Planetarium X Dripping Night Two
Elori Saxl, Relaxer and Kfeelz
TBA - Private Loft, New York City
This night happened — Fri 6 Mar
Dripping, Mister Sunday, Nowadays and 1 more
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Who was billed3 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
1 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Relaxer and Elori Saxl — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 4 Apr 2024.
- Relaxer and Kfeelz — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sun 27 Aug 2023.
Who they are
“Relaxer is the project of Daniel Martin-McCormick, fka Ital, member of Black Eyes, Cry and Gaze and co-founder of Dripping.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Relaxer is the project of Daniel Martin-McCormick, fka Ital, member of Black Eyes, Cry and Gaze and co-founder of Dripping. Rooted in the US punk/noise underground of the late '90s and early 2000s, Martin-McCormick's music embodies a sensual, visceral edge that reflects and extends that legacy. His hardware live sets, honed over a decade of tours, are exhilarating, white knuckle rides, while his DJ sets fluidly cross genres and eras with a cathartic sense of urgency. He's been a repeat performer at Berghain (where the Relaxer project made its live debut), De School, Unsound, Nowadays and many others. On his first five self-titled EPs and albums "Concealer" (Planet Mu), "Coconut Grove" (Avenue 66) and "Hedonic Fatigue" (Climate of Fear), his productions stretch out, weaving strands of wormhole techno, minimal, noise, UK hardcore continuum and fractured ambient into a rippling, mesmeric tapestry. More recent club-focused EPs "Licking" and "Candy" (Lovers Rock Recordings) sharpen the blade, amping up his music's animalistic snarl and erotic undertones. 2024's "Break" saw him working in drum n bass-techno hybrid form after a special live set was commissioned by NY dnb cult fav party Headznite. It was released by experimental fav 29 Speedway, with two remixes from DJ Marcelle. Following his composition studies with Morton Subotnick, Relaxer's music has also evolved a new modality: alongside his club works there have been concerts of long form durational works featuring spoken word and richly spatialized sound design. His debut performance in this new style was a standout at Sustain-Release Year Seven. These works were released in the Summer of 2022 as "Force Field: A Guide for the Perplexed" on Club Night Club. "In Softening Air," the follow up, is out on Lovers Rock Recordings. Behind the scenes, Martin-McCormick has been a consistent force shaping the US underground. He is the co-founder of Dripping camping festival and NY-based event series. He was a key member of Sustain-Release from its inception and co-director from 2017-2021, founded the labels Lovers Rock Recordings & Climate of Fear, was one of the first residents at Bossa Nova Civic Club. He currently holds a residencies at The Lot Radio and Dripping.Techno on 12, Ambient on 8, Abstract on 5 and Breakbeat on 2. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on 29 Speedway (1), Club Night Club (1) and Lovers Rock (1); their RA profile also lists Workshop, Planet Mu, Thrill Jockey, 100% Silk and 4 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Nowadays, Mansions · often with aka-Sol, Kilbourne, Baby Leo, none of them here that night
Recently at Good Room, public records, Camp Kennybrook · often with RAQX, Eden Aurelius, Andrew Devlin, none of them here that night
Recently at National Sawdust, Baby's All Right, Nowadays · often with Disiniblud, Nina Keith, Rachika Nayar, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Baby Leo9 with Relaxer and 1 with Elori Saxl
- Arushi Jain2 with Kfeelz and 2 with Relaxer
- aka-Sol12 with Relaxer
- RAQX9 with Kfeelz
- Andrew Devlin8 with Kfeelz
- Kilbourne8 with Relaxer
- Kat Offline7 with Kfeelz
- Yibing7 with Kfeelz
The room
TBA - Private Loft — 24 events and 28 distinct artists since Apr 2024.
Who put it on
Dripping — 20 events and 165 artists since Sep 2023.
Mister Sunday — 130 events and 115 artists since Aug 2023.
Nowadays — 787 events and 1,370 artists since Aug 2023.
Planetarium — 30 events and 32 artists since Sep 2023.