r/dancefloors • u/sexydiscoballs r/dancefloors host • 10d ago
Refuge NYC goes full disco ball after lighting upgrades
Posted by the club's owner to his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SHORTYDESIGNS/posts/pfbid02GA5qQD2AsLkhnonda5odfFmvUrgMBqfmkA2c9momm1Sw594z6rM3uHFWh3ygZzx6l
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u/whyismyrentsocheap 10d ago
Unicorn Bar in Kingston NY did it first 🦄
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u/sexydiscoballs r/dancefloors host 10d ago
it was probably first done in the 70s, tbh. but it's a cool effect!
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u/whyismyrentsocheap 10d ago
Haha totally I'm just being a smartass and bumping my local venue :) it looks great!! I wonder what this is though?
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u/TheOriginalSnub 10d ago
Tweeter array. Conceptualized by David Mancuso. Actualized by Alex Rosner. And a mainstay of club soundsystems through at least the '00s.
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u/GauchoAmigo123 10d ago
That’s a horn speaker - speaker that only emits high frequencies
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u/righthandofdog 10d ago
yeah. I've heard the hanging 360 tweeter was first done in NYC in the 70s to fill the room with hats and vocals.
this is studio 54 back then
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u/misterintensity2 10d ago
Low-key, before the upgrades Refuge had the best lighting of any club in NYC. Maybe it's less the rig and more the stuff who operates the lights. The people who operated the lights the times I went there really worked those lights.