Your Story Starts Here: NYC, Riobamba

Featuring breathtaking DJ sets from iconic city rooftops and outdoor locations, “Your Story Starts Here” showcases the unique sounds and cultural stories of the world’s most vibrant music cities. The series spans the globe, featuring cities and artists that shape and define modern music. First up, Riobamba. ✨ Get the full rundown right here…

Your Story Starts Here: NYC, Riobamba

Meet Riobamba

Riobamba is an Ecuadorian-Lithuanian producer, DJ, death doula, and cultural activist based in Brooklyn. Featured in Vogue Magazine, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, TIDAL, Billboard, Resident Advisor, Complex, and more, her rowdy, deeply researched live sets reflect back nightlife’s power as a site of joy and resistance, amplifying connective tissues between YouTube clips, bodega soundtracks, and noise hyperreality, “souped up with a twisted, industrial gnarl” (Complex). The Fader has called her production work “a radically self-expressive piece of futurism that stands against a single, boxed-in definition of what Latinx club music can be.”

Riobamba has shared the stage with Ivy Queen, Tego Calderón, Nina Sky, Toro y Moi, Princess Nokia, Celso Piña, and DJ Playero, with performance highlights at Panorama Festival, MoMA PS1 Warm Up, CTM Berlin, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Montreux Jazz Festival, Boiler Room, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, and Red Bull Festival Chile.

Direct from Brooklyn, her DJ set takes you on a journey through the layers of culture and community that define NYC — bold, diverse, and infinite. 🌆🎶

The Story of Riobamba – New York City

Riobamba has made her mark on New York City’s music scene for the past decade. She explains, “I see music as a reflection and extension of community, with infinite layers of culture and sound.”

Deeply involved in community and movement work, she channels energies of resistance, joy, and transformation through her projects, like founding the record label APOCALIPSIS. “As an artist, I just feel like the possibilities are infinite here, no matter which way I want to pivot in my own personal or artistic growth, there’s space for that.”

For her, music is an expression of community, rooted in sound traditions and cultural lineages. Through her work, Riobamba listens, amplifies voices, and co-facilitates spaces where people can connect and heal.

Check out her full interview below…

With every beat, she captures the essence of a city where possibilities are endless and stories are always unfolding. This is where her story starts — where will yours begin?

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