Planet B and Mike Simonetti All Night Long
Black Flamingo168 Borinquen Pl., Brooklyn NY · Map
This night happened — Sat 9 Mar 2024
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Who was billed3 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
2 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Mike Simonetti and Simonetti — 3 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 9 Mar 2024.
Who they are
“Planet B is no stranger to New York dance floors, having held residencies in legendary rooms like House of Yes and Le Bain.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Planet B is no stranger to New York dance floors, having held residencies in legendary rooms like House of Yes and Le Bain. Though it has been his “all-nighters” at Eli Escobar’s newly minted Gabriela and the storied Good Room that have pushed him into new light. Planet B’s foundations are house, disco, funk and soul, but very little is off limits. Words can only do so much to describe a Planet B soundtrack, so it’s best you meet him on the floor.Recently at Gabriela, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Jupiter Disco · often with beewack, Fernelly, Serrian, none of them here that night
“Jersey born, bred and based, Mike Simonetti is a man of many caps.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Jersey born, bred and based, Mike Simonetti is a man of many caps. As an artist he’s in demand both as a solo act and as one half of acclaimed techno duo Pale Blue. In the business, he’s a multiple influential label founder with 25 years of breaking bands and accelerating culture to his name. In life, he is a serial crate digger and music lover. With a steady flow of releases and remixes on his own 2MR, Manpower’s Me Me Me, Public Release, Crosstown Rebels, Correspondant peppering the sets of premiership selectors such as Dixon, Ame, Mike Servino and Maceo Plex, the 2010s have seen Mike steadily rise to prominence as one of this decade’s most consistent, exciting and innovative producers both solo and with Elizabeth Wight as Pale Blue. This is no coincidence: Simonetti’s status is the result of decades of diligent work across multiple musical movements from punk to acid house as both a DJ and label owner. In the early 90s he founded cult imprint Troubleman Unlimited, a label responsible for breaking the likes of Chromatics and Glass Candy and releasing music by Prurient, Vatican Shadow, Zola Jesus, The Walkmen, Speedking (James Murphy’s first band), Unwound, and many many more acts long before their mainstream exposure. This tastemaker trend continues throughout every label Mike has founded since retiring Troubleman and exploring more dancefloor focussed sounds: between 2007-15 he ran Italians Do It Better with Glass Candy’s Johnny Jewell, during which time it became a by-word for innovative electronic fusion. Now 2MR (2 Mikes Records co-founded with Mike Sniper and Adam Gerrard) carries the mantel for joyous unpredictability and forefront electronic fusion, encouraging the boldest and most vibrant experiments from exciting new innovators such as Savile, Bottin, John Barera and many more. Galvanizing Mike’s ahead-of-the-curve signature and reflecting his ever-broadening musical brushstrokes in the studio and reputation as an international DJ, 2MR is yet another chapter for the man of many caps: an artist, a DJ, a label owner, a crate digger, a music lover…Their RA profile lists Crosstown Rebels, Italians Do It Better, Perseo, Correspondant and 5 more.often with Hot Chip, Timo Lee, Panthera Krause, none of them here that night
Last at Bossa Nova Civic Club in Oct 2023 · often with Spiñorita, Baby Wolf, Billy Caldwell, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Hot Chip2 with Mike Simonetti and 1 with Simonetti
- beewack7 with Planet B
- 4AM NYC5 with Planet B
- Toribio5 with Planet B
- Eli Escobar4 with Planet B
- HunnyBunny4 with Planet B
- Extra Meesh3 with Planet B
- Fernelly3 with Planet B
34 said they were going — much busier than a usual Saturday at Black Flamingo.
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at Black Flamingo8
- Middle half finished between5 and 22
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted66
The room
Black Flamingo — 153 events and 223 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Holds about 70.