"The First Transmission’; It Takes A Village with Toribio… The next edition of We Out Here Festival: It Takes A Village weekly radio series is here. A show paving the road to the festival, connecting artists from across the line up. For this episode, Toribio steps onto the airwaves ahead of August. Responding to the theme ‘It Takes A Village,’ he explores rhythm as a form of living information - a code carried across generations, from village to village, body to body, keeping stories, memory, and connection in motion. A Dominican American musician, producer, and DJ, Toribio’s work is rooted in the transformative power of sound. From gospel and jazz foundations to global dancefloors, his practice weaves jazz, soul, house, and Afro Latin traditions into deeply intentional sonic journeys.Through spoken reflection and carefully selected music, the show traces the lineages that shaped him from Caribbean rhythms carried through family history to the communal spirit of New York dancefloors and the communities he continues to build today. At its core, this is a reflection on the keepers of the signal those who hold, protect, and pass rhythm forward. Where voices connect and communities grow, culture is almost always built together…