Joey Llanos
Joey Llanos, was born and raised in New York City. His love of music appeared at an early age when he studied rudimental percussion. His skills led him to The Bayonne Bridgemen Drum & Bugle Corps winning many national titles on the Drum Corps International competition circuit. As a teenager he frequented the Latin nightclub scene in Manhattan and the Bronx.
His introduction to the “underground” club scene came in 1978, when a friend took him to Manhattan’s legendary Paradise Garage. It was here that Joey came under the influence and tutelage of famed Garage DJ, Larry Levan. As an accomplished martial artist, Joey joined the staff as head security consultant for The Paradise Garage. The many hours spent at the club allowed Joey to hone his skills as a DJ. By 1983, Larry Levan was confident enough in Joey’s abilities to let him do what many DJs only dream about - play the Garage’s monster sound system for the first time. He became one of Larry’s trusted relief DJs at the Paradise Garage, a position Joey held until the close in 1987.
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Guest spots at some of New York’s hottest post-Garage (Mars, Lovelite, and Bassline Sound Factory) bistros were next in his musical odyssey. By late 1988, Joey teamed with fellow DJ, Richard Vasquez to open The Choice. It was here that his reputation as an innovator was firmly established. Joey’s blend of reggae, rap, world music and other forms web into a musical tapestry that audience’s love.
New York City’s crackdown on clubs forced The Choice to close after two years. This time allowed Joey to widen his audience on the national and international scene. Body and Soul, Summer Stage Central Park NYC, San Francisco, L.A., Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Tokyo and Saporro Japan, London are just a few of his frequented appearances.
Joey is currently doing 7th Heaven, a quarterly party at Good Room in Brooklyn, NY. He is an audio consultant for M*POWER Productions Inc., dead security consultant for Body & Soul NYC and performing to record breaking crowds with David Depino at the famed Paradise Garage Reunion Parties, which are now a much-anticipated annual event to date.
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The nights
2026
- Sun 5 JulRefugetheir 3rd night · Refuge NYC
- Sat 16 MayGood Roomtheir 6th night
- Sun 5 AprRefugetheir 2nd night · Refuge NYC
- Sun 22 FebRefugefirst time · Refuge NYC
2025 — 4 nights
- Fri 26 Dec 2025Good Roomtheir 5th night
- Sun 30 Nov 2025room not announcedRefuge NYC
- Tue 12 Aug 2025Herbert Von King Parkfirst time · Ali Coleman
- Fri 13 Jun 2025Good Roomtheir 4th night
2024 — 3 nights
- Wed 17 Jul 2024Lincoln Centerfirst time
- Sat 16 Mar 2024Good Roomtheir 3rd night
- Sat 9 Mar 20249 Bob Notefirst time · Jonny De La Rivera
2023 — 2 nights
- Sat 30 Dec 2023Good Roomtheir 2nd night
- Fri 8 Sep 2023Good Roomfirst time
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
Once each: Herbert Von King Park, Lincoln Center and 9 Bob Note. One of the 13 listings never named a room, and is not counted as one.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- Douglas ShermanGood Room ×4, Lincoln Center ×1 · Sep 2023 – May 20265 nights
- 7th HeavenGood Room ×4 · Sep 2023 – May 20264 nights
- ShortyRefuge ×2, an unnamed room ×1 · Nov 2025 – Jul 20263 nights
- 7th Heaven ft Douglas ShermanGood Room ×2 · Jun 2025 – Dec 20252 nights
The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography is Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.