In the ‘90s, every breakdancing menace, raver kid in glow paint and it-gal/possible-transvestite craved and hustled for entrance into this Meat Packing District club mainstay. Not much has changed for the long-running Cielo.

An embodiment of NY dance culture, this intimate, lounge-like venue, with a Funktion One set-up, is our most significant link between the ashes of the club kid era of the '90s — when venues like Twilo, Limelight and Tunnel ruled the roost — and today's generation coming through.

Resistant to the ongoing wave of EDM crashing over the US, ex-Pacha resident Nicolas Matar's club has stuck to its roots, regularly hosting François K's Deep Space parties and other local legends like Louie Vega, Danny Krivit and Def Mix top dogs David Morales and Hector Romero still, while Fritz Kalkbrenner and HELENA visited just last month.