Funky Seshwa x Brooklyn On Wax x Toucan Sounds present: Anthony Nicholson (Record Release)
Dead Letter No. 963 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11249 · Map
This night happened — Fri 31 May 2024
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Who was billed10 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- Anthony Nicholson
- Disgonuts
- next: H0L0, Sat 31 OctWilly Soul
- Robert PM
- Brooklyn On Wax
- La Fortune
- Brandon Markell Holmes
- Phil Mill
- Rapha
- REUBEN P
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
34 of the 45 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Disgonuts and Willy Soul — 7 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 28 Oct 2023.
- Brooklyn On Wax and Rapha — 3 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 31 May 2024.
- Disgonuts and Rapha — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 31 May 2024.
- Disgonuts and Brooklyn On Wax — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 16 Mar 2024.
- Disgonuts and Brandon Markell Holmes — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 21 Sep 2023.
- Willy Soul and Rapha — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 31 May 2024.
- Willy Soul and La Fortune — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 31 May 2024.
- Disgonuts and La Fortune — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 31 May 2024.
- La Fortune and Rapha — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 31 May 2024.
- Rapha and REUBEN P — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 31 May 2024.
- Willy Soul and Brooklyn On Wax — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 16 Mar 2024.
Who they are
often with MUSCLECARS, Chris Rob Live, Maurice Bernstein, none of them here that night
“D I S G O N U T S is a Brooklyn / Mexico CIty based vinyl-centric DJ with an insatiable passion for moving dance floors.”
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D I S G O N U T S is a Brooklyn / Mexico CIty based vinyl-centric DJ with an insatiable passion for moving dance floors. Cutting his teeth in the disco scene of New York City, Disgonuts developed a unique style blending club music of all decades: soulful New York, Detroit, and Chicago house, obscure disco, electro, boogie, afro-latin, and nu-wave. Disgonuts is co-founder of The Funky Seshwa, one of Brooklyn’s biggest rising DIY party & music programming collectives focusing on sharing psychedelic dance music from around the world. He is also the co-founder of Discoteca, a roaming DIY party currently making waves in the underbelly of NYC & Mexico City. He is also label manager and A&R at internationally celebrated disco/house music label Razor-N-Tape as well as the manager for afro-punk-funk cult dance band Underground System. With a knack for continuously producing better & more evolved events, only time can tell what magic Disgonuts & crew will be up to next.Their RA profile lists Razor-N-Tape.Recently at H0L0, Good Room, Elsewhere · often with JKriv, Aaron Dae, Omer Mil, none of them here that night
“Willy Soul is a Brooklyn-based producer, DJ, MC, and music curator known for his signature blend of funk-driven energy, global underground knowledge, and dancefloor storytelling.”
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Willy Soul is a Brooklyn-based producer, DJ, MC, and music curator known for his signature blend of funk-driven energy, global underground knowledge, and dancefloor storytelling. A central figure in both NYC nightlife and the global roller-skating scene, he has held residencies at Good Room and Public Records, alongside his long-running warehouse series Funky Seshwa. He also serves as Music Director, curator, and resident DJ for Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace at Rockefeller Center, Xanadu Roller Arts in Bushwick, and Europe’s flagship skate festival, Skate Love Barcelona—shaping the sound and spirit of every space he touches. In 2025, he joined Louie Vega’s Funki Cadets producer collective on Vega Records, debuting with their collaboration “Feelin’ Good Tonight.” His next project, NY/CDMX, with Mexican electronic artist Pahua, is set for release on TheJazzDiaries in Summer 2026. Hard to pin down, Willy is a seasoned selector with a deep affinity for diverse sounds and movements, moving fluidly from psychedelic, Latin, and Far East selections to jazz, minimal, and peak-time dancefloor cuts. Willy has toured internationally, playing everything from gritty warehouse parties in NYC and Detroit to historic theaters in Ibiza, skate jams along the coast of Portugal, beaches in Naples, and major global platforms like Amsterdam Dance Event and Miami Music Week. He has shared the stage with icons including Kaytranada, Moodymann, Louie Vega, and DJ Harvey. A fixture in the world’s leading hi-fi listening bars—Dante’s HiFi (Miami), Brilliant Corners (London), Public Records (NYC), and Sans Soleil (Montréal—he is widely recognized as a trusted record digger with a deep love for jazz, Latin, Afro, and dance music roots, extending into forward-thinking sounds.Deep House on 2, House on 2, Funk on 2 and Disco on 1. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Funky Seshwa Records (1), Studio 54 Music (1) and Vega Records (1). labels on their catalogued releasesRecently at H0L0, The Boiler @ ELM Foundation · often with O.BEE, Tomas Station, Rasho, none of them here that night
“Robert PM is Brooklyn’s unstoppable force of artistry, production, vocals, and instrumental prowess who's been apart of emerging Brooklyn culture since the late 00's.”
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Robert PM is Brooklyn’s unstoppable force of artistry, production, vocals, and instrumental prowess who's been apart of emerging Brooklyn culture since the late 00's. Breaking out on the scene in 2009 with his bother as French Horn Rebellion, the “delightfully bizarre” (Vice) indie-dance band, he has hundreds of millions of streams across platforms, a GRAMMY Award shortlist for electronic album of the year, official remixes for Beyonce, Sia, Two Door Cinema, produced MGMT’s debut ’Time To Pretend’ EP, and extensive touring experience. He’s now embedded himself in the alternative house movement in New York City as label-head of toucan sounds (which was nominated by DJ Mag as 2023’s ‘Breakthrough Label of the Year’), where he has released, co-produced, or co-written with big names like Purple Disco Machine & The Knocks, and also cultural bedrocks like musclecars, Dee Diggs, Felipe Gordon, and more.Their RA profile lists Toucan Sounds.Recently at Jupiter Disco, Black Flamingo, Elsewhere · often with Borbón, Joopiter, Tony Flow, none of them here that night
“Brooklyn On Wax is a NYC-based collective of like-minded music lovers, striving to bring those 12 inch records, together with their VG+ paper scuffs, lightly faded cover art, and ear-titillating crackly sounds, back into focus”
their own biography
Recently at H0L0, Bohemia · often with Timo Lee, Bev, Sky Society, none of them here that night
often with Reuben, none of them here that night
“Brandon Markell Holmes, a "slow-burning vocal-house juggernaut," (Rolling Stone), is a formally-trained theatre actor and self-trained vocalist that works within themes of social observation and the symbiotic relationship between art and history.”
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Brandon Markell Holmes, a "slow-burning vocal-house juggernaut," (Rolling Stone), is a formally-trained theatre actor and self-trained vocalist that works within themes of social observation and the symbiotic relationship between art and history. Described as an "invigorating artist’s artist," (Chicago Tribune) and a vocalist that can go "from a low simmer to a boiling passion," (Billboard) he’s also a musician working his own art into history, having appeared as a vocalist on the GRAMMY-nominated Gorillaz album ‘Humanz’, as well as being featured in Afropunk for his visual EP ‘Inertia’. Born and raised in Chicago, but now living in Brooklyn, Brandon has brought performance art to the club, becoming a go-to vocalist for the house music underground. He's a social butterfly, known for dropping in and doing impromptu performances with friends and collaborators (musclecars, JKriv, Robert PM). In the studio, Brandon has worked with musical luminaries, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker , Anthony Nicholson, with mentions on the BBC, NTS, Rinse FM, Lot Radio, and more. In Brandon’s words, “My prayer is to always create, speak and express with an authentic understanding of what I’m saying and why I’m saying it.”Their RA profile lists Razor-N-Tape and Toucan Sounds.Last at public records in Feb · often with Peter Matson, JKriv, Olatunji Ojore, none of them here that night
often with Eddie Logix &, Jo Rad Silver, none of them here that night
often with Billy Caldwell, Elon, David Paglia, none of them here that night
often with Bradford James, Dave D*sol Rivera, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- JKriv11 with Disgonuts and 5 with Brandon Markell Holmes
- Aaron Dae10 with Disgonuts and 5 with Brandon Markell Holmes
- Greg Paulus5 with Willy Soul and 4 with Disgonuts
- MIRZA3 with Disgonuts and 3 with Willy Soul
- Borbón2 with Disgonuts and 2 with Robert PM
- Miss Gypsy3 with Disgonuts and 1 with Brandon Markell Holmes
- Elon1 with Brooklyn On Wax and 1 with Rapha
- Selector Series1 with Brooklyn On Wax and 1 with Rapha
how this compares
- Median final count, Fridays at Dead Letter No. 975
- Middle half finished between47 and 122
- Past Fridays at this venue counted107
The room
Dead Letter No. 9 — 366 events and 816 distinct artists since Oct 2023.
Holds about 150.
Who put it on
Brooklyn On Wax — 2 events and 11 artists since May 2024.
Funky Seshwa — 7 events and 57 artists since Oct 2023.