Who was billed6 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- next: Berghain in Berlin, Sat 14 NovLOLSNAKE
- next: KitKatClub in Berlin, Sun 15 NovSpikey Lee
- next: Nowadays, Fri 30 OctLYDO
- next: BASEMENT, Sat 14 NovCurses
- next: Xanadu, Fri 30 OctMakadsi
- next: Signal, Sun 25 OctManu Miran
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
9 of the 15 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- LOLSNAKE and Curses — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 22 Nov 2025.
- LOLSNAKE and Makadsi — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 31 Oct 2025.
- LYDO and Curses — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 23 Mar 2024.
- Makadsi and Manu Miran — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 27 Jan 2024.
- Spikey Lee and Curses — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 16 Aug 2025.
- LYDO and Makadsi — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 16 May 2025.
Who they are
“Leaning into the hypnotic, the tension-building, and the euphoric release—Lolsnake (she/they) does not simply play to a room, she creates it.”
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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 BASEMENT, The Chocolate Factory, Paragon · often with Säule, Berghain, Soundstream, none of them here that night
“His parents love for dance music made him fall in love with the energy of house and techno at a young age.”
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His parents love for dance music made him fall in love with the energy of house and techno at a young age. Fast forward 20 something years later and Spikey Lee is playing gigs at his homebase Amsterdam and is traveling through Europe to spread his love & knowledge for electronic music. He now is a proud resident of Hamburg’s queer party Kinky Sunday’s at PAL. He fills the room with a combination of 90’s techno, hard house, hard groove, booty bangers, acid and some trippy jump tracks. When Spikey Lee is behind the decks, his music tells a story that keeps you guessing what’s next and never, never lets you stop dancing.often with Mar/us, Buday, Laure Croft, none of them here that night
“Lydo is a Filipino-born Vietnamese-American sound artist.”
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Lydo is a Filipino-born Vietnamese-American sound artist. As a resident DJ of BASEMENT NY, their distinctive sets explode the parameters of techno, deftly cutting across genres while retaining a highly personal emotional resonance. Whenever Lydo plays, it’s best to leave your expectations at the door and simply prepare for an unexpected array of sonic thrills, ranging from visceral and grooving to mind-bendingly experimental. A trans artist themselves, Lydo launched X-TRA.SERVICES to serve and create space for queer, trans, and nonbinary people of color. This ethos of care and insurgent collectivity runs through their broader practice. They have performed at Berlin Atonal, Draaimolen Festival, Bourse de Commerce, and Bassiani, as well as subterranean parties and festivals across North America, Europe, and Asia. Beyond the club, Lydo works with sound through installation, composition, and curation. Their abstract, experimental work spans museum and institutional contexts, including MoMA PS1, SculptureCenter, and Kunsthalle Basel, among others. In 2025, they launched care., an itinerant series for live and experimental sound that continues to explore new sonic forms in unexpected contexts.Their RA profile lists X-TRA.SERVICES.Recently at Green Room NYC, Bossa Nova Civic Club, BASEMENT · often with The Carry Nation, Juana, Shaun J. Wright, none of them here that night
“The debut album from Curses, 'Romantic Fiction' dropped on Jennifer Cardini's Dischi Autunno imprint in October 2018, launching his live act which brings the guitars, vocals and energy of the album to stage as a duo.”
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The debut album from Curses, 'Romantic Fiction' dropped on Jennifer Cardini's Dischi Autunno imprint in October 2018, launching his live act which brings the guitars, vocals and energy of the album to stage as a duo. Whether it's performing live at the late Andrew Weatherall's Convenanza Festival, or DJng in the main room at Circoloco DC-10, Curses manages to bring his punk and new wave energy to dance floors small and big. Always keeping true to his signature sound of the dark 80's and now. Curses has released on labels such as Hoga Nord, Bordello A Parigi, Throne Of Blood, and his own imprint, Ombra International, and known for incorporating live guitars and instruments into his remix work. In 2021, Curses curated a double vinyl compilation (NEXT WAVE ACID PUNX) on Eskimo Recordings, showcasing a passion for New Beat, Early EBM, Post-punk and Italo. The 2nd album. Incarnadine returns to Dischi Autunno 2022 with Features from Jennifer Touch & Terr.Their RA profile lists Italians Do It Better, Riotvan, MILK ME and Fucanglong Files.Recently at Knockdown Center, Gabriela, Paragon · often with The Lady Machine, Rakans, Giulia Gutterer, none of them here that night
“Makadsi continues to impress.”
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Makadsi continues to impress. This Brooklyn-based DJ/Producer, hailing from Zahle Lebanon, owns the underground scene with his signature sound merging Arabic influences over cross-genre sets. He is a resident and co-founder of FUNCTION, a space where he has cultivated a dance floor that honors the natural, vibrant diversity of New York City. NY’s BASEMENT dubbed Makadsi as the “rave activator”. 2025 saw Makadsi deepen his footprint across Europe. He returned to Glastonbury for a second year, this time on the IICON stage, and debuted at Horst Arts & Music Festival in Belgium. Summer took him from Honey Dijon's Chinois in Ibiza to Geggen x Pornceptual for Berlin Pride, Body Movements in London, the main stage at Madrid's MADO Pride, and Adonis for London Pride. French-German network ARTE profiled him for their Tracks series, spotlighting how he threads Arabic divas through techno beats. Back stateside, he played in the iconic Texas room for the 4th Annual Wire Festival in Brooklyn, NY further cementing his role in the heart of the city's underground. 2024 was no less impressive, with Makadsi’s debuts in Ibiza at Palmarama, Glastonbury Festival's iconic NY Downlow stage, Berlin's Pornceptual, Honey Dijon’s House Nation in Brooklyn, and NITSA's 30th birthday in Barcelona. 2023 was nothing short of monumental for Makadsi, taking FUNCTION on the road alongside Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour. As the Creative Director and architect for the Renaissance album and Renaissance World Tour, he booked opening DJ acts featuring familiar darlings of the Queer Underground scene (Arca, Shygirl, and more). He ended the tour with his own opening set for Beyoncé's last show in Kansas City. Topping off the year, Makadsi opened for Madonna’s Celebration Tour in Brooklyn.Recently at Paragon, Signal, H0L0 · often with Sterling Juan Diaz, Dangerous Rose, FASHION, none of them here that night
“Venezuelan-born, Brooklyn-based curator, advocate and DJ and Producer.”
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Venezuelan-born, Brooklyn-based curator, advocate and DJ and Producer. Founder of Visceral, a Cambridge (MA) based interdisciplinary platform that hosts forward-thinking talent and promotes radical inclusivity of POC/LGBTQ+ and safer spaces for people with disabilities. A NYC resident since 2021, Manu has been actively in rotation at staple clubs and parties in the US - becoming a regular, key presence at Basement, Por Detroit, Battle Hymn, The Spectrum, Bossa Nova Civic Club; headlining major queer techno festivals (Honcho Campout, Somos, Ladyland), and abroad touring in Europe, Asia and South America. Miran is slated to release his first production "Bang U" in the winter of 2025 under the CDMX/LA based Muy Muy Limited label.Recently at BASEMENT, Nowadays, 99 Scott Ave · often with Concrete Husband, Mos, ALEXIS DE LA ROSA, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Concrete Husband6 with Makadsi, 4 with LYDO and 3 with Manu Miran
- VINVAR3 with LOLSNAKE, 2 with Curses and 2 with Spikey Lee
- Dangerous Rose9 with Makadsi and 2 with Manu Miran
- Mike Servito6 with Makadsi and 2 with Manu Miran
- Shaun J. Wright4 with LYDO and 4 with Makadsi
- Rakans3 with Curses and 2 with Spikey Lee
- Sterling Juan Diaz9 with Makadsi
- FASHION7 with Makadsi
2,006 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.
Who put it on
Pornceptual — 7 events and 79 artists since Sep 2023.