[Dynagroove] New York Info

[Cade O Nelson]

NYC needs a dynagroove list dammit!


On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Will Yardley wrote:

> Cade O Nelson wrote:
> > 
> > i must say that New York city for me has been a mojor disapointment
> > when it came to house music.  There is lots of good talent but there
> > are so few places to go.  I unfortunatly am not that familiar with the
> > NYC underground so I was stuck with the clubs.
> 
> [long rant warning...]
> 
> yeah there is definitely a great underground scene in ny though (and
> while things may not be the same as they were when i lived there, i'm
> pretty sure there are still some pretty good clubs as well.  i think
> things are a bit less housey overall in ny than they were 5 or 6 years
> ago.... and i remember finding very little in the way of underground
> house in la when i moved to the west coast.  now admittedly that may be
> because i didn't know the underground scene here to an extent, but i do
> feel as if house was not very popular at the time.
> 
> i remember people thinking i meant 'booty house' or really cheezy
> chicago house when i said i played 'deep house' after moving to la :p
> 
> in any event, there are definitely small crews in nyc and brooklyn that
> put on sick house parties, and i would venture to say that nyc has a
> slightly more mature talent pool (and a slightly more diverse house
> scene) than la.  now some people may not like one type of house or
> another, but i do often feel like underground house in la is almost
> always one type of house; i think there may be a little more
> heterogeneity in the nyc house scene.
> 
> my friends do some pretty cool underground parties in brooklyn and
> sometimes manhattan -
> http://funkysoulrebels.com/events.html 
> 
> i think giant step still does some loft parties and stuff; i went to a
> great new years eve party they put on a year or two back (in brooklyn).
> 
> i have been to some incredible underground events (and some incredible
> club events for that matter) in ny.  like any city, i think it takes a
> while to scope out the scene there and find out the good things that are
> going on; underground and smaller events are (by their nature) not
> usually advertised widely.
> 
> > Body and Soul on sundays is no longer what it used to be.  I went
> > there and stayed for about 3 hours and probably heard 5 records I
> > could dance to.  I thought maybe it was just the DJ so I went back the
> > next week and suffered the same.  I even ran into some people from LA
> > and they too were talking about hous bad Body and Soul was.  But if
> > you want to go and check it out you may be able to catch Little Louis
> > Vego or Francis K it is at club Vynil in the Chelsea area.
> 
> i've never been to body and soul strangely enough; i do hear that it's
> not as good as it was, but still probably worth checking out. the club
> that it's at used to be the shelter, and a number of legendary parties
> have gone on there at one time or another.  there are sometimes good
> house parties there on weekend evenings as well.
> 
> > However the record shopping is rather good you can go to sattilite
> > records on Houston and Bowery and there is this cool coffee shop in
> > Brooklyn call housion.  Housion is where I heard the best music while
> > I was in town.
> 
> also worth checking out as far as record stores (i'll probably forget
> some) dubspot, dance trax, temple if it's still around.... and that's
> just for places that sell primarily dance music.  nyc is prolly my
> favorite place to go record shopping (although i've never been to
> chicago).
> 
> > In all I though NYC sucked major ass and I feel sorry for anyone who
> > wants to even try to find some fun places to dance.  But then again
> > there is probably an entire scene that I know nothing about that is
> > where I would have liked to have been.
> 
> yeah that is probably true.  i'd say that the mainstream house scene in
> ny may not be what it used to be... but for what it's worth... my
> initial impression of the house scene in la was pretty horrible as
> well.  sometimes it just takes a while to find out what the good events
> are and where they're going on.
> 
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