INDIRA PAGANOTTO
Avant Gardner140 Stewart Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237 · Map
This night happened — Fri 15 Dec 2023
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Who was billed5 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
None of these artists had shared a bill before that night.
Who they are
“Indira Paganotto was born in 1992 and is at the moment one of Spain's most iconic and recognisable artists.”
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Indira Paganotto was born in 1992 and is at the moment one of Spain's most iconic and recognisable artists. Indira has had the most eclectic musical upbringing. Her father, a DJ in the 80's, was her educator and his collection of disco, jazz, acid house and goa music was the perfect library for the girl from Madrid. Her sets are full of elegance and effusive danceability, with a quality selection that brings us from 90 ́s disco to the most current underground techno music. Wherever or whenever, her style is energetic, regardless of whether it is hard or soft. This energetic eclecticism has become her signature trait, together with a constant smile! In the last 12 months, Indira’s rise has been unstoppable: from headlining all major clubs and events, such as Awakenings, Tomorrowland, Circoloco, Amnesia Ibiza, EXIT festival, Pacha Barcelona, Shelter Amsterdam, Fabric London, EDC Las Vegas, Thuishaven, Bar Americas, Nordstern, Cavo Paradiso, DC-10, and many others, Indira’s become a well- known name across the globe. With a big support from Charlotte de Witte, Indira has performed at her KNTXT events globally: Europe, North America, South America.. Often combining very diverse sounds, Indira impeccably manages to capture the audience’s attention. Her trademark, psy-trance mixed with techno, has nowadays become a synonym for her. In March 2023 she released a collaboration with Nina Kraviz, ‘white horse’, on Nina’s Trip label. Having launched her own label in June 2022, ARTCORE, there is a busy release schedule ahead: after the first Guns and Horses, with the next one coming in June 2023. This summer will see Indira perform at some of the most exclusive events and A-list festivals, such as Tomorrowland Main Stage, Awakenings Festival (both editions), Monegros Festival, Ikarus Festival, Kappa Festival, Extrema, Sonus, Exit Festival... Moreover, she will be launching Indira Paganotto Curates as a residency at the infamous Amnesia Ibiza, where she’ll be curating the Main Room for Capriati’s Metamorfosi events. Indira’s future is as bright as her smile: with her energy, her dedication to work and her flawless skills, she will never let the audience leave feeling indifferently - she is there to make a statement. Wether it’s a 15k capacity mega-venue, an open air festival or a dusty underground club, rest assured she’ll conquer it.Their RA profile lists Octopus Music, OFF Recordings, Pooledmusic, Raw Trax Records and 4 more.often with VTSS, Sven Vath, DJ Tennis, none of them here that night
“Jochem Paap (the Rotterdam artist owes the nickname Speedy J to his DJ skills) is unanimously considered to be one of the first techno producers to come from the Benelux.”
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Jochem Paap (the Rotterdam artist owes the nickname Speedy J to his DJ skills) is unanimously considered to be one of the first techno producers to come from the Benelux. Together with people like Laurent Garnier, Aphex Twin and Richie Hawtin he helped raising the genre just after it had escaped the Detroit delivery room. Since the early nineties, Speedy J releases on labels like Plus 8, Warp and Novamute. But while techno develops into a dominating force on many dance floors worldwide, Jochem Paap, after the albums G Spot (1993) and Ginger (1995), turns left and heads for other exciting places. On Public Energy No. 1 (1997) and A Shocking Hobby (2000) the sound wizard exchanges flowing, harmonious techno for a much more complex sound, filled with colliding samples, crackling rhythms and tremendously thrilling turns. After fifteen years of techno Speedy J now has come full circle. But what a wide circle it was, and how fickle the trodden path. Over the years he has collaborated with video-artists, filmmakers and advertisers, made the pioneering DVD Umfeld, an audio-visual, electronic trip, which sets the standard for many composers who want to compose for six speakers in the coming years – remarkably made available as a free download on the internet. But not only that, Speedy J has continuously been pushing the boundaries of electronic & experimental dance music. Blurring the lines between Live performance and Digital Djing, he fuses subversive electronics and peak time Techno. Together with his partner in crime Chris Liebing he started using Traktor and other Software technology on 4 laptops with hardware such as Machine Drum and 303’s to create a fully integrated set. Again he is spearheading a way of DJing that is picked up by a lot of other forward thinking electronic artists. Logically, the releases on his label Electric Deluxe all feature tool versions, introducing the concept of creating unique live sets from parts as a natural evolution of Djing. Not only setting the bar for peak hour Techno madness, Electric Deluxe becomes the platform for his Collabs series that started on Novamute, as well as releases by open minded artists like Chris Liebing, George Issakidis, Tommy Four Seven and Terrence Fixmer to showcase the value of creative synergy using newest technology. Another strong part of this idea is the introduction of a new series of techno events called Electric Deluxe presents, which in a young history of just a couple of editions brought major artists like Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, Radio Slave, Matthew Dear, Chris Liebing into play. Speedy J’s musical vision is genre blurring, creative freedom at the highest level of innovation and quality, it is providing a platform for artists operating within any conceivable genre in the broad spectrum of techno to fully explore and embrace the ever-expanding technological possibilities.Their RA profile lists Warp Records, novamute, Music Man Records, Plus 8 Records Ltd and 5 more.often with Berghain, SUMME, UFO95, none of them here that night
“current owner/partner of the legendary former New York City night club The FunHouse, DJ, Dancer, Producer, lighting engineer”
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Last at Bossa Nova Civic Club in Nov · often with Destro187, JR Mac, Cath Boo, none of them here that night
often with Concrete Husband, Salomon Wize, Soundpilot, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists HE.SHE.THEY. RECORDS.
Last at Outer Heaven in Dec · often with Shlømo, JSMN, jay york, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- KYRUH1 with Cera Khin, 1 with hhunter and 1 with Indira Paganotto
- Shlømo2 with hhunter and 1 with Cera Khin
- Destro18710 with SPEEDŸ
- Frankie Bones4 with SPEEDŸ
- JR Mac4 with SPEEDŸ
- Alexander Technique3 with SPEEDŸ
- DEMEN-TEK3 with SPEEDŸ
- Laura Kaotik3 with SPEEDŸ
186 said they were going — much busier than a usual Friday at Avant Gardner.
how this compares
- Median final count, Fridays at Avant Gardner35
- Middle half finished between13 and 113
- Past Fridays at this venue counted42
The room
Avant Gardner — 99 events and 321 distinct artists since Sep 2023.
Holds about 6,000.