Warm Up

Photograph: August Goulet; courtesy P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

Warm Up
We can remember going to P.S.1’s summertime parties in the ’90s, when somebody would be deejaying to a few hundred people. Now, upwards of 5,000 revelers show up weekly to hear artists ranging from techno titan Matthew Dear to No Wave scion James Chance.

Danny Tenaglia
From Sound Factory to Tunnel to Roxy to Twilo to Vinyl to Pacha, Tenaglia’s decades-long career trajectory parallels that of NYC’s big-room scene. But unlike some major leaguers, he’s never dumbed down his sound, which still splits the difference between late-night throb and pure soul.

718 Sessions
If soulful disco and R&B-based house are Gotham’s gift to the dance-music universe, then Danny Krivit is the city’s top Santa Claus. It doesn’t matter that the party bounces from venue to venue: Wherever it ends up, it’s one of the best shindigs in town.

The Bunker
In the early years of this decade, the Bunker was one of the only spots in the city to regularly feature the techno coming out of Detroit and Germany. Now, it’s stronger than ever, regularly hosting some of the world’s best producers and DJs.

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