Swaya
Massachusetts born and Brooklyn based artist, producer and audio engineer Sophie Sawaya MacArthur, better known as Swaya, has spent a lifetime exploring the possibilities of storytelling and meaning making through sound. Raised by Brazilian and American parents, she spent her childhood studying violin before becoming disillusioned by the lack of creativity classical studies offered. She found her musical home on the internet becoming obsessed with hardcore punk, hip hop and experimental electronic music. A graduate of Communications Studies at Concordia University, she spent 5 years in Montreal where she was an active member of the music scene, performing her music at MUTEK, Pop Montreal, Slut Island, Never Apart, Datcha and more. Since she began posting her music online in 2016, Swaya has released 5 EPs and countless tracks, edits and mixes, consistently pushing and reinventing herself with each release.
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Beyond her personal artistic work Swaya is also an established producer and audio engineer, currently working with Brooklyn producer Tony Seltzer at his studio Seltzer Sounds. She has worked with the likes of Zelooperz, Babyxsosa, Key!, Hawa, Marti, Mercury, Michael Christmas, Magella and more.
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Records out on Purple Tape Pedigree, Tobago Tracks, s.M.i.L.e. and Ultra Rare. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
2026
- Fri 9 OctSilence Pleasetheir 6th night
- Thu 3 SepElsewherefirst time
- Sat 11 JulSilence Pleasetheir 5th night
- Wed 8 JulHoney'stheir 4th night · Yaz Lancaster
- Sat 13 JunSilence Pleasetheir 4th night
- Sat 16 MayNowadaystheir 4th night
- Sat 18 AprTBA - Secret LocationOST
- Sat 11 AprSilence Pleasetheir 3rd night
- Sat 14 FebSilence Pleasetheir 2nd night
- Fri 23 JanSilence Pleasefirst time
2025 — 11 nights
- Sat 20 Dec 2025LoHifirst time · POWRPLNT, Pauli Cakes, RENEGADE.NYC, parka, xcakes
- Thu 13 Nov 2025Nowadaystheir 3rd night · Mystic Stylez
- Sat 27 Sep 2025Nowadaystheir 2nd night
- Sat 28 Jun 2025Nowadaysfirst time · Body Hack
- Wed 25 Jun 2025Gabrielafirst time · Tar Pit
- Sat 21 Jun 2025H0L0first time · Georgina Asuncion Guasch, H0L0 NYC, MARICAS, ReSolute, tu culito colombiano
- Fri 20 Jun 2025Honey'stheir 3rd night · Jubilee Gang
- Fri 16 May 2025Sugar Hill Discofirst time · GUSH
- Sat 19 Apr 2025Mood Ringtheir 5th night
- Sat 8 Mar 2025Honey'stheir 2nd night · Jubilee Gang
- Thu 6 Feb 2025Mood Ringtheir 4th night
2024 — 9 nights
- Wed 23 Oct 2024Bossa Nova Civic Clubtheir 2nd night · Mystic Stylez
- Sat 7 Sep 2024Honey'sfirst time · Kaili
- Sat 22 Jun 2024Singersfirst time · Angel Touch Spa
- Sun 26 May 2024Jupiter Discofirst time · Jupiter Disco Version 2.0
- Sat 18 May 2024Mood Ringtheir 3rd night
- Fri 12 Apr 2024Bossa Nova Civic Clubfirst time · Tobago Tracks
- Sat 16 Mar 2024The Endtheir 2nd night · Male Merge
- Thu 14 Mar 2024Ki Smith Galleryfirst time · STILL/MOVING
- Thu 18 Jan 2024The Endfirst time · Mystic Stylez
2023 — 3 nights
- Sat 9 Dec 2023Mood Ringtheir 2nd night
- Sat 30 Sep 2023Good Roomfirst time
- Fri 18 Aug 2023Mood Ringfirst 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.
- Silence Pleasea standing night · Jan 2026 – Oct 20266 nights
- Mood RingAug 2023 – Apr 20255 nights
- Honey'sSep 2024 – Jul 20264 nights
- NowadaysJun 2025 – May 20264 nights
- Bossa Nova Civic ClubApr 2024 – Oct 20242 nights
- The EndJan 2024 – Mar 20242 nights
Once each: Elsewhere, LoHi, Gabriela, H0L0, Sugar Hill Disco, Singers, Jupiter Disco, Ki Smith Gallery and Good Room. One of the 33 listings never named a room, and is 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.
- BattygyalNowadays ×2, Mood Ring ×1 · Apr 2025 – May 20263 nights
- Jettyan unnamed room ×1, Bossa Nova Civic Club ×1, and 1 more room · Aug 2023 – Apr 20263 nights
- Lil ZéHoney's ×2, Mood Ring ×1 · Feb 2025 – Jun 20253 nights
- Ian Kim Juddan unnamed room ×1, The End ×1 · Jan 2024 – Apr 20262 nights
- DJPTNowadays ×1, The End ×1 · Mar 2024 – Sep 20252 nights
- Jubilee GangHoney's ×2 · Mar 2025 – Jun 20252 nights
- NadineHoney's ×2 · Mar 2025 – Jun 20252 nights
- NellyHoney's ×2 · Mar 2025 – Jun 20252 nights
6 more, 2 nights each
- Papi WeliHoney's ×2 · Mar 2025 – Jun 20252 nights
- amitaMood Ring ×1, Sugar Hill Disco ×1 · Apr 2025 – May 20252 nights
- HYPERFEMMEMood Ring ×1, Sugar Hill Disco ×1 · Aug 2023 – May 20252 nights
- BlessingBossa Nova Civic Club ×1, The End ×1 · Mar 2024 – Oct 20242 nights
- KailiHoney's ×1, Mood Ring ×1 · May 2024 – Sep 20242 nights
- CelesSingers ×1, The End ×1 · Jan 2024 – Jun 20242 nights
The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography, the labels and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.