Beats On Time Showcase: Right Here. Right Now
About Last Night1 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11237 · Map
This night happened — Fri 20 Dec 2024
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Who was billed6 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
14 of the 15 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Saqib and Taylor Bradford — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 20 Dec 2024.
Who they are
“Saqib is a creative force.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Saqib is a creative force. A DJ’s DJ, a deep digger of musical gems, a producer of equally unique gems, and a community builder. First and foremost a guitarist, bass player and drummer who grew up in the world of rock and metal from a young age in Pakistan, Saqib is a producer whose tracks transcend genre, era, hype, and scene. They speak the language of dance. With close to a hundred releases over the past decade he has slowly created a sound unto himself and a devoted following. It is a sound that crosses boundaries between house, techno, indie dance, hip hop, Bollywood, Lahore, Brooklyn, Detroit and Berlin mixed with some secret sauce known only to the man himself. Moving to New York City to play shoulder-to-shoulder with the best in the world, Saqib has shared the decks and earned plays from artists like Danny Tenaglia, Jamie Jones, Adam Ten, Blond:ish, Adriatique, Mita Gami, Bedouin, Lee Burridge, Robag Wruhme and so many more. His records, released on labels including Abracadabra, Maccabi House, Kindisch, Flying Circus, Get Physical, Sol Selectas, and Echolette, reflect a spectrum of musical sensibility that can only be described as UNIQUE… earning him a spot as one of of 1001 Tracklists’ Top 100 Producers and a regular spot in the Beatport top 10 in multiple genres. During the pandemic Saqib became a resident artist of Blondish:ish’s Abracadabra releasing music, doing A+R, and hosting a weekly twitch stream created entirely on his own called “Love Jams” that started a devoted following around his sound. In 2022 he started his own label ‘Beats On Time’, a Brooklyn-based indie dance imprint uplifting local and international artists alike. Whether at Brooklyn Mirage, Knockdown Center, a rooftop or a dimly-lit basement, Saqib leads the floor with his unique sound. A unique one who marches to the beat of his own drum and we all dance with him.Their RA profile lists Get Physical Music, Flying Circus, Kindisch Records, Intimate Project Music and 4 more.Recently at Brooklyn Mirage, Listen Brooklyn, Inter_ · often with Sana, Nhii, Narasimha, none of them here that night
Recently at The 1896, Arlo Williamsburg · often with Lovecraft, OBA+FLIP, Bo (Borzu), none of them here that night
Last at About Last Night in Nov · often with A-Z, Sky So Young, A-Kintero, none of them here that night
often with Robag Wruhme, Sana, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Sana3 with Saqib and 1 with Taylor Bradford
- Nhii3 with Saqib
- A-Kintero1 with Sam Jaspersohn
- A-Z1 with Sam Jaspersohn
- AKKI (DE)1 with Saqib
- Allen Hulsey1 with Bryant Jensen
- Bo (Borzu)1 with Bryant Jensen
- Cheric1 with Sam Jaspersohn
The room
About Last Night — 25 events and 89 distinct artists since May 2024.
Holds about 250.
Who put it on
Beats On Time — 3 events and 15 artists since Dec 2024.