March is Self Harm Awareness Month. Many have lost someone throughout this difficult pandemic. Our tight-knit house music community specifically felt the loss of fellow music lover, friend, and supporter, Nick Moses, the first week of November in 2020. There have been a lot of moments since where his presence still surrounds us. One such is recently coming across this Jus-Ed broadcast with a mental health theme that began only a day after Nick’s passing. It was recorded for Beatport’s ReConnect series, a 24-hour-long virtual music festival and conference, benefiting When The Music Stops, a non-profit focused on depression, anxiety, burnout, and suicide prevention. We can only imagine Nick would’ve been tuned in and maybe the messages of love, acceptance, and understanding spread by Ed would’ve resonated, but we share now in the hopes that they still do make an impact for someone out there still struggling. Ed was our last party guest and last public gathering before lockdown. Nick was there, front and center as always, with his mom and stepdad. One of our last interactions with Nick was him trying to help us find a location for that event, so it is fitting we’ve wound up at The Factory, where his mom is a resident artist, for Ed’s return. As we bring the events back, we’d be remiss not to remember Nick and connect all the threads he left for us.

We’ve purposefully chosen this set by Jus-Ed for our promotions leading up to the event in Nick’s memory. Life is complex and this is one of its most difficult issues where it can often feel like too little too late, so we will continue to raise awareness and, most importantly, try to implement efforts as an organization and community towards prevention. Please feel free to reach out and contact us if you have any ideas on how we can do better or programs we can implement as event organizers. Let’s have a dialogue.

“I hope that this video reaches you good folks out there and I hope it touches at least one person that was feeling down and out.”

Nick’s mom wanted us to share the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention as a resource.

Are you in a crisis?

Please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.

Or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.