It was autumn 1997 and the New York City after-hours scene was "the place to be". DJ Trinity originally showed little interest in venues that were renowned for playing host to hard-core clubbers and would regularly say "no thanks" to invites from friends to join in the experience. However, as time went on his friend Joey finally convinced him to check it out. That was it, from that first autumn night that started in Webster Hall and ended in Arena (formerly the Palladium) was the beginning of what DJ Trinity would come to call his "Graduate Studies" in "Clubbing".
Arena's resident DJ was Junior Vasquez; it was through him, that DJ Trinity realized that spinning vinyl was much more that just playing music. It was a forum for personal expression, a way to give of oneself while being part of a much greater experience. He was amazed by Junior's ability to "set a vibe" and for the first time truly felt the full force of the energy that was a culmination of DJ, music and crowd.
Next was a tour at Sound Factory NYC, resident DJ Jonathon Peters. Peters proved to be Trinity's "Professor of Progressive". The harder sound and early morning progressive techno sets experienced here had a very positive effect and would in DJ Trinity's opinion take that wonderful energy level to new heights.
Then in 1998 purely by accident Trinity and his friends stumbled across the Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach. There originally on vacation they found themselves in the middle of DJ's from all over the world, performing in the same area at the same time. It was from that point forward that he decided to start spinning for it was there that he was exposed to grand spectrum of music reaching far beyond the New York sound.
The adventures in spinning began, still searching for a clue as to what it was he wanted to play, his friend Jay introduced him to a collection of Frankie Bones tapes which consisted of blistering hard techno sets. Although he found this sound alluring it was absent of the more symphonic sound he had come to enjoy so much. Then one day DJ Trinity was shopping for some tapes at Sonic Groove (Frankie Bones' shop) when the clerk recommended a tape by The Dever called Reign Supreme. Reign Supreme proved to be a masterful blend of Trinity's favorite sounds, both soft and hard.
Unaware of what genre this sound was considered Trinity consulted his good friend and veteran DJ Anthony Martinez who without hesitation said it's known as "Hard-Trance". From then on he knew what he wanted to play. Conveniently, New York City's "Twilo" was just beginning its infamous Friday night parties; Sasha & Digweed started their monthly residency. All the other Fridays there were heavyweight DJ's from all parts of the globe such as Carl Cox, Sven Vath, Jim Masters, Paul Van Dyk etc. Twilo Friday's became a ritual. Trinity started to bring out his first mix-tapes and give them out in the club. Then came spinning at local after parties, a couple of club and radio debuts and before he knew it DJ Trinity's love affair with the music was in full swing.
Like all good things, Twilo came to an end in 2001 and DJ Trinity decided it was also time to take off a semester or 2 from his "Graduate Studies in clubbing". He spent more time making cd's, expanding his love for trance in all directions... Be they slow and dark or fast and heavenly...he still holds true to his expression of duality.... Whether it's a span of an 80-minute set or months at a time you will enjoy the experience that is his creation. DJ Trinity explores the light and the dark and has recently been focusing on promoting his sets through the Internet where they have been very well received.
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