Pacemaker(pacemaker.net, $760) They’re gonna have to pry vinyl from our cold, dead hands before we jump on this digital-deejaying thing. But if your favorite spinner wants to enter the modern era, you could do far worse than lavishing this mini–mobile DJ box upon him or her—just add a sound system and you’re good to go. Richie Hawtin swears by it, and if it’s good enough for him….
Ghostly International pendant(
theghostlystore.com, $39) Ghostly International has long been one of our favorite labels, and it’s not just because it’s been releasing forward-thinking music (clubby and otherwise) for years. It’s also because they have one of the cutest logos around. Now the adorable li’l apparition can adorn your giftee’s bosom as a gold, black or clear pendant, just waiting to be worn to their favorite haunt.
Photograph: Judyth Ramirez-Carvey/ Streetfly Studio
DubSpot gift certificates(DubSpot, 348 W 14th St, 877-382-7768, dubspot.com) DJ and production school DubSpot doesn’t teach Pacemaker skills (yet). But if someone on your list is itching to become a clubland star, the academy provides classes in everything from straight-up beatmatching to Ableton Live (pictured), and it now offers gift certificates for amounts ranging from $99 to $395. Watch out, Tiësto!
Hotel Costes Tenth-Anniversary Box Set(amazon.com, $205.50) Ah, gallivanting in gay Paris, swigging expensive champagne and hanging with the haut monde in some chic hotel lobby—we’ll be doing none of those things this season. But if someone bestows the swanky
Hotel Costes box set upon us, with its boudoir-friendly down-tempo beats and soigné packaging, we can at least pretend that we’re bons vivants.
The Trentemøller Collection(audiomatique.com, prices vary) Elegant and understated, Trentemøller makes some of the most fashionable techno out there. So it makes sense that designers Anna Rosa Hiort-Lorenzen and Sofie Nørregaard have lifted the graphics from his superb compilation,
The Trentemøller Chronicles, for their latest club-worthy clothing line.
