Label Night
Kindergarten with Ayesha, Darwin b2b Hodge, Despina, Drummy, Ma Sha, Sobolik
Nowadays56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385 · Map
This night happened — Fri 6 Dec 2024
Kindergarten and Nowadays
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Who was billed7 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- next: Nowadays, Sat 24 OctAyesha
- next: Berlin, Sun 1 NovDarwin
- next: Signal, Fri 30 OctHodge
- Despina
- Drummy
- next: Nowadays, Sat 7 NovMa Sha
- Sobolik
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
16 of the 21 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Ma Sha and Sobolik — 7 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 13 Oct 2023.
- Ayesha and Ma Sha — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 6 Dec 2024.
- Despina and Sobolik — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 6 Dec 2024.
- Despina and Ma Sha — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 6 Dec 2024.
- Drummy and Sobolik — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 4 Nov 2023.
Who they are
“Ayesha is a key player in Brooklyn's dance music scene, and has become one of NYC's most prominent names when it comes to faster, more-bass heavy sounds in New York.”
their own biography
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Ayesha is a key player in Brooklyn's dance music scene, and has become one of NYC's most prominent names when it comes to faster, more-bass heavy sounds in New York. Her approach to DJing and production blends elements of America's techno underground with leftfield UK sounds and diasporic influences from her Indian heritage, moving across tempos and rhythms with ease. Her music, hypnotic, pulsating and powerful, is as at home at a deep forest festival as it is a sweaty basement or dark nightclub, made with meticulous sound design, spongy textures and alien melodies. She writes tracks with deliberate consideration for how bodies move—and how music moves bodies—which makes her work unusually tactile and physical. "Beautiful things emerge from our care and consistent attention," she says about her work, which she also calls "body over mind." Everyone else calls it brilliant. She's put out music on Scuffed Recordings and Kindergarten Records, the latter of whom released her debut album, Rhythm is Memory, in 2022. DJ Mag called it "a revelation," Resident Advisor a "fierce mission statement" and Mixmag placed her at number two in its list of the 25 Producers Who Defined 2023. Later this year, she'll make her live set debut at MUTEK Festival in Montreal, hinting at an exciting new chapter for a dynamic force in American dance music.Their RA profile lists Fever AM, Scuffed Recordings, Femme Culture, Control Freak Records and 2 more.Recently at Nowadays, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Mor Elian, DJ DEADNAME, Baby Leo, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists SPE:C.
Recently at Nowadays, Camp Kennybrook · often with Berghain, Esposito, Marylou, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists Tempa, Punch Drunk, Idle Hands, Pollen and 6 more.
Recently at public records, Good Room · often with Chloe Battelle, Taimur, Kurilo, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists Infinite Machine, All Centre and Kindergarten Records.
Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Jupiter Disco, Paragon · often with Pacha DJ, kyxm, martine, none of them here that night
Recently at Jupiter Disco, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Good Room · often with PlayPlay, Martini, AFTRMTH, none of them here that night
“Ma Sha is a New York-based producer and DJ who has been active in the scene since 2017 when she co-founded event series - now a NYC staple - Kindergarten.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Ma Sha is a New York-based producer and DJ who has been active in the scene since 2017 when she co-founded event series - now a NYC staple - Kindergarten. Since then, she established a radio show which alongside the local Kindergarten crew, holds a monthly residency on The Lot Radio, as well as a record label that has won “Best Breakthrough Label” at the 2022 DJ Mag North America Awards. Focusing on cosmic club workouts with wigged-out rhythmic structures, the label “has become an essential outpost for hard-to-define, easy-to-dance-to club music in just two short years” [DJ Mag]; presenting “twisty, rowdy and unpredictable club music rooted in techno from both sides of the Atlantic” [Resident Advisor]. Apart from running Kindergarten Records, Ma Sha is currently focusing on her solo productions to present her take on experimental high-voltage dance music with a debut release coming out soon. However, Ma Sha is not a novice within the realm of production; as she has been active as half of the band Sha Ru who have been on the radar since their debut EP on Sorry Records in 2019, followed by releases on Infinite Machine, Pressure Dome, Progressive Future, Shubzin, Inveterate and of course, Kindergarten Records. Besides running the label, producing and performing domestically and internationally, Ma Sha is also a co-founder of Hone.Social, a free DJing workshop initiative providing a place to learn and practice within a casual and supportive environment.Their RA profile lists Rhythm Section International, Nervous Horizon, Steel City Dance Discs and Kindergarten Records.Recently at H0L0, Earthly Delights, Market Hotel · often with Verraco, K Wata, Gabrielle Kwarteng, none of them here that night
- Techno on 9, Bass Music on 7, Breaks on 4 and House on 4. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Clasico Records (2) (2), Fact Mix (1) and Faith Beat (1); their RA profile also lists 3024, All Centre, Kindergarten Records, Early Reflex and 1 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile
Recently at Rash, Market Hotel, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Yaya Flows, Eva Loveless, Mui Mui, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Eva Loveless5 with Sobolik and 2 with Despina
- BEARCAT2 with Sobolik and 1 with Ayesha
- Berghain9 with Darwin
- Yaya Flows6 with Sobolik
- Lychee5 with Sobolik
- Esposito4 with Darwin
- Alien D3 with Ma Sha
- DJ DEADNAME3 with Ayesha
how this compares
- Median final count, Fridays at Nowadays716
- Middle half finished between421 and 1,032
- Past Fridays at this venue counted159
The room
Nowadays — 804 events and 1,369 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Who put it on
Kindergarten — 8 events and 28 artists since Oct 2023.