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Recorded live during an all night set in the bad room at Good Room Brooklyn on 9-7-24. The mix starts started nyce n slo with an extended edit of Babyface For the Cool in You by my husband, Ariel, quite smooth n sexy and into some of my fave NYC jazzy house n garage grooves on to some deeper, housier, funkier stuff and more.
Happy September world! Bringing us some classic feel good house vibrations is NY queen, Rissa Garcia. Check out her soulful hour mix below and take a look at our Q&A to hear more on the house music scene in NY and Rissa’s musical influences that inspired her journey.
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.
“Walking through the city streets you can almost feel the stillness of autumn. Gather with friends around a bonfire and fire up this mix.
The mix starts slow and steady with a nice downtempo groove courtesy of Razor n Tape and builds momentum throughout by way of deep disco grooves and luscious house.”
