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Cielo

18 Little West 12th Street · Meatpacking District, Manhattan40.7405° N / 74.0080° W

Overview

Intimate Meatpacking club remembered for a sunken dancefloor, a strong sound system, and a deep house focus.

Cielo is remembered for an intimate room with a sunken dancefloor and a sound system that drew a dance-first crowd. It is often cited within 2000s house and techno culture in New York and as the long-running home of the Deep Space party. The Meatpacking space closed in the mid-2010s.

Oral histories & archival media

Archive plates

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FlyerPL.01
Pending acquisition
Flyer / ephemeraundated
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PhotographPL.02
Pending acquisition
Interior / crowdimage pending
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DocumentPL.03
Pending acquisition
Door policy / pressimage pending

Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here

Sonic profile

housetechno

Cultural role

dance-first clubbingsound-system culture

DJs, promoters & people

Nicolas Matar

Owner

François K

DJ and producer; co-founder of Body & Soul and Deep Space · Deep Space

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Parties & residencies

Deep Space

Monday dub/techno party

Tags

#Meatpacking#sunkenfloor#soundsystem#LittleWest12th

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Output

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