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Residency Night

Shyboi invites Spekki Webu

Nowadays56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385 · Map

This night happened — Fri 7 Jun 2024

Nowadays

Press play

Who was billed3 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

  • Shyboi

    New York City · 98 bookings since Aug 2023

    “🇯🇲 rave down babylon 🇯🇲”

    their own biography

    House on 4, Techno on 4, Electro on 3 and Ambient on 2. styles on their catalogued releases
    Released on Dekmantel (1), E-MISSIONS (1) and Nervous Records (1); their RA profile also lists Allergy Season. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile

    Recently at Paragon, Nowadays, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with MORENXXX, Junior M, Juliana Huxtable, none of them here that night

  • Spekki Webu

    Rotterdam, Netherlands · 11 bookings since Sep 2023

    “Spekki Webu was born into contrast, half Afro-American, half German, raised in the Netherlands and shaped by a history of black music.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Spekki Webu was born into contrast, half Afro-American, half German, raised in the Netherlands and shaped by a history of black music. Long before he became the artist he is today, he was already listening deeply. Exploring scenes. Observing people. Absorbing stories. What started as curiosity turned into devotion, not to genres, but to a psychedelic stream of sound that refuses to be boxed. Moving through the formative underground of hardcore and freeparty culture, Spekki embraced experimentation from an early age. Making music and playing records were never career moves, but natural extensions of his lifelong observation practice. He didn’t chase styles; he time-traveled through them. Carrying forward what mattered, leaving behind what didn’t. Music became a lifestyle. Freedom became method. Both on and off stage, Spekki is known for his explosive energy and direct presence, yet beneath it lives a profound sensitivity for community and spirituality. Through his Mirror Zone label, he welcomes talented outliers into a space where differences can exist and sound has many colors. As he often states, “Mirror Zone is a mirror of life,” reflecting the introspective vision behind his label and audiovisual projects such as Signal Transmutations. Today, Spekki operates at the forefront of the global electronic music scene while remaining grounded in the same values that shaped him decades ago: autonomy and creative freedom. “Don’t let yourself be fooled into thinking you belong in one place. Stay open-minded.” Like a reptile shedding its skin, his transformative craft is an open invitation to step into ever-evolving states of sound.
    Their RA profile lists Blue Hour, MIRROR ZONE, Amniote, positivesource and 4 more.

    Recently at public records, Camp Kennybrook · often with Ellen Allien, Lilian Stark, Carmen Electro, none of them here that night

  • Kat Offline

    New York City · 22 bookings since Aug 2023

    Recently at Black Flamingo, Mood Ring, Good Room · often with Alien D, Kfeelz, adobeprincess, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • Junior M11 with Shyboi
  • Juliana Huxtable10 with Shyboi
  • MORENXXX10 with Shyboi
  • FALSEBOI8 with Shyboi
  • Kfeelz7 with Kat Offline
  • Pure Immanence6 with Shyboi
  • TYGAPAW6 with Shyboi
  • 1morning5 with Shyboi
440 said they were going — quieter than a usual Friday at Nowadays.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Fridays at Nowadays716
  • Middle half finished between421 and 1,032
  • Past Fridays at this venue counted159

The room

Nowadays — 804 events and 1,369 distinct artists since Aug 2023.

Most-tagged here: Techno (22), Bass (21), House (15), Club (6) and Electro (6). genre tags on this room’s listings

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 1922299.

Attending counts, venue records, co-billing history, release styles and release labels: adrift’s record of New York City events.

Quoted passages are the promoter’s or the artist’s own words, unedited.