

Launching her own event series Dancing Room Only gave her that opportunity to come through with her own statement on what the clubbing experience should be. Preferring to remain in the shadows, she shrewdly selects tracks that incite clubbers to move, groove, flow and catch the beat to the last drop. Since landing her first gig in 2004 at an intimate lounge on NYC’s Lower East Side, she’s steadily risen through the ranks, laying down selections which dive between classics, house, funk, soul and everything in between at Cielo Club, Output, Avant Gardner, Good Room and Elsewhere Space.įrom her earliest clubbing days, Rissa recognized and appreciated that the music itself is at the heart of the experience, and she shuns static crowds that favor the spectacle of watching the DJ. Emboldened by a sense of growing intuition, soon it was clear that she needed to be the one controlling the room, manipulating and utilizing rhythms to invigorate the crowd. This was my Paradise Garage.” Decidedly hooked, she was there without fail every Friday immersing herself in club culture with Tenaglia at the helm. From the lights to the vibe to the dark walls and sexiness in the air, it was exactly what I had been searching for. “My soul just seemed to come alive and it completely engulfed me. In 2000 she discovered Club Vinyl with NYC linchpin Danny Tenaglia behind the booth. Experiencing that house party vibe long before she’d firmly implant herself on New York’s hallowed dance floors stayed with her. As she avidly recalls her childhood, memories of backyard parties within her close-knit Staten Island neighbourhood cut through with a real sense of fondness and pride. Rissa caught the music bug at a very early age. Rinsing her vast stack of vinyl at clubs across NYC for the best part of two decades, she’s shared the decks with icons Danny Tenaglia, Danny Krivit, Tony Humphries and Kenny Dope, among more. New York house DJ, producer and label head Rissa Garcia has long bagged a reputation as a driving force within her hometown scene. Built for the bold and curious in cultural branding, True & Deep defines art, music, film, design, and hospitality brands with reinvention, authenticity, and edge. Tariq’s firm, True & Deep is a boutique creative, consulting, and content label that balances the modern with the traditional. And over the decades, Tariq’s creative vision has been inspired by the close mentorship of producer Steve Paul (The Scene, Blue Sky Records, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters), jazz musician Idris Muhammad, DJ/producer Mark Kamins (Danceteria, Madonna), and filmmaker Albert Maysles. He went on to co-found the Brooklyn Radio station Newtown Radio in the spirit of turning listeners far and wide on to new genres and sounds. Leveraging the undiscovered into the “next thing” that supports thoughtful, culturally authentic, longevity-based branding on a global scale.Īs a young DJ, Tariq translated his influences into sonic storytelling, spinning at clubs and underground parties like subMercer, Sapphire Lounge, Happy Endings, and Nublu. A New York City native, he brings a depth of insight and connectivity to the cultural and artistic movements that originate in niche and micro-communities. The Associated Press contributed to this report.Tariq is a veteran of creative branding and partnerships, with 20+ years in consulting and collaboration with trailblazers in hospitality, design, music, film, and entertainment. It is not clear what caused Wednesday's meltdown, but Twitter engineers and experts have been warning that the platform is at an increased risk of fraying since Elon Musk fired most of the people who worked on keeping it running. Users also had trouble when they tried to follow another Twitter user.Īt that time they received a message "You are unable to follow more people at this time." While Twitter has limited the number of tweets an account can send for years, it is 2,400 per day or 100 an hour.

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