Hurricane Harvey Fundraiser

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Being 1,650 miles away from Houston makes it difficult for us to physically be there to help the tens of thousands of families evacuating their homes due to Hurricane Harvey, which has now been deemed likely to be "the most damaging storm in U.S. history", by Dr. Joel N. Myers, the founder of Accuweather. 

This coming Friday, we are uniting together to stand (and dance) in solidarity with those who've been impacted by last week's catastrophic flooding, to raise critically-needed funds for the nonprofits and relief effort groups providing aid and resources to the massive number of people, wildlife and life sustaining infrastructures impacted by last week's catastrophic flooding of Houston and surrounding areas.

Join us, as 10 local DJs take the stage for an eclectic evening of quality music, along with a live painting by Adal Ray of Majestic Tattoo NYC.

No cover charge. 21+ to enter

Donation boxes will be available on stage to donate cash to selected reputable charities. A description of each charity will be provided as well (suggestions welcome). 

10% of alcohol proceeds will be donated directly to charities supporting relief efforts. 

Receipts for all donations will be fully documented & shared immediately after the event. 

Featuring DJs: (listed alphabetically):

☉ Anna Cavazos [[Little Giant Records]]
☉ Mira Fahrenheit
☉ Todd Fatjo [[Jack / Hot Wax]]
☉ Rissa Garcia [[Dancing Room Only NYC]]
☉ PJay [[NYEX]]
☉ Kev Obrien [[Eyedyllic music/DiggnDeepr]]
☉ Richard Perdomo (Globalmixx Tv & Radio / NoSleep)
☉ Lily Ray
☉ Mike Terra [[Good Company Records]]
☉ St. Xose [[Endless Love Recordings/ iPM]]

Flyer design: Courtesy of Hayley Carloni

Donate Directly to help Harvey victims now:
Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund: https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/

Houston Food Bank: https://secure3.convio.net/hfb/site/Donation2

Houston Humane Society: http://www.houstonspca.org/give/

Additional Information on the damages caused by Harvey: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hurricane-harveys-impact-and-how-it-compares-to-other-storms/

9/3/17 Good Roof w/Marcellus Pittman and Rissa Garcia

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Good Room and Dobbin St present...
Marcellus Pittman Unirhythm
Rissa Garcia

Tickets - $20 advanced or $30 at the door

Nothing beats a rooftop party on a summer day so Good Room and Dobbin St have prepared nine of them for you. Happening every other Sunday, Good Roof at Dobbin St will feature some of the best international talent as well as local legends and up and comers.

Marcellus Pittman is headlining our Labor Day weekend party. One quarter of the Three Chairs alongside Rick Wilhite, Kenny Dixon, Jr. (aka Moodymann) and Theo Parrish, Marcellus is a Detroit OG. The Unirhythm label founder is known for his soulful take of house music, disco and funk with his productions making you feel all the feelings. Last time we had Pittman at Good Room he slayed the Bad Room for 7 hours straight. We can’t wait to hear what’s in his record bag this time around. Dancing Room Only’s Rissa Garcia is joining him on this afternoon, bringing some New York house to the party.

Dobbin St is located a few blocks from Good Room and has one the best, if not the best rooftop in the neighborhood. Having just opened last year, the renovated factory is the perfect place to dance to the sunset with full views of the Manhattan skyline. A full bar will be running on the rooftop. 

Dancing Room Only w/Todd Terry, Toribio & Rissa Garcia

“Todd Terry is one of the quintessential NYC dance music producers – for more than 25 years. Born in Brooklyn, Todd Terry is as much New York as it gets. Blessed with the instinct, aesthetic and freedom that comes with hip hop, he created a unique brand of house music. Heavy on the sample tip and always aimed directly at the dancefloor, his earliest records like Bango, A Day In The Life or Can You Party set the parameters for his musical universe. Graced with an unmistakable sound signature, the house sound of Todd Terry is one of the essential reference points of this music – you just know a Todd Terry beat when you hear it. Citing classic disco, rock or funk records throughout his works, Terry’s tracks were as much in favour with US-American DJ heavyweights like Tony Humphries as they were with the hyped-up club music crowds on the UK island. Todd Terry’s effectiveness spread further through his several aliases like Gypsymen or CLS, and records like Jungle Brothers’ seminal I’ll House You, his classic chart-topping remix for Everything But The Girl’s Missing, and his very own version of Keep On Jumpin’. His labels TNT and Freeze released a nitty-gritty range from vocal house to hip hop instrumentals and disco cut-ups, as well as his infamous Unreleased Projects.” -RBMA if you missed the first one...check it out here Also joining in is the fab Toribio of Most Excellent Unltd. if the name sounds familiar, he recently released an EP featuring a remix from none other than Joe Claussell. Check it here.  And as always in the mix our resident Rissa Garcia.

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Get Tickets- Dancing Room Only presents Danny Krivit, Forward Disco & Rissa Garcia

Get Tickets- Dancing Room Only presents Danny Krivit, Forward Disco & Rissa Garcia


"One year ago, our very good friend Rissa Garcia launched, what would soon become one of NYC’s can’t miss events ‘Dancing Room Only‘ at Cielo. For the launch, she presented Danny Krivit, with support from Forward Disco residents Sean Cormac & Chili Davis, as well as herself, the DRO resident artist. Over the last year DRO has presented a master class in house music taught by some of the best, including Todd Terry, Charles Webster, Victor Simonelli, Jacques Renault, DJ Spinna, Eli Escobar, Jellybean Benitez and many more. For her one year anniversary, Rissa is bringing back the legendary Danny Krivit with support once again from Sean & Chili. This lineup has been intact now for three Forward Disco events, two Dancing Room Only events and one magical 718 Sessions. Needless to say, our nights with Rissa and Danny have been the kind of nights that people refer to as some of their best nights out and the kind of night that is always met with ‘we can’t wait for the next one’ as soon as the night ends. Do not miss out on this one!

Music is My Sanctuary Guest Mix

Music is My Sanctuary Guest Mix

Fantastic new guest mix from NY’s Rissa Garcia.

Born and raised with the classic NYC influences all around her, she has become a driving force of her hometown scene. In addition to running NightChild records, she is the founder & resident DJ of the Dancing Room Only NYC Club which has welcome several legends behind the decks: Spinna, Danny Krivit and this month’s guest Jellybean Benitez!

Jellybean Benitez Takes us back to the Funhouse!

Jellybean Benitez Takes us back to the Funhouse!

On Thursday January 26th, Jellybean Benitez joins Dancing Room Only with a special Funhouse/Paradise Garage style classic house set.

“A giant of New York City club culture during the 1980s, John “Jellybean” Benitez was born to a Puerto Rican mother in the South Bronx. Gravitating toward music at a young age, he started frequenting disco clubs in the mid ‘70s and quickly became an established DJ in the scene.

12/8/16 Dancing Room Only presents DJ Spinna with Jon Martin & Rissa Garcia

12/8/16 Dancing Room Only presents DJ Spinna with Jon Martin & Rissa Garcia

Our next special guest at Dancing Room Only NYC is none other than DJ Spinna! WE LOVE DAYS LIKE THIS! 

Check out his recent interview for his gig in Italy at NEUHM – Not Everyone Understands HOUSE MUSIC Here

Also joining in on the fun is local NYC native Jon Martin. Jon's been a deeply embedded in the NYC circuit for quite sometime and you may have heard him most recently at Brooklyn's Starvue private event space. 

Soundwall Magazine Podcast # 333: Rissa Garcia

Born and raised in one of the cradles of the New York house music Rissa Garcia it grows influenced by traditional sounds of Latin cities, jazz, R & B, soul, house, rock, disco and funk. She falls in love with house music after a night at Vinyl, with his majesty Danny Tenaglia console. The emotions of that night become obsessions, which will build on his career, starting in a small New York club in 2004 and arriving in the mythical consoles like those of Cielo, Output, Santos Party House and TBA. Today Rissa Garcia also has her own label, where in addition to her work public junior staff of the American scene with the support and respect of Alexander Robotnik, Louie Vega, X-Press 2 and Jus-Ed. To you, straight from the Big Apple, Soundwall presents Rissa Garcia.

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