NYC’s Top DJs
By Jimmy Newsum
Euro DJs reign supreme but when clubsters want to get down to some American beats, its NYC spinners they turn to. We have long known the power New York City DJs yield in breaking and making a record. From the days when Madonna stepped to the DJ booth at Danceteria to hand Jellybean Benitez her “Holiday” track to the nights Junior Vasquez spun Whitney’s “Step By Step” into an internationally beloved club anthem, NYC’s DJs have long shaped what the rest of the world grooves to.
A new pack of spinners have emerged as today’s leaders in NYC and like their predecessors, these DJs are tearing up floors and redefining the meaning of club music.
HECTOR FONSECA
Spinning style:
NYC Tribal House with an international Flavor.
Hear him live in NYC at:
Best Buy Theatre (formerly Nokia), Pacha and special holiday events at New York’s Matinee.
“NYC is still the world’s dance mecca because the best of the best are here!”
ESCAPE
Spinning style:
High energy tribal and vocals.
Hear him live in NYC at:
Club 57 @ Providence and Verve @ Touch
“NYC is still the world’s dance mecca because we are always ahead of the curve and everyone comes through this city to play.”
EDDIE ELIAS
Spinning style:
Underground cutting edge beats with high energy vocals.
Hear him live in NYC at:
Club 57, Alegria and Verve @ Touch.
“New York used to be the world’s dance mecca. Brazil and Ibiza have taken over. I am trying to bring it back.”
TRACY YOUNG
Spinning style:
House, Tribal, Progressive.
Hear her live in NYC at:
Splash.
“NYC is still the world’s dance mecca because it’s an urban metropolitan setting loaded with culture, fashion, the arts, music and film. Where else can you see a ballet, buy a two dollar hot dog, and pick up a pair of Loubitans after listening to a live quartet in the subway? All in a fifteen block radius. This is greatest city on the planet!”