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This night happened — Thu 27 Nov 2025

Golden Gate

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Who was billed7 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met

20 of the 21 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

  • Maik Yells and David Delgado — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Mon 1 Sep 2025.

Who they are

  • Maik Yells

    Berlin · 8 bookings since Sep 2025

    “http://www.discogs.com/artist/Maik+Yells”

    their own biography

    Their RA profile lists Highgrade Digital, Flumo Recordings, Picknik Recordings, Neovinyl Recordings and 5 more.

    Recently at Marmorbar, Club der Visionaere · often with The Pushamann, Mu dB, Robin Ordell, none of them here that night

  • David Delgado

    Colombia · 8 bookings since Aug 2025

    ““I’m a little bit of a perfectionist – this has turned out both good and bad for me.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    “I’m a little bit of a perfectionist – this has turned out both good and bad for me. Sometimes, I can get lost in the details. When it feels like it’s in my power to make a production better, I get the urge to do whatever it takes. And take as long as is needed. I want to make it top quality.” With regular appearances in a many of legendary Berlin locales, from Club der Visionaere, which would eventually host his marathon Meltdown nights, regular appearances at Sisyphos and Kater Blau, to spots at Tresor, Panorama Bar, and the late, beloved Bar25, the Colombian DJ and producer DAVID DELGADO has confidently established himself in the upper level of the German capital’s underground firmament. Boasting a sound both dark and complicated, Delgado’s work flaunts an elasticity which separates from his contemporaries, emphasizing expertly manipulated “jazzy” drum samples behind minor-key washes and ambient chatter. Benefitting from his time as an assistant engineer in London’s top recording studios, he has worked alongside producers such as Chris Potter, Simon Duffy, Max Hayes and Adrian Hall. This interest in the details of sound dates back to his earliest musical fandom. “I was in my grandmother’s place — I must have been about seven — and my older cousin, who I really looked up to, came up to me with a copy of Michael Jackson’s Bad and said, ‘Hey, listen to this.’ I was immediately blown away, the way the music is so funky and tight, tech-y and percussive. It’s magical. His influence on my music is always present.” From Jackson, it was onto hip-hop — which wasn’t easy to track down, in Bogota back in the 90's. Then funk music and jazz, pervasive influences to this day. “I’m a big Miles Davis fan. And I’m a huge fan of Buddy Rich, whom I discovered digging in second hand stores after I followed a high-school girlfriend to New York. I would go to all the clubs with a fake I.D. I knew I could do what the DJ’s were doing, so I decided to spend all my savings on a couple of turntables and a few records. I started digging the house sound — Timo Maas’ remix of Azzido Da Bass’ Dooms Night would make me crazy, as well as Erick Morillo’s early Subliminal Records sound. I haven’t stopped since.” He made it to Manchester, then London (and further), developing his touch. Delgado also found he was being greeted with increasing enthusiasm in Berlin. A last-minute cancellation by DJ T at Club der Visionaere led to the offer of a two-hour slot at the club. He flew in. It was euphoric, never-ending, stretching from 4am until afternoon. By the end of the night, the club had adopted him, and he would soon adopt Berlin, offered a regular night -- Meltdown -- at Club der Visionaere. Soon he would be recording for Tom Clark’s lauded Highgrade label, as well as joining their booking agency. These days, Delgado is producing and remixing a lot, often with his friends and contemporaries Mihai Popoviciu and Argenis Brito, amongst others. As for his releases, he takes his time to perfect them until the music meets his standards. The newer work is dryer, more minimal, its jazziness increasingly improvisational, with artfully manipulated chords, and baselines often sampled from rare jazz records punctuated by the swell of mysterious orchestra stabs. The mood is suspended, an off-kilter swamp-like haze. His musical versatility and impeccable mixing skills, the flow of the classic and the new, allow him a canny adaptability, from a spacey early afternoon set at Club der Visionaere to the peak of Panorama Bar closing set. What’s next? His own label, Live shows and more musical expansion. “Why do I make music? The truth is, it’s not entirely obvious to me. But throughout my life music is the one thing that has never lost my attention.”
    Their RA profile lists Sender Records, Metroline Limited, Highgrade Records, Siteholder Uncut and 6 more.

    Recently at Club der Visionaere, Insomnia · often with ACID BOGEN, DJ ZBB, Annina, none of them here that night

  • Solyr

    3 bookings since Nov 2025

    Last at Wendel in Nov · often with Ambs, Josh Bobzin, Somme Farris, none of them here that night

  • sensour

    3 bookings since Oct 2025

    Last at Wilder als Erwartet in Oct · often with SOCIAL VLAD, G.I.A, EGOR VASILIEV, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • The Pushamann4 with Maik Yells and 1 with David Delgado
  • ACID BOGEN2 with David Delgado and 1 with Maik Yells
  • Mu dB3 with Maik Yells
  • Annina2 with David Delgado
  • DJ ZBB2 with David Delgado
  • Ambs1 with Solyr
  • Andelski1 with Maik Yells
  • Andrei Ciubuc1 with Maik Yells
24 said they were going — much busier than a usual Thursday at Golden Gate.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Thursdays at Golden Gate9
  • Middle half finished between6 and 12
  • Past Thursdays at this venue counted48

The room

Golden Gate — 187 events and 620 distinct artists since Aug 2025.

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 2297547.

Attending counts, venue records and co-billing history: adrift’s record of Berlin events.

Quoted passages are the promoter’s or the artist’s own words, unedited.