5 Magazine Reviews Rissa Garcia's Upcoming Release Love is Blind

5 Magazine Review’s Rissa Garcia’s upcoming EP on her imprint, NightChild Records.

Love Is Blind: Rissa Garcia & NightChild drop 3 classic NYC tracks

Rissa Garcia was born to do this.

The New York City DJ, producer, label owner and all-around househead from Day 2 has lit up dancefloors, as a DJ and now as a producer with releases on labels including Plastik People, Fresh Meat, Pogo House and LW. Many of these have been remixes; the best of her original productions have appeared on her NightChild Records, of particular note was the 2023 Hazy Dreams EP.

You don't really know what's coming with a Rissa Garcia record, except that the drums will be crisp and springy and it's going to be useful for any working DJ who has an urgent need to make people sweat out their sorrows.

What people see of you is everything that touched your heart up until today, and Rissa's music belies an unpaid but for that reason spiritually pure apprenticeship learning the mechanics of house music and the scene around it from some of the architects. Love Is Blind is all of it, thrown into a cauldron and fired until the impurities burn off three tracks of club-ready house and garage with a Jersey accent.

The title track for Love Is Blind bounces out of the speakers like its mounted-on springs simple but hooky chords that light up like dash-mounted LEDs, backed with razor sharp percussion. The vocal clips are sparse and for that reason effective. Drums, chords, samples, a few filters and effects but by and large that's all you really need if you know what you're doing and Rissa does.

Artist: Rissa Garcia
Release: Love is Blind
Label: NightChild Records
Release Date: 6.7.24 Traxsource Exclusive // Worldwide 7.5.24

Credits

Produced by: Rissa Garcia for NightChild Records

Mixed by: Carlos Ruiz/Ruiz Audio Engineering

Mastered by: Rob Small/Rob Small Mastering

Links:

Website: https://rissagarcia.com/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/rissagarcianyc/

IG: http://instagram.com/rissancr

SC:  http://soundcloud.com/rissa

RA: https://ra.co/dj/rissagarcia

Good Room Solitude Series 009 - Rissa Garcia

Photo by: Cheyenne Bosco/Feel the Beat Photo

While all of us are living the quarantine life, Good Room has asked friends and residents to share mixes for our Solitude Series so you can dance on your own. The ninth mix comes from Rissa Garcia. NYC-based Rissa Garcia, is the Dancing Room Only resident DJ and founder of NightChild Records. An avid record collector, Rissa brings so much energy and joy to the dancefloor through her DJ sets. Here's what she had to say about her mix;

"Good Room has always been so warm and welcoming to the underground dance community and I’m happy to be able to contribute in any way I can to help them in such an uncertain and tumultuous time for any small business. We have no idea when we will be able to dance together again so I made this mix as a reminder to us all that no matter what we face in life we always have music to help get us through. And as long as we music we are never truly alone. “Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once"."

Good Room is currently closed due the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would like to donate to the club to help cover staff and fixed costs you can donate on Venmo @goodroombk or PayPal - paypal.me/goodroombk.

You can follow Rissa on SoundCloud at @rissa

Rissa Garcia joins DJ Heather & Colette Second City Anniversary Tour

On Saturday, July 20th, Le Bain presents Colette and DjHeather. Opening set by Rissa Garcia. Second City Sessions 10 Year Anniversary Tour. 10pm.

RSVP for Le Bain 7/20

DJ Times Review: Rissa Garcia-Wanna Feel Loved EP

“A sweet three pack EP here from Garcia, a New York house mainstay. I Wanna Feel kicks a hip-swaying, tribal tinged groove -perfect for a dark dancefloor. “Tryna Prove” rides a tough rhythm until a combo of sweet key stabs and scat singing delivers a catchy melody. “Outta Love” thumps and builds with a purpose - a real call to the dancefloor - then drops intoxicating vocal samples for hand-raising effect. If you want a taste of modern deep house sounds, here’s the real thing."

-Jim Tremayne

DJ Times

Check it Out

Produced & Written by: Rissa Garcia
Mixed and Edited by: Carlos Ruiz
Artwork: Sean Cormac
Mastered by: Rob Small Mastering