Raul Campos is a unique voice in L.A. radio – The host of ‘Nocturna’ on KCRW is the rare Latino DJ on an English-language station.

“Raul Campos can pinpoint the moment that marked the end of his disco DJ days. It was New Year’s Eve 1997, the night he learned the club where he was spinning was closing down. The Gotham Club of South Gate would soon become a Denny’s, and Campos would be looking for a new line of work.

He was only 25 but already sick of the DJ scene anyway. He had been lugging his vinyl records around since his high school days in Pico Rivera, where he started playing at parties and quinceañeras like so many other Chicano kids from the vast blue-collar suburbs ringing the city. The scene had become too self-centered for this machinist’s son with a degree in urban planning from Cal Poly Pomona. DJs considered themselves stars and had started to upstage the music. Campos was old school. He still thought the dancers should be the center of attention.”*

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