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KXAH

53 listings in 24 named rooms, over the last three years

Drawing from Detroit’s foundational influence and the darker edges of contemporary European club music, she crafts immersive, tension-driven sets built on heavy percussion, layered textures, and driving low-end energy. Her approach to DJing centers on narrative and atmosphere, creating long-form journeys where tracks dissolve into one another through mounting pressure and cathartic release.

Originally developing her craft in Boston through close collaboration with the INFRA collective, KXAH became deeply involved in the underground DIY circuit before relocating to New York City. During that time, she co-founded the Aversion event platform and label, helping build collaborative events and releases alongside collectives and artists from across the US and Europe, including Detroit Techno Militia, BCCO, Maison Fauna, and Uncoiled. Though no longer involved with the platform, the experience helped shape her approach to underground culture, collaboration, and independent artist infrastructure.

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Beyond the club, KXAH’s work extends deeply into experimental listening culture and interdisciplinary curation. Previously curating for Silence Please, a high-fidelity speaker building company and immersive listening showroom in New York, where she programmed and hosted experimental ambient sessions centred around intentional listening and sound system culture. Working within the showroom’s acoustically focused environment, she curated performances and listening experiences featuring artists such as Neel, Function, Amelia Holt, Amma Atteria and other experimental live performers, vinyl selectors, and sound artists. The series explored the intersection of ambient music, spatial sound, psychoacoustics, and deep listening, reflecting KXAH’s ongoing interest in the emotional and physical impact of sound beyond the dancefloor.

Her independently curated “Fight Club” events further expanded this community-driven approach. Hosted inside a fighting gym under the motto “Fighters Not Lovers,” the series created a platform highlighting female and multidisciplinary creatives, fostering collaboration between DJs, visual artists, designers, performers, and emerging talent within underground communities. As a performer, KXAH has appeared at influential venues and underground institutions across New York, Detroit, Minneapolis, and the East Coast, including Basement, Paragon, Marble Bar, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Good Room, Refuge, and Leland City Club. She has also performed at festivals including The Great Beyond and Techtoit.

In March 2026, KXAH released “The State Of The Mind” through Amsterdam-based label and collective Donker as part of the compilation DNKRVA004, a release featuring female artists from across the international underground electronic scene, with proceeds supporting breast cancer awareness and research initiatives in the Netherlands.

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The nights

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

2026

2025 — 16 nights
2024 — 19 listings
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: public records, Refuge, Domino Park, Virgo, Good Room, Mansions, Car Park, Le Petit Box, SILO, 96 Morgan Ave, BELOW GRŪND, Pinkfrog Cafe, Break The Norm at Below Ground, The Chocolate Factory, 99 Scott Ave, 3 Dollar Bill and Jupiter Disco. Ten 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.

  • KYRUHBossa Nova Civic Club ×2, and 4 more rooms · Dec 2023 – Feb 20266 nights
  • Concrete Husbandan unnamed room ×2, Bossa Nova Civic Club ×2, and 2 more rooms · Oct 2023 – Jan 20266 nights
  • VILEacross four rooms · Apr 2025 – Jan 20264 nights
  • SSG_across four rooms · Jul 2024 – Sep 20254 nights
  • Kevin SaundersonParagon ×3 · Mar 2024 – Jan 20263 nights
  • VolvoxCar Park ×1, H0L0 ×1, and 1 more room · Jul 2024 – Nov 20253 nights
  • CSILLAan unnamed room ×1, Bossa Nova Civic Club ×1, and 1 more room · Mar 2024 – Nov 20243 nights
  • Briela Venenoan unnamed room ×1, Refuge ×1 · Jan 2026 – Feb 20262 nights
19 more, 2 nights each
  • Megan Rosengartenan unnamed room ×1, Rash ×1 · Dec 2025 – Feb 20262 nights
  • Patrick Russellan unnamed room ×2 · Dec 2023 – Jan 20262 nights
  • Annie Lewan unnamed room ×1, Bossa Nova Civic Club ×1 · Dec 2023 – Jan 20262 nights
  • EvelynH0L0 ×1, Rash ×1 · Feb 2025 – Dec 20252 nights
  • Anthony ParasoleBossa Nova Civic Club ×1, Mansions ×1 · Oct 2025 – Dec 20252 nights
  • DomingaBossa Nova Civic Club ×1, H0L0 ×1 · Oct 20252 nights
  • CoralKILLan unnamed room ×1, Bossa Nova Civic Club ×1 · Oct 2023 – Jun 20252 nights
  • ALL EXITS315 Stagg st ×2 · Jul 2024 – May 20252 nights
  • jay yorkBossa Nova Civic Club ×1, SILO ×1 · Nov 2024 – Apr 20252 nights
  • MemphySILO ×1, The Chocolate Factory ×1 · Jul 2024 – Apr 20252 nights
  • Saint VelezBELOW GRŪND ×1, H0L0 ×1 · Nov 2024 – Feb 20252 nights
  • Lady Tazz96 Morgan Ave ×1, Paragon ×1 · Mar 2024 – Dec 20242 nights
  • ÆONBossa Nova Civic Club ×2 · Dec 2023 – Nov 20242 nights
  • MoMA ReadyBASEMENT ×2 · Apr 2024 – Oct 20242 nights
  • estroThe End ×2 · Jul 20242 nights
  • Janus RoseBossa Nova Civic Club ×2 · Dec 2023 – Apr 20242 nights
  • TelesforoBossa Nova Civic Club ×2 · Dec 2023 – Apr 20242 nights
  • Secret Raveran unnamed room ×1, Paragon ×1 · Dec 2023 – Mar 20242 nights
  • St.Villain3 Dollar Bill ×1, an unnamed room ×1 · Oct 2023 – Dec 20232 nights

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