WHO Garage house aficionado DJ Lonewolf has been spinning soulful, deep house on Toronto dancefloors since 1987. From his days frequenting the city’s first dance club, the legendary Twilight Zone, to later promoting parties and then DJs and artists through his Disc 12 production company, Lonewolf rightfully earned the alias Soul Hustler. His renowned efforts over the years to keep the scene alive include after-hours parties, concerts and special events like The Soul Hustler’s Convention. Inspired by early American garage and house producers and singers including CeCe Rogers, Masters At Work and François K, Lonewolf produces uplifting music with a message of peace. He’s currently working on the follow-up to his last release “Big Tune” on Camio Recordings. With his evident passion for moving people through music, who better to take Toronto on a flashback this weekend than DJ Lonewolf alongside some of the city’s original house honchos?

WHAT Soul, garage, disco, vocal deep house, neo soul and nu jazz, “with a taste of funk for good measure,” says Lonewolf.

WHERE Feb. 17 at Flashback. A charity event for Habitat for Humanity, with DJ Fase, Mitch Winthrop, Martino, Gene King and more at Toi Bar (577a College St.).

FAVOURITE RECORDS OF ALL TIME Anything by 4Hero, The Mizell Brothers or Cloud One.

FAVOURITE RECORDS RIGHT NOW Erykah Badu, New Amerykah and Gilles Peterson, In the House compilation.

FAVOURITE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW “I’ve become a Facebook.com junkie!”

WHAT IS YOUR WEIRDEST DJING EXPERIENCE? “Playing a track and hitting the 'play backwards' button by accident. Before I had a chance to correct it I noticed people were still dancing, so I let it play.”

WHAT IS VITAL TO YOUR DAILY ROUTINE? “Earl Gray tea, Tai Chi, plus a little meditation in order to start the day off right.”

WHAT GLOBAL ISSUE CONCERNS YOU MOST RIGHT NOW? “Environmental issues. We need to wake up or [we could] lose it all.”

WHAT IS YOUR RING TONE RIGHT NOW? “Vibrate!”

WHAT IS THE LAST GREAT FILM YOU SAW? Maestro, a documentary on the early underground dance scene.

WHAT ACTOR WOULD PLAY YOU IN A BIOPIC? “That would be one biopic that would go straight to video!”

WHAT ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? The 12th Planet by Zecharia Sitchin.