Rich Medina · Mark Farina · Sunny Cheeba

House of Yes2 Wyckoff Avenue; Brooklyn, NY 11237 · Map

This night happened — Fri 17 Nov 2023

House of Yes

Press play

Who was billed5 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.

the pairs that have met

8 of the 10 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

Refrakt and Andi — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 17 Nov 2023.
Rich Medina and Sunny Cheeba — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 18 Aug 2023.

Who they are

Rich Medina
New Jersey · 57 bookings since Aug 2023
SoundCloud ↗Discography ↗
House on 36, Deep House on 28, Soul on 12 and Downtempo on 14. styles on their catalogued releases
Released on BBE (2), 101 Apparel (1) and Minipan (1); their RA profile also lists Artizan Music, Mona Musique and Diaspora Recordings. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile
Recently at Le Bain, House of Yes · often with Opening set by, Toribio, Danny Krivit, none of them here that night
Mark Farina
Los Angeles · 8 bookings since Nov 2023
“"I look at my job as a modern day traveling minstrel, to bring new music to as many places as I can, and expose obscure records that, otherwise, might go hidden."”
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"I look at my job as a modern day traveling minstrel, to bring new music to as many places as I can, and expose obscure records that, otherwise, might go hidden." While Mark Farina may be able to sum up his job description in a sentence, there is much more to be written. Mark developed his musical tastes in Chicago - listening to house music on the radio, living in one of the country's most primordial breeding grounds for house. Around '88, while record shopping at Imports, Etc., he met Derrick Carter and a friendship began. "I just ended up there between classes, I ended up buying his picks. He steered me toward the cutting edge House producers of the time." "I started playing when I lived with my parents and didn't have any bills to pay so I could just buy records. My intentions were never to just make money, it's nice, but it's kind of turned into a job by accident - it was a hobby that turned into a job." Living together and working on tracks together along with Chris Nazuka, they utilized the tight connections between the Detroit and Chicago scenes. Fondly, Mark remembers hanging out listening to Detroit Techno classics - Model 500, Derrick May - eating bologne sandwiches on white bread and drinking Kool-Aid out of a paper cup, prepared by none other than Chef Saunderson himself. In '89, they signed on Kevin Saunderson's KMS Records under the Symbols in Instruments moniker and produced a landmark track called "Mood". "Mood" sold 35,000+ copies in the US and the UK. This record was the first ambient house track ever made and, accordingly, it has taken its position as a classic. The same year, The Face magazine published their year end Top 50 with "Mood" ranking above pop anthems by Dee-Lite and The Pet Shop Boys. "I used to do mixes with Derrick on the radio at Northwestern, we'd make it at the house and listen to it on the lake where they filmed 'Risky Business'. We would drive around and listen 89.3 WNUR; they had a policy, guest DJs didn't have to be students." Eventually, the University changed their policy and only students were allowed to DJ. When Farina first started wandering from his passion for the purist forms of House into what grew into one of his trademark styles, Mushroom Jazz, he was playing the main room in a club in Chicago and got demoted to the B-room after playing too many Martin Luther King Jr. samples. Mark experimented with a deeper style, dropping De La Soul, disco classics and other stuff that wasn't being played in the main room. However, in 1992, Mark found a welcome place for his collection of downtempo tunes accompanied by a small run of mix tapes entitled "Mushroom Jazz". Originally launched as a cassette series, the Mushroom Jazz tapes grew from the first Chicago run of 50 copies each…on to the next stage, where 500 copies of several volumes were easily distributed and sought after. As the Acid Jazz boom began, he perfected his sound and fused the newest tracks from the West Coast's jazzy, organic producers with the more urban sounds he had championed in Chicago. While the predominant musical force in SF was still dark, dubby House and Wicked-style Breaks, the city embraced the downtempo movement with a healthy bunch of live bands and DJs generating the tunes. Mark Farina, along with partner, and manager, Patty Ryan-Smith, created the now legendary weekly club in San Francisco, Mushroom Jazz, in 1992. Every Monday night the crowd slowly germinated - from 100 for the first few months to 600-700 two years later. As time passed, Farina and Patty put their energies into another project, the first Mushroom Jazz interactive CD-ROM for Om Records. After a three year run, where the club had established a fanatical, cult-like following for Farina and the Mushroom Jazz sound, the club closed its doors and transformed into a CD series and accompanying tours. Since 1989, Mark Farina has been traveling the globe performing at literally hundreds of shows a year, sometimes DJing both of his preferred styles in two different rooms at the same party. At other events, he's been known to play extended sets that lasted over eight hours. In his House sets, Mark is known for his uniquely effortless journeys on the jazzy side of Chicago House, mixed up San Fran style. This wandering record minstrel has played to incredible crowds all over the globe. Consistently drawing new fans to his style of chunky-funky rhythms and deep underground house, Mark plays upwards of 200 shows to over one million (1,000,000) club goers per year. Voted in the top 20 DJ's in the world by MUZIK and BPM Magazine, his taste making skills continue to turn the heads of seasoned veterans as well as youngsters just getting into the music. On CD, Mark has recorded both of his dominant musical personalities. His first mix, 'Mushroom Jazz' on Om Records, is defined by a hip-hop sub-groove with jazzy, dubby elements in the downtempo range. It was followed by 'Seasons', a critically acclaimed House mix. An Imperial Dub mixed CD, a guest slot in the pedigreed 'United DJs of America' series, 'Mushroom Jazz 2' (Om Records) and 'San Francisco Sessions, Vol. I' (Om Records) and Mushroom Jazz 3 (Om Records) to round out the Farina catalog. His past release "Connect" walks the line of San Francisco deeper and the bumpin' funky house sound of Chicago. Now, in November of 2002, Mark Farina releases his much beloved fourth volume of Mushroom Jazz.
Discography ↗
Their RA profile lists Om Records, Music For Freaks, Robsoul Recordings, Full Flavor Music and 3 more.
often with Toribio, ZAINAB, Tinzo, none of them here that night
Sunny Cheeba
New York City · 32 bookings since Aug 2023
SoundCloud ↗
Acoustic on 1, Ambient on 1, Blues Rock on 1 and Experimental on 1. styles on their catalogued releases
Released on Burkina (1), Desperate Spirits (1) and Engine 1 Studios (1). labels on their catalogued releases
Recently at Le Bain, Dashi Brooklyn, House of Yes · often with Natasha Diggs, Taina Enikeyi, Kilopatrah Jones, none of them here that night
Refrakt
New York City · 12 bookings since Aug 2023 · Bushwick disco and edits
“REFRAKT is the alias of Ian Daly, an American producer and DJ based in New York City.”
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REFRAKT is the alias of Ian Daly, an American producer and DJ based in New York City. Born in Flint, Michigan, Daly grew up in a musical family with the Detroit house scene as a backdrop. A classically-trained pianist, drummer, and guitarist, Daly pulls from this broad musical vocabulary to bring melodic hooks, interlocking rhythms, and complex textures to his tracks. His music bears the influence of his travels and exposure to unique musical styles and instruments, including Brazilian and African music, Persian classical music, Indian ragas, and the Balinese gamelan (which Daly has performed in). Prior to his work in music production, Daly spent more than a decade as a journalist at International publications such as Details, Esquire, Wired, and The New York Times and spend six years working in strategy at Live Nation, the largest live entertainment company in the world. REFRAKT is signed to Phisica and his recent “False Memories” EP charted in the top 20 on Beatport (Indie Dance genre). His next EP, Hidden Temple, will be released 11/23 on Emerald & Doreen. Daly has performed around the world, from New York City (House of Yes) and Los Angeles, to Berlin (Neue Odessa, Georgia Bar, Crackers), and Tulum (Ahau, Panamera, Radio Tulum, Nü, Delek). He has also played at Life Is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas, Neversea and Untold festivals in Europe, and Colours of Love in Thailand.
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Their RA profile lists Emerald & Doreen Records, Phisica and Parallel Vision.
Last at The Sultan Room in Aug · often with Dorian Flagrant, Eliezer, Kim Anh, none of them here that night
Andi
New York City · 174 bookings since Aug 2023
“Electric is the only way to describe Andi’s sets.”
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Electric is the only way to describe Andi’s sets. The NYC-based DJ, producer, and SYNTHICIDE label/party boss constructs a dynamic and intoxicating flow that’s always palpable between the walls of the foggy, neon-lit dancefloor. Parts sleaze and sultry, Andi’s aesthetic is body music based, thriving on the delivery of the groove and the bombastic highs of a track’s apex. As a devotee of distinct sounds such as EBM, new beat, Italo, freestyle and housey 90s elements, her sets reflect her deep vinyl collection: diverse, yet focused, and completely one-of-a-kind. Her own productions aim to challenge the expectations within the confines of traditionally masculine dance genres. With bassline-heavy grooves and a conceptual emphasis on storytelling with samples taken from long-forgotten erotic thrillers and seedy sci-fi films, Andi adds a wry yet delicate touch to machine music. As the boss of SYNTHICIDE—the internationally known party, label and event series—Andi has cultivated the dark underground scene for over a decade in Brooklyn. SYNTHICIDE started at the notorious club in Bushwick, Bossa Nova Civic Club, where the party still holds a monthly residency. Additionally, Andi is a resident at The Lot Radio and NYC’s Gabriela.
SoundCloud ↗Bandcamp ↗Discography ↗
EBM on 13, Techno on 9, Industrial on 7 and New Beat on 5. styles on their catalogued releases
Released on Eskimo Recordings (2), Dischi Autunno (1) and Surface Reality Records (1); their RA profile also lists Mannequin, aufnahme + wiedergabe, Mecanica, Synthicide and 1 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile
Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, SILO, Saint Vitus · often with Eli Escobar, Arvin T, Facets, none of them here that night