New York's nightlife community is conveying its grief these past few days after the death of DJ AM, who was well renown for his spinning prowless.

"We are very sad to lose such a talented person in our industry," Mark Birnbaum and Eugene Remm, partners of the EMM Group, whose nightlife empire includes Tenjune, told PEOPLE in a statement. "He will be missed and this is a terrible loss for all of us."