A teen on the Minneapolis rave scene of the late-90’s, by 16 Ryan Smith was duly obsessed with house and techno music. Thus started his ongoing love affair with dancing and dance clubs. But it wasn’t until moving to New York in 2006 that he took his love of the music in the direction of DJing and promoting. Noting that many of the city’s gay dance clubs were playing surprisingly homogenous music, Ryan was inspired to push that envelope. Combining forces with DJ Ron Like Hell, Ryan started DJing at “Rocket,” a party night they collaborated on at Hose in the East Village that became popular for..
