Elsewhere 4th of July

Who they are

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  DJ Houseplants

  Seattle · 27 bookings since Aug 2023

  “DJ Houseplants is the alias of American-Cambodian DJ, producer, and designer Justin Av.”

  their own biography

  the whole biography

  DJ Houseplants is the alias of American-Cambodian DJ, producer, and designer Justin Av. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest and currently based in Brooklyn, Av brings his wide-ranging experience as a musician and a fresh perspective to New York’s house scene. Before finding his home in electronic music, he cut his teeth as drummer in punk and doom metal bands at age 14, going on to explore sounds ranging from shoegaze to IDM and make a footprint as a prominent producer in the golden era of soundcloud rap.
 His productions and sets weave together elements of classic house, jungle, breaks, and bass music, pulling you in with a hypnotic bounce and four-to-floor hooks drenched in an undeniably nostalgic feel. Drawing inspiration from his frequent retreats to the forest, DJ Houseplants envelops his listeners in lush, hypnotic and familiar soundscapes — allowing dancers to photosynthesize together like plants reaching for the sun, opening and thriving from the positivity of the music.
 With an emotive sensibility, Houseplants pays homage to the early producers and greats that have come before him by seamlessly recontextualizing hidden gems into raw and driving sets. Having shared the stage with the likes of Todd Edwards, Ashlyn Lauryn, Park Hye Jin and DJ Seinfeld, and recently returned from a 2024 world tour, Houseplants is making waves as a prolific producer and performer. 
 A graphic designer working in fashion, an environmental conservationist, a first generation immigrant from Cambodia—he lets his life experiences inform the type of music he makes, inviting you to explore music through a more introspective lens. Driven by the vibrancy of dancers, he channels the spirit of the community to amplify the energy of the dance floor.
  SoundCloud ↗Bandcamp ↗Discography ↗
  Deep House on 5, Techno on 3, House on 3 and Electro on 2. styles on their catalogued releases

  Released on Dublab (2), Dancing On Wax (1) and The Nursery (1). labels on their catalogued releases

  Recently at Mood Ring, Earthly Delights, Market Hotel · often with Florence Cecile, LANSUH, Jay Dalawa, none of them here that night

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  Paluma Sound

  New York City · 12 bookings since Sep 2023

  Bandcamp ↗

  Recently at Market Hotel, Mood Ring, Xpizza · often with upper class, Pijus, Shaolin Cowboy, none of them here that night

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  dj poolboi

  Austin · 6 bookings since Oct 2023

  “dj poolboi is the moniker of Austin Texas’ resident Adam Ansley.”

  their own biography

  the whole biography

  dj poolboi is the moniker of Austin Texas’ resident Adam Ansley. In 2017 Ansley started quietly releasing lo-fi house music under the moniker as a side project. An upload of his track “we can be happy on the popular EELF Youtube channel began to pick up viral tracktion and attention. Channelling his own struggles Ansley crafted a unique form of electronic music creating emotional melodic house and instrumental songs mixing elation and nostalgia with melancholy. Residing in the same vein of underground house as Ross From Friends and Baltra while building on the experimental dance music of trailblazers such as Radiohead, Four Tet, Caribou and Jamie XX his music found its own niche taking flight online. With a strong visual presence from his many music videos, poolboi has quickly amassed almost 100k subscribers on Youtube. With over 50 million streams to date the artist began landing coveted opening gigs across North America. The artists debut LP “it’s good to hear your voice” came out in March of 2020. Connecting with audiences for its calming aesthetic during the intense global panic at the start of pandemic the album came out on Berlin based label Majestic Casual. An official remix for Moby followed and an EP for the trendsetting underground house focused UK label Shall Not Fade. The artist has now released three lead up singles from his upcoming sophomore album. Showcasing a growth in sound working with featured artists from around the globe exploring indie electronic crossover territory with Canadian bedroom pop artist FLOOR CRY on “motions”, South Korea’s Su Lee on “i don’t really mind”. The artist has now released a second EP on Shall Not Fade and announces his sophomore LP with an exciting international array of collaborators and features titled “stay a little while longer” out March 4th 2022 with his debut European tour following. With the new wave of lo-fi hip-hop setting a relaxed soundtrack across the world, there are not many artists that do it quite as rapturously as Austin, Texas-based artist dj poolboi” - EARMILK “there's a rising star within the lo-fi house movement making waves across the internet. He goes by the name dj poolboi and something that's quite paradoxical is the somewhat tongue-in-cheek name, compared to the depth and the emotion conveyed within his craft.” - Stereofox
  SoundCloud ↗Bandcamp ↗Discography ↗
  Their RA profile lists Little Idiot and Shall Not Fade.

  Recently at Market Hotel, Mood Ring · often with After Wes, Dunne, fruitgrl, none of them here that night