It’s 4AM in NYC
“New York is not here to make you happy, it does not care about you.” How does one survive and thrive in the city that never sleeps? This is the story of the DJ, producer and educator known as 4AM NYC.
The Place Where You Belong
Which records best capture the soul of the city? New York DJ, producer and educator 4AM NYC shares five of her NY classics. This is a prelude to her interview to come.
Eli of Soul Clap, in a New York Groove
Eli Goldstein might be a Boston club kid at heart, but it's New York that gave him his groove.
Karl Henkell, Not Losing His Edge
As Karl Henkell releases the 10th issue of his beloved publication, Record Magazine, he tells us about the power of New York City at making you dream big.
Ma Sha, Right Here, Right Now
New York can bait you in some unexpected ways. For Ma Sha, it was while learning breakdancing in Moscow as a teenager. Fast forward to 2022, only seven years later, and she’s at the center of a New York rave revival with Kindergarten, her party, radio show and label.
Jacques Renault, NY North Star
Until Jacques Renault settled in New York in the early 2000’s, the City had stayed in his life’s background. But one day it was time for him to move there, “to try or die trying”. He did try and he made it. As he celebrates the release of his third album “Sky Islands”, Jacques tells us what it is to be a New Yorker.
Night Owl Olive
A native New Yorker, Crystal N. was raised in Flatlands, Brooklyn, with dancehall and soca, disco and freestyle in the background. At 8, she fell in love with house music, listening “religiously” to DJ Tony Humphries’ mixes on the radio late at night. That was in the early 1990’s and it took another 20 years, graffitis and hip hop, before she became the DJ and music producer known as Olive T.
Dimitri From Gotham
Before he became Dimitri From Paris, Dimitri Yerasimos was a young Parisian music lover and a radio DJ in love with Afro American dance music coming from New York. Through the 1980’s, he was digging for records all over the French capital and playing them on nationwide radio. He was also remixing French pop songs the Manhattan way. As those early forgotten remixes are rediscovered, Dimitri tells us the stories of those early years, when flying to New York was still just a dream.
QRTR, New York Sunrise
Raised in Western Massachusetts, Meagan Rodriguez moved to the East Village ten years ago to study film at NYU. “There was this immediate feeling of liberation, like I could suddenly wear anything I wanted and be whoever I felt like being. Honestly it was overwhelming.” And that was only a start. The real kick came in a few years later when she discovered the Brooklyn nightlife.
Nik Mercer,
NY Remixed
As a kid raised in Cleveland, Nik Mercer was dreaming of Tokyo, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Then it was 2001, The Strokes released Is This It and DFA Records, the label of James Murphy, was born. Nik was 14 and felt New York became “inevitable” for him. He spent the next decade in the city taking part in its dance music and nightlife renaissance, running the label Let’s Play House with the DJ and producer Jacques Renault.
Kathy Grayson on Another Planet
“I didn’t know about cool music, I didn’t know how to read graffiti, I didn’t know anything until I got to New York in 2002”. Moving to the city and its art scene was Kathy Grayson’s eureka. After working for Deitch Projects, she opened her own gallery in 2010, The Hole, where she’s been connecting the dots between art, music, fashion and parties. The pandemic might have put the fun on hold, but Kathy is back with a bang: a new space from outer space in Manhattan.
Let’s Fall in Love With New York. Again and Again.
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