Tropic Disco Sound System
Lark, Berlin
This night happened — Fri 5 Jun
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Who was billed4 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
5 of the 6 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Giouann and Bro Karl — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 22 May 2026.
Who they are
Recently at Zossener Brücke, OHM, Privatclub · often with Carl Luis, Afidissima, Gavsborg, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists Friends of Friends.
Recently at MaHalla, 90mil, Renate · often with Abibi, Berry Jane, Jack Miguel, none of them here that night
“Significant Other, a UK-born DJ, producer, and curator now based in Berlin, has carved out a distinctive space in the electronic music landscape with his emotionally resonant productions and genre-resistant style of DJing.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Significant Other, a UK-born DJ, producer, and curator now based in Berlin, has carved out a distinctive space in the electronic music landscape with his emotionally resonant productions and genre-resistant style of DJing. Consistently operating at the fringes, his creative output is an at times chaotic fusion of the tough and more tender corners of modern dance music. Initially emerging from the Brooklyn underground scene, Significant Other co-founded the prolific NYC event series and record label Club Night Club, cutting his teeth as a covert curatorial presence behind-the-scenes of a new wave of late 2010s Brooklyn dance music. With sporadic releases appearing across a range of acclaimed UK labels, little artist information provided, he emerged from the shadows as an enigmatic figure within the ecosystem of off-kilter dance production. His debut album Residuum arrived via Manchester cult favorite YOUTH in 2021, representing a veiled departure from the club origins of the project. A ghostly, atmospheric full-length grounded in texture and stygian catharsis which revealed a different side to his sound, transposing the tension and release balancing act of dance music onto a listening geared LP format. In the interim years his sound and DJ sets alike have become even harder to define. His work seamlessly blends elements of ambient, dub, and rougher club sonics, creating immersive fugue-state listening experiences that are at once both introspective and dancefloor-ready. The consistently elusive nature of the project has imbued his long discography with a liminal quality, his production and live output alike forever skirting the margins of genre and utility. Over the years he has garnered a cult reputation for his slant on the skudgier, atmospheric ends of contemporary mood-driven electronic music. In 2024 he launched the record label and Berlin event series Pain Management, an anti-dancefloor outlet for outsider sounds spanning spoken word, hellish dub experimentation and avant-garde electronica; ‘body music for restless minds’.Their RA profile lists SPE:C, Youth, Well Street Records, Oscilla Sound and 1 more.Recently at Flutgraben, OHM, Haus der Visionäre · often with Eleftheria, Buttechno, Matana Roberts, none of them here that night
Last at Zossener Brücke in May · often with Calamidades Lola, Femdelic, Amuleto Manuela, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Eleftheria3 with Significant Other and 1 with Giouann
- Blessed Love Sound1 with Bro Karl and 1 with Giouann
- Carl Luis7 with Giouann
- Abibi3 with Perera Elsewhere
- Bendik Giske3 with Significant Other
- Carmen Villain3 with Significant Other
- DjRUM3 with Significant Other
- John T. Gast3 with Significant Other
how this compares
- Median final count, Fridays at Lark62
- Middle half finished between22 and 102
- Past Fridays at this venue counted38
The room
Lark — 95 events and 443 distinct artists since Aug 2025.
Who put it on
Tropic Disco Sound System — 2 events and 17 artists since May 2026.