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Sound Factory Bar
12 West 21st Street · Flatiron, Manhattan40.7404° N / 73.9907° W
Overview
Smaller room distinct from Sound Factory, associated with Louie Vega and the Underground Network sound.
Sound Factory Bar was a smaller club, distinct from the better-known Sound Factory, often cited within early-1990s New York house. It is associated with Louie Vega and the Underground Network nights, and is remembered as a room where soulful and Latin-inflected house took shape.
Oral histories & archival media
Archive plates
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Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here
Sonic profile
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Cultural role
soulful houseLatin house lineage
DJs, promoters & people
Louie Vega
DJ and producer; half of Masters at Work
Frankie Knuckles
DJ whose early career is tied to New York before Chicago
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Tags
#house#UndergroundNetwork#Flatiron#West21st