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Melanie Havens

12 listings in 7 named rooms, over the last three years · one ahead · Brazil · 270 following on RA

also plays New York City — 1 night

Melanie Havens, a São Paulo native now based in Berlin, is a standout DJ known for her eclectic and dynamic sets that move fluidly across sonic landscapes. Active behind the decks since the age of 17, Melanie began her journey at São Paulo’s renowned club D-Edge before relocating to Berlin at 19, where she continued to develop her distinctive approach to electronic music.

From wave and Italo disco to EBM, electroclash, new beat, electro, dark disco, techno, synthpop, post-punk, and beyond, her selections are driven by vibrant synths, powerful basslines. Beyond the booth, Melanie is a writer and curator for The Brvtalist , as well as a resident at its events. She has brought her sound to dance floors around the world, with appearances in New York, Paris, Bogotá, Shanghai, and beyond. She is also the founder of Klaash , a party dedicated to electroclash and adjacent sounds.

Over the years, Melanie has brought her sound to renowned clubs and festivals worldwide, including Berghain, Tresor, Montreux Jazz Festival, Fusion Festival, and Grauzone Festival, alongside appearances across New York, Paris, Bogotá, Shanghai, Zagreb, London, São Paulo, Mexico City and beyond. A regular guest at Loone, she has also delivered standout sets and mixes for platforms such as Rinse FM, KEXP, KHIDI, and The Brvtalist.

The rest of it — one more paragraph

With a career shaped by years of experience across different scenes and continents, Melanie has established herself as a versatile and distinctive presence within the international underground circuit. Her ability to bridge influences from the past with contemporary club sounds allows her to create immersive experiences that move seamlessly between genres, eras, scenes and audiences.

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The nights

13 listings across 12 nights — one date in December 2025 carries two listings, and both are here.

2026

2025 — 6 listings

Their rooms

One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2025, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.

Aug 2025Jan 2027
  • SameheadsDec 2025 – Oct 20263 nights
  • KaterNov 2025 – Dec 20252 nights

Once each: Berghain | Panorama Bar | Säule, KitKatClub, Lark, ciao ciao Bar and Fitzroy. Two of the 13 listings never named a room, and are not counted as one.

Who they play with

Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.

  • Paty VaporSameheads ×3, and 3 more rooms · Sep 2025 – Oct 20266 nights
  • Franz ScalaKater ×1, KitKatClub ×1, and 1 more room · Nov 2025 – Apr 20263 nights
  • FuroticaBerghain | Panorama Bar | Säule ×1, KitKatClub ×1 · Apr 2026 – Jun 20262 nights
  • Yoshi (DE)an unnamed room ×1, Sameheads ×1 · Sep 2025 – Dec 20252 nights
  • Radondoan unnamed room ×1, Fitzroy ×1 · Sep 2025 – Nov 20252 nights

The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.