The House is A Feeling Day Party is a CCCADI & XCLSV Events collaboration culminating the Rhythm, Bass and Place Black music series!
Celebrate the close of our five-month-long series Rhythm, Bass and Place and tap into the power and intersection of Black Music Appreciation and Caribbean Heritage Month.
Rhythm, Bass and Place closes with the House is a Feeling, an XCLSV day party that will move you through African Diasporic sounds and dance music such as Latin, Disco, and House.
Tickets:
$15 In Advance (Includes a free raffle ticket for a chance to win a CCCADI Swag Bag! Raffles will be held throughout the day.)
$20 At the Door
The event will feature a Cash Bar, CCCADI Marketplace, and Raffle Prizes.
HOUSE IS A FEELING DAY PARTY - IT’S A VIBE
Kicking Us Off With The First Set From 1 - 3 pm:
DJ Sabosura
Oscar Alvarado, aka Sabrosura is a DJ / event producer with deep roots in the Bronx where he was born and raised. He started spinning tracks in the late 90’s when he was just 17 years old gravitating to house music, hip-hop and dancehall as his mainstays playing a apartment parties and event halls. As he grew older he got into the nightlife scene working in one capacity or another in the industry as a DJ, promoter, door handler or event marketing strategist for various local parties at venues in the Bronx & city in the late 90’s, early 2000’s, including Black Thorn Bar, Chaz Lounge in the Bronx, and Webster Hall, Demarara’s (Planet 28), and Club Babalu’s among others in the city.
After a ten year hiatus from 2005 - 2015, where he left the nightlife scene altogether to raise a family and pursue a working career, he found himself at a friend’s fundraising event in a Brooklyn park where he was inspired to return to DJ life. That year he decided to get back into DJing for the love of music.
Opportunities came In 2018 when he became the resident DJ for newly established & still popular food festival, The Bronx Night Market at Fordham Plaza after which he started landing gigs at local venues like Suyo, Charlies Bar & Kitchen and Mott Haven Bar. While also working with community and cultural organizations like the Fordham Road and Third Ave BIDs, The Bronx Museum of Art, and art incubator and event space, The Andrew Freedman Home among others.
In 2019, at the suggestion of friends who were tired of going to Brooklyn for dance parties, he organized and founded XCLSV Events (pronounced exclusive) with the inaugural all house music dance party, House Is A Feeling, becoming an underground success in the Bronx dance scene, which was pretty much non-existent at the time. Since then he’s continued to DJ and organize numerous events throughout The Bronx, Harlem and Uptown in NYC.
Since XCLSV’s founding, Sabrosura has organized and partnered in events that run the gamut from dance parties, to musical concerts, solo theatrical performances to spoken word & from live music jam sessions to corporate events, all in The Bronx, Harlem or Uptown, NYC.
His current projects include a campaign to expand and elevate the nightlife industry in the Bronx. with the creation of The Bronx Nightlife Committee. He wants to develop a healthy robust nightlife scene and provide places where people from all walks of life can gather, dance and share space together as a community in The Bronx. Additionally, he’s collaborating on a number of projects including a large scale food festival in the South Bronx, an outdoor open-air dance series in Port Morris among other projects and more.
Sabrosura lives and works in the Bronx as a full time DJ and event producer. He has two adult children he loves working and spending time with and is dedicated to his family, community and his passions for music, nightlife, culture and hospitality.
Taking Over From 3 - 4 p.m.:
DJ Sabine Blaizin
Dj Sabine Blaizin's work focuses on the exposure and pleasures of African diasporic music. Brooklyn Mecca, Cumbancha, and Oyasound are a few of her creative projects. Dj Sabine spins Global Soul: House, Afrotech, Afrobeat, Haitian Roots and other diasporic tunes.
As an artivist, Sabine continuously gives back and serves her African diasporic community. In this capacity, she is the Director of Programs at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and volunteers as the NY Deputy Ambassador for Haiti's She Builds Initiative. Sabine ultimately seeks to create new scholarship through the African and Haitian diasporic lens of music, culture and spirituality. www.oyasound.com @sabineblaizin
The Legend Closes Out The Party From 4 - 6 p.m.:
DJ Hector Romero
There have been lots of changes over the past four decades in New York Nightlife. The sounds have gone from Disco to Freestyle to House to Techno; the venues have gone from Studio 54 to Palladium to Sound Factory and Pacha to Output; and the borough to dance in has gone from Manhattan to Brooklyn. But there has been one element in the community that has been able to survive the ever–evolving landscape, and that is the DJ. Not many of course, but a few talented, Inspired DJ / Artists have remained at the forefront of the industry during this time. One of those is Hector Romero. Born and raised in The Bronx, Hector’s DJ experiences include playing legendary venues like Red Zone, Limelight, Palladium, Save The Robots, The Roxy, Cielo and Output.
Over the years he has evolved into one of New York City’s prime ambassadors of House music, bringing his unique Soulful and Latin inspired House vibe to venues around the world. With 40+ years of experience this career jock is now throwing his musical diversity and eclectic taste as a sought-after A&R in the music business. Under his belt are various mix compilations that he has curated, King Street’s “Soulful House Journey”, Nervous Record’s “Weaving Genres” Vol.1 & 2. These projects showcase Hector’s abilities not only as a DJ but as an A&R exec that has an ear for quality music. He attributes his business savvy by having worked with industry legend Judy Weinstein during his 20 plus years at Def Mix Productions. This is where he matured as a record executive working alongside Grammy awards winning DJs David Morales, Frankie Knuckles and Satoshi Tomiie.
Those relationships taught him essential lessons about the equal importance of a great beat and a great song.
Currently Hector acts as A&R Director of Orianna Music, a Latin Electronic boutique label owned and operated by Sony Music, a position he truly loves.
Although New York is still his home, Hector spends a great deal of time traveling where he can be found stirring up dance floors in Italy, Greece, Japan, Spain, Canada and various parts of the world.
Rhythm, Bass and Place: Connections and Reflections on Music of the African Diaspora:
This event is part of CCCADI's Rhythm, Bass and Place series, a 5-month celebration of Black music that traces its migratory nature and constructs a living archive through engaging stories from neighborhoods, stages, studios and dance floors that shaped the sonic landscape in select U.S., U.K. and Caribbean cities over the last three decades.