Who was billed3 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
Most of these artists had shared a bill before that night.
the pairs that have met
1 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- DJ STEPDAD and Alien D — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 15 Mar 2024.
- DJ STEPDAD and Post-Geography — 3 shared bills before that night, first on Tue 23 Jan 2024.
Who they are
“Whatever your thoughts are on artists with goofy monikers, Ted Davis (aka DJ STEPDAD) has likely heard them before.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Whatever your thoughts are on artists with goofy monikers, Ted Davis (aka DJ STEPDAD) has likely heard them before. In line with Davis’s worldview at large, the name of the dance project is as much an act of lighthearted sincerity as it is a reflection of his unbothered sense of humor. Initially a product of the short-lived lo-fi house boom and its endless cheekily-named producers, DJ STEPDAD began in 2018—around the same time Davis started hosting scrappy living room raves out of dingy college houses in Orange County. Reconnecting with a childhood friend over beers and Serato that winter break, the conversation turned to all the support Davis’s stepdad, Mike, had given his musical pursuits over the years. The name DJ STEPDAD had a ring to it, and was decided then and there as a quasi-tribute. Aside from the 2019 EP, for my stepchildren vol. 1, and the occasional stand-alone single, DJ STEPDAD remained a fleeting party trick while Davis relocated to Los Angeles in the early throes of the pandemic. Quickly becoming a respected critical voice in ambient music, Davis was netting bylines with his favorite publications while his own music fell into stasis. Lacking a sense of community in the SoCal sprawl, it didn’t take Davis long to find what he had been missing after relocating to New York in 2022. Within weeks of moving, DJ STEPDAD was playing sets on The Lot Radio, and building friendships with formative electronic influences. The coastal shift and refocus on music would come to shape time to figure things out, Davis’s forthcoming EP and proper reintroduction to the project. Named after a 1970s expression signaling a couple heading for divorce, time to figure things out fittingly finds Davis rebuilding his relationship with DJ STEPDAD. Between properly learning how to DJ ahead of travel dates for the first time, and having mixes featured on NTS and Dublab, the result is an inward-gazing collection of tracks that capture Davis’s confidence being built in real time. Nowhere is that clearer than on EP opener “heaven’s on fire,” which challenges what any DJ STEPDAD track has sounded like before it. Giving the beloved Radio Dept. single a deep house rework, the cover centers Davis’s vocals on a track for the first time under a woozy, autotuned sheen. Not letting time to figure things out become an isolated affair, Davis recruited college rave co-host Alex Conradt for time to figure things out’s artwork and enlisted Doom Trip Records label head Zac Emerson (Panda Bear, Maral) for mastering duties. “dads can’t step” and “she took the kids” stay committed to the divorced dad bit, but a move towards higher fidelity, along with Emerson’s mastering handiwork, have allowed DJ STEPDAD’s fog-enveloped production to soar. Closing with the restless, pop-sampling highlight “bad vibes,” time to figure things out sounds, if anything, like an artist that figured it out. [Tim Gagnon]Last at Baby's All Right in Jan · often with Soler System, 3 People, Mole, none of them here that night
“"It's D's World, we're just living in it" - Guy reading my iPhone notes on the M Train Longtime dancefloor staple Dan Creahan has been a quiet but vital energy in New York's thriving late-night scene, promoting and running door as energetically as he throws down on the floor.”
their own biography
the whole biography
"It's D's World, we're just living in it" - Guy reading my iPhone notes on the M Train Longtime dancefloor staple Dan Creahan has been a quiet but vital energy in New York's thriving late-night scene, promoting and running door as energetically as he throws down on the floor. As a producer, he's often sought to explore the range around the center of the floor, working behind a number of pen names that have settled in recent years around around Alien D, a coy reworking of his first name, and the most direct outlet for his productions. Having previously released tapes with Mind Dynamics, a driving, frenetic project that pushed noise sensibilities and an improv-first focus on dance music stylings, Creahan worked through a range of concepts and monikers before releasing his first record as Alien D in 2018. Building sonic worlds around shared concepts and studio workflows, he rarely sits in one place for too long, exploring ever-shifting sonic palettes that have branched out from his initial formula of loose break tracks, tinged with elements of house and dub and into a range of sources, from spaced-out B12 tributes to tracks nodding towards the heyday of West Coast rave and downtempo. Bringing the same energy he's honed as a label head and promoter to his studio practice, the horizon looks bright for this Alien, gleaming out into the depths of space, where new worlds await <3House on 9, Techno on 9, Downtempo on 6 and Experimental on 4. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Kulture Galerie (2), Honey Trap (1) and Theory Therapy (1); their RA profile also lists Sweat Equity NYC and Twin System. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Good Room, The End, Nowadays · often with No Sir, Andrew Devlin, Yibing, none of them here that night
Last at Baby's All Right in Jan · often with Madjestic Kasual, Ben Seretan, Cleat, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Ben Seretan2 with DJ STEPDAD and 1 with Post-Geography
- No Sir13 with Alien D
- Andrew Devlin12 with Alien D
- Yibing12 with Alien D
- NIGELTHREETIMES10 with Alien D
- Kfeelz6 with Alien D
- Kat Offline5 with Alien D
- Soler System5 with DJ STEPDAD
The room
Sisters — 42 events and 137 distinct artists since Aug 2023.