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Analog Soul, Aurora Halal, Avalon Emerson, Conducta, Hotwaxx Hale

Nowadays56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385 · Map

This night happened — Wed 31 Dec 2025

Mister Sunday and Nowadays

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Who was billed10 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

33 of the 45 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

  • Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin — 60 shared bills before that night, first on Sun 13 Aug 2023.
  • Analog Soul and Aurora Halal — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 26 Oct 2024.
  • Justin Carter and Aurora Halal — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 28 Oct 2023.
  • Aurora Halal and Avalon Emerson — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 12 Sep 2024.
  • Analog Soul and Avalon Emerson — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 13 Jan 2024.
  • Conducta and Eamon Harkin — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 26 Aug 2023.
  • Eamon Harkin and Aurora Halal — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 28 Oct 2023.
  • Eamon Harkin and Avalon Emerson — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 13 Jan 2024.
  • Conducta and Aurora Halal — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 16 Nov 2024.
  • Justin Carter and Avalon Emerson — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 13 Jan 2024.
  • Analog Soul and Eamon Harkin — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 13 Jan 2024.
  • Analog Soul and Justin Carter — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 13 Jan 2024.

Who they are

  • Guarionex Jr

    New York City · 57 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr. is a Dominican-American artist based in Brooklyn, NY.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr. is a Dominican-American artist based in Brooklyn, NY. His work explores the ways in which diasporic unity and niche musical movements have served in the creation of community and identity in the recent past and present.
    Alternative Rock on 1, Noise Rock on 1, Post-Punk on 1 and Progressive Breaks on 1. styles on their catalogued releases
    Released on Classic (1) and Music Website ☺︎ (1). labels on their catalogued releases

    Recently at Million Goods, Le Bain, Rodeo · often with DJ Erewhon, Pressure Assist, tinasnow, none of them here that night

  • Analog Soul

    New York City · 69 bookings since Aug 2023

    Drum n Bass on 1, House on 1 and Techno on 1. styles on their catalogued releases

    Recently at public records, Dead Letter No. 9, BASEMENT · often with The Carry Nation, Holden Federico, JADALAREIGN, none of them here that night

  • Justin Carter

    New York City · 102 bookings since Aug 2023

    “His practices of space making and music are intertwined, aligning to create moments for community and catharsis.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    His practices of space making and music are intertwined, aligning to create moments for community and catharsis. Among his tools are turntables, his voice and records that create either vast, detailed scenes in the mind, the deep urge to move the body, or both. In his early teens, Justin started playing guitar and spending his nights at underground shows at makeshift venues in his small town in the southwest of Virginia. Arriving in NYC in the late 90s, he started performing at and organizing events in the early Brooklyn DIY scene, starting to DJ in 2003. He soon became a resident DJ, booking person and the label manager at Nublu and the Music Director and a resident DJ at APT, two of the last bastions of underground dance music in the wake of 9/11 and the 90s culture wars. Between 2009 and 2011, Justin and fellow DJ Eamon Harkin started Mister Saturday Night and Mister Sunday, parties that happened mostly in friends’ loft spaces and back yards. In 2015, spurred by a need for more permanent space for their own parties as well as a desire to create space for the larger nightlife community, they opened Nowadays. Justin runs and regularly performs at a series called Planetarium, an event where people bring pillows, blankets and sleeping bags, lie in silence and listen deeply to music. He also co-owns Mister Saturday Night Records, a label that's released music and mixes by Suso Saiz, Esteban Adame, CCL, Anthony Naples, Musclecars, Avalon Emerson, Rena Anakwe and Floating Points. As a musician, Justin has released an album of solo material called "The Leaves Fall" (2017) as well as collaborative EPs with The Twilite Tone and Move D. He also performed in the Chorus of Poets conducted by the late downtown experimental jazz musician Butch Morris.
    House on 9, Disco on 3, Deep House on 4 and Techno on 3. styles on their catalogued releases
    Released on !K7 Records (1), Electric Minds (1) and Mister Saturday Night Records (1). labels on their catalogued releases

    Last at Nowadays in Nov · often with Rena Anakwe, Chee Shimizu, Carlos Niño, none of them here that night

  • Conducta

    West + Wales, United Kingdom · 13 bookings since Aug 2023 · Sustain-Release Nowadays axis

    Their RA profile lists Kiwi Rekords.

    Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Camp Kennybrook, public records · often with x3butterfly, Physical Therapy, Surusinghe, none of them here that night

  • DJ NORTHERN

    North, United Kingdom

    “With a varied taste in music, DJ NORTHERN plays a selection of dancefloor bangers, ranging from Garage, House, Techno, Breaks and Drum and Bass.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    With a varied taste in music, DJ NORTHERN plays a selection of dancefloor bangers, ranging from Garage, House, Techno, Breaks and Drum and Bass. DJ NORTHERN has played for the likes of Rinse FM, Buttons, Refuge Worldwide, and HÖR Berlin. DJ NORTHERN has a passion for queer parties and community and is a co-founder of FLINTA collective and party series, Garage Girls Berlin.

    often with Sparkling Water Dreams, Triqi, Immy, none of them here that night

  • Eamon Harkin

    New York City · 84 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Eamon Harkin is one half of the partnership behind Mister Saturday Night, Mister Sunday, Planetarium and Nowadays — a constellation of projects rooted in the belief that music can bind strangers, reshape spaces and shift the way a city feels.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Eamon Harkin is one half of the partnership behind Mister Saturday Night, Mister Sunday, Planetarium and Nowadays — a constellation of projects rooted in the belief that music can bind strangers, reshape spaces and shift the way a city feels. As a DJ, producer, label owner and venue maker, he’s less concerned with genre than with the emotional temperature of a room: how sound can lift, soften, provoke or soothe. His music has been released by Fixed Rhythms, Coastal Haze, Funnuvojere, Sorry Records, Argot, Darker Than Wax, Throne of Blood and his own Mister Saturday Night Records. Born in Derry in the North of Ireland but deeply woven into New York’s musical fabric, Eamon has spent more than two decades shaping moments of togetherness. The Mister Saturday Night and Mister Sunday parties — humble at first, hosted in backyards and improvised spaces — grew into global and historical touchstones for dancers who sought connection as much as catharsis. Those gatherings eventually crystallized into Nowadays, a permanent venue built with intention: a place to listen, move and meet one another without pretense and today one of the most respected clubs in the world. At Nowadays, Eamon plays as a resident among a family of artists including Aurora Halal, Justin Carter, Ayesha, Avalon Emerson, Theo Parrish, Vladimir Ivkovic and OK Williams. With Justin, he has carried the spirit of the party across continents, bringing their warm, thoughtful approach to clubs and festivals from Perth to São Paulo. Beyond the dancefloor, Eamon and Justin also cultivate quiet. Their Planetarium series invites people to lie down among pillows and blankets, surrendering to deep listening — a reminder that music doesn’t always ask for movement; sometimes it asks for stillness. Even in its quietest forms, the work remains rooted in the shared rhythms of New York City: a place that has shaped him, and which he continues to shape in return.
    House on 22, Deep House on 17, Techno on 13 and Disco on 8. styles on their catalogued releases
    Released on Mister Saturday Night Records (2), Funnuvojere Records (1) and Sorry Records (1); their RA profile also lists Throne of Blood, The Wurst Music Co, On The Prowl, Argot and 2 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile

    Last at Nowadays in Dec · often with Vladimir Ivkovic, Toribio, close, none of them here that night

  • Stacey Hotwaxx Hale

    Detroit · 14 bookings since Nov 2023

    “The name “Hotwaxx” has been deeply embedded in Detroit’s dance scene in clubs ‘Cheeks’, ‘The Warehouse’, ‘Heaven’, ‘Studio 54’, ‘Grasshopper Underground’, ‘Populux’, ‘Menjo’s’, ‘Heaven’, ‘TV Bar’ and more since 1989.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    The name “Hotwaxx” has been deeply embedded in Detroit’s dance scene in clubs ‘Cheeks’, ‘The Warehouse’, ‘Heaven’, ‘Studio 54’, ‘Grasshopper Underground’, ‘Populux’, ‘Menjo’s’, ‘Heaven’, ‘TV Bar’ and more since 1989. Her international presence includes performing in London, Ibiza, Berlin, Amsterdam, Toronto, and across the USA in New York at the famous Apollo Theatre, Soul Camp in California, including Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, and Los Angeles; Miami, Atlanta, and Chicago. Stacey Hale was a mainstay on the radio stations in the mid to late 80s, including WLBS, WHYT, WDRQ and WJLB, winning the Motor City Mix contest 10k prize. Stacey has been featured on numerous Internet radio shows and is currently featured on www.deepspaceradio.com Hotwaxx has formed a live music group, Nyumba Muziki, which has performed at the Charles H Wright Museum of African American History, and for the Detroit 300 Conservancy. Currently, she is the Assistant Music Director / DJ in Jessica Care Moore’s Black Women Rock Band. FESTIVALS: Detroit: D.E.M.F., Movement, Motor City Pride, Dally in the Alley, Charivari, Tec-Troit, The Backpack Music Festival, and the African World Festival, Zoo Project. DOCUMENTARIES: Girls Gone Vinyl, High-Tech Soul
    Their RA profile lists KMS, Spinnin' Records, Acacia Records and Movement.

    Recently at The Parkside Lounge, Greenpoint Terminal, SILO · often with Berghain, nd_baumecker, Kilopatrah Jones, none of them here that night

  • THC

    Bogotá, Colombia · 4 bookings since Sep 2025

    “THC’s sets are kinetic, propulsive in this way.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    THC’s sets are kinetic, propulsive in this way. High-energy without a loss of soul, hard-hitting and still very playful and very gay. We are reminded that techno need not be a gloomy, rumbling march, and that house has a whole range of attitudes at the same time ruthless and smiling. She blazes, to put it simply. ​Having heated Berlin dancefloors and airwaves for a few years, THC is one of the founders and resident at La Noche. She has her own show HOT BOX on Rinse FM, and has released mixes via Crack Magazine, DJ Mag, Fact Mag and NTS. The last year has also seen her playing alongside her sibling DHC as the duo unit S-candalo. Regardless of format, there are always those THC-signatures: punch; euphoria; and streaks of vocal samples intoning the classic dancefloor theme of unity, be it political, sexual, spiritual or some sweaty mixture of it all.

    Last at Nowadays in Sep · often with Disk Cartel, Byron Yeates, S-candalo, none of them here that night

  • Aurora Halal

    New York City · 50 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Shadowy and psychedelic, her hardware live & DJ sets have a hazy sensuality and metallic dance floor intensity that's at turns playful, dark, euphoric and emotionally vulnerable.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Shadowy and psychedelic, her hardware live & DJ sets have a hazy sensuality and metallic dance floor intensity that's at turns playful, dark, euphoric and emotionally vulnerable. In all her projects, she treats dance music as an are­na for trans­for­ma­tion and since 2010, her events have been root­ed in an under­ground, DIY approach that push­es for­ward-think­ing sounds, pro­duc­tion, and ideas. She’s spent the last 10 years tour­ing like-mind­ed clubs, raves, and fes­ti­vals world­wide and gained a rep­u­ta­tion for pow­er­ful, unique per­for­mances that work both the body and mind. She’s 4 years into a res­i­den­cy at NYC’s Nowa­days, is a reg­u­lar at Berghain and pre­vi­ous­ly De School.
    Techno on 28, House on 14, Electro on 11 and Experimental on 9. styles on their catalogued releases
    Released on BAKK (2), Dekmantel (1) and Mister Saturday Night Records (1); their RA profile also lists Mutual Dreaming Recordings. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile

    Recently at Nowadays, public records, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Berghain, deep creep, Gerd Janson, none of them here that night

  • Avalon Emerson

    San Francisco/Oakland · 20 bookings since Sep 2023

    “Triple scorpio supernova”

    their own biography

    Their RA profile lists !K7, Spectral Sound, Icee Hot, shtum and 3 more.

    Recently at Nowadays, Knockdown Center, Camp Kennybrook · often with Sadie, The Charm, Portable, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • Berghain5 with Aurora Halal, 5 with Stacey Hotwaxx Hale and 2 with Avalon Emerson
  • Byron Yeates5 with THC and 2 with Avalon Emerson
  • Kilopatrah Jones3 with Analog Soul and 3 with Stacey Hotwaxx Hale
  • Roza Terenzi3 with Aurora Halal and 3 with THC
  • Toribio3 with Justin Carter and 2 with Eamon Harkin
  • DJ Erewhon30 with Guarionex Jr
  • Pressure Assist30 with Guarionex Jr
  • tinasnow13 with Guarionex Jr

Sound

House and Techno.
styles on the acts’ catalogued releases
2,372 said they were going — much busier than a usual Wednesday at Nowadays.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Wednesdays at Nowadays50
  • Middle half finished between27 and 92
  • Past Wednesdays at this venue counted78

The room

Nowadays — 804 events and 1,369 distinct artists since Aug 2023.

Most-tagged here: Techno (22), Bass (21), House (15), Club (6) and Electro (6). genre tags on this room’s listings

Who put it on

Mister Sunday — 130 events and 115 artists since Aug 2023.

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 2294220.

Attending counts, venue and promoter records, co-billing history, scene names, release styles and release labels: adrift’s record of New York City events.

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