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Xanadu NYE feat. Moodymann, Felix Da Housecat, Crystal Waters (LIVE)

Xanadu262 Starr St, Brooklyn, NY 11237 · Map

This night happened — Wed 31 Dec 2025

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Who was billed11 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

45 of the 55 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

  • Dio Garcia and Serrian — 11 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 23 Aug 2024.
  • Serrian and gabby cocco — 3 shared bills before that night, first on Tue 15 Oct 2024.
  • Dio Garcia and Varun — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Wed 31 Dec 2025.
  • Serrian and Varun — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Wed 31 Dec 2025.
  • Dj incognito mode and gabby cocco — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Wed 10 Sep 2025.
  • Serrian and Dj incognito mode — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Wed 10 Sep 2025.
  • Serrian and Devoye — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 18 Jul 2025.
  • Devoye and Bachtroy — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sun 18 May 2025.
  • Devoye and gabby cocco — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 17 May 2025.
  • Felix Da Housecat and Devoye — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 1 Mar 2025.

Who they are

  • Moodymann

    Detroit · 15 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Moodymann worked at several Detroit record stores in the mid-nineties including a store owned by producer Blake Baxter.”

    their own biography

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    Moodymann worked at several Detroit record stores in the mid-nineties including a store owned by producer Blake Baxter. During the mid-nineties Kenny was also the resident DJ at the Detroit based Outcast Motorcycle Club. At that time he was known as "House". After his first several releases on Planet E Records Kenny became quite popular in France and from there his popularity grew. Moodymann sound is a hybrid form of techno/house dance music arrived at via innovative use of reworked riffs, samples and grooves. While he may frustrate people with his refusal to be interviewed and insistence on reminding people of the genre's origins, the soulfulness of his output is unquestioned. Utilizing classic soul and jazz samples, low-slung bass lines and an approach to drum programming that is diametrically opposed to the tendency to push the tempo faster and faster, he has achieved classic status thanks to gems like "Sunday Morning", "Shades of Jae", and his remix of Innerzone Orchestra's "People Make the World Go Round". Following years of 12" only releases, he compiled his best work on "Silentintroduction", one of the most celebrated albums of the late 90s.
    Their RA profile lists Peacefrog, Planet E, KDJ and Mahogani Music.

    Recently at Le Bain, The Chocolate Factory, Xanadu · often with Tony Touch, Eli Escobar, DJ Disciple, none of them here that night

  • Felix Da Housecat

    Chicago · 11 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Felix da Housecat’s 2001 album, Kittenz and thee Glitz, turned the dance music world on its side as his collaborations with the now infamous Miss Kittin on “Silver Screen” and “Madame Hollywood” and Melistar on “Harlot” and “What Does it Feel Like” spawned a synth club revival.”

    their own biography

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    Felix da Housecat’s 2001 album, Kittenz and thee Glitz, turned the dance music world on its side as his collaborations with the now infamous Miss Kittin on “Silver Screen” and “Madame Hollywood” and Melistar on “Harlot” and “What Does it Feel Like” spawned a synth club revival. Along the way, Felix gained mainstream press acceptance and was heralded by Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and Spin as one of the most creative artists in music today. With DEVIN DAZZLE AND THE NEON FEVER (2004, Emperor Norton), Felix once again has sewn together an album a la hip-hop’s Dan The Automator and Prince Paul which taps the talents of varied producers and vocalists and creates a thoroughly enjoyable ride. Boasting guest vocals from James Murphy of DFA/LCD Soundsystem (“What She Wants”) – “He’s a cool white boy with lots of funk,’ states Felix, Tyrone "Visionary" Palmer (“Ready to Wear,” “Neon Human”), Kate Wax, and an all-girl group known as The Neon Fever (“Rocket Ride,” “Short Skirts,” “Everyone is Someone in LA,” “Hunting Season”) Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever transcends simple dance, rock or pop music. While Kittenz had it’s framework squarely built upon DJ and club culture, Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever is an album built upon punk/post new-wave culture and is deliberately more song oriented. To accomplish this Felix took a new approach. “I decided I wanted to use live musicians for this album,” Felix explains. “I got so tired of the arpeggiated bass lines everyone's using, so I went out an got proper live musicians. I play keyboards because I really wanted to get a live feel for this record." Talking about some of the cast of characters he enlisted for the album, Felix relates how each had an effect on the superego of the album. The tracks on Devin Dazzle fluctuate between an upbeat spiritual side versus the temptations of the excess of nightlife under neon lights - partying and sex. The Neon Fever (formerly known as Glamarama) represents the latter. “The Neon Fever are five girls from around the world that represent five different types of women,” states Felix, “I wanted to capture their individual personalities within the lyrics and make their voice a collective through each song. I wanted to capture the inside scoop of guys looking into a woman’s world. I think the result is some lyrics that aren’t what guys would typically write.” Felix’s Kittenz cohort, Dave the Hustler, introduced Felix to Kate Wax. “I was real impressed with her because although she is a talented and impressive producer in her own right. She was willing to listen and work to improve with me. She’s real pretty and ambitious and for her to go with the vibe it was amazing. ‘Let Your Mind Be Your Bed’ is just the tip of the iceberg given her talent.” “Tyrone ‘Visionary’ Palmer was the spiritual leader of the entire album and kept me writing about things that were meaningful. He brought a good balance to the record,” relates Felix. Over the course of 20 years his determination and willingness to re-invent himself have led him to a point that has now included a Grammy nomination, remix work for artists such as Madonna, Garbage, New Order and Giorgio Moroder; to DJ gigs at the world’s most prestigious music festivals. Born in Detroit in 1971 and raised in Park Forrest, outside Chicago, Felix Stallings, Jr.'s earliest influence was his father, a saxophonist who turned him on to classic '70s funk and soul by artists like Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire. His next major musical epiphany came about when Purple Rain dropped and he became the keyboardist for Shades of Blue, a band that covered Prince & the Revolution songs. In Chicago during the early '80s, the House music revolution grabbed Felix’s attention. For Felix, it centered around Chicago's 102.7 and the pioneering Hot Mix DJs. "I remember listening to Farley ‘Jack Master’ Funk, Mike ‘Hitman’ Wilson, Micky ‘Mixin'’ Oliver, and Kenny ‘Jamming’ Jason," Felix says rattling off the city's House pioneers. By 14 he too was recording house music on his four-track. A school friend introduced him to DJ Pierre who he collaborated with on their classic house track "Phantasy Girl". But Felix's tastes weren't limited to a single genre. His senior year he played in Uncut, a band with an R&B-like vibe. After graduation he enrolled at Alabama State and began making hip-hop. After two years in the Deep South (an experience he compares to “prison") he flunked out. In 1991, Felix moved into his parents' basement, studied audio engineering at Columbia College and worked at Eduardo's pizzeria. "It was rough," he says. "I hated those ovens and I kept thinking something's got to give." What finally gave was Pierre’s once-in-a-lifetime offer. "Once I got to London and saw all those punk rockers," Felix says, "I thought `this is where it's going to happen.'" Armed with a box of DATs, Felix made the rounds. "It was crazy," he says, "I'd walk into a label cold, play a track, and they'd sign it!" He quickly sold "What's Love About" to Freetown Inc and "Thee Dawn" to William Orbit's Guerilla label and returned to the states with more money then he'd ever seen. In 1992 "Thee Dawn" became a European smash and Felix blew-up overseas. "I was producing a track a week for different labels," he says. The next year, the success of "Thee Underground Made Me Do It," and "In Thee Dark We Live," helped further cement his fame. The latter track, released under Aphrohead, was just one of Felix's many production aliases which would come to include Wonderboy, Rocketmann, Outerrealm, Thee Glitz and Thee Maddkatt Courtship. Felix scored an album deal with Deep Distraxion in 1993 and dropped By Dawns Early Lite, one of the first full-length dance music artist albums ever. Unlike other dance artists, Felix didn't start DJing until midway through his career. "My first DJ gig was in London in 1994 and it was horrible," he says laughing. "I was train-wrecking all over the place." (Now, of course, with DJ of the year honors from Spin and Urb it's a different story.) In 1995 Felix started Radikal Fear records with European distributor Play it Again Sam. Between 1995 – 96, he made four full-length records Alone In The Dark, Metropolis Present Day? Thee Album, Thee Underground Made Me Do It and Rocketman. In 1997, Felix released the import-only I Know Electrikboy by Thee Maddkat Courtship, an album that despite its limited release, earned Felix reams of fawning press. That same year he played Switzerland and met Miss Kittin and Dave the Hustler. "We got along great and went into the studio and got all silly," Felix explains. The realization of their “silliness” was one of the most influential dance music releases of the past decade. ”Nobody expected it," says Felix of Kittenz & Thee Glitz's meteoric success, “but it just took off." It’s Moroder-indebted beats, funky synth lines, and insouciant L.A.-meets-Eurotrash vocals captured a moment in time when, after a period of political turmoil, people simply craved "endless pleasure in a limousine." In addition to adoring reviews in The New York Times and Rolling Stone, Kittenz won album of the year honors from Muzik Magazine and Dancestar USA. Post-Kittenz, Felix has become one of the most sought after remixers and producers on the planet reinterpreting songs by everyone from the Pet Shop Boys to Kylie Minogue to Nina Simone. In 2003 he was nominated for Grammy Award for his mix of Rinocerose’s “Lost Love," released two mix albums entitled Excursions and Bugged Out and began working with artists like P-Diddy, who were eager to tap his prodigious production skills. With all that said, one inevitable question remains, where did the name "Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever” come from? Felix being Felix, has an answer for everything: “Devin Dazzle is a character fascinated by the nightlife," he says "Every time he sees neon lights he gets the fever. But Dazzle has a friend named Neon Fever who’s a bad influence on him and is everything opposite of Devin.” So, might this be an autobiographical album? “It’s something personal” he says, “and I’m not gonna tell.”
    Their RA profile lists Global Underground, City Rockers, Obsessive Recordings, PIAS and 6 more.

    Recently at Industry City, 3 Dollar Bill, SILO · often with Todd Edwards, Bernau, einige bisherige Stationen hinter den Plattentellern, none of them here that night

  • Crystal Waters

    2 bookings since Feb 2024

    Recently at House of Yes · often with Sunny Cheeba, Zach Witness, none of them here that night

  • Primo

    Sofia, Bulgaria · 9 bookings since May 2025 · Nowadays leftfield programming

    “Hard techno/Schranz DJ based in Sofia, Bulgaria.”

    their own biography

    Recently at Xanadu, Mansions, Earthly Delights · often with Nema Hän, dj s, Michael Scanlon, none of them here that night

  • Dio Garcia

    Miami · 37 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Sound explorer”

    their own biography

    Recently at Xanadu, Jupiter Disco, Earthly Delights · often with Ben Zo, Marsweather, EMMALINE, none of them here that night

  • Serrian

    New York City · 49 bookings since Sep 2023

    “Serrian has been enmeshed in NYC nightlife since she was a teen - beginning as a promoter, finding her way to DJing and now also a talent buyer and curator.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Serrian has been enmeshed in NYC nightlife since she was a teen - beginning as a promoter, finding her way to DJing and now also a talent buyer and curator. She has opened up for the likes of Phil Weeks, Museum of Love (DFA), and Russell E.L. Butler. She has played at notable venues in NYC such as Good Room, Elsewhere, Bossa Nova Civic Club, TBA, H0L0 and more. Some of her favorite gigs have been queer parties outside of New York, such as here&there (ATL) and Ladies on Wax (Philly), dance to forget (San Juan), and Bless This Mess (Chicago). Serrian can be heard playing classic house, acid house, techno, electro, new wave and cosmic/nu disco. Her variety of styles can be attributed to her booking background as she has operated as a promoter for fifteen years: supporting labels, parties, and collectives that mold and innovate the fabric of NYC nightlife. Her style is eclectic, emotive, and upbeat - she crafts a story, bringing nuance and surprises to every set.

    Recently at Dead Letter No. 9, Jupiter Disco, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Aria Pash, Ben Zo, Planet B, none of them here that night

  • Devoye

    New York City · 120 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Rooted in Jamaican heritage, Devoye was born in the Bronx, NY.”

    their own biography

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    Rooted in Jamaican heritage, Devoye was born in the Bronx, NY. Devoye is heavily grounded in forms of Hip-Hop, Electronic and various forms of House and Techno. With releases on Coloring Lessons, Haus of Altr, 3afak, and various self released works. Devoye should be on your radar if he isn't already! One of the illest DJ's in the local Brooklyn scene. Youve got to see it to believe it! “Reflecting on emotions reveal the most supreme moments in life. The strongest of each emotion is communicated back through my conscious being in various forms of music, art, and conversation.“ - Devoye
    House on 7, Techno on 5, Footwork on 3 and Drum n Bass on 3. styles on their catalogued releases
    Their RA profile lists HAUS of ALTR, Coloring Lessons and Fortune Signal.

    Recently at Paragon, BASEMENT, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with SSG_, Miss Parker, Vivian Wang, none of them here that night

  • Bachtroy

    5 bookings since Jan 2024

    Recently at Mansions, Jupiter Disco, Elsewhere · often with Princess Peggie, LEFTI, none of them here that night

  • Dj incognito mode

    71 bookings since Aug 2023

    Recently at Good Room, Jupiter Disco, Le Bain · often with Cecily, Dimatteo, Lauren Murada, none of them here that night

  • gabby cocco

    New York City · 68 bookings since Dec 2023

    “Drawing from global disco, acid, and electro influences, Gabby creates sets that flow through moody new wave, nostalgic vocals, and atmospheric textures.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Drawing from global disco, acid, and electro influences, Gabby creates sets that flow through moody new wave, nostalgic vocals, and atmospheric textures. Her focus is on sharing music that ignites curiosity and fosters an inclusive space to let go and escape on the dance floor. She has performed at notable venues across NYC and CDMX, including Good Room, Gabriela, Elsewhere, Departamento, and Bar Oriente.

    Recently at Good Room, MAD Radio NYC, Apollo Studio · often with Chloe Battelle, Rachel Opert, shanty mane, none of them here that night

  • Varun

    4 bookings since Jul 2025

    often with OBA+FLIP, Lovecraft, Christian Voldstad, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • Ben Zo10 with Dio Garcia and 5 with Serrian
  • Chloe Battelle11 with gabby cocco and 3 with Serrian
  • Serio2 with Dio Garcia and 2 with Serrian
  • Cecily23 with Dj incognito mode
  • Marsweather7 with Dio Garcia
  • Vivian Wang7 with Devoye
  • Marco Neves6 with Devoye
  • Miss Parker6 with Devoye
468 said they were going.

The room

Xanadu — 188 events and 509 distinct artists since Jun 2024.

Most-tagged here: House (11) and Hip-Hop (3). genre tags on this room’s listings

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 2319482.

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

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