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David Morales

DJ · Resident DJ

DJResident DJ5 rooms · 42 connected figures

Biography

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Rooms they shaped

Better Days

1972–1990 · Hell's Kitchen / Midtown West, Manhattan

ClosedClub

DJ, Guested at the club; one of the four credited artists on 'Do It Properly' (as '2 Puerto Ricans, A Blackman And A Dominican').

Shelter

1991–present (6 Hubert St → midtown → 150 Varick; later roving) · Tribeca, Manhattan

TransformedClub

DJ, Documented guest DJ at Shelter.

The World

c. 1982–1991 (licensed from Sept. 17, 1987) · Alphabet City / East Village, Manhattan

ClosedClub

Resident DJ, Thursday residency c. 1988–1989 (roughly 18 months); moved to Red Zone thereafter. A key early New York house residency.

Flash Factory

2016–2017 · Chelsea, Manhattan

ClosedClub

DJ, Headlined the April 2016 Better Days revival alongside Bruce Forest.

Red Zone

1988–c.1993 · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

ClosedClub

Resident DJ, Weekly residency 1989–c.1992; developed the darker, UK-inflected 'Red Zone Mix' sound here. Later named his remix alias after the club.

Connected figures

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Frankie Knuckles3 shared

DJ whose early career is tied to New York before Chicago

Bruce Forest2 shared

Resident DJ · DJ

François Kevorkian2 shared

Michael Alig2 shared

Club Kids promoter associated with Limelight's Disco 2000

Timmy Regisford2 shared

Resident DJ of the long-running Shelter party

Tony Humphries2 shared

Al Roth1 shared

Owner

Alex Rosner1 shared

Designer

Arthur Weinstein1 shared

Owner

Bert Lockett1 shared

Resident DJ

Brian Gefter1 shared

Owner

Chip Duckett1 shared

Promoter

Colleen Weinstein1 shared

Owner

Danny Krivit1 shared

DJ and edit-maker; co-resident of Body & Soul

David Piccioni1 shared

Dean Johnson1 shared

Promoter

Eli Escobar1 shared

New York house and disco DJ, producer, and founder of Night People; co-founder of the Williamsburg club Gabriela

Freddy Sanon1 shared

Owner

Hecho Inc.1 shared

Designer

Honey Dijon1 shared

Chicago-born, New York–based Black trans DJ, producer, and icon

James St. James1 shared

Club Kid and writer chronicling the Limelight scene

John Contini1 shared

Host

Kenny Carpenter1 shared

Kenny Kenny1 shared

Host

Keoki1 shared

Kevin Hedge1 shared

Owner

Kim Ann Foxman1 shared

Queer house DJ and producer; formerly of Hercules & Love Affair

Lady Bunny1 shared

Drag performer; founder of the Wigstock festival

Ladyfag1 shared

Canadian-American nightlife producer and LadyLand founder, dubbed 'a nightlife sorceress' by the New York Times

Larry Levan1 shared

Resident DJ of the Paradise Garage

Larry Tee1 shared

DJ and promoter behind the Berliniamsburg / electroclash party

Louie Vega1 shared

DJ and producer; half of Masters at Work

Maurice Brahms1 shared

Owner

Merlin Bobb1 shared

Owner

Michael Satsky1 shared

Owner

Robert Clivillés1 shared

RuPaul1 shared

Performer

Shep Pettibone1 shared

Steven Venizelos1 shared

Owner

Tee Scott1 shared

Pioneering garage DJ associated with Better Days

Tiga1 shared

Willi Ninja1 shared

Voguer and dancer, a central figure of ballroom culture