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Le Bain444 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10014 · Map

This night happened — Wed 24 Dec 2025

Le Bain at The Standard

Who was billed3 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

None of these artists had shared a bill before that night.

Who they are

  • Uche

    Lagos, Nigeria · 16 bookings since Sep 2025

    “Born in Chicago and raised between worlds, Uche’s life has been defined by adaptation.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Born in Chicago and raised between worlds, Uche’s life has been defined by adaptation. At age 5, he moved to Lagos, where he shed his American accent, learned Igbo, Yoruba, and Pidgin, fetched water for his household, trekked to school, and became the youngest member of the prestigious All Saints Church Choir in Yaba. These formative years forged a warrior-like resilience and a natural instinct to evolve. Returning to Chicago as a teenager, Uche once again recalibrated—compartmentalizing his Lagos experiences. Living between these extremes shaped him into a rare cultural bridge, fusing African diasporic influence with contemporary Western sonics in ways still largely unexplored, fluent in contrast, both culturally and sonically. That duality is reflected in the breadth of his music. Alongside the stark emotional architecture of Brutalist RnB, the genre he pioneered, Uche seamlessly creates Afrobeats, Amapiano, Baile Funk, club anthems and beyond - sounds born from growing up between Lagos streets, church choirs, Chicago basements, and global digital culture. His music moves effortlessly between intimacy and impact, underground and mainstream, tradition and futurism. Clash Magazine declared Uche as "looking to transcend the genres of trap and hip-hop in pursuit of something greater". Writing, producing, recording, and engineering most of his work himself, Uche builds immersive sonic worlds that feel visionary yet personal. His melodies carry emotional precision, his lyricism cuts with poetic honesty, and his production conjures atmospheres that feel both worldly and otherworldly. Stamped by Wonderland as "the next hottest prospect to emerge", he has performed live on Fire in the Booth, On The Radar and BBC Radio 1xtra. In a landscape saturated with noise, Uche stands apart—cinematic yet grounded, introspective yet commanding. Existing in the tension between softness and strength, light and shadow, his music doesn’t just resonate; it feels essential.
    Their RA profile lists Idea Records and Nowhere.

    Recently at Mood Ring, The Bowery Electric · often with Mudia, SAY3, J-Cush, none of them here that night

  • RUBIE LEE

    4 bookings since Aug 2025

    Recently at H0L0, Le Bain · often with Citizen B, DJ Marz, @ladyjmw, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • J-Cush3 with Uche
  • Mudia3 with Uche
  • SAY33 with Uche
  • DJ Moma2 with Uche
  • DJ TiGa2 with Uche
  • Ka$h2 with Uche
  • MikeQ2 with Uche
  • Nadus2 with Uche
134 said they were going — much quieter than a usual Wednesday at Le Bain.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Wednesdays at Le Bain312
  • Middle half finished between241 and 423
  • Past Wednesdays at this venue counted169

The room

Le Bain — 917 events and 1,104 distinct artists since Aug 2023.

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

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