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Timmy Regisford

Resident DJ of the long-running Shelter party

DJResident DJOwner1990s–present4 rooms · 36 connected figures

Biography

Timmy Regisford is associated with Shelter, a long-running deep and soulful house party often described as carrying forward the garage tradition. He is frequently cited within continuities between 1980s dancefloors and later house culture.

Sonic profile

house garageShelterdeep & soulful housegarage tradition

Regisford's sound is usually described as deep, soulful, and gospel-inflected house played in very long sets, frequently named as carrying the Paradise Garage tradition forward through the Shelter party.

Rooms they shaped

Better Days

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

ClosedClub

DJ, Brought in briefly during the transition from Scott to Forest; crowd's enthusiasm for Regisford (believing they were hearing him, not Forest, playing behind a tarp) helped Forest win his acceptance.

Area

1983–1987 · Tribeca, Manhattan

ClosedClub

DJ, Sunday nights; confirmed in Justin Strauss oral history (Test Pressing).

Shelter

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

TransformedClub

Resident DJ, Co-founder and defining resident, 'The Maestro.'

NASA

July 1992–July 1993 · TriBeCa, Manhattan

ClosedClub

Owner, Co-founded The Shelter (the venue) in 1991 alongside Merlin Bobb and Freddy Sanon; his 37K-watt sound system (designed with David Soto) was the physical infrastructure NASA used every Friday.

Connected figures

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

David Morales2 shared

François Kevorkian2 shared

Tony Humphries2 shared

Al Roth1 shared

Owner

Alex Rosner1 shared

Designer

Andy Warhol1 shared

Performer

Belinda Becker1 shared

Bert Lockett1 shared

Resident DJ

Bruce Forest1 shared

Resident DJ

Chloe Sevigny1 shared

Club Kid

Christopher Goode1 shared

Owner

Darius Azari1 shared

Owner

DB Burkeman1 shared

Promoter

Eric Goode1 shared

Owner

Frankie Bones1 shared

Frankie Knuckles1 shared

DJ whose early career is tied to New York before Chicago

Freddy Sanon1 shared

Owner

Jean-Michel Basquiat1 shared

Performer

Joey Beltram1 shared

Johnny Dynell1 shared

Resident DJ

Justin Strauss1 shared

Resident DJ

Keith Haring1 shared

Artist embedded in downtown nightlife; Palladium commission

Kenny Carpenter1 shared

Larry Levan1 shared

Resident DJ of the Paradise Garage

Louie Vega1 shared

DJ and producer; half of Masters at Work

Merlin Bobb1 shared

Owner

Moby1 shared

Richard Long1 shared

Designer

Richie Hawtin1 shared

Robert Clivillés1 shared

Scotto (Scott Osman)1 shared

Promoter

Serge Becker1 shared

Designer

Shawn Hausman1 shared

Owner

Sheba Legend1 shared

Shep Pettibone1 shared

Tee Scott1 shared

Pioneering garage DJ associated with Better Days