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Ballroom with Byrell The Great, DJ Butch-ish, Kevin Aviance

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

This night happened — Fri 21 Jun 2024

Nowadays

Press play

Who was billed4 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

  • Byrell The Great

    New York City · 53 bookings since Aug 2023

    Ballroom on 7, Techno on 3, House on 4 and Bass Music on 3. styles on their catalogued releases
    Released on Dekmantel (1) and Seilscheibenpfeiler (1). labels on their catalogued releases

    Recently at Paragon, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Market Hotel · often with JOSELO, BEARCAT, SKYWALKER, none of them here that night

  • Kevin Aviance

    New York City · 29 bookings since Sep 2023

    Their RA profile lists Defected Records, Wave Music and Nervous Records.

    Recently at BASEMENT, Artsdistrict Brooklyn, Performance Space New York · often with Kilopatrah Jones, Dennis Free, Sterling Juan Diaz, none of them here that night

  • Cosmo

    New York City · 127 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Born in Ohio and raised by New York clubs, Cosmo is a shining modern representative of the city’s Golden Age of DJing, in skill, in spirit, and in sensibility.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Born in Ohio and raised by New York clubs, Cosmo is a shining modern representative of the city’s Golden Age of DJing, in skill, in spirit, and in sensibility. A forever student of 90s subcultures, Cosmo is now an authority in connecting those dots, decompartmentalizing genres during her sets and revitalizing the club as a much needed space for expression and joy. Cosmo may open a night with her early entry points to dance music, gospel and funk and vocal-heavy RnB, and proceed to blend break beats with new jack swing or old-school house with tribal—all delivered with remarkable clarity of voice and a sense of self that fueled her fated teenage move to New York to DJ over a decade ago. Being from the Midwest, her house music literacy circles its epicenters and favors groovy records, warm basslines, playful vocals, and elating instrumentals that stir the spirit. Her deep knowledge, cultural curiosity, and refreshing authenticity make Cosmo one of New York’s most in-demand DJs, a regular at the most iconic clubs and a Fashion Week party go-to. She is a resident at Public Records, where she can explore every inch of her collection and join forces with legends like Sandy Rivera as well as other torchbearing peers. She’s represented the city sharing the decks with her heroes like Honey Dijon and Mike Dunn, and on esteemed platforms such as Benji B’s BBC Radio 1 show and Luke Solomon’s Classic Music Company show. As a longtime resident at The Lot Radio, Cosmo gets the opportunity to share everything she cherishes and often includes parts of her CD and magazine archives. Music has soundtracked Cosmo’s every move. Her gratitude for her practice is apparent, and her effervescence behind the decks reaches the crowd no matter the size of the room—a musical hug that holds dancers through times good and bad.

    Recently at Le Bain, Jupiter Disco, public records · often with Eli Escobar, Donis, Hidden Spheres, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • Kilopatrah Jones5 with Cosmo and 4 with Kevin Aviance
  • Eli Escobar9 with Cosmo
  • Donis7 with Cosmo
  • BEARCAT6 with Byrell The Great
  • ARCHANGEL4 with Byrell The Great
  • BLAIZE4 with Byrell The Great
  • Ge-ology4 with Cosmo
  • JOSELO4 with Byrell The Great
605 said they were going — about like 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 1922313.

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.