Gelareh Khoie shares the story of thirtyninehotel, a legendary nightclub, art gallery, and performance space powered by Klipschorns from David Mancuso’s Prince Street loft parties. Love (Art & […]
Disco
“The party is an incredibly complex institution,” the yacht-living, Lamborghini-driving Serbian disco-funk producer Boban Petrović said in reissue liner notes for his 1981 album Žur. He was discussing […]
Introducing Soundsystems, an in-focus feature series on the Hi-Fi equipment of the past, and the notorious clubs and DJ’s that used them. An absurd amount of precision, fine-tuning […]
Featuring The Velvet Underground, Patti Smith Group, Talking Heads, Cool Herc, John Cale, Afrika Bambaata, Fab 5, and more. “If it doesn’t work in New York, we’re in […]
Contort yourself !! Let’s talk about logo hunting, one of the many strategies for finding jewels amid the junk when you’re out looking for unknown sure-shots. It shouldn’t […]
The go-to book on the Lower Manhattan post-disco scene is required reading – and a great resource. One of the first tasks after moving into a new neighborhood […]
Want to get inspired about dance music? About the exuberant, profound joy of dancing itself? About the importance of physical spaces for stretching out and-or letting loose? And […]
Music by Kevin “Mr. Groove” McCord “for all who like M-M-M (Mellow Mood Music).” Heralded by Dâm-Funk as one of his favorite producers, Kevin “Mr. Groove” McCord might […]
Neapolitan duo Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina aka Nu Genea join us to discuss their latest album Bar Mediterraneo. In 1975, Napoli Centrale, a group founded by […]
A 1986 story by Barry Walters shined a spotlight on a new dance-floor sound. In 1986, the great music writer Barry Walters, who made his name covering underground […]
Exploring the wild world of YouTube channel Are Sounds Electrik? It’s been about 50 years since the synthesizer began easing its way into the mainstream, and man were […]
“A fusion of sounds.” More selections from the Armenian Diaspora (1971-1982). Darone Sassounian is an Armenian-American DJ, selector, and producer in Los Angeles who spent three years tracking […]
Join the party with Keith Haring and friends. Featuring music by Gwen Guthrie, Eddie Kendricks, Ministry, and NYC Peech Boys. “I’ve been watching these videos nonstop and everything/everyone […]
To accompany our soundsystem feature on historic NYC discotheque Paradise Garage, we’ve put together a little playlist of some of our all time favorite Paradise Garage classics including […]
