Bassiani night
Fadi Mohem / Kancheli b2b Philippa Pacho / Ndrx /Kim Ann Foxman /Matas /Sekucci
BASEMENT52-19 Flushing Ave., Maspeth, NY 11378 · Map
This night happened — Sat 27 Apr 2024
Bassiani and basement ny
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Who was billed7 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- next: Fri 30 OctFadi Mohem
- Kancheli
- next: Nowadays, Fri 30 OctPhilippa Pacho
- next: Tresor / Globus in Berlin, Sat 31 OctNdrx
- next: The Chocolate Factory, Sat 7 NovKim Ann Foxman
- next: BASEMENT, Fri 6 NovMatas
- Sekucci
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
13 of the 21 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Fadi Mohem and Philippa Pacho — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 27 Apr 2024.
- Kancheli and Philippa Pacho — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 27 Apr 2024.
- Fadi Mohem and Kancheli — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 27 Apr 2024.
- Kancheli and Kim Ann Foxman — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 27 Apr 2024.
- Kim Ann Foxman and Sekucci — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 27 Apr 2024.
- Matas and Sekucci — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 27 Apr 2024.
- Kancheli and Ndrx — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 27 Apr 2024.
- Ndrx and Matas — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 14 Oct 2023.
Who they are
- Their RA profile lists Klockworks, WERK Records, Seilscheibenpfeiler, WSNWG and 2 more.
Recently at BASEMENT · often with Berghain, Säule, JakoJako, none of them here that night
Recently at BASEMENT · often with 98dots, Newa, Gabrielle Kwarteng, none of them here that night
“Frequently promoting an intense journey of groove and force.”
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Frequently promoting an intense journey of groove and force. Pacho's early beginnings took place in the illegal party scene in Stockholm and have since carried her far and wide, playing at renowned clubs such as Bassiani, De School and Berghain.Their RA profile lists positivesource.Last at BASEMENT in Nov 2023 · often with Berghain, Hiroko Yamamura, cotton, none of them here that night
“NDRX is a Georgian electronic music scene activist and resident DJ of renowned techno club BASSIANI.”
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NDRX is a Georgian electronic music scene activist and resident DJ of renowned techno club BASSIANI. The journey of a compassionate defender of club culture’s true values starts back in the mid-2000s, when, joined by teenage peers, he starts throwing impromptu raves in the streets of Tbilisi. "We Need More Clubs in Georgia'' becomes a motto of then-newbie young DJs, who were greeted by clumsy gazes and disdain by the passers-by. Nevertheless, the crave for dancing and playing music encouraged them to start throwing parties during the times when not much was happening in the city. Following years sees enthusiastic NDRX founding Stare at DJ (2012-2015), a music series which contributed to the development of the local scene for years. His next venture, 11TH Floor (2015) aimed to unite the group of like-minded electronic music artists. "Other artists joined me on the 11th floor, and something like a commune was created." NDRX’s dedication to the DJ school has encouraged a staggering wave of new DJs and producers, who fill the clubs both home and worldwide nowadays. Since 2016, NDRX proudly joins BASSIANI, a prominent techno institution which revolutionized Georgian club culture and left its mark on the electronic music movements globally. Serving as an underground basis for resistant and subversive youth culture, BASSIANI was notoriously raided by the state armed forces in 2018, prompting tens of thousands of dancers to take to the streets in protest. NDRX, no stranger to street raves, helmed the boisterous task of playing for the protest crowd joined by the artists under the new motto, "We Dance Together, We Fight Together." The state stepped back, and the club eventually reopened next weekend. In the last couple of years, NDRX stands as an embraced guest of one of the most celebrated dancefloors worldwide: Berlin’s Berghain, Amsterdam’s ADE, De School and Vault Sessions; Exit Festival Serbia; Sonar Barcelona; Basement NYC; ODD São Paulo; Fast Forward Copenhagen; Robert Johnson Frankfurt; and Kremwerk Seattle, to name a few; a frisky explorer of unapologetic queer collectives Herrensauna (Berlin); Spielraum (Amsterdam); and Tbilisi’s own Horoom Nights. Focusing solely on DJing, NDRX’s sets bring a scrutinizingly selected and masterfully put-together experience with technical prowess from his spectacular music collection. His sets create the unyielding spirit of the dancefloor, a gutsy passion that makes him the tour de force of the Georgian electronic music scene.Recently at BASEMENT · often with The Carry Nation, Newa, ROBUS, none of them here that night
“The short-story version of Kim Ann Foxman’s trajectory is pretty simple: An island-born kid dreams of a life in clubland, hits the big city and, with a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, emerges as one of dance music’s leading figures.”
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The short-story version of Kim Ann Foxman’s trajectory is pretty simple: An island-born kid dreams of a life in clubland, hits the big city and, with a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, emerges as one of dance music’s leading figures. But it’s the details that transforms her singular tale into something far more fascinating than the standard-issue success story. After all, what other DJ can lay claim to the title of Miss Teen Filipina Hawaii? How many can say that their first job in nightlife was when in high school, serving as the in-house dancer and serving rave smoothies at an all-ages club? How many, after moving to New York by way of San Francisco in the early ’00s, can say that they helped to rejuvenate the city’s then-stale nightlife via her residency at one of the best parties ever held in a hole-in-the-wall gay bar, the Mad Clams affair? How many have tasted stardom as one of the original members of the scene-making dance-music collective Hercules and Love Affair? Exactly one, and it’s Kim Ann. But it’s a safe bet that she would have made it to where she is today without those biographical eccentricities, because her near-classical take on jacking club rhythms is hard to resist, sounding as fantastic at a full-scale mega-rave as it does at a grimy basement bash. It’s a universally appealing sound that’s taken her around the world—the past few years have seen her playing such hallowed halls as Fabric, Berghain, DC-10, Concrete and Contact, all while holding down a residency at her hometown’s Good Room. A lifetime in clubbing has informed Kim Ann’s studio work as well, with her music—much of it coming out on her own Firehouse label—synthesizing the best elements of raw house, propulsive 303 material, emotive techno and even the occasional hint of trance into a hugely satisfying whole that lives somewhere between the weird and the wonderful. And then there’s her latest project, Pleasure Planet, which sees her teaming with Andrew Potter and Brian Hersey to add sparkling touches of extraterrestrial new wave to the mix on her new sublabel, self:timer. It’s yet another twist in the continuing saga of Kim Ann Foxman—and, we’d wager, there are plenty more to come. Bio Written By Bruce TantumHouse on 64, Deep House on 31, Techno on 18 and Tech House on 21. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on BMG (1), Dischi Autunno (1) and FREE UNIVERSE (1); their RA profile also lists Skint, Ghostly International, Relish Recordings, Needwant and 6 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at House of Yes, Nowadays, Good Room · often with DJ TOOL, Cora, Shaun J. Wright, none of them here that night
Recently at BASEMENT, Nowadays, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Roza Terenzi, Jek, Aurora Halal, none of them here that night
- House on 2, Tech House on 1 and Tribal House on 1. styles on their catalogued releases
Recently at The Parkside Lounge, Le Bain, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Sterling Juan Diaz, Concrete Husband, ANTOJITO, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- LYDO3 with Kim Ann Foxman, 3 with Ndrx, 3 with Sekucci, 2 with Kancheli and 2 with Philippa Pacho
- Newa3 with Kancheli, 3 with Ndrx and 2 with Philippa Pacho
- Berghain10 with Fadi Mohem and 5 with Philippa Pacho
- cotton4 with Matas and 3 with Philippa Pacho
- Makadsi4 with Kim Ann Foxman and 3 with Sekucci
- Cora4 with Kim Ann Foxman and 2 with Matas
- Quelza3 with Fadi Mohem and 2 with Philippa Pacho
- Sterling Juan Diaz14 with Sekucci
1,512 said they were going — about like a usual Saturday at BASEMENT.
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at BASEMENT1,868
- Middle half finished between1,512 and 2,298
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted144
The room
BASEMENT — 294 events and 630 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Holds about 500.
Who put it on
Bassiani — 3 events and 17 artists since Apr 2024.