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Mark Kamins

Danceteria resident and producer of the downtown crossover era

Resident DJ1980s1 room · 11 connected figures

Biography

Mark Kamins is often cited as a resident DJ at Danceteria and a producer connected to the early-1980s downtown crossover scene, where club DJs and the record industry overlapped. He died in 2013.

Sonic profile

punk/new wave disco mixedDanceteriadowntown crossover

Kamins's Danceteria sets are associated with the early-80s downtown crossover (new wave, dance, post-punk, and imported records mixed freely) at the point where club DJs and the record industry began to overlap.

Rooms they shaped

Danceteria

1980–1986 (21st St. iteration; earlier 37th St. run 1980, brief Hamptons extension to 1995) · Flatiron, Manhattan

ClosedClub

Resident DJ, Resident at both 37th St. and 21st St. locations; played 12-hour sets mixing punk, funk, disco, electro; introduced Madonna to Sire Records.

Connected figures

People who appear in the same rooms, follow the thread.

Anita Sarko1 shared

Ann Magnuson1 shared

Performer

Haoui Montaug1 shared

Host

Jim Fouratt1 shared

Promoter

John Argento1 shared

Owner

Johnny Dynell1 shared

Keith Haring1 shared

Artist embedded in downtown nightlife; Palladium commission

Madonna1 shared

Performer

Rudolf Piper1 shared

Owner

Ruth Polsky1 shared

Promoter

Sean Cassette1 shared

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