![]() “But I’m also from South Texas, so I try to collect regional Texas stuff like Ramon Ayala or Carlos y Jose. “A big chunk of my collection is oldies music,” Saenz says. At this week’s gathering at The Ritz, expect to hear everything from Motown and ’60s girl groups, to punk and new wave, to cumbia and tejano tunes. As a collective the Chulita Vinyl Club’s selections are reflective of the diversity of musical tastes within the Latina community. ![]() A recent mix is titled “Chulita Hysteria-Music for self-love.” The contribution from the Austin chapter of Chulita collects songs like “Maniac” from the Flashdance soundtrack, “Ladies Night” by Kool and the Gang, “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer and more. For those who can’t make it out to The Ritz this week, there is always the CVC’s SoundCloud page, where the breadth and sweep of the club’s tastes can be heard in the weekly mixes they post. “Being a part of Chulita Vinyl Club has definitely cultivated this very special space.” The Chulita Vinyl Club is not entirely opposed to the digital distribution of music. “There’s something super special about being able to shape the music you collect and you hold dear to yourself,” Perez says, adding that sharing that feeling with others in her crew only serves to bolster her sense of self. The crates of records she has amassed over the years are physical representations of her identity. Maryela Perez, another member of the CVC’s Bay Area chapter, says honing her vinyl collection has helped her understand herself. “Vinyl is just something more intimate for me.” One of the few requirements of the CVC is that its membership spin only vinyl when hosting DJ nights. “A lot of the girls in Chulita Vinyl Club inherited vinyl collections from their parents,” Saenz says, referring to the passing down of music on vinyl with the same reverence as would be appropriate with any other family heirloom. Saenz started CVC back in 2014 with the mission of “providing a space for empowerment and togetherness” for women of color. “I created Chulita Vinyl Club specifically to have a space for women to kind of encourage and get girls out there to either start DJing or have a space to get together as vinyl-loving girls,” Saenz says, explaining the inspiration behind CVC-which now has chapters in San Antonio, Austin, the Rio Grande Valley, Los Angeles, Santa Ana and San Diego, in addition to the Bay Area club. Their final night this month comes this Thursday. This month, the Bay Area chapter of the CVC has taken up residence at The Ritz, spinning oldies, soul, cumbia, hip-hop, funk and more on May 4 and 11. “Whether it be the DJ, the venue or the promoter-anybody involved in music basically.”Īs the founder of Chulita Vinyl Club-an all-female society of record collectors, which spans multiple cities in California and Texas-Saenz is uniquely positioned to effect change in the local community, and she has. “I’m pretty new to San Jose, but I have noticed it is very male-dominated,” Saenz says. ![]() ![]() However, like most corners of the entertainment industry, she found that the local nightlife circuit was run predominantly by men. When Claudia Saenz relocated from Austin to San Jose, she found a thriving Latino DJ scene, which she definitely could appreciate. ![]()
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