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Danny Tenaglia

Brooklyn DJ remembered for marathon, percussion-heavy New York house

Resident DJDJ1980s–present6 rooms · 47 connected figures

Biography

Danny Tenaglia is a Brooklyn-born DJ whose taste was shaped by the Paradise Garage and Larry Levan. After a stint in Miami he returned to New York and became known for marathon, dark, percussion-heavy sets and for residencies at the city's major 1990s clubs, including Twilo and the Tunnel.

Sonic profile

housetechnotribal / percussive houseTwilo & Tunnel era

Tenaglia is known for dark, deep, percussion-heavy house and tribal techno played across marathon sets, a 90s New York club sound shaped, by his own account, by the Paradise Garage and Larry Levan.

Rooms they shaped

Tunnel

1986–2001 · West Chelsea, Manhattan

ClosedClub

Resident DJ, Moved residency from Twilo to Tunnel circa 1998; his arrival coincided with a public feud with Vasquez.

Twilo

1995–2001 · Chelsea, Manhattan

ClosedClub

Resident DJ, Friday-night resident from the club's opening circa 1995–96; his tribal/deep-house sets were credited with establishing Twilo's international reputation. Played one of the final nights alongside Digweed before closure.

Vinyl

c. 1995–2004 · Tribeca, Manhattan

ClosedClub

Resident DJ, 'Be Yourself' weekly residency, c. 1999–2004. Closed the club on April 25, 2004 with Kings of Tomorrow's 'Finally.'

Output

2013–2019 · Williamsburg, Brooklyn

ClosedClub

DJ, New York house legend; played Output including holiday bookings.

Pacha NYC

2005–2016 · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

ClosedClub

DJ, Recurring headliner and underground credibility anchor; co-headlined the final closing party on January 23, 2016; reportedly played 26 hours in his closing set.

Centro-Fly

1999–2004 · Flatiron, Manhattan

ClosedClub

DJ, Performed at the September 25, 2001 post-9/11 benefit.

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