David Mancuso’s the Loft, an invite-only event hosted at various spaces throughout downtown Manhattan, was the supreme underground-dance party in New York City during the early 1970s, and Nicky Siano was one of its biggest fans. Mancuso had the best sound system and DJ equipment, which made the records he played—everything from Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks” to Manu Dibango’s “Soul Makossa”—pop and resonate like never before.…
David Mancuso’s the Loft, an invite-only event hosted at various spaces throughout downtown Manhattan, was the supreme underground-dance party in New York City during the early 1970s, and Nicky Siano was one of its biggest fans. Mancuso had the best sound system and DJ equipment, which made the records he played—everything from Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks” to Manu Dibango’s “Soul Makossa”—pop and resonate like never before.…