Rave Man presents... Ayanna Heaven B2B The Large & Akanbi
Bossa Nova Civic Club1271 Myrtle Ave; Brooklyn, NY 11221 · Map
This night happened — Wed 21 Aug 2024
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Who was billed3 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
All 3 pairings on this bill had shared a bill before.
- The Large and Akanbi — 8 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 23 Sep 2023.
- Ayanna Heaven and Akanbi — 3 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 14 Jun 2024.
- Ayanna Heaven and The Large — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 14 Jun 2024.
Who they are
“Ayanna Heaven is a DJ, Radio, and Event Producer living in Brooklyn, NY.”
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Ayanna Heaven is a DJ, Radio, and Event Producer living in Brooklyn, NY. She spent her childhood in her native St. Mary, Jamaica in the golden age of Jamaican Dancehall of the 1990s, followed by ten years in Atlanta, Georgia at the apex of Southern hip-hop. She moved to New York City in 2010 to pursue studies in Ethnomusicology at The New School. She can be heard weekly playing soul and funk on WKCR's long-running "Across 110th Street" program, as well as monthly on her show "Sounds of Heaven" on The Lot Radio. Her first regular broadcast platform was the Power of Reggae radio show. She has played at venues across New York City, including Elsewhere Space, Nowadays, Public Records, Lovers Rock, The Delancey and events including Coney Island Reggae On The Boardwalk. She recently performed in London, UK with Rockers London and Dubwise Jamaica. She has performed in Jamaica at The National Gallery in Kingston as well as Miss Lily's at The Skylark in Negril. With sets ranging from roots and rocksteady reggae, to afrobeats, hip-hop, dancehall, and funk, she brings a passion and the cachet of a diverse background to her DJ aesthetic and event curation. She recently launched Doing It In The Park at Brooklyn's new Under The K Bridge Park in September 2021. In her spare time, she enjoys dining out, facetiming with her sister Shaari, thrifting, relaxing in the park, and making art.Recently at Industry City, Mansions, Elsewhere · often with Honey Bun, Carter Van Pelt, K Wata, none of them here that night
“The Large is a British DJ based in New York, known for her unique blend of up-to-the-time soundsystem heaters with the weirder edges of club music from around the world.”
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The Large is a British DJ based in New York, known for her unique blend of up-to-the-time soundsystem heaters with the weirder edges of club music from around the world. She has a monthly residency on NTS radio.Recently at Trans-Pecos, Mood Ring, Mansions · often with livwutang, SCRATCHCLART, Scratcha DVA, none of them here that night
“Akanbi is heading a new generation of dedicated ravers in New York City.”
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Akanbi is heading a new generation of dedicated ravers in New York City. Raised in Lagos, Nigeria, with limited access to the internet but a huge thirst for new music, Akanbi moved to NYC in 2010 and immersed himself head on into every corner of dance music, as a serious dancer and, eventually, a DJ and rave activator. He’s cultivated his unique style of DJing that delivers an intentional blend of freak-out boogie music, sensual rollers, whip-crack bangers, insistent percussion, afrobeat goodness, deep thumping low frequencies & slow-burning experimental descents. In 2014, he started New York City's GROOVY GROOVY party - a judgment-free atmosphere for wild dance floors, spiritual, mental & physical rejuvenation, radical politics, and a dose of undeniably rocking talent. Akanbi has made an impression with visionary sets across the globe at select spaces like Guggenheim Museum, Sustain Release, Nowadays, Dekmantel, Horst, OIL Club Shanghai, WWW Tokyo, Berghain/Panorama Bar, Corsica Studios, Primavera Sound Barcelona et al.Recently at public records, Nowadays, Avant Gardner · often with /KATA/, Yaya Flows, DJ SWISHA, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Honey Bun6 with Ayanna Heaven and 1 with The Large
- DJ Temporary5 with Akanbi
- x3butterfly4 with Akanbi
- /KATA/3 with Akanbi
- Carter Van Pelt3 with Ayanna Heaven
- Yaya Flows3 with Akanbi
- Anastazja2 with Ayanna Heaven
- chuki2 with The Large
how this compares
- Median final count, Wednesdays at Bossa Nova Civic Club27
- Middle half finished between15 and 41
- Past Wednesdays at this venue counted199
The room
Bossa Nova Civic Club — 1,517 events and 2,480 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Who put it on
Rave Man presents... — 9 events and 26 artists since Sep 2023.