Mike and Charlene Alcanices
, or
better-known as SOULMAT3S
, have been rocking Downtown San Jose’s nightlife scene + beyond since 2016 as the
only married DJ duo in the Bay Area
.
Through
23 years of marriage
, the couple has found themselves raising three children, managing a
, running a
in Campbell, and sharing their
love of music
throughout the South Bay.
Let’s dive into the first installment of our series, “
Local Love
,” with a couple who’s become trailblazers in the San Jose DJ scene.
Mike and Charlene still have the original papers they used to exchange numbers when they first met.
Photo by SJtoday staff
💞 A powerful meet cute
Though the two have different versions of how they first met at a San Francisco club in the
summer of 1999
, it was clear it
was love at first sight
.
Mike recalls, “I see this beautiful woman just dancing […] and I told my friend, ‘Yo, man, if that girl gives me her name, I’m gonna spend the rest of my life with her.’”