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[CANCELLED] Chemical X Halloween Takeover

River Moon, Bapari, Ish Couture, HARDKORE

Paragon990 Broadway Brooklyn, NY · Map

This night happened — Thu 26 Oct 2023

Paragon

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Who was billed7 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met

19 of the 21 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

  • River Moon and Bapari — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 26 Oct 2023.
  • River Moon and HARDKORE — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 16 Sep 2023.

Who they are

  • River Moon

    New York City · 27 bookings since Sep 2023

    Last at Paragon in Sep · often with Luca Eck, Memphy, Only Fire, none of them here that night

  • HARDKORE

    New York City · 27 bookings since Sep 2023

    “New York City native Hardkore has been making waves in the NYC underground since 2017, setting off techno and gabber bombs on unsuspecting crowds in the city’s best clubs and grimiest warehouses.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    New York City native Hardkore has been making waves in the NYC underground since 2017, setting off techno and gabber bombs on unsuspecting crowds in the city’s best clubs and grimiest warehouses. As a main brain behind rave collectives Nosferatu and Anonymous Club, Hardkore builds bridges between the city’s forward-thinking fashion and techno scenes, culminating in the most talked-about parties of the past few years. Hardkore has also collaborated with Barcelona-based Toro Collective, bringing their debaucherous party to popular Brooklyn venue Heaven, and holds a residency at Lower East Side mainstay Home Sweet Home. Recently, he has played standout sets at beloved NYC collective Club Cakes’ forest rave, Flirt (HTX), and Bossa Nova Civic Club, where he dared to throw the best party of 2022 on the second-to-last day of the year.

    Recently at Paragon, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with DREAMINSLOW, CYNICAL, Via App, none of them here that night

  • Bapari

    New York City · 31 bookings since Aug 2023

    “j@pluralartistmanagement.com Bapari is a musical force known for their heady dance tracks, cheekily disruptive pop edits, and hard-hitting DJ sets that blend techno, jungle, garage, club, hip-hop, and IDM in unexpected ways.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    j@pluralartistmanagement.com Bapari is a musical force known for their heady dance tracks, cheekily disruptive pop edits, and hard-hitting DJ sets that blend techno, jungle, garage, club, hip-hop, and IDM in unexpected ways. A Grammy-award winning producer for their work on Eusexua by FKA twig's, Bapari pushes experimentation within electronic music to the edge, exploring all outcomes, from unique underground club tracks to evocative sonic landscapes. Bapari’s most recent project “Evermore” (Halcyon Veil, 2025) saw them pick up the mic and live guitar, featuring Ari’s hauntingly original vocals for the first time while exploring ‘90s influences of shoegaze, trip hop, and R&B. Born in Los Angeles to Haitian immigrants, Bapari found their way into music as a DJ in downtown LA’s underground party scene in the mid-2010s. Since then, They have released four EPs; collaborated with FKA Twigs, Eartheater, Kelsey Lu, Lolahol, and more; opened for Steve Lacy in Australia and Japan; and toured extensively as a DJ in North America, Europe, and Asia. Their work has been featured in DJ mag, Mixmag, Highsnobiety, Interview, Flaunt, Dancewax, and Resident Advisor, which named their 2021 track “Daybreak” a best-of-the-year. Touring highlights include headlining Boiler Room five times; festival appearances at Sonic Acts, Dweller, and Primavera; museum shows at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London) and MoCA (Los Angeles); and club nights at Knockdown Center (NYC), Tresor (Berlin), Parkingstone (Paris), Mitsuki (Tokyo), Le Fag (Melbourne), Spiritual Sauna (Milan), TUNNEL (LA), and many more. Bapari has shared lineups with artists like Shygirl, Yves Tumor, LSDXOXO, and horsegiirL. Their music has been featured in campaigns for the fashion brands YSL Beauty, Melissa Shoes, I.AM.GIA, Barragán, Marshall Columbia, and Wildfang; the smart ring company Oura; and the NFT platform Foundation. They have created soundtracks for designers No Sesso and Helena Eisenhart for New York Fashion Week presentations
    Avantgarde on 3, Techno on 3, Alt-Pop on 2 and Dance-pop on 2. styles on their catalogued releases
    Their RA profile lists Halcyon Veil and Naafi.

    Recently at Paragon, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Miss Parker, Sevyn 0000, Memphy, none of them here that night

  • Kiri

    3 bookings since Sep 2023 · Groove and rare-wax selectors

    Last at Trans-Pecos in Sep · often with Alien D, No Sir, Max Watts, none of them here that night

  • Ish Couture

    3 bookings since Oct 2023

    often with EXO OXY, MGNA Crrrta, St.Villain, none of them here that night

  • J!mmy

    2 bookings since Oct 2023

    often with EDEN BEKELE, Moochie, Teigh, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • Memphy5 with Bapari and 4 with River Moon
  • Sevyn 00005 with Bapari
  • DREAMINSLOW4 with HARDKORE
  • Luca Eck4 with River Moon
  • Byrell The Great3 with River Moon
  • CYNICAL3 with HARDKORE
  • flirty8003 with River Moon
  • Fortified Structures3 with HARDKORE
36 said they were going — much quieter than a usual Thursday at Paragon.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Thursdays at Paragon212
  • Middle half finished between147 and 501
  • Past Thursdays at this venue counted31

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

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 1791410.

Attending counts, venue records, co-billing history, scene names and release styles: adrift’s record of New York City events.

Quoted passages are the promoter’s or the artist’s own words, unedited.