3/19/17 Rissa Garcia Live Set on Global Mixx TV

Recorded Sunday March 19, 2017 live at the Platform Cafe in Brooklyn, NY

Global Mixx Radio presents Spin the Love Featuring Rissa Garcia

Recorded live at the Platform Cafe in Brooklyn...catch her up next Friday April 21st for Le Bain presents Dancing Room Only featuring Charles Webster & Rissa Garcia

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RSVP: Le Bain Presents Dancing Room Only w/Charles Webster & Rissa Garcia

Join us Friday April 21st when Le Bain presents Dancing Room Only w/Charles Webster & Rissa Garcia

Hosted by: Silverbull

“Whether he’s producing under his own name or under one of his many aliases—Presence, Furry Phreaks and Love from San Francisco being just a few of his notable monikers—the U.K.’s Charles Webster has long been one of house music’s most respected figures, releasing tunes with a depth and sophistication rarely found in the genre. Despite the veteran’s aural refinement (or perhaps because of it), he’s never been the trendiest of music makers—which is not to say he doesn’t have a rabid fan base. ”
-Timeout

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Video: Dancing Room Only at Cielo w/Todd Terry, Greco & Rissa Garcia

Video Recap of Dancing Room Only w/Todd Terry (House/Classic House Set), Greco & Rissa Garcia at Cielo courtesy of Mike Marix

Up Next: Friday April 21st Le Bain Presents Dancing Room Only ft Charles Webster & Rissa Garcia 

Good Room presents... DJ Heather (Smart Bar) Rissa Garcia (Dancing Room Only NYC)

Thursday March 2, 2017

Good Room presents...
DJ Heather (Smart Bar)
Rissa Garcia (Dancing Room Only NYC)
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Love Games in the Bad Room
Takaya Nagase B2B Yuji Kawasaki (JOY)
Lauren Murada

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Discogs Presents: 24 Hours of Vinyl curated by Music is My Sanctuary

The 16th edition of the 24 HOURS OF VINYL event lands in New York for the first time. The musical marathon created in 2011 in Montreal has travelled to Paris, London, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver.

As a non-profit event we have hosted over 100 DJ’s such as DJ Spinna, Tim Sweeney, Amir, Kid Koala, Onra, Shortkut, Rahaan, IG Culture, Jacques Greene and many more. Selectors of all genres dig through their collections to share some of their most prized wax. 24HOV is a celebration of vinyl as a vital part of the DJ / Digging culture and community.

Live Set Recorded on February 4th & 5th at Black Flamingo in Brooklyn, NY

Presented by Discogs and Curated by Music is My Sanctuary
Special Thanks to Black Flamingo & 101 Apparel

Enjoy this set from RISSA GARCIA (Dancing Room, NYC)

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Dancing Room Only welcomes Todd Terry with Greco & Rissa Garcia

We are very excited to host the legend Todd Terry on Thursday February 23rd at Cielo

“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

Greco
With tracks Madtech,KMS Records,Cahoots Records,InHouse, Nervous and more, NYC based DJ and Producer Greco has quickly earned his place within today’s thriving dance music scene. Furthering his knowledge of music production at Dubspot, world premier electronic music school, he developed a remarkable sound granting him his first record deal with legendary New York label Nurvous Records in 2014. With early success and a string of exciting releases on their way, this innovative house DJ/Producer will surely continue to push the boundaries of dance music into the future all while preserving the roots of the underground.
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Resident DJ Rissa Garcia

Music is My Sanctuary Guest Mix

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!

Check out Rissa Garcia on this 2 hour mix working the angles from early classic house records (Jovonn, Boyd Jarvis, Tenaglia) to more contemporary productions (Orlando Voorn, DJ Deep and more).

Upcoming Event with Jellybean Benitez – Link

About Dancing Room Only

Dancing Room Only (founded in 2015), is a NYC event brand catered to the love of dance and spawned in the spirit of the heyday of the NYC underground dance music community.

Since its inception, the focus has been to deliver a night specifically curated to deliver maximal dance floor enjoyment – wearing your most comfy shoes is highly recommended. Resident DJ and founder, Rissa Garcia, is a NYC native that has had her share of dance floor experiences. She spent a good portion of her years on the dance floor of NYC legends like Danny Tenaglia, Danny Krivit, Louie Vega and more. She made it a point to be there from the very first song until the very last and she uses that experience to hand select some of the finest DJs to play on Cielo’s first class Funktion One Sound System.

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.

Although he would go on to play at a variety of storied nightspots, including Studio 54, Paradise Garage and Electric Circus, Benitez truly made his mark with a residency at the Fun House in Manhattan, which he held from 1981 to 1984. During those years, his production and remix career also took off, as he reworked seminal tracks from Rockers Revenge, Jimmy Spicer and Afrika Bambaataa; two of his remixes from 1983’s Flashdancesoundtrack also became sizeable hits. Around the same time, he was enlisted by Madonna to contribute to her debut album, producing “Holiday” (her first hit) and remixing several other tracks.” - Redbull Music Academy

“A world away from the red rope exclusivity of Studio 54, a group of working class kids from New York's outer boroughs created their own alternative scene. Their place of worship was the Fun House and the high priest of hedonism a Latino DJ from the South Bronx named John "Jellybean" Benitez.” -RBMA

Also joining us is David Paglia of Soul Clap Records he'll be closing the night ensuring us a safe landing back home.

David Paglia has releases on Soul Clap Records, Cenote Records and Good Company Records as well as a vinyl press of edits/remixes, Dojo Sessions Volume 1, that flew off the shelves at Halcyon Record Shop in Brooklyn and Love Vinyl in London, UK. His productions have received support from Soul Clap, Bosq, Moodymann, Mark Slee, Thomas Jack, and The Juan Maclean in his mix for Defected Radio. 

resident Rissa Garcia sets the tone...

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. 

More about Jon
Jon Martin is a respected DJ, event producer and strategic business consultant based in New York City.

The child of two sociologists with deep roots in the Civil Rights movement and New York’s bohemian counterculture, Jon Martin grew up at the intersection of art, culture and grassroots political activism. In his mid-teens, he parlayed his passion for music into a street promotion gig, distributing flyers for clubs like Red Zone, Palladium and Tunnel while amassing a vast record collection and making slip-cue mixtapes for his high school friends.

A few years later, working in a coat check job at Twilo, he established lifelong friendships with notable nightlife figures including Godfather of House Frankie Knuckles, who introduced him to a cadre of legendary nightlife figures including Nicky Siano, Tedd Patterson and Eric Kupper, and taught him the basics of mixing, controlling a system and working a dancefloor. Knuckles was also a tremendous musical influence, schooling Jon inside the DJ booth of his Sound Factory Bar residency, as well as in the recording studio. 

Martin quickly established several small weekly DJ residencies at downtown bars and lounges at which he would cut his teeth playing a broad spectrum of genres and styles. Through these gigs, and working as part of the production team behind local cable show GrooveTV and at now-defunct dance label Rampage Music, Jon began producing larger events at Times Square’s flagship arcade Barcode as well as clubs throughout Manhattan, including Ohm, Cheetah, Club New York, Centro-Fly and 667 Bar Gallery Lounge.

Leaving Rampage for a coveted Digital Content Director position at King Street Sounds, he continued to produce events, both on his own and in conjunction with the label, and contributed to the success of artists and projects including Ananda Project, Dennis Ferrer, Steal Vybe and Underground Artists United for Life.

Jon also provided web development and strategic marketing services for many high-profile DJs, including Knuckles, Kerri Chandler, Eric Kupper, Soundman Shorty and Todd Terry, while consulting with an even wider assortment of well-known labels and artists, from UK heavy hitter Defected and jazz-centric ObliqSound to underground pioneer David Mancuso, with whom Jon had developed a deep friendship after finding his way to one of Mancuso’s legendary Loft parties in the early 2000’s.

Jon created the sub:culture brand to provide an opportunity to funnel all of these disparate energies into one direction. Producing weekly events in New York and annually in Miami for the Winter Music Conference and playing several small European tours, as well as a weekly mixshow “Life Will Make You Dance” on CyberJamz internet radio, Jon has made numerous appearances on terrestrial, internet and satellite radio both in the United States and internationally. 

Today, Jon continues on his mission to deliver “the medicine in the music” with his private House of Love parties and other sub:culture events, his involvement with husband Craig Roseberry’s KID Recordings label, and as a staff contributor to both David Mancuso’s Loft Parties and Starvue Loft in Bushwick.

$10 Early Bird Tickets
$15 Reduced Guestlist/Members
$20 General Admission

Visit our website for more info http://dancinroomonlynyc.com/

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.

(Google Translate Italian Translation)

Soundwall is the reference point of the national clubbing, according to the experts the best of electronic music magazine in Italy. Soundwall deals with events, reviews, interviews and everything related to the world of electronic music to 360 °. Soundwall also offers its readers the contest (in which they are giving away over a free pass even travel packages to Italian and international festivals) and a podcast channel (consistently in the top 10 of iTunes) with mixed exclusively made by the best artists of the panorama world.

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Rissa Garcia- House Salad Guest Mix

House Saladcast # 395 @ Rissa Garcia
Nightchild Records
New York, USA

DJ/producer Rissa Garcia is Nightchild Records label boss and has an understanding of the beats that sets her apart from the crowd. Rissa Garcia offers a sound that is perfectly aligned with the high grade electronic beat that exemplifies the classy side of house music. Nightchild Sessions are pure quality and geared for true houselovers. The vibe is warm and friendly, never straying too far into the deepness and always skirting around the underground funk that makes her sets such a delight. Check out Rissa on Soundcloud or Facebook from running commentary on what she gets up to in the studio, you won’t be disappointed.

rissagarcia.com
www.beatport.com/artist/rissa-gar…/167228/releases
www.facebook.com/DJRissaGarcia

Booking : bookings@nightchildrecords.com

Nightchild Records : @nightchild-records \ @nightchildexcursions
www.beatport.com/label/nightchild-records/8116
www.nightchildrecords.com/

Now Available for Download | Rissa Garcia at Dancing Room Only@Cielo w/Danny Krivit & The Wig

Live set from Dancing Room Only@Cielo 9/08/2016

ENTER TO WIN! Vinyl + Subscription to 5 Magazine + Traxsource Gift Card and more

Fresh off the heels of our launch party with Forward Disco featuring Danny Krivit on May 12th at NYC's Cielo Club, Dancing Room Only welcomes house music legend and producer extraordinaire Victor Simonelli. To celebrate we are giving one lucky winner a very special prize package including an assorted selection of vinyl from Victor's Record label, one-year subscription to 5 Magazine, $50 Traxsource Gift Card plus free admission for you and 2 guests to Dancing Room Only presents Victor Simonelli at Cielo plus a complimentary bottle of vodka for you and your guests.  Must be 21 and over to enter. Winner selected from random entries.......Enter here good luck!

Thursday June 9th Dancing Room Only@Cielo Featuring Victor Simonelli, Nathaniel Jay, DJ Nav and Rissa Garcia

Victor has spent his entire lifetime committed and devoted to music, making his own inimitable contribution in DJ'ing, production, mixing and song-writing. It is his unique sound of uplifting and spiritual music that has propelled him to theforefront of the Dance scene, and acknowledged him with the credit of being one of its leading exponents. Victor Simonelli's name is synonymous with the cutting edge of the Dance Music scene. Simonelli is one of the New York’s finest and most prolific DJ's. He was also one of the early pioneers of the unique NYC underground dance music movement that has now become a phenomenon it its own right and religiously followed by the clubbing faithful the world over. A producer/re-mixer, song writer, record label owner, and highly sought after DJ, are just four facets of this multi-talented young man. His discography of production, writing. mixing and editing credits reads like a Who's Who!

5 Magazine talks Dancing Room Only

Danny Krivit, Victor Simonelli are upcoming Dancing Room Only guests at Cielo, and the launch includes a pretty massive giveaway.

By Czarina Mirani - May 6, 2016

“Sometimes the answer to all of life’s problems is to throw down on the dancefloor! Dancing Room Only NYC, in contrast to today’s more voyeuristic club experiences, intends to take the focus back to the dancefloor.”

Promoter and resident DJ Rissa Garcia is launching a new monthly Thursday event at Cielo, where she brings in some of the world’s and the city’s top notch DJs that focus on the “good old days” reminiscent of a heavy dancefloor vibe.

Kicking things off on Thursday May 12th with Forward Disco featuring Danny Krivit, with another New York legend, Victor Simonelli, following on June 9th.

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On Thursday May 12th Dancing Room Only NYC kicks off their summer series of events with none other than legendary NYC DJ Danny Krivit. 

“Danny Krivit's 45-year DJ career reads like the evolution of dance music itself. He grew up in the '60s, experiencing the very earliest days of New York disco, and later gained a musical education at some of the world's most legendary nightspots. The Loft, The Gallery, The Paradise Garage—Danny was a regular at them all. Remarkably, Krivit is one of only a handful of DJs other than Larry Levan to have played at The Garage.  Krivit's experiences in the '70s and '80s have had a lasting effect on him, informing almost every move he's made since. His legendary Body & Soul night, co-founded with François Kevorkian and Joe Claussell, and 718 Sessions, his still hugely popular monthly party, were established on principles laid down during this golden period. Aside from his illustrious DJ career, Krivit is also a remix legend. He has over 130 editing credits to his name, including his rework of MFSB's "Love Is the Message," which is considered by many to be the greatest edit of all time.“

– Stephen Titmus/ Resident Advisor Feature “Message in the Music”

Forward Disco (Sean Cormac & Chili Davis) 

Two DJ’s, two fathers, two guys living out their dream in New York City — Sean Cormac & Chili Davis. Along with third partner in crime Alan Morehouse, Sean & Chili run their own chunk of the NYC nightlife, a party called Forward Disco. What started out in the back of a hair salon when it closed up shop, Forward Disco is now holding down a residency at one of New York City’s most reputable nightclubs — Cielo. That doesn’t just happen, it’s the result of perseverance and love for your craft — two noteworthy qualities we admire."  -

Rissa Garcia

"If you have ever been out and about in NYC at a party where music is at the forefront, you are sure to have crossed paths with Rissa Garcia. Maybe you havent spoken to her, but that is because her energy is focused on the music and the moment. She lives dance music. She happens to be one of our favorite artists, and has played for us alongside Danny Krivit twice. But don’t let our opinions be your guide, trust the masters: Danny Krivit and Rissa team up yet again on January 29 at Slake in NYC. Another Danny that you may have heard of..Danny Tenaglia hand-picked Rissa to open for him at his famous ‘BOO Yourself‘ event atOutput. In addition to be a phenomenal DJ, Rissa’s productions and remixes have been staples in our crates. She also runs Nightchild Records, which is consistently putting out a quality product."  - Forward Disco

Dancing Room Only Presents Forward Disco ft Danny Krivit
"A Night of Club Classics"

Danny Krivit
http://dannykrivit.net/

Sean Cormac & Chili Davis (Forward Disco)
http://forwarddisco.com/
 
Rissa Garcia
http://rissagarcia.com/ 

21+
Doors: 10pm-4AM
$15 Reduced | $20 General Admission

Soundcloud Mixes | Video Footage from previous event Forward Disco ft Danny Krivit "Tribute to the 90s Party"

Cielo
18 Little West 12th Street
New York, NY
www.cieloclub.com

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"THE ONE THING THAT CAN SOLVE MOST OF OUR PROBLEMS IS DANCING.”

- JAMES BROWN

Sometimes the answer to all of life’s problems is to throw down on the dancefloor! Dancing Room Only NYC, in contrast to today’s more voyeuristic club experiences, intends to take the focus back to the dancefloor. We inspire to hire some of the world’s top talents who've proven to be successful in maintaining a heavy dancefloor vibe reminiscent of the "good old days" alongside some of NYC's finest local talent. Cielo was recently named one of the Top 100 Clubs around the world and here’s why:

Located in New York City’s Meatpacking District, Cielo is a Manhattan nightclub that blends modernity with retro style, a self-proclaimed “mature” experience designed purely for music and dancing. Cielo is an intimate space—holding about 300 people—armed with a Funktion One sound system and a specially designed sunken dance floor, decked out with warm-hued tones bathed in an extensive lighting system.

Cielo largely focuses on house and techno, but it has played host to all sorts of parties, including Francois K’s weekly Monday Deep Space night focusing on music inspired by and in dialogue with dub, Wednesday’s house-focused Roots with Louie Vega and Kevin Hedge, and alternating special events on weekends.

“An embodiment of NY dance culture, this intimate, lounge-like venue, with a Funktion One set-up, is our most significant link between the ashes of the club kid era of the ’90s — when venues like Twilo, Limelight and Tunnel ruled the roost — and today’s generation coming through.

Resistant to the ongoing wave of EDM crashing over the US, ex-Pacha resident Nicolas Matar’s club has stuck to its roots, regularly hosting François K’s Deep Space parties and other local legends like Louie Vega, Danny Krivit and Def Mix top dogs David Morales and Hector Romero still, while Fritz Kalkbrenner and HELENA visited just last month.”

 -DJ Mag

Thursday May 12, 2016

Dancing Room Only NYC Presents Forward Disco featuring Danny Krivit

“Danny Krivit's 45-year DJ career reads like the evolution of dance music itself. He grew up in the '60s, experiencing the very earliest days of New York disco, and later gained a musical education at some of the world's most legendary nightspots. The Loft, The Gallery, The Paradise Garage—Danny was a regular at them all. Remarkably, Krivit is one of only a handful of DJs other than Larry Levan to have played at The Garage. 

Krivit's experiences in the '70s and '80s have had a lasting effect on him, informing almost every move he's made since. His legendary Body & Soul night, co-founded with François Kevorkian and Joe Claussell, and 718 Sessions, his still hugely popular monthly party, were established on principles laid down during this golden period. Aside from his illustrious DJ career, Krivit is also a remix legend. He has over 130 editing credits to his name, including his rework of MFSB's "Love Is the Message," which is considered by many to be the greatest edit of all time. “

– Stephen Titmus/ Resident Advisor Feature “Message in the Music”

Line Up:

Danny Krivit

http://dannykrivit.net/

Rissa Garcia

http://rissagarcia.com/

Sean Cormac & Chili Davis (Forward Disco)

http://forwarddisco.com/

Cielo

18 Little West 12th Street

New York, NY

www.cieloclub.com

Rissa Garcia Good Room (BK) Guest Mix

Located in Greenpoint and featuring 2 rooms with full DJ setup plus stage with live backline for performances in main room, a bar area and side room. The space aims to fuse a traditional Williamsburg/Greenpoint bar scene with a nightclub vibe and talent. Run by experienced nightlife veterans from management to door, floor staff and artists both musical and visual. 

Featuring programming across the board, including house and various subgenres of electronic music, rock and special live performing arts. Two DJ booths fully equipped with Pioneer DSM 900 mixers, CDJ 2000s and Technic 1200 Turntables. Live music backline with 6 line arrays powered by Crown Macro-Tech Amps and Allen Heath 24 Channel Mixing Board. For more information on sound and complete specifications give us a shout. 

Rissa Garcia Catch 22 (UK) Guestmix

Introducing New York DJ Rissa Garcia to the C22 podcast series. Sounding huge! Give it a listen

Dancing Room Only NYC Launch Thursday May 12th