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François X / LOLSNAKE / Saint Velez / Pearson Sound / Anthony Naples / Jek

BASEMENT52-19 Flushing Ave., Maspeth, NY 11378 · Map

This night happened — Sat 3 May 2025

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Who was billed6 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

14 of the 15 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

  • François X and Jek — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 15 Mar 2024.

Who they are

  • François X

    6 bookings since Aug 2023

    Recently at BASEMENT, Artsdistrict Brooklyn, H0L0 · often with Berghain, Stacey Hotwaxx Hale, cotton, none of them here that night

  • LOLSNAKE

    California · 11 bookings since Sep 2023

    “Leaning into the hypnotic, the tension-building, and the euphoric release—Lolsnake (she/they) does not simply play to a room, she creates it.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Leaning into the hypnotic, the tension-building, and the euphoric release—Lolsnake (she/they) does not simply play to a room, she creates it. With a fluid, genre-defiant approach, her sets move between the reduced and the raw, the dramatic and the unpredictable, stirring up heady atmospheres and hypnotic moods on the dancefloor. Driving rhythms and intricate sound design sit alongside moments of startling emotional depth — a sonic signature that is at once intense and deeply feeling, cerebral and magnetically unpredictable. A regular at Berghain, Lolsnake is also the founder of Weeeirdos, a queer platform that champions subversive joy, curiosity, and community. As a DJ and visual artist, her multifaceted background fuels a perspective that is both boundary-pushing and deeply rooted in connection — her sets a constant balance between classic dancefloor accessibility and a desire to push at the edges of genre convention. In 2025, Lolsnake took her sound global, performing at Bassiani (Tbilisi), Basement NYC, WHOLE Festival, and returned to Berghain for several celebrated sets that reflected her evolving sonic palette. Her genre-crossing energy has also been showcased in guest mixes for Mixmag, DJ Mag, The Lot Radio, and Crack Magazine. Weeeirdos, which began in 2017 as a hybrid event combining live music, performance and visual art, has since become one of Berlin's most vital queer dance platforms. In 2023, it moved from OHM to a residency at Säule (Berghain). That same year, Boiler Room invited Lolsnake to curate a Weeeirdos live stream from Berlin's dungeon-like Nåpoleon Komplex. Lolsnake has since been asked to curate key events on the Berghain Mainfloor, The Ground (Space) Miami, Radion Amsterdam, and more. Born in California to Iraqi parents and raised in Oakland, Lolsnake's musical roots trace back to classical training in clarinet, saxophone, and bass clarinet. Her teenage years were shaped by a love of Depeche Mode, Underworld, The Knife, and the Arabic tapes of Oum Kalthoum and Fairouz. A move to Manchester in 2010 to study neuroscience immersed her in the UK's DIY rave scene. Berlin followed in 2014, where she found a deep sense of belonging in the city's queer nightlife. After a decade in Berlin, Lolsnake's sets have matured into shimmering constellations of rhythm — reduced and raw one moment, warm and euphoric the next, with mischievous curveballs at just the right moment. With plans to launch the Weeeirdos label and take the project on a global tour, she remains a powerful force in contemporary club culture: driven by feeling, rooted in community, and guided by no rules but her own.

    Recently at The Chocolate Factory, BASEMENT, Paragon · often with Säule, Berghain, Soundstream, none of them here that night

  • Saint Velez

    New York City · 26 bookings since Dec 2023

    Their RA profile lists Gain Records, Codex Recordings, Illegal Rhythm and IMPULSE CØNTROL.

    Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Le Petit Box, H0L0 · often with Junkfile, Ramsey Neville, Daybreak, none of them here that night

  • Pearson Sound

    London, United Kingdom · 7 bookings since Oct 2023

    “Widely acclaimed as a producer, DJ and mix engineer—as well as one of the three founders of the Hessle Audio imprint—he is synonymous with a wide-angle view of the bass spectrum.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Widely acclaimed as a producer, DJ and mix engineer—as well as one of the three founders of the Hessle Audio imprint—he is synonymous with a wide-angle view of the bass spectrum. Pearson Sound productions, DJ sets and remixes are all brought to life in high fidelity with dark rhythmic grooves, complex percussive arrangements and exacting melodic details. Contrasting the behind-the-scenes operational nature of Kennedy’s Hessle Audio responsibilities, his Pearson Sound productions have always cut boldly across a speaker stack, embracing futurism at every stage; this is evident in a run of iconic dancefloor cuts, from the dub-heavy minimalism of his late 2000s tracks inspired by seminal London clubs FWD>> and DMZ', to contemporary breakout hits like 2020’s rave-ready Alien Mode and 2022’s Red Sky. Not content to only inhabit record bags and set lists, 2015 saw the release of Pearson Sound, a singularly hypnotic self-titled debut LP, which foregrounded a resolute desire to experiment with the form. Pearson Sound’s perpetual forward motion is fuelled by the crucial feedback loop that exists between production and DJing. Whether testing dubplates at club sets, bleeding across genres with on-the-fly edits, or sparking off within the dynamics of Hessle Audio’s legendary B3B DJ sets, his signature is ever-evolving.
    Their RA profile lists Hessle Audio and Pearson Sound.

    Recently at Nowadays, public records · often with Surusinghe, Blawan, yungfya, none of them here that night

  • Anthony Naples

    New York City · 19 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Anthony Naples is a New York City based producer, DJ, and co-founder of the record label Incienso.”

    their own biography

    Their RA profile lists Incienso and ANS.

    Recently at Nowadays, Under the K Bridge, Mansions · often with KYRUH, DJ G., Amelia Holt, none of them here that night

  • Jek

    Seattle · 31 bookings since Sep 2023

    Their RA profile lists Earth Dog.

    Recently at H0L0, Nowadays, BASEMENT · often with djfix, Mariposa, Matas, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • Berghain6 with LOLSNAKE and 2 with François X
  • Amelia Holt2 with Anthony Naples and 2 with Jek
  • KYRUH2 with Anthony Naples and 2 with Saint Velez
  • djfix8 with Jek
  • Säule7 with LOLSNAKE
  • Junkfile6 with Saint Velez
  • Matas6 with Jek
  • adobeprincess5 with Jek
1,781 said they were going — about like a usual Saturday at BASEMENT.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Saturdays at BASEMENT1,868
  • Middle half finished between1,512 and 2,298
  • Past Saturdays at this venue counted144

The room

BASEMENT — 294 events and 630 distinct artists since Aug 2023.

Holds about 500.

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 2130812.

Attending counts, venue records and co-billing history: adrift’s record of New York City events.

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