DJ DAVID MEDINA

David Medina, the son of Spanish-speaking Dominican parents, was raised in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn long before it became a haven for the bohemian, the artsy and the upwardly mobile. Hardly a stereotypical second generation Latino, from early on Medina’s taste in music ranged from punk rock to salsa and his sensitivity for quality and culture vs. mainstream was always his trademark. He began deejaying while working toward a BFA at Alfred University, finding two creative outlets that would continue to play a major role in his life – music and sculpture.

Medina completed a BFA degree in three-dimensional studies with a concentration in glass and has had considerable success showing his work in museums and galleries. Some of the institutions that have exhibited his work include The Brooklyn Museum, El Museo Del Barrio, Heller Gallery, NYC, The Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, The Museum Of Contemporary Art in Caracas, Venezuela and The Caribbean Cultural Center in NYC. For more info on David Medina the sculptor check his other website: www.davidmedina-art.com

Inspired by his father, Uriaster Medina, a professional folkloric dancer and conga player, Medina continues to work as a professional Latin and World music DJ. Considered a musicologist by many, DJ David Medina has been spinning Cuban, Brazilian, African, Tropical and World Music in New York City since 1995. His passion for Cuban music has led him to be among the foremost expert DJ’s in the music of the island, which receives little or no airplay and is rarely played in clubs throughout the United States.

From 1995 to present, DJ David Medina has spun at private parties, lounges and clubs as far as Australia and Brazil. These include SOB’s, Cielo, Crash Mansion, Satalla, Village Underground, IL Pirata and El Rincon in San Francisco, Bembe in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Baraza in the Lower East Side, NYC, Bar da Praia in Bahia, Brazil and Café de La Salsa in Sydney. From 1998 to 2004, he was the DJ at the legendary “Cubansoul” Wednesdays at Nell’s. Medina has been working with Havanarumba since 1999 and continues to DJ the parties first started at La Belle Epoque and No’ Moore and now at a number of clubs in NYC. DJ David Medina has also been the guest DJ for renowned bands such as Los Van Van (Hammerstein Ballroom 2001), Los Fakires (SOB’s 2002), Ricardo Lemvo (Satalla 2005), and many more. In addition he has opened for or alternated with a multitude of Latin American and New York based groups which include: Salsa Celtica from Scotland, Raices Habaneras, Tiempo Libre (Miami), La Timba Loca, Joseito Mateo from the Dominican Republic and salsa greats: Andy Montañez, Hector Casanova, Nelson Gonzalez, Jimmy Bosch, Alfredo de la Fe, Nicky Marrero and Pupi Lagarretta to name a few . He continues to be a guest DJ every summer at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing concert series.

DJ David Medina
RESUME

1993-1995
radio disc jockey
WALF 89.7fm Alfred, NY -College Radio
“el domingo gigante” Sunday night music program

1995 – 1997
private parties and lot’s of Art…

1998
Nell’s, Cubansoul, Wednesdays (Candela Productions)
My first residency as a professional DJ here in NYC! Gracias to Roger Barr of Candela Productions.

1999
Nell’s, Cubansoul, Wednesdays
La Belle Epoque, Thursdays (Larumba)
No’ Moore, Saturdays (Larumba)
Black Betty, Tuesdays (Larumba)
Lincoln Center, Midsummer Night Swing (Sam Mangwana)
1999 marks my continuing working relationship with Daniela Aphalo of HavanaRumba!

2000
Nell’s, Cubansoul, Wednesdays
La Belle Epoque, Thursdays
No’ Moore, Saturdays
Galapagos, Saturdays (Larumba)

2001
Nell’s, Cubansoul, Wednesdays
La Belle Epoque, Thursdays
No’ Moore, Saturdays
Club Babalu, Fridays (Larumba)
Village Underground, Saturdays (Larumba)
Hammerstein Ballroom (Los Van Van)
SOB’s (Los Fakires)
Café de la Salsa, Sydney, Australia

2002
Nell’s, Cubansoul, Wednesdays
La Belle Epoque, Thursdays
Village Underground, Saturdays

2003
Rain Lounge, Pa’ Goza, Tuesdays (djdavidmedina)
Nell’s, Cubansoul, Wednesdays
La Belle Epoque, Thursdays
Bar da Praia, Bahia, Brasil

2004
Hi-Life, Tuesdays (djdavidmedina)
Nell’s, Cubansoul, Wednesdays
La Belle Epoque, Thursdays
Carnaval, Sandunga!, Sundays (djdavidmedina)
Sapphire Lounge, Sundays (djdavidmedina)
The Knitting Factory, Monthly (Larumba)
Lincoln Center, Midsummer Night Swing (Tiempo Libre)
Latin Funk Music Festival NYC

2005
Plan B, Wednesdays (Grupo Cachimba)
La Belle Epoque, Thursdays
Star 64, Havana Moonlight, Thursdays (HavanaRumba)
Satalla, Fridays
Bembe, alternating Saturdays
Il Pirata & El Rincon, San Francisco, CA.
Lincoln Center, Midsummer Night Swing (Quimbombo)
Lincoln Center, Midsummer Night Swing (Chico Alvarez & Palo Monte)
Crash Mansion, Latin Funk Music Festival NYC

2006
Kush, Mojo, Tuesdays
Star 64, Havana Moonlight, Thursdays
Baraza, alternating Fridays
Bembe, alternating Saturdays
Lincoln Center, Midsummer Night Swing (La Timba Loca)
The Color Purple, Tony Awards After party
Bryce Dallas Howard, Celebrity Wedding
La Nacional, Wednesdays (HavanaRumba)
Crash Mansion, monthly party (HavanaRumba)
Lafayette Grill, monthly party (HavanaRumba)
Rose Live Music (HavanaRumba)
Cielo, RAZA monthly party

www.djmedina.com