rooms since early in the scene's run — ABYSS, BLOOM — and her presence on the dancefloor outpaces whatever's on paper. Watch this one.

The roster grows. More names incoming.