Saturday Session: smugsie
Unkompress, Berlin
This night happened — Sat 10 Oct · 9pm → 1am Sun
free · 21+ · Unkompress ·
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Who was billed1 artist
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
Good to know
- “Limited capacity. Arrive early. Open from 18:00”
Unkompress Listening Bar invites their very own musical host, Smugsie, for a vinyl-focused Saturday evening session.
Expect selections spanning the intersection of Jazz and Soul.
UNKOMPRESS is an intimate listening bar and music-driven social space in Kreuzberg, built around sound, records, natural wine and considered listening.
the rest of the promoter’s listing — 1 more paragraph
Limited capacity. Arrive early. Open from 18:00
from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor
Who they are
“Smugsie's beginnings in DJing started in Germany in 2024, where she first DJ'd at a small DIY festival in Southeast Germany called Tears of Joy.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Smugsie's beginnings in DJing started in Germany in 2024, where she first DJ'd at a small DIY festival in Southeast Germany called Tears of Joy. Having continued to refine her skills, she since played in venues such as Section 8 in Melbourne, Kauz in Zurich and Giri and Paloma in Berlin. Inspired from an early love of soul, hiphop, psychedelic rock and jazz, Smugsie’s sets serve to provide a soundscape through which we can process, unmask and connect to ourselves, and each other. Smugsie’s radio presence moves between her anecdotal and silly side, hosting her monthly morning show Smugsie’s Sealects with her seal on THF Radio, showcasing her record collection paired with anecdotes to start the day, to more reflective conversations with the music community on neurodivergence and its intersectionality with music, explored in her Refuge Worldwide series, Unmasking. As a producer, Smugsie initially learnt how to make beats through the Femme Bass Mafia mentoring production programme back in 2024. Smugsie has since been working on her first EP, an experimental blend of sound design, melodic and dreamy pads scattered with field recordings from different corners of the world.
The room
Unkompress — 43 events and 31 distinct artists since Aug 2025.
Also that night
- This is Techno Jazz with Fabrizio Rat (Live), Mattia Prete, Resonances (Live), Do You Know JunoKantine am Berghain — also tagged jazz, with techno too.
- 15 Years Gretchen: JOSHUA IDEHEN *liveGretchen — also tagged jazz, with electronica too.
- Cassie Kinoshi Listening sessionAtemporal — also tagged jazz.
how these 3 are connected
- This is Techno Jazz with Fabrizio Rat (Live), Mattia Prete, Resonances (Live), Do You Know Juno — RA tags both listings jazz — and that one also techno.
- 15 Years Gretchen: JOSHUA IDEHEN *live — RA tags both listings jazz — and that one also electronica.
- Cassie Kinoshi Listening session — RA tags both listings jazz.