Navid Navbox
Navid, known as Navbox, is an NYC-based DJ, producer, and passionate music curator from Iran. Born in Tehran, he moved to the U.S. with his family to escape the regime that imprisoned his father for most of his childhood.
His deep roots in music began when he started playing piano at the age of four, which shaped his musical path forward. Navbox started DJing in the early 2000s, mastering his craft in Boston's underground scene while studying at university. Later he presented shows under Stranger Than Paradise (STP) in Washington, DC, which became a key platform for the city’s electronic music culture.
He played a major role in shaping the scene in DC in a nascent period, curating countless shows over a decade and playing alongside the likes of Zip, Sonja Moonear, Delano Smith, Thomas Melchior, Cassy, DJ Qu, DJ Three, Danny Tenaglia, N/UM and many more.
He has performed internationally at iconic venues like Hoppetosse and Club der Visionaere in Berlin, Output in New York, Fábrica De Arte in Havana, and the desert of Egypt. Blending minimal and rhythmic sounds with a deep respect for the roots and future of electronic music, he has little care for genres: focusing on good music alone. Fusing downtempo to minimal and house, and moving to the harder sounds of techno, there is a time and place for every sound.
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In addition to DJ’ing, he spends his time organizing shows under Respekt Music. These are opportunities to share his love for music and sound systems in various contexts and environments, further expanding his journey in sound across a wide spectrum of musical experiences. He joins the ReSolute NY team of resident DJ’s in the Spring of 2025.
Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.
The nights
2026
- Fri 7 AugSignalfirst time · Signal NYC
- Thu 5 Febpublic recordstheir 2nd night · Respekt Music
2025 — 5 nights
- Wed 31 Dec 2025H0L0first time · H0L0 NYC, ReSolute
- Fri 22 Aug 2025Moondog Hifitheir 2nd night · Brooklyn Sway
- Thu 10 Jul 2025public recordsfirst time
- Sat 17 May 2025Elsewheretheir 2nd night
- Fri 14 Feb 2025Moondog Hififirst time
2024 — 4 nights
- Sat 2 Nov 2024Apollo Studiofirst time · Javier Pedraza Polo
- Sat 12 Oct 2024Dadafirst time
- Sat 13 Jul 2024TBA - To Be Announced in BrooklynReSolute
- Fri 19 Jan 202496 Morgan Avefirst time · Respekt Music, ebb + flow
2023 — 3 nights
- Fri 8 Dec 2023Jolene Sound Room Brooklynfirst time · Import/Export, Jolene Brooklyn
- Fri 27 Oct 2023TBA - To Be Announced in BrooklynImport/Export, ReSolute, Respekt Music
- Fri 22 Sep 2023Elsewherefirst time
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.
- public recordsJul 2025 – Feb 20262 nights
- Moondog HifiFeb 2025 – Aug 20252 nights
- ElsewhereSep 2023 – May 20252 nights
Once each: Signal, H0L0, Apollo Studio, Dada, 96 Morgan Ave and Jolene Sound Room Brooklyn. Two of the 14 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.
- Vivian Wang96 Morgan Ave ×1, Moondog Hifi ×1 · Jan 2024 – Feb 20252 nights
- J. Richardsan unnamed room ×1, Jolene Sound Room Brooklyn ×1 · Oct 2023 – Dec 20232 nights
- Arianna Danaean unnamed room ×1, Elsewhere ×1 · Sep 2023 – Oct 20232 nights
The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography is Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.