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Susan Morabito

Circuit and house DJ; first woman to headline the Saint-at-Large Black Party

Formerly Susan Morabito

Resident DJ1980s–present1 room · 3 connected figures

Biography

Morabito— who began her career as Susan Morabito — moved to New York in 1987 and opened the Greenwich Village record store BPM before a breakthrough summer residency at the Pavilion in the Fire Island Pines. She is often cited as one of the most prominent women and openly gay DJs on the international gay 'circuit,' provided the music at many AIDS-era fundraising parties, and was the first woman to headline the Saint-at-Large Black Party. She later dropped her first name, performing simply as Morabito alongside a shift toward tribal, progressive, and tech house.

Sonic profile

housegay 'circuit' party sceneFire Island PinesThe Saint lineage

Morabito's sound is usually placed on the international gay 'circuit,' and is described as moving over her career from peak-time house toward tribal, progressive, and tech house, with an emphasis on long, narrative sets.

Oral histories & archival media

Interview · Resident Advisor

Morabito — career biography

Biographical profile tracing the arc from Susan Morabito — the Pavilion, the Saint-at-Large Black Party — to her work today as Morabito.

Rooms they shaped

The Saint

1980–1988 · East Village, Manhattan

ClosedClub

Resident DJ — First woman to headline the Saint-at-Large Black Party; now Morabito

Connected figures

People who appear in the same rooms — follow the thread.

Robbie Leslie1 shared

Resident DJ

Roy Thode1 shared

Resident DJ

Sharon White1 shared

First woman to headline both The Saint and the Paradise Garage