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Relaxer

38 listings in 11 named rooms, over the last three years · one ahead · 508 following on RA

Relaxer is the project of Daniel Martin-McCormick, fka Ital, member of Black Eyes, Cry and Gaze and co-founder of Dripping. Rooted in the US punk/noise underground of the late '90s and early 2000s, Martin-McCormick's music embodies a sensual, visceral edge that reflects and extends that legacy. His hardware live sets, honed over a decade of tours, are exhilarating, white knuckle rides, while his DJ sets fluidly cross genres and eras with a cathartic sense of urgency.

He's been a repeat performer at Berghain (where the Relaxer project made its live debut), De School, Unsound, Nowadays and many others. On his first five self-titled EPs and albums "Concealer" (Planet Mu), "Coconut Grove" (Avenue 66) and "Hedonic Fatigue" (Climate of Fear), his productions stretch out, weaving strands of wormhole techno, minimal, noise, UK hardcore continuum and fractured ambient into a rippling, mesmeric tapestry. More recent club-focused EPs "Licking" and "Candy" (Lovers Rock Recordings) sharpen the blade, amping up his music's animalistic snarl and erotic undertones. 2024's "Break" saw him working in drum n bass-techno hybrid form after a special live set was commissioned by NY dnb cult fav party Headznite. It was released by experimental fav 29 Speedway, with two remixes from DJ Marcelle.

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Following his composition studies with Morton Subotnick, Relaxer's music has also evolved a new modality: alongside his club works there have been concerts of long form durational works featuring spoken word and richly spatialized sound design. His debut performance in this new style was a standout at Sustain-Release Year Seven. These works were released in the Summer of 2022 as "Force Field: A Guide for the Perplexed" on Club Night Club. "In Softening Air," the follow up, is out on Lovers Rock Recordings.

Behind the scenes, Martin-McCormick has been a consistent force shaping the US underground. He is the co-founder of Dripping camping festival and NY-based event series. He was a key member of Sustain-Release from its inception and co-director from 2017-2021, founded the labels Lovers Rock Recordings & Climate of Fear, was one of the first residents at Bossa Nova Civic Club. He currently holds a residencies at The Lot Radio and Dripping.

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Records out on Workshop, Planet Mu, Thrill Jockey, 100% Silk, Avenue 66, Gang of Ducks, Lovers Rock, Relaxer, Club Night Club and Acacia Baila. — their own list on Resident Advisor

The nights

2026

2025 — 15 nights
2024 — 12 nights
2023 — 4 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: Pioneer Works, Jupiter Disco, Rash, Mood Ring, Trans-Pecos, BASEMENT and Le Bain. Seven of the 39 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.

Gaze has stood on 1 of these bills. Gaze is one of the names Relaxer records under, so they are named here rather than counted as company. — their aliases on Resident Advisor

  • aka-SolNowadays ×5, and 2 more rooms · Dec 2023 – Jun 20268 nights
  • Baby LeoMansions ×3, Nowadays ×2, and 1 more room · Apr 2024 – Jun 20266 nights
  • KilbourneNowadays ×3, and 2 more rooms · Apr 2025 – Nov 2026 · together again Thu 12 Nov5 nights
  • CryNowadays ×3, an unnamed room ×1 · Apr 2025 – Nov 2026 · together again Thu 12 Nov4 nights
  • Elena Colombian unnamed room ×1, Mansions ×1, and 1 more room · May 2025 – Feb 20263 nights
  • Carpet (F.L.H.P)an unnamed room ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Jun 2026 – Nov 2026 · together again Thu 12 Nov2 nights
  • MARBLE RYEan unnamed room ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Jun 2026 – Nov 2026 · together again Thu 12 Nov2 nights
  • Azumi OEan unnamed room ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Oct 2024 – Jun 20262 nights
3 more, 2 nights each
  • K Wataan unnamed room ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Apr 2025 – Jun 20262 nights
  • Elori Saxlan unnamed room ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Apr 2024 – Mar 20262 nights
  • Yumian unnamed room ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Dec 2023 – Feb 20262 nights

On record

7 more, back to 2016

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.