By Dan Martino

The 718 Sessions Boat Ride with DJ Danny Krivit

Sun., June 27

Danny Krivit is not only a talented club jock but also a producer with an ear for extending the groove. Most New Yorkers who have seen and listened to his mixes prefer his edits to the original. In the wax shop, seeing his name on a record almost guarantees a good reedit.

Quick lesson: A reedit is different from a remix. Producers who remix take key elements from a song, strip it down and come up with something different: a beat, a bass line, snippets of a vocal. The reedit got its start in clubland when DJs like Mr. K and Larry Levan began using reel-to-reel machines to cut and paste tracks back together. They didn't recreate the song so much as clip a drum break and extend it, which helped the DJ move from one record to the next while keeping the floor moving.

Producers like Mr. K know when not to mess with a good thing. A recent example is the boot of A Tribe Called Quest's "ICU(Doin' It)." Krivit kept the song intact, only lengthening the drums for a smoothed-out hiphop and r&b jam. It's no mystery why Mr. K has endured all these years in a culture where jocks are now expected to work and play in only one type of music. His ears have remained to the ground, picking records across different genres, from 60s soul to disco, hiphop, dubby reggae and house.

With his popular Body & Soul party on hiatus, Mr. K continues the Sunday ritual with the 718 Sessions. His masterful reedits will be on full display, as will his fine selection and programming skills. He recently dipped into the vaults of the much-regarded Salsoul label and created a seamless mix for the Suss'd label, My Salsoul. It has plenty of the catalog's staples, but also interesting remixes by other DJs. Another fine example of his magic touch can be heard on RSL's "Wesley Music," an underground house hit from '03 that sounds better than ever.

Circle Line Cruises, Pier 83 (42nd St. & West Side Hwy.), 212-978-8869, 7, $25-$30.