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Sound Factory
530 West 27th Street · Chelsea, Manhattan40.7517° N / 74.0050° W
Overview
After-hours-leaning club associated with Junior Vasquez and a devoted, marathon-dancing crowd.
Sound Factory is associated with resident DJ Junior Vasquez and a crowd known for marathon, vocal-driven nights. It is often cited within histories of New York house and garage in the early 1990s. The original West 27th Street room closed in the mid-1990s; the name and lineage later moved through other spaces.
Oral histories & archival media
Archive plates
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Sonic profile
housegarage
Cultural role
DJ residencyqueer dancefloor
DJs, promoters & people
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Tags
#after-hoursculture#DJresidency#West27th