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Bruce Forest
Resident DJ · DJ
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Rooms they shaped
Better Days
1972–1990 · Hell's Kitchen / Midtown West, Manhattan
Resident DJ, Resident c.1980–1988. Won over an initially hostile crowd; upgraded sound system with Richard Long components; introduced drum machines and samplers c.1982; hosted David Cole's live keyboard sessions that seeded C&C Music Factory.
Flash Factory
2016–2017 · Chelsea, Manhattan
DJ, Original Better Days resident; headlined the April 2016 Better Days revival at Flash Factory.
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