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Clarisa Kimskii

52 listings in 12 named rooms, over the last three years · one ahead · Washington DC · 804 following on RA

also plays Berlin — 8 nights

Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Clarisa Kimskii has cemented her musical footprint on the borough since moving back in 2022. Through a palpable blend of psychedelic and driving techno, Clarisa’s approach to the genre is deeply idiosyncratic - an assemblage of both timeless and modern grooves.

As a producer, Clarisa has contributed to a handful of respected labels (Monday Off, Dusk & Haze, Mysteries of the Deep, etc.) within her sonic niche, but it’s through her own label L.A.G where the ethos of her sound truly takes form - a detailed variation of propulsive and atmospheric soundscapes.

Clarisa is deeply rooted in the techno subculture’s underground, and in early 2022 - the 20+ year veteran was named resident DJ of the Brooklyn-based, queer party Merge. Through her former residency at Merge and regular appearances at the city’s premiere institutions in BASEMENT Nowadays and Bossa Nova Civic Club Clarisa’s prestige is undeniably felt.

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Her pure, yet passionate approach to DJing has graced the decks of memorable nights at international institutions in Berlin's Berghain, Tbilisi's Khidi, and at notably iconic parties in Wrecked, Club Toilet, and The Bunker NY. Recent festival appearances at Taiwan’s Organik Festival and North America’s Honcho Campout, Sustain-Release, Whole Festival , Draaimolen and The Great Beyond have only elevated her reputation as a force within those respective communities.

The saga continues with juicy bits on the horizon.

Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.

SoundCloud ↗Discogs ↗

Records out on L.A.G., Monday Off, On Board Music, Gradient, Dusk & Haze, BITE and Mysteries of the Deep. — their own list on Resident Advisor

The nights

53 listings across 52 nights — one date in May 2024 carries two listings, and both are here.

2026

2025 — 14 nights
2024 — 21 listings
2023 — 12 nights

Their rooms

One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.

Aug 2023Jan 2027

Once each: The Chocolate Factory, H0L0, House of Yes, Market Hotel and Camp Kennybrook. 19 of the 53 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.

  • Ne/Re/Aan unnamed room ×15, and 2 more rooms · Sep 2023 – Mar 202518 nights
  • Mike ServitoBASEMENT ×3, an unnamed room ×2, and 1 more room · Oct 2023 – Aug 20256 nights
  • Ron Like Hellan unnamed room ×2, BASEMENT ×2, and 1 more room · Dec 2023 – Jun 20265 nights
  • Juanaan unnamed room ×2, and 2 more rooms · May 2024 – Jul 20264 nights
  • S'aint Panican unnamed room ×2, and 2 more rooms · Aug 2023 – Jun 20264 nights
  • Volvoxan unnamed room ×2, H0L0 ×1 · May 2024 – Nov 2026 · together again Fri 13 Nov3 nights
  • Kilopatrah Jonesan unnamed room ×2, The Chocolate Factory ×1 · Aug 2023 – Sep 20263 nights
  • Aaron JNowadays ×2, an unnamed room ×1 · Oct 2023 – Jul 20263 nights
34 more, 2 to 3 nights each
  • LeonceSignal ×2, BASEMENT ×1 · Jul 2025 – Jun 20263 nights
  • Sharlesean unnamed room ×2, Nowadays ×1 · Sep 2023 – Mar 20253 nights
  • Amotikan unnamed room ×3 · Nov 2023 – Jan 20253 nights
  • Aurora Halalan unnamed room ×2, Nowadays ×1 · Dec 2023 – Jan 20253 nights
  • ÆONan unnamed room ×1, Bossa Nova Civic Club ×1, and 1 more room · Dec 2023 – Aug 20243 nights
  • Kangding Rayan unnamed room ×2, BASEMENT ×1 · Oct 2023 – Aug 20243 nights
  • Josh SteersBASEMENT ×1, The Chocolate Factory ×1 · Feb 2024 – Sep 20262 nights
  • DVS1an unnamed room ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Nov 2024 – Jul 20262 nights
  • Elle DeeBASEMENT ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Mar 2025 – Jul 20262 nights
  • Ryan SmithBASEMENT ×2 · Jul 2024 – Aug 20252 nights
  • Niyah Westan unnamed room ×1, Signal ×1 · Nov 2023 – Jul 20252 nights
  • Annie LewBASEMENT ×1, Paragon ×1 · Mar 2025 – Jun 20252 nights
  • Andian unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1 · Oct 2024 – Mar 20252 nights
  • Arvin Tan unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1 · Oct 2024 – Mar 20252 nights
  • cottonNowadays ×1, Paragon ×1 · Jan 2025 – Mar 20252 nights
  • Harukaan unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1 · Feb 2024 – Jan 20252 nights
  • Polygoniaan unnamed room ×2 · Oct 2023 – Jan 20252 nights
  • Rrosean unnamed room ×2 · May 2024 – Jan 20252 nights
  • Phase Fatalean unnamed room ×2 · Apr 2024 – Oct 20242 nights
  • Regisan unnamed room ×2 · Jul 2024 – Oct 20242 nights
  • Auspexan unnamed room ×1, BASEMENT ×1 · Mar 2024 – Jun 20242 nights
  • Borisan unnamed room ×2 · Sep 2023 – Jun 20242 nights
  • Jason Kendigan unnamed room ×2 · Aug 2023 – Jun 20242 nights
  • LOLSNAKEan unnamed room ×2 · Sep 2023 – Jun 20242 nights
  • Quelzaan unnamed room ×2 · May 2024 – Jun 20242 nights
  • Rene Wisean unnamed room ×2 · May 2024 – Jun 20242 nights
  • Setaoc Massan unnamed room ×2 · May 2024 – Jun 20242 nights
  • Takaaki Itohan unnamed room ×2 · Sep 2023 – May 20242 nights
  • Devoyean unnamed room ×1, Knockdown Center ×1 · Sep 2023 – May 20242 nights
  • Mary Yuzovskayaan unnamed room ×1, Knockdown Center ×1 · Nov 2023 – May 20242 nights
  • The Carry Nationan unnamed room ×1, Paragon ×1 · Apr 20242 nights
  • Kiernan Laveauxan unnamed room ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Oct 2023 – Apr 20242 nights
  • Juliana Huxtablean unnamed room ×2 · Aug 2023 – Dec 20232 nights
  • Connor WrongBASEMENT ×1, Bossa Nova Civic Club ×1 · Oct 2023 – Dec 20232 nights

On record

Every one of these resolves on Discogs; the ones that do not are not printed. What Discogs files them under is not printed either — its label column carries mix series as if they were imprints.

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