Matmos, Foodman, Giant Claw, More Eaze
Knockdown Center52-19 Flushing Ave., Queens, NY 11378 · Map
This night happened — Sat 21 Jun 2025
Press play
Who was billed4 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
Who they are
“Takahide Higuchi, better known as 食品まつり(Shokuhin Matsuri) a.k.a foodman, creates music that defies categorisations – and is one of the few artists that actually fit this overused description.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Takahide Higuchi, better known as 食品まつり(Shokuhin Matsuri) a.k.a foodman, creates music that defies categorisations – and is one of the few artists that actually fit this overused description. There are traces of almost every electronic music genre, from juke, footwork, ambient, house, techno, to noise, but those elements are dissected and morphed together then driven to extreme without giving you a second to come up with a definitive genre. The noisy technicolour of these borderline versatile or schizophrenic collages is borne out of his experiments (or accidents) and has titillated, confused, and enchanted music obsessives far and wide. After releasing his debut album from NY/OH experimental label Orange Milk, his music has been released from international labels including Diplo's Mad Decent and its offshoot Good Enuff. His ever-evolving and mutating musical vocabulary draws from every kind of music he stumbles across, from Chicago footwork to Okinawan folk music of his roots, ambient to J-pop, Talvin Singh's Indian classical music/drum 'n' bass fusion to classic video game soundtracks, then twists them all with his playful psychedelia. This extends to his remixes and DJ mixes, including his monthly residency at NTS radio and i-D magazine's "i-DJ" guest mix, which was picked up on Pitchfork's "10 Best DJ Mixes of March 2017" list. Since playing his first show outside of Japan in mid 2016, he has appeared on Boiler Room, Low End Theory, and Unsound just to name a few, as well as headline shows across the US and Europe. In July 2022, the album "Yasuragi land" was released on Hyperdub. The album was voted best of the year by various national and international media, including Pitchfork's "The Best Electronic Music of 2021".Their RA profile lists Hyperdub, Mad Decent, Digitalis Recordings, Unknown to the Unknown and 5 more.Last at public records in May · often with Cry, DJ Plead, aka-Sol, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists Lillerne Tape Club, Safe Ground, Oxtail Recordings and Mondoj.
Recently at Kaleidoscope BK, Wonderville, 99 Scott Ave · often with chinapoet, Wendy Eisenberg, Loidis, none of them here that night
Recently at Knockdown Center · often with DATAGIRL, FM Skyline, death's dynamic shroud, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- aka-Sol2 with Foodman
- Baby Leo2 with Foodman
- Cry2 with Foodman
- DJ Plead2 with Foodman
- Kilbourne2 with Foodman
- Mark Ernestus2 with Foodman
- Relaxer2 with Foodman
- 18 Carat Affair1 with Giant Claw
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at Knockdown Center268
- Middle half finished between121 and 553
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted86
The room
Knockdown Center — 251 events and 819 distinct artists since Aug 2023.