DONT BE SHY Label Launch Party with Photay + Sasta + Chuwee
public records233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217 · Map
This night happened — Thu 9 Jan 2025
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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
2 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Sasta and Chuwee — 6 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 13 Jan 2024.
Who they are
“Photay is the solo musical endeavor of Evan Shornstein, hailing from the lush and peaceful evergreen valley of Woodstock, NY.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Photay is the solo musical endeavor of Evan Shornstein, hailing from the lush and peaceful evergreen valley of Woodstock, NY. Having been introduced to Aphex Twin at the tender age of 9, he quickly began to embrace music in all of its forms. This early inspiration provided a foundation for his musical growth in drumming, turntablism and eventually composition. Years later, after an eye-opening trip to Guinea, West Africa, Photay was born. Combining his newly acquired knowledge of polyrhythmic percussion and years of experimenting with sampling and field recordings, he went on to create and self-release his first project under the alias. Seamlessly combining a variety of audio sources and techniques, Photay’s sound is a balancing act of analog and digital, of natural and synthetic. It is not designed exclusively for headphones nor the dancefloor, but is genuinely at home in both contexts.Their RA profile lists Astro Nautico.Recently at The Abode of the Message, H0L0, Eavesdrop · often with Toribio, Uptown Vinyl Supreme, Lester St. Louis, none of them here that night
Recently at Moondog Hifi, SILO, H0L0 · often with Seb Hall, Miguel Gallardo, RAAUL, none of them here that night
“Chuwee is a young lizard focused on vibey voodoo music that brings an ambient-tribal darkness to all.”
their own biography
House on 8, Deep House on 6, Breaks on 5 and Breakbeat on 4. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Frog Dog Records (1), Goodtunes (1) and Mickey's Laundry Line (1); their RA profile also lists Lips & Rhythm Records, Green Gorilla Lounge, Understory and selekt sounds. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Moondog Hifi, Apollo Studio, Mansions · often with Seb Hall, Greg Paulus, Kiyoshi, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Seb Hall16 with Chuwee and 7 with Sasta
- Elon6 with Chuwee and 3 with Sasta
- Kiyoshi9 with Chuwee
- Greg Paulus8 with Chuwee
- David Berrie6 with Chuwee
- O.BEE5 with Chuwee
- Tomas Station4 with Chuwee
- Toribio4 with Photay
how this compares
- Median final count, Thursdays at public records63
- Middle half finished between35 and 131
- Past Thursdays at this venue counted130
The room
public records — 766 events and 1,571 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Holds about 300.