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TYSM presents Local Artist Market

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

This night happened — Sat 31 Aug 2024

Nowadays and TYSM

Press play

Who was billed3 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met

2 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

  • Ramses and Spurge — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 17 Aug 2023.

Who they are

  • Ramses

    New York City · 18 bookings since Aug 2023 · GRID breaks and bass

    “Queens born multimedia artist, producer, and DJ, Ramses curates immersive, emotionally resonant explorations.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Queens born multimedia artist, producer, and DJ, Ramses curates immersive, emotionally resonant explorations. Exceeding genre limits, coupling mixing techniques with live production, and using dissonance as a tool, his sets orchestrate peaks and valleys. Weaving tight baselines with wet synths, swinging drums, sample based textural explorations, and lavish vocals, he traverses the techno diaspora to create a one of a kind soup. Ramses sets incorporate a little bit of everything - house, ghetto tech, electro, footwork, dembow, breaks, bass, and more. Sets are spun through a centrifuge and fused into a distillate of layered rhythms made to break apart molds.

    Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Jade, SILO · often with menofilter, Uncouth, martine, none of them here that night

  • Spurge

    New York City · 28 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Musician and writer, Spurge deejays in a fashion that is often dialectical in nature - weaving opposing elements together to construct a singular, political experience - honoring the practice of storytelling through selection while enjoying the sport-like aspects of DJing too.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Musician and writer, Spurge deejays in a fashion that is often dialectical in nature - weaving opposing elements together to construct a singular, political experience - honoring the practice of storytelling through selection while enjoying the sport-like aspects of DJing too. His chameleonic perspective to mixing shirks genre, freeing Spurge to jump from dancehall to techno to rock to electro, disco, house, ambient to whatever’s clever. Spurge’s musical knowledge is bolstered by a decade in the New York nightlife community, showcased through his playing history - Good Room, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Mansions, Nowadays - and the projects he’s been involved in: The Lot Radio, Sustain-Release, Captured Tracks Record Shop, Resident Advisor. His versatility as a DJ is demonstrated through bookings outside of the club for entities like Ace Hotel, Wythe Hotel, NTS, dublab and Something Special Studios as well as international bookings at clubs like Mitsuki (Tokyo), Offtrack (Singapore), and Super Rayo (Bogotá). Spurge runs the record label Eto Ano. His curation of the record label reiterates his capabilities as a selector, illustrated through releases like Pearly - Silver Of The Mirror (Remixes) and No Cash in Booth: A Compilation by Eto Ano (Supporting Decriminalizing the MTA). Through Eto Ano, Spurge maintains a research-based monthly show on The Lot Radio.
    Their RA profile lists Blueberry Records and Eto Ano.

    Recently at Eavesdrop, Mansions, Mood Ring · often with Marco Weibel, Bookworms, Nkisi, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • Perna2 with Spurge and 1 with Ramses
  • Marco Weibel6 with Spurge
  • martine3 with Ramses
  • menofilter3 with Ramses
  • 1morning2 with Spurge
  • A Guy Called Gerald2 with Spurge
  • Bookworms2 with Spurge
  • CARISTA2 with Spurge
16 said they were going — much quieter than a usual Saturday at Nowadays.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Saturdays at Nowadays1,183
  • Middle half finished between554 and 1,707
  • Past Saturdays at this venue counted185

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

Who put it on

TYSM — 5 events and 24 artists since Feb 2024.

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 1958043.

Attending counts, venue and promoter records, co-billing history and scene names: adrift’s record of New York City events.

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