Refraction x Towns NYC
with Benji B, 063N13, Séance Centre & Prince Language
public records233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217 · Map
This night happened — Thu 4 Apr 2024
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Who was billed33 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- next: public records, Sat 7 NovBenji B
- 063N13
- Prince Language
- Rick Silva
- Deadbeat
- Deepchild
- Kenneth Scott
- Noah Pred
- Portrait XO
- Music
- Séance Centre
- Athena Yasaman
- ART
- Carla Gannis
- Emily Edelman
- LOVID
- p1xelfool
- Claudia Hart
- Monaris
- Iness
- PIA
- Bryan Brinkman
- Efdot
- Steve Sweatpants
- Metamedia featuring Ana Roman
- Christian Bök
- Diane Drubay
- Fatima Camara
- Michael Tan
- Nadine Shelly
- Polyforms
- Random Pattern
- Rangga Purnama Aji
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
522 of the 528 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Bryan Brinkman and Steve Sweatpants — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 4 Apr 2024.
- Monaris and Bryan Brinkman — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 4 Apr 2024.
- Monaris and Steve Sweatpants — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 4 Apr 2024.
- p1xelfool and Bryan Brinkman — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 4 Apr 2024.
- p1xelfool and Monaris — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 4 Apr 2024.
- p1xelfool and Steve Sweatpants — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 4 Apr 2024.
Who they are
“Having worked tirelessly since first falling in love with Londonʼs club culture at an early age, Benji B stands today as one of the UKʼs most respected broadcasters and DJs.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Having worked tirelessly since first falling in love with Londonʼs club culture at an early age, Benji B stands today as one of the UKʼs most respected broadcasters and DJs. As renowned for his deep, crate plundering club sets (which take in everything from soulful electronic music to hip hop, house and beyond) as much as his eclectic, taste-making selections. Alongside his weekly BBC show on Radio 1 Benji has been running his club night Deviation Sessions in London now in it's sixth year. Each month he installs a bespoke soundsystem on which have played the likes of Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Joy Orbison, Floating Points and Skream to Moodymann, Dam-Funk, Theo Parrish, Omar-S, Gerd Janson and many more. Over it's five years Deviation has been widely regarded as one of the very best club nightsRecently at public records · often with Hidden Spheres, Lovie, Louise Chen, none of them here that night
Last at public records in Oct 2023 · often with NIGELTHREETIMES, Takuya Nakamura, @big45mountain, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists Southern Fried Records, !K7, DFA Records, Throne of Blood and 2 more.
Recently at 100 Sutton Studios, Eavesdrop, The Sultan Room · often with Ivan Berko, Elkind, Gianna Guerino, none of them here that night
“Scott Monteith is a musician, sound artist and music technology educator best known for his work under the stage name Deadbeat.”
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the whole biography
Scott Monteith is a musician, sound artist and music technology educator best known for his work under the stage name Deadbeat. Having launched his production career at the turn of the millennium, the Canadian-born, Berlin-based producer's 22 Deadbeat albums, three-dozen singles, and countless remixes and collaborations represent one of the most prolific and consistently rewarding catalogues in the modern electronic music canon. The city of Montreal played an outsized role in the sonic depths of his early works. Moving to the city in 1998, he secured a day job with local music software developer Applied Acoustics Systems and spent the late hours pursuing his own creative endeavours. In the spring of 2006, Monteith would make the move to Berlin. The move proved fruitful as his creative focus shifted from the studio to the stage, resulting in performance invitations from the most respected clubs and festivals the world over. As a DJ, Monteith is a dub archivist second to none, with a collection spanning the genre's early Jamaican roots, through the “steppers” versions of the 80s and 90s championed in the UK and Europe, to the current crop of global producers pushing the dub sounds into previously unheard directions and widely divergent rhythmic structures. This was most clearly highlighted with the release of his critically acclaimed DJ mix Radio Rothko in 2010, rated by various publications as one of the most genre-defining mix CDs of all time, highlighting both the founders and most progressive young producers of the Dub Techno sound at the time. In addition to his production and performance activities, his abilities as an educational speaker and workshop leader have been regularly called upon by the world-renowned Red Bull Music Academy, as well as technology leaders such as Microsoft, Ableton, and Native Instruments among others. A tireless innovator of vast creative vision, 20-plus years on, Monteith's restless creative spirit shows no signs of being quieted for many years to come.Their RA profile lists Wagon Repair, ~scape, Cynosure Recordings, Musique Risquée and 6 more.often with Escapverte, Chica Paula, Max Loderbauer, none of them here that night
“Kenneth Scott spent his formative years surrounded by hippies in a small town in rural Iowa, and somewhere amongst their penchant for Trancendental Meditation they introduced a young Mr.”
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the whole biography
Kenneth Scott spent his formative years surrounded by hippies in a small town in rural Iowa, and somewhere amongst their penchant for Trancendental Meditation they introduced a young Mr. Scott to rave music. Soon after, between dabbling in Hip-Hop production, tinkering with cheap hardware, and full immersion in mid-90s House, Drum N Bass and IDM, Scott found himself on a one-way train to the distant shores of San Francisco, where his bastardized melange of electronic dance music was welcomed with wide-open arms. After several years building notoriety as a promoter, collaborative performer, and consummate after-party DJ extraordinaire, Scott shifted his attention more seriously to solo production, which is garnering him increasing accolades in his current home of Berlin. Kenneth Scott is a busy man still on a one-way train, with no brakes – as proven by releases on Vakant, Another, Legwork, and his own Bad Animal imprint.Their RA profile lists Vakant, Circus Company, Souvenir Music, Mo's Ferry Prod. and 6 more.often with Main Running Order, UNSET LIVE, Wolke7 LIVE, none of them here that night
often with Mike Trofimov, nuarrrrr, none of them here that night
often with 3Ω – TERRAHYMN, Above My Door, Adventurous Music Plateaux, none of them here that night
Recently at Trans-Pecos · often with Pure Immanence, WAREHOUSE, Dancers, none of them here that night
Recently at Now & Then NYC
often with Isaac Escalante, Satana, Celice Monnette, none of them here that night
often with Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Gh0stpipe, Dave Krugman, none of them here that night
often with Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Gh0stpipe, Dave Krugman, none of them here that night
often with Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Gh0stpipe, Dave Krugman, none of them here that night
often with Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Gh0stpipe, Dave Krugman, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Ana Maria Caballero1 with Bryan Brinkman, 1 with Monaris, 1 with p1xelfool and 1 with Steve Sweatpants
- Cibelle Cavalli Bastos1 with Bryan Brinkman, 1 with Monaris, 1 with p1xelfool and 1 with Steve Sweatpants
- Dave Krugman1 with Bryan Brinkman, 1 with Monaris, 1 with p1xelfool and 1 with Steve Sweatpants
- Defaced Studio1 with Bryan Brinkman, 1 with Monaris, 1 with p1xelfool and 1 with Steve Sweatpants
- Exhibiting ALLSHIPS artists1 with Bryan Brinkman, 1 with Monaris, 1 with p1xelfool and 1 with Steve Sweatpants
- Fezz Stenton1 with Bryan Brinkman, 1 with Monaris, 1 with p1xelfool and 1 with Steve Sweatpants
- Genki Nishida1 with Bryan Brinkman, 1 with Monaris, 1 with p1xelfool and 1 with Steve Sweatpants
- Gh0stpipe1 with Bryan Brinkman, 1 with Monaris, 1 with p1xelfool and 1 with Steve Sweatpants
how this compares
- Median final count, Thursdays at public records63
- Middle half finished between35 and 131
- Past Thursdays at this venue counted130
The room
public records — 766 events and 1,571 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Holds about 300.
Who put it on
Refraction IRL — 5 events and 76 artists since Apr 2024.