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Listen Fridays: Riva Starr

Listen Brooklyn198 Randolph St New York, NY 11237 · Map

This night happened — Fri 24 Jan 2025

The Ornate Project

Who was billed3 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met

2 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

  • Mike Nervous and Benny Soto — 5 shared bills before that night, first on Sun 14 Apr 2024.

Who they are

  • Riva Starr

    3 bookings since Oct 2023

    Recently at House of Yes, The Office · often with Rimarkable, JKriv, Rich Medina, none of them here that night

  • Mike Nervous

    New York City · 19 bookings since Nov 2023 · Nervous Records rooftop house

    “As president and founder of Nervous Records, Mike Weiss aka Mike Nervous has been instrumental in bringing light to some of the most iconic and genre-defining nightlife anthems.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    As president and founder of Nervous Records, Mike Weiss aka Mike Nervous has been instrumental in bringing light to some of the most iconic and genre-defining nightlife anthems. Highlights from Nervous’ 35 year history include the debut release from Masters At Work as Nuyorican Soul / The Nervous Track, the debut release from Armand Van Helden, the debut American release from Paul Van Dyke, along with seminal house anthems like Winx / Don’t Laugh, Byron Stingily / Get Up Everybody, Kerri Chandler / Rain, Loni Clark / Rushing, Sandy B / Feel Like Singing, Kim English / Nightlife, as well as multiple releases from House Music legends like Todd Terry, Roger Sanchez, Mood II Swing, Felix Da Housecat, DJ Pierre and many more. In addition in the 90’s Nervous created subdivisions called Nervous/Wreck and Nervous/ Weeded that discovered Black Moon, Smif-n-Wessun, Funkmaster Flex and Mad Lion and released debut singles and albums from those artists that are an essential addition for any hip hop fan’s collection. More recently in 2024 and 2025 Nervous released some of the world biggest club tunes including Loofy’s “Last Night,” Mau P’s “The Less I Know The Better” and Mochakk’s “Da Fonk feat. Joni.” The The Iconic logo of the dj with a record going through his head is known world-wide and will forever represent the sounds of New York City from this past 35 year period (and still going!) As a DJ Mike Nervous has played at every iconic venue in New York City including The Brooklyn Mirage, Output, Pacha, Cielo, Superior Ingredients, Silo, The Great Hall, Kings Hall. Mike brings a wealth of club music and culture experience to his sets, often including unreleased and soon to be future world-wide hits on Nervous Records, as well special custom made mixes and edits from the label’s vaunted catalogue.
    Their RA profile lists Nervous Records.

    Recently at Xanadu, H0L0, Good Room · often with gabby cocco, Camila Wolf, Cosmo, none of them here that night

  • Benny Soto

    New York City · 28 bookings since Dec 2023

    Recently at Good Room, The Office · often with AG, Danny Krivit, Will Automagic, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • AG3 with Benny Soto
  • Derrik Muñoz3 with Benny Soto
  • Camila Wolf2 with Mike Nervous
  • Danny Krivit2 with Benny Soto
  • gabby cocco2 with Mike Nervous
  • Nicolas Matar2 with Benny Soto
  • Sanabria2 with Benny Soto
  • Skel2 with Benny Soto

The room

Listen Brooklyn — 53 events and 152 distinct artists since Feb 2024.

Who put it on

The Ornate Project — 97 events and 236 artists since Aug 2023.

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 2078770.

Venue and promoter records, co-billing history and scene names: adrift’s record of New York City events.

Quoted passages are the promoter’s or the artist’s own words, unedited.