Who was billed6 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- Debit
- JOSELO
- Alima Lee
- next: 20 Meadow, Sat 31 OctLenny Dee
- next: Bossa Nova Civic Club, Tue 20 OctKilbourne
- Tomasa Del Real
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
13 of the 15 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Debit and Alima Lee — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 27 Sep 2024.
- Alima Lee and Kilbourne — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 27 Sep 2024.
Who they are
“Debit is a composer, producer, and performer whose work spans avant-garde experimentation, global club mutations, and high-impact sound design.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Debit is a composer, producer, and performer whose work spans avant-garde experimentation, global club mutations, and high-impact sound design. Her practice bridges high-concept composition, site-specific art, and visceral club performance, uniting cultural depth with bold sonic experimentation in ways few artists can. Since 2017, she has been a pioneering force in the exportation and recontextualization of Latin American club music, shaping its global reception well before it became a marketable trend. At a time when the sound was still emerging from underground spaces, she pushed it into dialogue with techno, global bass, and experimental electronics, building a blueprint for cross-cultural club innovation that resisted clichés and challenged the global scene’s sonic hierarchy. Her records are research-driven and conceptually rigorous. Animus, System, and The Long Count ,the latter named by The Guardian as the #3 Best Global Album of 2022. She has been recognized by Resident Advisor, Pitchfork, and The Guardian for expanding the vocabulary of electronic music. On the dance floor, Debit’s DJ sets blend Latin-inspired percussive rhythms (guaracha, tribal, raptor house, and Brazilian funk) with techno and bass-heavy grooves. Her fast-cut mixing style, grounded in advanced computer synthesis, creates sets that are as body-moving as they are culturally transformative, connecting underground traditions to forward-looking sound, while performing worldwide at festivals such as Roskilde, Berlin Atonal, Primavera, and MUTEK Montréal/Mexico. In recent years, her focus has expanded to landmark compositions and site-specific works engaging with layered temporalities, historical narratives, and spatial acoustics. These projects have brought her to major art and music institutions, including commissions for the Whitney Museum, Venice Biennale, and TONO Festival. She has presented work and led discussions at Haus der Kunst (Munich), Unsound Festival (Poland), the Audio Engineering Society, and MUTEK.Their RA profile lists Modern Love, Naafi and Kebrada.often with Andy Stott, Rosa Pistola, Meth Math, none of them here that night
“On the decks, Joselo is omnivorous and cross-cultural.”
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On the decks, Joselo is omnivorous and cross-cultural. He merges eclectic styles such as techno, trance, house, reggaeton, dembo and baile funk. In 2014, JOSELO created Maricón NYC, an event curated to fill a void within the Latinx community and celebrate collective identity. The party showcases QTPOC DJs and creatives and links disparate scenes across the city’s boroughs.Recently at Nowadays, H0L0, BASEMENT · often with friedplatano, Byrell The Great, ALEXIS DE LA ROSA, none of them here that night
“Alima Lee is a multimedia / video artist and host of NTS' Rave Reparations.”
their own biography
Recently at The End, Locust Grove, Le Bain · often with LEELEE, LOKA, Pariah, none of them here that night
“Producer / DJ / Label Owner Lenny Dee is one of NYC’s earliest techno and house pioneers.”
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Producer / DJ / Label Owner Lenny Dee is one of NYC’s earliest techno and house pioneers. He produced classic UK chart-hitting techno with Frankie Bones (as Looney Tunes), Victor Simonelli (for Nu Groove and Def Mix) and Tommy Musto – including their ‘Fallout’ track – now heard on the video game ‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’. Early on, Lenny worked at Skyline Studios (at the time home of Nile Rodgers), and at Arthur Baker’s Shakedown Studio’s on productions for New order, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, and Al Jarreau among others. He then attacked Europe with the then new sound of Techno and in 1991 launched Industrial Strength Records – the first electronic ‘Hardcore’ label in the world that’s included music from Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Manu Le Malin, Angerfist, Corrosion of Conformity, Daft Punk, Neophyte, Unexist, DOA, The Sickest Squad, Nasenbluten and many more. Lenny has also written and produced hundreds of tracks on labels such as 4th floor, Warner Bros, Strictly Rhythm, R&S, Music Man, Atlantic Records, Arista, XL Recordings, Gigilo, Rotterdam Records, ID &T and Stay Up Forever. As well as remixes for Atlantic Records, Sven Vath and Robert Owens, Marshall Jefferson w/ Gareth Whitehead among others. He has had chart topping hits in Holland and Italy – including projects with Italy’s superstar DJ Moella from RadioDeeJay FM. Lenny’s first residency was at the local roller disco Roll-A-Palace in Brooklyn NY at the age of 17 and he has DJed all over the world at most of the biggest parties including EDC (Vegas), Tomorrowland, MayDay, Love Parade, Woodstock, Thunderdome, the Jane's Addiction Reunion tour & the list goes on. Lenny’s musical accomplishments range wide, having engineered 3 remixes on the Wu Tang Clan album Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture Vol. 2 , has remixed Ali King’s hit feat. Def Jam’s Fabolous and recently mixed the soundtrack for a Runway Show at New York’s Fashion Week. It’s no wonder Lenny was the 1st Hardcore DJ to appear on the ‘DJ Mag - Top 100’ and was previously named Number 1 ‘Hard DJ’ by Mixmag, was twice awarded the accolade of Best Worldwide Techno DJ by the Scottish Dance Music Awards & Frontpage Magazine and even has a track listed on the Top 40 Deep House Tracks of all Time (Spin Magazine).Their RA profile lists XL Recordings, Defected Records, F Communications, Warp Records and 6 more.Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Dolso's, The Brooklyn Monarch · often with Keoki, Dank, Frankie Bones, none of them here that night
“Destined to devastate, Kilbourne has established herself as a leading visionary of American hardcore techno.”
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Destined to devastate, Kilbourne has established herself as a leading visionary of American hardcore techno. Her DJ sets showcase an unrelenting drive and spontaneous selection, and she has toured widely across the Americas, Europe, and Australia at venues such as Tresor, Defqon.1, and Boiler Room. Kilbourne has released critically acclaimed music on PRSPCT, Industrial Strength, and Evar Records and is the founder of Hammerhead, a New York label and party showcasing the most psychedelic and brutal sounds of the genre. In 2025, she debuted Cry, a new collaboration with Relaxer that combines their backgrounds in punk and electronic music.Hardcore on 41, Techno on 18, Industrial on 14 and Hard Techno on 10. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on PRSPCT Recordings (1) and Symp.tom: Kapotcast (1); their RA profile also lists Industrial Strength Records, Casual Gabberz, Meta4, Evar Records and 1 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Nowadays, Trans-Pecos, Rash · often with Relaxer, Cry, aka-Sol, none of them here that night
Recently at The Brooklyn Monarch
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Rosa Pistola2 with Debit and 2 with JOSELO
- Total XTC3 with JOSELO and 1 with Debit
- friedplatano10 with JOSELO
- Relaxer8 with Kilbourne
- Cry6 with Kilbourne
- aka-Sol5 with Kilbourne
- ALEXIS DE LA ROSA5 with JOSELO
- Byrell The Great4 with JOSELO
332 said they were going — quieter than a usual Friday at Paragon.
how this compares
- Median final count, Fridays at Paragon464
- Middle half finished between381 and 585
- Past Fridays at this venue counted140
The room
Paragon — 356 events and 947 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Most-tagged here: Techno (20), Club (18), House (12) and Ghetto Tech (4). genre tags on this room’s listings