Nu Soma FM dives into a sonic exploration of esoteric gems and irresistible grooves. From obscure global rhythms to hypnotic electronic textures, this show is a journey through the deep and soulful sounds that awaken the mind and move the body.

Hi-Note invites some of the finest curators and DJs from NYC and beyond.

A monthly show inspired by the 80's era - focused on classic and underground New Wave, Post Punk, Synth Pop, Alternative Rock, Freestyle, Italo Disco, House and Techno.

Italian Tendenza is a monthly two-hour sonic journey through underground house textures, hosted by l'oggetto. Layering Balearic atmospheres, jazz/funk swagger, abstract soundscapes, electronic attitude, and building up into moody, deep, percussive, and euphoric vibes, the show explores the enduring cross-pollination of sounds between Italy, Detroit, Chicago, and New York. Expect uncompromising music selection—raw yet dreamy, sharp but smooth, leftfield and trippy, visceral and hypnotic, transcendental and funky—blended with l'oggetto's signature style and iconoclastic humor.

Songs with the cosmic sound. Bringing a selection of cosmic grooves across genres every month.

Through years of careful curation, the Hefker Girl has found herself somewhere between a beach outside of Kingston, a London nightclub, and a dusty record store in Ethiopia. Dub lazers, steel drums, polyrhythms and forgotten sounds found in the skeletal remains of a Mexican radio station will find their way into your eardrums as she brings you into the night.

Tune in to International Dark Skies with your host, PSYCHIC WOUND, for a deep dive into the post-punk, cold wave, goth, and industrial music that defined the late 20th century. From obscure rarities to seminal tracks, each episode explores the innovative use of synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, and tape manipulation that gave birth to some of the most atmospheric and unsettling sounds in modern music.

A journey through Oldies, Hip-Hop and R&B

A show focused on gritty, danceable vinyl. Like 90% strictly Disco. Rarities and shamefully forgotten classics. Sticking around may get you some 80's favorites. In other words - Come for The Jones Girls, stay for The Pet Shop Boys.

Blend of House, Disco, Funk + Classic Rock

A space for music lovers, seekers, diggers, who are always listening, featuring something new/old and always genre-less.

New Rhythm Dance

music that feels like the sky

Awayspa is a selection of somewhat distant and unfamiliar pop music—at least to Xspa.

Curated selection of old and new releases with a focus on club music from around the world.

Ever wondered what that stranger on the train was eagerly listening to. Or that one song playing in a crowded bar that SHAZAM just refused to find. Or that one song from that one time that goes like…

Well, you’re in luck. I have painstakingly searched, shazamed and even asked the bartender what that song was—just for you. So listen in and listen closely to EAVESDROP.

Your companion to music discovery.

DJ Pepperazzi is a Brooklyn-based photographer and vinyl DJ whose favorite flavors are disco, electronic, new rave, dance punk, and pepperoni.

Let Modvill transport you to the electrifying era of groovy beats and timeless dancefloor euphoria

A cool Thursday night.

An evening of love songs on vinyl

A journey through Oldies, Hip-Hop and R&B

On the fourth Tuesday of each month, Two Tone Timmy will offer up a themed, eclectic, and timely smorgasbord of sonic delights. Spanning multiple genres and eight decades, Timmy will transport you across the globe—musically—from Africa to Australia and everywhere in between.

synergistic sounds from the mind, body and spirit

spacetime w/ sarasmile is a vinyl voyage across dimensions and spanning genres. Rooted in the music sarasmile loves most, it will feature plenty of AM Gold, '70s soul, '80s RNB, disco, roots reggae, and Afrobeat, along with rare groove gems and oldies found in the dollar bins of NYC's record stores. Tune in and fly across the spacetime continuum!

Freeform show blending hip-hop influences with personal reflections. Each set feels like a page out of my diary, capturing diverse beats and lyrical tales.

Savoir Faire XL's Sound Migrations is purposeful in jumping genres, taking the live bar patrons and second hand listeners on a journey through the various mutations of music that you can feel in the chest region.

Hard and soft; slick and salty; pempti tempti, alti denti; to sink drain from colander, a sound to nourish your sensi.

A sound journey that highlights the far-out reaches of electronic and club music on analog media, both new and old.

Come into my Livin’ Room! Wether its funk and groove, blues or house/dance, you’re gonna have a good time.

Havoc Leaks is the electrifying radio show by Havoc on World, the electronic boy band led by Monep Neptune and Taylor Cherry. Dive into exclusive mixes, unreleased tracks, and bold sounds from the underground. Chaos becomes music—this is Havoc Leaks.

A deep dive into the vinyl collection highlighting some timeless gems. Two hours of soulful, earthy, spacey, groovy, deep, and original tunes. Music for music lovers. Future Jazz, Broken Beat, Soul, Dub, Deep House

VIANI Sounds provides a musical backdrop for the creative thinkers. A collection of sonics ranging from hip hop, jazz, electronic, indie but not limited to constraints. Intended to inspire creative thoughts, feelings and energy into everyones time. All music is exclusively played off original vinyl records and listened to at high fidelity, designed for the music purist.

A deep trip of bottom-heavy vintage and new beats, breaks and grooves.

In Italian, “aperitivo” is the drink which opens your stomach for meal. You have your aperitivo at your local "bar/caffetteria" before lunch or dinner, chat about your day along with your neighbors at the bar counter, relax and free your mind before going home or out to eat.

As a radio show, Aperitivo brings to you a fitting atmosphere for post-work musical decompression, one in which to connect with your neighbors whilst exploring the many sounds of this world - just at that hour in which your belly begins to call, and a neat cocktail along with the perfect record is all one need to set the mood for a continued journey through work, or prep for night out in dance.

Junglist Tapes digs deep into the roots of jungle and drum & bass, blending rare UK dubplates, lost tapes, and underground sounds with a unique Latin influence. Each episode explores the genre’s history—pirate radio, rave culture, and sound system energy—while incorporating Latin rhythms and percussive elements that push the sound forward.

A night of Japanese vinyl night with city pop, Japanese boogie, Japanese jazz fusion, soul, hip-hop

A comprehensive and encyclopedic compendium of all things music.

Kissa Mode is a vinyl first music experience breaking the unrecorded rules of record cafes.

New York based party Motion Studies returns to Hi-Note 12.6.24 with heavy hitters:

Omo Igi

O.Negative

Adash

Tune in, out, and around for some lovely disco and percussive house selects.

Le Night Club is a celebration of great dance music from NYC to Southside Chicago to Paris to Berlin to Detroit and beyond. Come join K2 and special guests on a journey of friendships, music history, local artists and events, and most of all....beats that lift your spirit and energize your day

Catch K2 live from Hi-Note NYC monthly:

Every 3rd Saturday bi-monthly (Oct 19, Dec 21, Feb 22, etc.)

Every 2nd Wednesday bi-monthly (Nov 13, Jan 8, Mar 12, etc.)

70's-era jazz/funk fusion, raw soul, breakbeats, original samples, interstellar explorations, mid-century modern lounge, beats from around the world, selected by Brooklyn-based jazz pianist & producer Jesse Fischer.

getting your essential goods one track at a time.

Úrsula blends Latin, drum, funk, R&B, and fusion sounds, drawing from her roots and global influences to deliver a set that’s both energetic and dynamic. With smooth transitions and a deep sense of rhythm, she moves effortlessly between genres, keeping the energy up and the crowd engaged from start to finish.

Hi-Note invites some of the finest curators and DJs from NYC and beyond.

Everything I like was once foreign to me. Some shit I loved right away, but a lot of it was not my liking - until I heard the right note in the right setting. This show for me is a space to weave familiar with unfamiliar, mainstream with the niche.

Any genre, any era, any style.

We all let loose eventually.

DJ Inbetween spins almost entirely 7-Inch vinyl sets, covering a wide range of genres but mainly focusing on funk, soul, rare groove, hip-hop, and electro. There will always be jaunts into leftfield and other areas like world music, jazz, and psychedelia, and a theme often connects each set.

For the Late Listeners.

A garage-forward affair bringing you only the finest in shuffle-y and swung selections on wax from across the pond and from the Northeast Corridor

music I like :)

Halcyon Nights is a neon-soaked spaceship hurdling through the stars on the beats of retrowave, synthwave, chiptune, citypop, and everything else soaked in 80s synth nostalgia. Kick back as the sounds transport you away—to a San Junipero wonderland of the imagined past or an ever-expansive digital deep space—on synths that get your body grooving and pull on your heartstrings.

Brain Massage Radio is a biweekly sonic deep dive. Curated for both newcomers and seasoned "headz," the show explores cerebral, soothing sounds and experimental artistry across genres like IDM, downtempo, trip hop, ambient, and beyond. Each episode serves as both an archive and a discovery tool, celebrating foundational pioneers, unearthing forgotten gems, and highlighting visionary artists who push the boundaries of music.

Join DJ CK on her show 'NeoPrizm Waves' showcasing obscure, indie, underground, up & coming, multi-genre,multi-decade dancey beats via mixed media form & vinyl tracks as well as some of her own produced music as well...special surprise guests as well.

Your companion to music discovery.

Savoir Faire XL's Sound Migrations is purposeful in jumping genres, taking the live bar patrons and second hand listeners on a journey through the various mutations of music that you can feel in the chest region.

Get ready to embark on an electrifying journey with 'Music You Can Dance To'—a pulsating, all-vinyl DJ set seamlessly blending the groovy vibes of house, disco, electronica, and pop beats. Brace yourself and get ready to lose yourself to dance and experience all out euphoria in this epic sonic adventure.

Coolin out to Maximum Groove with Daimei

Hi-Note invites some of the finest curators and DJs from NYC and beyond.

VIANI Sounds provides a musical backdrop for the creative thinkers. A collection of sonics ranging from hip hop, jazz, electronic, indie but not limited to constraints. Intended to inspire creative thoughts, feelings and energy into everyones time. All music is exclusively played off original vinyl records and listened to at high fidelity, designed for the music purist.

In a world where the health concerns of Black and Brown people are ignored, and where medical care is a luxury, self-care is also necessary to survival.

That’s why we, the Center for Wellbeing & Happiness, provide the Lower East Side with free programs focused on physical, spiritual, emotional, social, economic, environmental, and educational wellness.

Fight the sunday scaries with an ecletic mix.

Nu Soma FM dives into a sonic exploration of esoteric gems and irresistible grooves. From obscure global rhythms to hypnotic electronic textures, this show is a journey through the deep and soulful sounds that awaken the mind and move the body.