718 Sessions Celebrates Danny Krivit's Birthday

Good Room98 Meserole Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222 · Map

This night happened — Sat 6 Apr 2024

Benny Soto

Who was billed3 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

None of these artists had shared a bill before that night.

Who they are

Danny Krivit
New York City · 54 bookings since Aug 2023
“Growing up in Greenwich Village, New York City, in the 1960s, Danny was surrounded by music.”
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Growing up in Greenwich Village, New York City, in the 1960s, Danny was surrounded by music. His mother was an accomplished jazz singer and his father was the manager of legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker before going on to open up "The Ninth Circle", a Village hot spot, where Danny worked as a boy. It was here that Danny met some of the most influential people in the music scene; Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Mingus, John Lennon & Yoko Ono amongst others. His home was also a hotbed of musical inspiration, with The Mothers of Invention living down the hall, and Sid Bernstein (Manager of The Rascals) living upstairs, regularly popping down to the Krivit household to practice their future hits on the piano. At school, a close friend and classmate was the son of Creed Taylor, the production genius behind many artists who recorded on the VERVE, C.T.I. and KUDA labels, and another close friend was the legendary soul guru Nile Rogers. By 1970 Danny was already a vinyl junkie & an amateur DJ, But DJ'ing as a profession wasn't realized until 1971, after another neighbor/friend of Danny's (Vice President of Polydor Records) introduced Danny to one of his artists - none other than the legendary James Brown, who gave Danny white-label promo copies of his "Get on the Good foot" and "Think" by Lynn Collins. Soon after, Danny started Djing at "The Ninth Circle" which by now had been transformed into a disco. In 1975, Danny's father opened his second club, "Ones", Danny was their sole DJ through 1977. Danny's sets were a big success and from this he started promoting and Djing at his own after-hours club down the street. At this stage, Danny was becoming part of the underground scene, club-hopped a lot, meeting some of the greatest DJ names of the time. These included Nicky Siano (of the Gallery), Walter Gibbons (of Galaxy 21), Tee Scott (of Better Days) ,David Rodriguez (of The Limelight), Richie Kaczar (Club Hollywood), and Bobby DJ (of Le Jardin) amongst others. Although all outstanding names, one DJ and club stood out amongst the rest: DJ David Mancuso and The Loft. The Loft (A musical center and Mecca for DJs) was a unique place and home of the original Record Pool. This is where Danny began his long time friendships with DJs Larry Levan and Francois Kevorkian (Francois K). In 1977 when Danny started Djing at "Trude Hellers", he also had become an avid roller skater, and with his girlfriend (Daphne Rubin vega) would regularly skate over to the Paradise Garage, where Larry would let them skate around the club while he would check out some of the new records that week on the sound system. The Garage remained Danny's main stomping ground until it closed in 1987. Danny's list of DJ residencies steadily grew throughout the 70s and in 1979, after Djing at the opening of the Roxy, he became their resident DJ for the next 4 years. In the early 80s the Roxy was the home of some of the best Hip hop DJs of the day like "D.S.T", Grand master Flash, and Africa Bambaata. Since Danny was one of the few white boys who could scratch mix, he became known as Danny Rock. Throughout the 80s his list of clubs he played at exploded to include, Area, Dancateria, The Ice Palace, Laces, The Limelite, Red Zone, Save The Robots, Studio 54(Virgin Islands), Tracks, The Tunnel, The World, and many, many others. Even a guest spot at the legendary Paradise Garage. Since the late 70s trade magazines such as Billboard, Cash Box, Record World, & Dance Music Report amongst others, have listed Danny's playlists and Danny's mix tapes have been getting airplay on radio station WBLS, WKTU, & KISS FM. The 80s' saw the beginning of Danny's studio work. He worked on tracks featuring legends such as, James Brown on "Soul Power", "The Funky Drummer", "Give it up and Turn it loose", Ecstacy, Passion & Pain on "Touch and Go", Brenda and the Tabulations "Let's Go All the Way", and Gloria Gaynor on "Casanova Brown". Moving into the 90s, Danny commanded legendary status amongst young and old as well as continuing to forge new paths in dance music into the millennium. He inherited the Ninth Circle and continued to DJ at clubs such as Mars, Tracks, The Choice, Palladium, Shelter, Sound Factory Bar, Twilo, The Warehouse, & The Loft. At it's inseption in 1996, Danny joined the Body and Soul team, Francois K and Joe Claussell, at club Vinyl and has regularly played the party every Sunday since, whilst regularly Djing in various clubs in New York & Japan & everywhere inbetween. In 1999 one of Danny's highlights as a Body and Soul resident was Djing for a 15,000 strong crowd at one of three special Body and Soul event for "Summer Stage" in Central Park, NY. Danny's reputation outside New York has grown immensely over this time with Danny playing the world over, from America to Japan to Europe. He has hosted 2 special international Body and Soul events in London for "Angels of Love" and Giorgio Armani. Danny's talents and reputation has grown and continues to do so like his 50,000-strong record collection. He is also a VJ, with a collection of over 5000 rare soul performances on video from the 60s, 70s, 80's, & 90's. As well as having producer/editor/mixer credits included on over 70 records. 2001 sees Danny's 30th anniversary as a DJ and already this year has seen his name on over 25 records.
House on 59, Disco on 46, Deep House on 35 and Funk on 19. styles on their catalogued releases
Released on Defected (1), Full Time Records (1) and Second Disc Records (1); their RA profile also lists NRK Music, Ibadan Records, Nite Grooves, Skylax Records and 5 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile
Recently at Good Room, Musica Club NYC, Nowadays · often with Joe Claussell, Francois K, Mikki Afflick, none of them here that night
Go Kiryu
Tokyo, Japan · 4 bookings since Apr 2024 · Loft-lineage NYC house
“Born in Japan, by the age of 16, Go Kiryu was already getting a lot of attention making cassette tape compilations which were greatly inspired by UK’s Acid Jazz movement such as Jamiroquai, Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud, and Japan’s Shuya Okino’s Kyoto Jazz Massive.”
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Born in Japan, by the age of 16, Go Kiryu was already getting a lot of attention making cassette tape compilations which were greatly inspired by UK’s Acid Jazz movement such as Jamiroquai, Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud, and Japan’s Shuya Okino’s Kyoto Jazz Massive. However, it was hearing Mondo Grosso’s “Shuffle H (King St. Club Mix)” that became the key catalyst to widen his scope and set a path to become a DJ, which started professionally in 1996 at club LOOP, in Tokyo. Besides DJing, Go was also on the staff at LOOP producing parties for them. After hearing the hype of Body&SOUL in NY, it made him visit NYC several times and it was those experiences that made him move to NY in 2000. His taste and knowledge of music, along with his key DJ contacts, were quickly recognized and Cisco records in Tokyo hired him to place their music with his American contacts. Soon after, he became a buyer for Manhattan records. At the same time DJ Danny Krivit enlisted him to make the official playlists for his famous 718 Sessions parties & NYC’s legendary Body&SOUL parties. Go was well versed in a wide range of music, which got the attention of Maestro producer Josell Ramos who invited him to play as resident DJ for several of his MAESTRO launch parties. Go was getting to be very well known in the NY underground club scene, he started to DJ a many of the iconic NY parties & clubs, like: 718 Sessions, Body&SOUL, Deep Space, Club-Shelter, Cielo, Crobar, Elsewhere, Exit, Good Room, LeBain, Nublu, Public Records, Santos, Webster Hall, SOB’s etc, and alongside top DJ's & performing artists, such as: François K, Danny Krivit, Joe Claussell, John Morales, Kim Lightfoot, Hector Romero, DJ MKL, Monday Michiru, Alex From Tokyo, Japan’s Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, DJ Nori & Toshiyuki Goto. "It's no secret I have an extreme love for music, & I feel very fortunate to be surrounded by a group of close friends that share that extreme love, One of these close friends is Go Kiryu. Go has exceptional musical taste & an extremely wide knowledge of all great music. I owe a lot to him, as he regularly is turning me on to wonderful music. This is also one of the reasons, from the very beginning he has always been the official playlist compiler for both 718 SESSIONS & BODY & SOUL. He has also DJ'd @ both 718 SESSIONS & BODY & SOUL... always with a fantastic response. I expect this to be true of anywhere he plays, as Go can really GET DOWN!” - Danny Krivit
Their RA profile lists King Street Sounds.
often with DJ Monofied, Barry Stephenson (b), Davis Whitfield, none of them here that night
Mike Nervous
New York City · 19 bookings since Nov 2023 · Nervous Records rooftop house
“As president and founder of Nervous Records, Mike Weiss aka Mike Nervous has been instrumental in bringing light to some of the most iconic and genre-defining nightlife anthems.”
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As president and founder of Nervous Records, Mike Weiss aka Mike Nervous has been instrumental in bringing light to some of the most iconic and genre-defining nightlife anthems. Highlights from Nervous’ 35 year history include the debut release from Masters At Work as Nuyorican Soul / The Nervous Track, the debut release from Armand Van Helden, the debut American release from Paul Van Dyke, along with seminal house anthems like Winx / Don’t Laugh, Byron Stingily / Get Up Everybody, Kerri Chandler / Rain, Loni Clark / Rushing, Sandy B / Feel Like Singing, Kim English / Nightlife, as well as multiple releases from House Music legends like Todd Terry, Roger Sanchez, Mood II Swing, Felix Da Housecat, DJ Pierre and many more. In addition in the 90’s Nervous created subdivisions called Nervous/Wreck and Nervous/ Weeded that discovered Black Moon, Smif-n-Wessun, Funkmaster Flex and Mad Lion and released debut singles and albums from those artists that are an essential addition for any hip hop fan’s collection. More recently in 2024 and 2025 Nervous released some of the world biggest club tunes including Loofy’s “Last Night,” Mau P’s “The Less I Know The Better” and Mochakk’s “Da Fonk feat. Joni.” The The Iconic logo of the dj with a record going through his head is known world-wide and will forever represent the sounds of New York City from this past 35 year period (and still going!) As a DJ Mike Nervous has played at every iconic venue in New York City including The Brooklyn Mirage, Output, Pacha, Cielo, Superior Ingredients, Silo, The Great Hall, Kings Hall. Mike brings a wealth of club music and culture experience to his sets, often including unreleased and soon to be future world-wide hits on Nervous Records, as well special custom made mixes and edits from the label’s vaunted catalogue.
Their RA profile lists Nervous Records.
often with Benny Soto, gabby cocco, Camila Wolf, none of them here that night