Who was billed6 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- next: ÆDEN in Berlin, Sat 31 OctJen Cardini
- Veronica Vasicka
- next: Good Room, Thu 22 OctArvin T
- Crystallmess
- next: Signal, Fri 23 OctKYRUH
- next: Paragon, Sat 24 OctWTCHCRFT
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
8 of the 15 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- KYRUH and WTCHCRFT — 16 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 25 Aug 2023.
- Veronica Vasicka and Arvin T — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 25 Aug 2023.
- Arvin T and WTCHCRFT — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 25 Aug 2023.
- Jen Cardini and KYRUH — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 25 Aug 2023.
- Arvin T and KYRUH — 3 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 25 Aug 2023.
- Veronica Vasicka and KYRUH — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 25 Aug 2023.
- Jen Cardini and Arvin T — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 25 Aug 2023.
Who they are
“French-born Jen Cardini (they/them) has been welcoming people into the discotheque for the last 30 years.”
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French-born Jen Cardini (they/them) has been welcoming people into the discotheque for the last 30 years. Their belief that something more was hidden under the surface of electronic music has put them at the helm of tiny sweaty lesbian bars, flamboyant Ibiza superclubs, and off-the-beaten-path warehouse raves. Through their work as an A&R for the labels Correspondant and DISCH, their remixes and productions helped rephrase the world's understanding of the French dance music scene. They continue playing festivals such as Glastonbury, Primavera Sound, Field Day, Sonar, Butik Festival, Mutek, and more. Cardini is also a regular at some of the best clubs in the world, such as Berghain, Outra Cena, Bassiani, Basement, K41 or Club Raum. They have also been able to perform at iconic art venues like MoMA PS1 and the Centre Pompidou. Jen has also launched their own party series, Nightclubbing, a platform for queer underground artists focused on transmission, and is now the artistic director of the Nightclubbing Festival in Paris, taking place in September 2026.Their RA profile lists Crosstown Rebels, Dirt Crew Recordings, Kill The DJ, indigo:inc and 6 more.often with Byron Yeates, Carly Zeng, Maara, none of them here that night
“Veronica Vasicka is a NYC native: a photographer, musician, DJ and founder of the epic record label and on-line music resource Minimal Wave.”
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Veronica Vasicka is a NYC native: a photographer, musician, DJ and founder of the epic record label and on-line music resource Minimal Wave. As one of the founding members of East Village Radio, she managed the station during its pirate days and began collecting obscure and long forgotten gems that fell somewhere between the Cold Wave, Post-Punk, Industrial and Synth-pop genres. Not knowing what to classify these bands as, she coined the genre Minimal Wave and set up the website www.minimalwave.com as an online resource to share her finds with the rest of the world. The response to the website was huge and shortly after its launch, Veronica began tracking these artists down and re-issuing their work on the Minimal Wave label. Most of these bands recorded extremely limited copies of their work in their basements and shared their work with the world via John Peel's radio show and a handful of underground music mailings. The music released on the label ranges stripped down, D.I.Y. synth-pop to pioneering industrial electronics. In addition to running Minimal Wave, Veronica launched the Cititrax in 2008 (www.minimalwave.com/releases/cititrax) label as way to expose newer synth-based acts. She DJs monthly in her hometown, New York City, and around the world, as well as having hosted a weekly radio show from 6-8pm ET on East Village Radio for 10 years. She now hosts a monthly show on Red Bull Radio called This Side of Nowhere. She has curated and released over 100 albums now, amongst them were two highly lauded compilations: The Minimal Wave Tapes: Volumes 1 and 2 which were picked up, released and distributed by Stones Throw Records. Veronica's DJ sets range from raw, danceable industrial electronic to cold wave fused with mutant house and underground techno. She likes to tell a story when spinning and to teach the crowd about the roots of electronic music. She has a fantastic talent for synthesizing her influences into an unforgettable night of dancing. Select mixes can be heard here: Resident Advisor #663 https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=663 Boiler Room (Dekmantel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhYkHPNs1d0 Boiler Room (Santiago) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p9kOO-xS4w Beats in Space 923 https://beatsinspace.net/playlists/923/ Beats in Space 519 https://beatsinspace.net/playlists/519/ Mixmag in Session https://soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/in-session-veronica-vasicka Dekmantel 072 https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/dekmantel-podcast-072-veronica-vasicka XLR8R, http://www.xlr8r.com/podcasts/2015/07/xlr8r-podcast-396-veronica-vasicka-dekmantel-festival-2015-edition/ LN-CC Boutique, https://soundcloud.com/ln-cc/ln-cc-store-mix-033-veronica Dazed And Confused, http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/13016/1/exclusive-veronica-vasicka-mix I.D. Magazine http://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/id-mix-final-veronica-vasicka, Noise In My Head http://www.noiseinmyhead.com.au/2013/02/170213-w-veronica-vasicka New York Times feature: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/fashion/talking-with-veronica-vasicka-founder-of-minimal-wave.html Veronica has DJ'd events for Art Basel, MoMA, MoMA P.S. 1, Miu Miu, Calvin Klein, Surface To Air, Agnes B, and 22/4 Hommes Femmes. She also played these festivals: Sonar, Primavera, Atonal, Simple Things, Dekmantel (Amsterdam and Sao Paolo), Cynetart, Mutek, Movement, Sustain Release, as well as numerous club nights in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Miami, Tokyo, Kobe, Tbilisi, London, Paris, Lyon, Amsterdam, Rome, Milan, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Copenhagen, Malmö, Helsinki, Bucharest, Athens, Moscow, Mexico City, Santiago, Medellin, Bogota, Manchester, Bristol, Belfast and Glasgow. Veronica has been featured in various notable publications such as The New York Times, Interview Magazine, Dazed & Confused, I.D. Magazine, Vice, Elle, Electronic, Revel In New York, New York Magazine, and Time Out New York. http://www.minimalwave.com https://www.facebook.com/minimalwaverecords http://www.twitter.com/minimal_wave http://www.instagram.com/minimalwaveTheir RA profile lists Downwards and Minimal Wave.Last at MoMA PS1 in Aug · often with Andi, S4M23, Sam Clarke, none of them here that night
“Arvin T’s sound is a vast, rhythmic vocabulary that navigates the spectrum of emotions.”
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Arvin T’s sound is a vast, rhythmic vocabulary that navigates the spectrum of emotions. He is a resident at Brooklyn club Gabriela and a frequent collaborator with the renown dark dance label/party Synthicide. Arvin can also be found in rotation in New York City's vibrant club scene including regular appearances at Basement, Good Room, and Paragon; with a formidable international presence to match. His production navigates high-energy and bouncy progressive, while grounding those movements in the textures of wave, 90s house, and trance-oriented atmospheres. This versatile output has garnered support across the global circuit, anchored by releases on the Dutch imprint Return To Forever, alongside New York’s own E-Missions Recordings and Magic City.House on 1 and Techno on 1. styles on their catalogued releasesTheir RA profile lists E-Missions and Magic City.Last at Bossa Nova Civic Club in Aug · often with Andi, Eli Escobar, Sharlese, none of them here that night
“CRYSTALLMESS is a DJ, producer, artist and writer based in Paris, France.”
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Their RA profile lists Because Music and PAN.often with Juliana Huxtable, Beatrice M, ring noord, none of them here that night
“Based out of Brooklyn, KYRUH is no stranger of hard, gritty and high caliber techno.”
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Based out of Brooklyn, KYRUH is no stranger of hard, gritty and high caliber techno. Purgative, high energy rave shawty that makes love on the ones and twosLast at Mood Ring in Aug · often with SKIN CONTACT, OCTI, Von, none of them here that night
“Acid fiend, Techno heathen.”
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Acid fiend, Techno heathen. Occasional rap producer. It's All Your Fault.Techno on 21, Acid on 11, Bass Music on 13 and Acid House on 10. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Clasico Records (2) (3) and Haven (5) (1); their RA profile also lists Balkan Vinyl, I Love Acid, Noise Manifesto, Haven and 4 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileLast at Paragon in Aug · often with Simzii, estoc, Miss Parker, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Andi26 with Arvin T and 3 with Veronica Vasicka
- MORENXXX5 with KYRUH and 5 with WTCHCRFT
- Elle Dee5 with KYRUH and 2 with Arvin T
- nextdimensional4 with WTCHCRFT and 1 with Veronica Vasicka
- Rose Kourts3 with WTCHCRFT and 1 with Veronica Vasicka
- S4M232 with Arvin T and 2 with Veronica Vasicka
- Concrete Husband6 with KYRUH
- Eli Escobar6 with Arvin T
446 said they were going — about like a usual Friday at Paragon.
how this compares
- Median final count, Fridays at Paragon464
- Middle half finished between381 and 585
- Past Fridays at this venue counted140
The room
Paragon — 356 events and 947 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Most-tagged here: Techno (20), Club (18), House (12) and Ghetto Tech (4). genre tags on this room’s listings