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Henry Chow

35 listings in 17 named rooms, over the last three years · one ahead

Texas-born and Brooklyn-based, Henry Chow has spent nearly three decades embedded in the underground, moving dance floors with raw, mood-driven techno and house. A lifelong crate digger, his sound leans heavy on tension, groove, and restraint—built for dark rooms and long nights. As a DJ, Chow’s reputation has carried him to international stages and key venues across the U.S., including regular appearances at The Great Beyond (US).

In Houston, Chow co-founded Crossroads, then one of Texas’ longest-running dance parties. The series became a proving ground for uncompromising international and regional artists alongside deeply rooted local talent, helping shape a sustainable, late-night culture. After arriving in Brooklyn in 2017, Chow re-established Crossroads with a series of events at the now defunct TBA Brooklyn. Years later Chow teamed up with Dianna Loevner, Samuel FIsh, and Dyllon Young to help create the underground outfit Mizz Softee.

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In the studio, Chow first cut his teeth in the early 2000s, releasing an EP on Marco Carola's seminal techno imprint, Zenit. Followed by original and remixes on labels such as Genetic Recordings, Thoughtless Music, Harmonious Discord and Abiotic. Dug from the past and locked into the present, Henry Chow delivers music that’s physical and meant to be felt.

Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.

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Records out on Thoughtless Music, Zenit and Harmonious Discord. — their own list on Resident Advisor

The nights

2026

2025 — 9 nights
2024 — 6 nights
2023 — 6 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: Good Room, BASEMENT, SILO, Jupiter Disco, Green Room NYC, Honey's, Earthly Delights, Xanadu, Softee Paradise, H0L0 and Paragon. Seven of the 36 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.

  • Samuel Fishan unnamed room ×3, and 4 more rooms · Aug 2023 – Oct 20267 nights
  • AdraBossa Nova Civic Club ×2, Refuge ×1 · Jul 2024 – Mar 20263 nights
  • Max GardnerBossa Nova Civic Club ×2, Refuge ×1 · Jul 2024 – Mar 20263 nights
  • TruncateMansions ×1, Refuge ×1, and 1 more room · Oct 2024 – Mar 20263 nights
  • ShaleenSignal ×2 · Dec 2025 – Oct 20262 nights
  • e-Litepublic records ×1, Xanadu ×1 · Nov 2024 – Jul 20262 nights
  • Dustin ZahnBASEMENT ×1, Refuge ×1 · May 2026 – Jul 20262 nights
  • Lycheean unnamed room ×1, Refuge ×1 · Oct 2023 – Jul 20262 nights
5 more, 2 nights each
  • Vivian WangMansions ×2 · Oct 2024 – May 20262 nights
  • Chill Zonean unnamed room ×2 · Nov 2023 – Apr 20262 nights
  • Pure Immanencean unnamed room ×1, Softee Paradise ×1 · Jun 2024 – Apr 20262 nights
  • DrumcellRefuge ×1, Signal ×1 · Aug 2025 – Mar 20262 nights
  • TariqBossa Nova Civic Club ×2 · Jul 2024 – Jul 20252 nights

On record

7 more, back to 2003

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.