Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train Jonathan Toubin New York "This 45 hoarder made soul music fun again with his Soul Clap & Dance Off parties, where five-hour sets of rare grooves and B-sides provided a fleshy alternative to the club scene’s industrial snarl. Instead of bucking the trends of American pop music for some underground alternative, Toubin has made his name by embracing pop’s connective tissue, tracing the rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll of the nineteen-fifties and sixties. " (The New Yorker) "The most-liked man in the soul music scene" (Rolling Stone) "Jonathan is pretty much the only DJ we actually like." (VICE) "Particularly chic... one of the most popular spinners in Williamsburg and the founder of the New York Night Train dance parties. His fare is already cleaner and more appreciative of American pop music history than much of the rest..." (NY Times) Awarded "BEST DJ" in "The Village Voice" 60th Anniversary “Best of NYC”: "We might live in an EDM world, but Jonathan Toubin has no truck with today's musical whims. Since 2007, Toubin's Soul Clap and Dance-Off has brought throwback pizzazz and retro cool to New York's late-night underground. Culled from an endless array of long-forgotten Sixties soul singles, Soul Clap is pure musical dynamite, the kind of after-hours party that exposes today's iTunes-bred, press-play DJs for their relative lack of roots and ingenuity. No fist-bumps or atomic bass drops here... You can try to put your moves to better use, but you'll be hard-pressed to find more cathartic, sweatier fun elsewhere in the city." (Village Voice Critics Choice Award, 2015) "BEST DJ" (Village Voice "Best of NYC" Readers' Choice Award 2014) "Jonathan Toubin is the reigning king of the sweaty, non-stop super-fun dance party" (Paper Magazine) "Jonathan Toubin is a multihypenate in every sense of the word... Toubin fuses obscure rhythm and blues from the '50s and '60s, with rock 'n' roll and soul 45s. His ongoing New York Night Train parties easily draw those typically found sulking in corners of bars out onto the dance floor." (Interview Magazine) "Jonathan Toubin is New York rock and soul DJ who plays his collection of original 45rpm records to packed dance floors all over the world." (BBC World Service) "Most fun ever!... Jonathan Toubin is one of our all time favorite DJs who spins rare 45s and travels around the world making people happy" (BUST Magazine) "The long-running Soul Clap remains one of the sweatiest dance parties to be experienced in New York City. Fueled by his rare and raucous 45s collection, DJ Jonathan Toubin draws on raw soul and the most feral strains of rock 'n' roll from the early 1960s to power the nights." (Wall Street Journal) "Few people recognize the roaring, crackling songs; even fewer can really dance the blues. It doesn’t matter. The evening’s not about proving you know the most obscure records or looking good; it’s about some kind of soul-shaking alchemy. Before you know it, it’s the opening scene of “Dirty Dancing,” all swerving hips and bare shoulders—you would’ve sworn you’d be the last to dance, but there you are, breathless.... Spellbound bodies slip into the song’s shuffling rhythm, and Toubin reaches for the next bit of black magic." (The New Yorker) "Soul Clap is the most popular soul dance party in the world, playing to more people in more places than any other... Toubin plays all original soul 45s from the 1960s and uncommon upbeat cuts." (SXSW Music News) "Indeed, Toubin's 45 r.p.m. record-fueled, rock-and-soul heavy dance parties were some of the best, sweatiest nights we've had in this city." (Gothamist) "Jonathan Toubin is the only person we can call a "professional DJ" without involuntarily making a jack-off motion with our hand... His parties are like what Ancient Stonehenge was like if it was, as archaeologists theorize, filled with people dressed many times better than you completely losing their shit." (VICE) Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train’s popular tracks NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off Top 500: 421-440 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-04-14T11:37:16Z Jonathan Toubin's 2022 NY Night Train Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2022-10-26T09:49:11Z Jonathan Toubin's NY Night Train Soul Clap Classics 2020 Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2020-04-26T21:06:30Z NY Night Train SOUL CLAP CLASSICS Volume 3 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2013-04-29T21:38:28Z NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off Top 500: 481-500 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-03-15T20:43:06Z NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off Top 500: 461-480 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-03-24T10:49:58Z NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off Top 500: 441-460 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-03-30T21:15:07Z Jonathan Toubin's 2021 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-10-29T09:42:17Z Jonathan Toubin's 2019 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2019-10-17T15:55:26Z Jonathan Toubin's 2017 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2017-10-04T04:29:03Z Jonathan Toubin's 2016 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2016-10-04T10:09:58Z NY Night Train ANIMAL PRINT Exotic Rock and Roll Mix! by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2013-04-23T20:39:55Z NY Night Train 2013 HAUNTED HOP Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2013-10-22T20:16:50Z Jonathan Toubin's 2014 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2020-10-08T22:39:18Z Jonathan Toubin's 2018 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2018-10-22T12:50:16Z Jonathan Toubin's 2020 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2020-10-30T09:58:01Z
NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off Top 500: 421-440 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-04-14T11:37:16Z
Jonathan Toubin's 2022 NY Night Train Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2022-10-26T09:49:11Z
Jonathan Toubin's NY Night Train Soul Clap Classics 2020 Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2020-04-26T21:06:30Z
NY Night Train SOUL CLAP CLASSICS Volume 3 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2013-04-29T21:38:28Z
NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off Top 500: 481-500 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-03-15T20:43:06Z
NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off Top 500: 461-480 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-03-24T10:49:58Z
NY Night Train Soul Clap & Dance-Off Top 500: 441-460 by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-03-30T21:15:07Z
Jonathan Toubin's 2021 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2021-10-29T09:42:17Z
Jonathan Toubin's 2019 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2019-10-17T15:55:26Z
Jonathan Toubin's 2017 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2017-10-04T04:29:03Z
Jonathan Toubin's 2016 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2016-10-04T10:09:58Z
NY Night Train ANIMAL PRINT Exotic Rock and Roll Mix! by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2013-04-23T20:39:55Z
NY Night Train 2013 HAUNTED HOP Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2013-10-22T20:16:50Z
Jonathan Toubin's 2014 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2020-10-08T22:39:18Z
Jonathan Toubin's 2018 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2018-10-22T12:50:16Z
Jonathan Toubin's 2020 Haunted Hop Halloween Mix by Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train published on 2020-10-30T09:58:01Z