Rissa Garcia Live at Forest Rave: Draaimolen Fest 2022

Live Recording from the Forest Rave at Draaimolen Festival 2022 Hosted by: Eris Drew & Octo Octa

“Given Eris Drew and Octo Octa's Midwest rave background and the fact that they live together in rural New Hampshire, there was something very personal and special about their curated stage, Forestrave. A small cabin dwarfed by a giant sound system (with no less than 40 subs), it featured a lineup of close friends and contemporaries and offered a window into the T4T LUV NRG world. Drew and Octo Octa both played back-to-backs across the weekend–the former with stateside rave veteran Mystic Bill and the latter with edit queen Bored Lord–and Forestrave provided a constant source of joy for fluorescent, anorak-clad ravers and high fashion voguers alike. The best set on this stage was arguably New York's Rissa Garcia. The Dancing Room Only resident provided a lesson in the body-rocking house associated with her hometown, opting for plenty of classic cuts alongside fresh heat like Antony Hot's "Colours."- Resident Advisor

Rissa Garcia returns to Iconic NYC Party 718 Sessions with Danny Krivit

Sunday, February 19th

718 Sessions Danny Krivit wants You!

No work on Monday! President's Day Holiday!

That means we go LATE...

Music by Danny Krivit!

In the Bad Room Special Guests: Rissa Garcia

Lights by Ariel Vibe

Starts 6pm-Late No work Monday! Only $5 for the first 100 People B4 7pm $15 with a flyer/Membership After 7pm and $25 Without. So please arrive early!

GOOD ROOM

98 Meserole Ave Brooklyn NY 11222

Built by MeanRed: Gene Farris, Golf Clap & Rissa Garcia at Silo

New York's latest addition to its diverse #nightlife scene, at Silo, welcomes one of Chicago's original House pioneers, Gene Farris , to the Big Apple on Friday, February 17. Farris will grace the SILO decks alongside fan-favorite Golf Clap for an intimate and immersive experience where audience and artist become one in rhythm.

For the better part of three decades, Chicago's Gene Farris has been pushing the boundaries of house and techno. Living breathing the genre. This Chicago legend has played everything from underground warehouse parties to the height of festival stages and everything ins between. As in demand as a producer and remixer as he is a DJ, Farris's work has appeared everywhere, from Defected Records to Toolroom, Dirtybird, and, of course, his own Farris Wheel imprint. Tracks like We Work It, Nurses, Space Girl, Play, and Move Your Body have each become classics, often acting as some of their year's biggest hits.

Joining Gene Farris on this unforgettable night will be Golf Clap . Born in the Motor City and since relocated to sunny LA, Golf Clap has been at the forefront of house music's funkiest dimensions for over a decade. Through its beloved and passionate DJ sets, Country Club Disco imprint, and releases on the likes of Madtech and Nervous, the now solo Golf Clap feeds audiences with palpable energy, whether through the speakers, on the dancefloor, or the festival stage. Gracing the decks to set up the vibe for the night is NYC’s own Rissa Garcia.

Crystal Waters, Tony Humphries, Rissa Garcia- Happy Birthday House of Yes

Holy Sh*t WE MADE IT! YES… IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY and YES we want to celebrate 7 sexy years of spectacular existence with you You and YOU. This is our biggest brightest birthday extravaganza EVER!!! Join us for a full spectrum ecstatic celebration filled with pure positive power and big love. Move in gratitude, sweat your divine shine, express your most excellent best for the Big Birthday Girl and create real nightlife history with us. We could have never done this without you, so we just want to give YOU radical JOY as we celebrate 7 years of being in our current location 7 years of spectacle 7 years of artistry 7 years of dance madness 7 years of creating community 7 years of getting weird 7 years of joy 7 years of wtf and omg 7 years of making our little corner of the universe a little bit brighter. We’re beyond lucky. We’re beyond grateful. This all wouldn't even be possible without you. Thank You for EVERYTHING. We love you. We mean it.


5 Magazine Mix: Rise 001 Rissa Garcia

5 Mag launches a new mix series today, with a set from our friend Rissa Garcia.

RISE is a weekly mix series, posted every Monday and featuring DJs from all genres that we cover. Not too long ago, 5 Mag used to do another weekly mix series debuting every Monday, and it seemed like it set things off in a good way – a good start to the work week and something to get you through. Words like “uplifting” and “motivating” mean different things to different people, but we hope the music brings something positive to you.

Rissa Garcia was one of those original 5 Mag Monday DJs, and is someone whose career and love of music has continued to shine. Based in NYC, Rissa is the Dancing Room Only resident DJ, a producer and founder of NightChild Records. She’s shared the decks with legends Danny Tenaglia, Danny Krivit, Todd Terry, Tony Humphries, Chez Damier and Ultra Nate; she’ll be playing with several more at the “LGNDS” event this December 17 2022 with Boris, Kenny Dope, Mark Knight and Oscar G.

Rissa Garcia joins Kenny Dope, Mark Knight, Oscar G and more at LGNDS at Knockdown Center

LGNDS - those uniquely talented DJ / Producers who have performed for thousands around the world but at the same time maintain the ultimate connection and credibility amongst their core fans. They always stay true to the music and to the cultures from which they emerged. They have all been doing this for decades and yet their roles in the current nightlife climate is as strong as ever. The NYC 2022 edition of LGNDS features 4 artists who represent some of the world’s great house music destinations. Kenny Dope and Boris from New York, Oscar G from Miami and Mark Knight from England. Four giants of the industry coming together at Knockdown Center for this one special night of Saturday December 17, 2022.


Saturday 11.12.22: Todd Edwards & Rissa Garcia at House of Yes

Intergalactic pussy power from MEOW-ter space: it's Space Cats! Dedicated to the galaxy cats and all of the fiercest felines of the deep space dance floor. Luxuriate in the love of the universe in psychedeli-cat purrrrfection vibes all night long. Wet your tongue, sharpen your claws, raise your paws. Scratch hard, meow harder.


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Get your ears on! Get some tail! Sci Fi Feline, Astrology Astronauts, Tiger print, Leopard print, Cheetah print, faux fur, real tails. Lions and Lionesses and Leos. Don’t worry- we’ll help. We’ll have a space-age style kitty beauty parlor to make your look purrrfect. 😽🛸See more inspiration HERE.


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Todd Edwards

Rissa Garcia


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space face beauty bar · galaxy cat bath hot tub · cuddle puddle · lasers coming out of eyes · pizza cats · acro-cats and acrobats · spacey performance spectacles · and of course… SPACE CATS!


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Live Recording: Rissa Garcia at Good Room 8-5-22

We all know that sinking feeling, when your recorder dies halfway through an all night set. But lucky for us, Rissa Garcia managed to save the first three and a half hours when she played from start to finish in the Bad Room on August 5, 2022. Turn your speakers up and prepare for a dance through the history NY house with the Dancing Room Only founder.

Resident Advisor: "Rissa Garcia provided a lesson in the body-rocking house"

Photo by: Rafael Dimiioniatis

Rissa Garcia at Forestrave
Antony Hot - "Colours"



Given Eris Drew and Octo Octa's Midwest rave background and the fact that they live together in rural New Hampshire, there was something very personal and special about their curated stage, Forestrave. A small cabin dwarfed by a giant sound system (with no less than 40 subs), it featured a lineup of close friends and contemporaries and offered a window into the T4T LUV NRG world. Drew and Octo Octa both played back-to-backs across the weekend–the former with stateside rave veteran Mystic Bill and the latter with edit queen Bored Lord–and Forestrave provided a constant source of joy for fluorescent, anorak-clad ravers and high fashion voguers alike. The best set on this stage was arguably New York's Rissa Garcia. The Dancing Room Only resident provided a lesson in the body-rocking house associated with her hometown, opting for plenty of classic cuts alongside fresh heat like Antony Hot's "Colours."- Resident Advisor

read the Full Length Feature Here

Rissa Garcia at ADE 2022: Women of House

After two years at Prik during ADE, WOMEN OF HOUSE return's and presents SHAKERS:

A past collaboration with Prik with a three month run, SHAKERS is a female djs line-up event. The light has been shined universally on inequality in all work industries between women and men. This problem that exists around the world sadly also exists in our own dance music industry. We need to counter this with more women asked to participate in events and more women djs to headline them. We presented SHAKERS, an event that focuses on removing the sexism and misogyny in Dance Music Culture by inviting artists to perform on a unique event dedicated to female Djs.
Let’s shake it on the sounds from

Rissa Garcia (US) / Filadelfia (MX) / Natarcia (NL) / Nina Sanetti (NL) / Raphaella Brown (NL) / Nicky Drummond (GB)

More information online on our WOMEN OF HOUSE event and djs:

https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/.../women.../1627787/

Saturday 8.13 Dancing Room Only: Chez Damier & Rissa Garcia

House of Yes presents Dancing Room Only with resident DJ and founder, Rissa Garcia. Since its inception in 2015, the resident DJ and founder, Rissa Garcia, has specifically curated Dancing Room Only to deliver nights that maximize dancefloor damage in the spirit of the NY dance-underground heyday.

Performance Art Absurdity

Visuals & Vibes

Freak Fashion, High Style, Art Vibes, express your best essence, feel fierce.

See more inspiration here: www.pinterest.com/houseofyesnyc/house-of-x

TABLE RESERVATIONS YES, we have tables!- contact Reservations@houseofx.nyc or call 833-803-0872 to book your table.

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“You realise an artist is of great import when you can break down their contribution to a scene into single words. Prescription. The Music Institute. KMS. Chicago's Chez Damier has plenty of associations which are spoken of in reverent terms within house music circles. Damier's first major involvement in the scene dates back to the late '80s and the opening of The Music Institute, the club he founded in Detroit alongside Alton Miller and George Baker that was instrumental in techno's development in the city. Around this time he was also a label manager and recording artist for Kevin Saunderson's KMS, releasing all-time greats like Can You Feel It and Untitled. Upon moving back to the Windy City around 1993, Damier hooked up with Ron Trent to create Prescription: The run of singles they released up until 1995 are among the most influential pieces of house music even committed to wax, taking in many of their own titles in collaboration—"Morning Factory," "Sometimes I Feel Like," "Be My." - Resident Advisor

Saturday 7.09 Dancing Room Only: Franck Roger, Rissa Garcia & Sean Cormac

Franck Roger | Rissa Garcia | Sean Cormac

House of X presents Dancing Room Only with resident DJ and founder, Rissa Garcia. About this event Since its inception in 2015, the resident DJ and founder, Rissa Garcia, has specifically curated Dancing Room Only to deliver nights that maximize dancefloor damage in the spirit of the NY dance-underground heyday.


When not travelling the world accepting club invitations, this devoted crate digger (don’t ask him about Serato) spends time in his Parisian studio messing with beats and loops. Never not working, Franck Roger is about to take things to another level as beat maker, a talent scout (through his Real Tone Records label), and the DJ you want to dance to. More beats, more gigs, more love.

EXPERIENCES

Performance Art Absurdity

Visuals & Vibes

Rissa Garcia joins Eris Drew & Octo Octa for T4T LUV NRG Stage at Draaimolen Festival, Netherlands

It is time for new challenges, but all the wild dreams we have do not properly fit in just one day. Therefore, we are scaling up! Draaimolen Festival 2022 will cover two days, taking place on Friday September 9th and Saturday September 10th in the woods of our beloved MOB Complex. Ever since the beginning of Draaimolen Festival, we’ve focussed on an aesthetic cohesion of electronic music, art installations and stage designs, while letting the nature that surrounds it guide the overall experience. We keep doing this in 2022 but with a program twice as long and twice as beautiful. These two days will be filled with the familiar Draaimolen features, such as the unexpected b2b’s, brand new stage hostings next to the return of some old friends, special live performances and our annual secret b2b, whilst more adventures and site specific collaborations are in the making… Hopefully we’ll see you at the very first Draaimolen weekend <3 Tickets The first weekend tickets are available on Wednesday December 15th at 20:00h CET. Single day tickets follow later.

Early weekend ticket: €90,- SOLD OUT

Regular weekend ticket: €100,-

Late weekend ticket: €110,-

All further information

www.draaimolen.nu/DraaimolenFestival2022

www.draaimolen.nu/FAQ

Saturday 6.11 Dancing Room Only: Sandy Rivera (Kings of Tomorrow) and Rissa Garcia at House of X

Since its inception in 2015, the resident DJ and founder, Rissa Garcia, has specifically curated Dancing Room Only to deliver nights that maximize dancefloor damage in the spirit of the NY dance-underground heyday. On Saturday May 14th, we are pleased to welcome Tony Humphries to House of X.

Rivera, born January 18th 1971 and started his career at age 13 as a DJ in his native Spanish Harlem. He began producing house music in 1992, specializing in a more soulful sound. He has worked under a variety of pseudonyms, including Kings of Tomorrow, Soul Vision and Mysterious People, either alone or with partners Jose Burgos, HAZE and Jay 'Sinister' Sealee (Rivera parted ways with Sealee in 2002). He is the owner of labels BlackWiz (founded 1993) and Deep Vision Records (founded 1995).

Rivera's best known track is "Finally", released in 2000 as Kings of Tomorrow on Distance Records, with vocals by Julie McKnight, which peaked at number 24 in the UK Singles Chart[2] and at number 17 on the Billboard dance chart, and appeared in a large number of compilations from labels such as Defected Records, Ministry of Sound, Hed Kandi, and Warner Music. The track is included in K.O.T.'s first album It's in the Lifestyle. The same album also yielded the track "Young Hearts". The vocal version of "Finally" was also used as a part of a remixed single by the British act Layo & Bushwacka for their 2003 single "Love Story (vs. Finally)". The second K.O.T. album was released in 2005, titled Trouble. Rivera claims this is his first album produced without recourse to samples, and marks the official separation between this and other aliases: Kings of Tomorrow is used for more radio-friendly tracks, while his real name will be used for club-friendly tracks.

As a producer and remixer, Sandy Rivera has worked for a variety of other artists, including veteran jazz musician Terry Callier, Gisele Jackson, Bini & Martini, Michelle Weeks, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Walter L. Robinson.

Thurs 6.23 Lincoln Center's Summer For the City: Ultra Pride with Ultra Nate, Bright Light Bright Light and Rissa Garcia

Presented in collaboration with Peace Bisquit

Style: Nu Disco, House Music, Anthemic Pop

Come and see how Lincoln Center does Pride Week at this celebration of timeless 90s club culture! Start the evening with a Burlesque House dance lesson from the outrageous glam choreographers Edie Nightcrawler and The Maine Attraction, scored by DJ Rissa Garcia. Put your new skills to the test with sets from Bright Light Bright Light, whose electro-pop songs are deeply rooted in LGBTQIA+ empowerment and representation, and the iconic singer-songwriter Ultra Naté. Ultra's venerated platinum classic" Free" turns 25 in 2022 and it still hits just as hard as a post-pandemic anthem as it did back in 1997.

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Guest Services at 212-875-5456 or guestservices@lincolncenter.org.

Health & Safety

At this time, face coverings and proof of COVID-19 vaccination will not be required; however, face coverings are welcome and we encourage everyone to complete their primary vaccination series and get boosted before attending.

These protocols are subject to change in accordance with any updates to city and state guidelines, rules and regulations, and other health and safety recommendations from our medical and public health advisors.

Guests of all ages are welcome to attend.

Please stay home if you do not feel well. If you have come in contact recently with someone who has tested positive or you have recently tested positive, please refer to the latest CDC guidelines for isolation, quarantine and masking recommendations.