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The Duchess is a London-born, Brooklyn-based DJ and radio show host. Her practise is of a highly emotional and spiritual nature – reflected in her contributions to nightlife as a DJ & promoter in NYC, as host of her monthly radio show- Spiritual | Mental | Physical on Waxx.FM, and through collaborative music-based projects with poets, producers, artists, dancers and MCs the world-over. Fuelled by a lifetime of human experience, using music as a primary means of communication; her work aims to be inclusive and energising, raw and honest.

Her Good Room Podcast is made up of just-a-sliver of some of her beloved records and was recorded in one single take, with some extra vocal ‘cameos’ digitally woven through. “If the listener feels anything – anything at all – it’s been worth it.”

Queens native MANIK is a quintessential New York DJ. A seasoned crate digger, MANIK spends hours in record shops to find those forgotten records and hidden gems for the dancefloor. As a producer, he’s built up a solid reputation with releases on Ellen Allien’s B-Pitch Control, Kim Ann Foxman’s Firehouse and Huxley’s label NIO.

After playing at the club in September, MANIK is on Podcast duty for Good Room. This all-vinyl mix brings together his unique brand of house and techno, old school and new school, expertly crafted for you to enjoy.

Ben Steidel is a Brooklyn-based DJ and musician. Originally hailing from San Francisco, he is currently a co-owner of Greenpoint’s Co-op 87 record store. He is also one third of the long-running tropical synth pop band Lemonade.

His Good Room Podcast is about an hour of slower, sometimes psychedelic dance music, recorded live on a Wednesday afternoon in anticipation of his warm-up set for Animal Collective’s DJs on 11.15.

It’s beautiful what shared purpose can do to two strangers. Since meeting in 2014, Dan and Jim have been working together to build Sweat Equity into a platform for the myriad voices of New York’s thriving dance scenes, mixing styles and genres that underscores the pair’s divergent backgrounds and loves in House, East Coast Club scenes, hip-hop, and the deeper archives of dance music history.

This ongoing project has grown into an artistic collaboration that matches the pair’s vision as producers and label owners. Having notched their first production with a remix of The Carry Nation’s “As If,” this year, the duo is currently working on their first original productions. This Good Room Podcast is their first mix together, but you can bet your bottom dollar there’s more to come! You can see them on the dancefloor on November 2 when the pair play at the PopGun Presents party.

Andrew Devlin is a New Yorker that likes to play good music for fun people. He throws a party called Level that happens regularly in New York and once in New Orleans. He thinks music and parties should be interesting and cool and not that serious all at the same time.

His mix for the 105th Good Room Podcast was recorded in his home studio with 2 turntables and a mixer and hopefully reflects that. You can catch Andrew Devlin playing at Good Room on 10.06 at a free party with Bwana and DJ Nicely (Working Women).

Brandon Wilner is a reader, writer, and twin who lives in New York. He co-runs the reissue label Fake Music Re-Anticipations and has a bi-monthly radio show on the Lot Radio (with DJ Voices). His other work can be found via Publication Studio; the Summer Forum residency journal, Dilettante; Resident Advisor; and the designed-object company Areaware. As for DJing, if he thought that playing records were more dangerous than living in general, then he probably wouldn’t do it.

Unscented DJ has put together a mix of curious house records for the 104th Good Room Podcast. The set feels very New York, like when you leave your house and the city can take you anywhere through the night.

Lauren Murada is a dancer turned DJ who has a love for oddball, leftfield jams that bring out ones inner freak under the discoball. Lauren is the host of Love Games, a disco party in the Bad Room on the first Thursday of the month. She’s also a member of the L&L&L Record Club with Lauren Goulet and Laura Marin.

Lauren put together the 103rd Podcast ahead of the September 7 edition of Love Games with JD Samson and J.Andromeda. Lauren has described the all-vinyl mix as music for boudoir, so find someone you like, hit play and get down to some sleazy-ass disco.

Kellam Matthews is a DJ out of Brooklyn and a regular behind the decks at Good Room. He is also responsible for Frendzone, a monthly party/label with his partner in crime, Octo Octa. He crosses between house, techno, breaks and drum n bass. Lush soundscapes, driving acid and slowed down breaks are common themes in his mixes.

This all vinyl Podcast was recorded at Good Room 08/12/17. You can catch him on the dancefloor with Call Super and Josey Rebelle on 09/21.

Dominguez is a Brooklyn-based producer who is always working dance floors to a sweat. A member of underground collective MNMLKTCHN, Dominguez takes elements from house, techno and minimal sounds to make his own signature sound.

With MNMLKTCHN appearing monthly in the Bad Room, Dominguez is a regular behind the decks (and in other places). He’s put together the 101st Good Room Podcast ahead of MNMLKTCHN’s next party with Sassmouth, Beto Cravioto and Karlos Leon on 08.31.