The Loft

He was literally just trying to earn enough money to pay his rent so he could survive the economic upheaval we were just discussing.

But this party, at what became known as The Loft, accidentally kickstarts everything.

So what made The Loft different from just any other nightclub in the city?

Sanctuary.

I mean, Mancuso's loft welcomed everyone.

When I met her, she was in the middle of helping a very famous DJ, first-generation DJ named David Mancuso.

She was helping him with his parties at The Loft.

She was also presenting a show on WNYE, which I went on as a guest and was interviewed and did a live DJ set when she was in New York presenting in those days.

And then later on, in the late 90s, she decided to fly across.

Let me play these songs for you and you tell me how you hear them and what you're feeling.

That's a gift.

Mancuso used to do that at the loft.

She does it as well and hasn't stopped.

Yeah.

I finally got to go to The Loft, the-

Oh, wow

... that party, that longstanding party.

... participating, you know?

Yeah.

The Loft was like the original go-to back-

Yeah