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Honey Trap

Amelia Holt, Bouffant Bouffant, Kilopatrah Jones, Second Contact

public records233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217 · Map

This night happened — Sun 1 Mar

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Who was billed4 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

5 of the 6 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

  • Amelia Holt and Second Contact — 27 shared bills before that night, first on Mon 7 Aug 2023.

Who they are

  • Amelia Holt

    Tamaulipas, Mexico · 104 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Amelia Holt, is one of Brooklyn’s most distinctive, interesting selectors With a unique approach to rhythm, Holt crafts DJ sets which fuse percussive rhythms with electronic beats, transforming any dancefloor into a culture-bending, otherworldly experience.”

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    Amelia Holt, is one of Brooklyn’s most distinctive, interesting selectors With a unique approach to rhythm, Holt crafts DJ sets which fuse percussive rhythms with electronic beats, transforming any dancefloor into a culture-bending, otherworldly experience. One may hear her play broken beats, deep high octane, fine and elegant dance, alt techno, sharp electro, and delusional krautrock – sometimes all in the same night. Amelia holds a residency at The Lot Radio and has played in the best of NYC’s venues including Good Room, Nowadays & Bossa Nova Civic Club & festivals, Sustain-Release & Dripping. Outside the US, she’s brought her sound to Mexico City, Berlin, Munich, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Madrid and many more. In addition to her radio endeavors, Amelia curates the music newsletter In Your Dirty Ears and runs the party series Honey Trap.
    Released on Klan (1) and My Music (1). labels on their catalogued releases

    Recently at Signal, Outer Heaven, Nowadays · often with Seth Magoon, 98dots, DJ Healthy, none of them here that night

  • Bouffant Bouffant

    Louisiana · 12 bookings since Oct 2023

    “Bouffant Bouffant is a DJ, Producer, and party starter from New Orleans, Louisiana.”

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    Bouffant Bouffant is a DJ, Producer, and party starter from New Orleans, Louisiana. He cut his teeth in local sex clubs, warehouses, and dive bars but has become a major player on the bubbling American Queer Underground nightlife circuit as well as International jaunts to play for the likes of Cocktail d'Amore, Buttons Berlin and Savage Hanoi. His monthly party Gimme A Reason has been fostering space for queer nightlife in New Orleans for just short of a decade. He’s also 1/3 of queer and women lead DJ collective Trax Only and 1/2 of DJ duo Babygirl and 1/2 of Berlin based duo Longitude with Jacob Meehan.

    Recently at H0L0, BASEMENT, Gabriela · often with ASL Princess, IN THE LAIR, Eggz, none of them here that night

  • Kilopatrah Jones

    New York City · 136 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Born and raised in Queens, a city dweller and a club kid, Kilopatrah has an innate and superlative gift for transferring energy from the booth to the dance floor—through exciting house, techno, and jungle, and moments that both harken to Sound Factory–era glory days and bring you to sweaty BPMs of the future.”

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    Born and raised in Queens, a city dweller and a club kid, Kilopatrah has an innate and superlative gift for transferring energy from the booth to the dance floor—through exciting house, techno, and jungle, and moments that both harken to Sound Factory–era glory days and bring you to sweaty BPMs of the future. Their sets are palpably personal: The dance floor has always been a powerful platform for expression for Kilo, once as a freeing and connecting space for a quiet house dancer and now as one for moving others like them. When Kilo gets going, you’ll lose sense of the kick drum versus the beat of your own body against the floor. That’s a gift from them to you, and your percussion is a gift back to them. Kilo brings their energetic sass to a monthly Lot Radio residency and to parties with impressive lineups, playing alongside Todd Terry home in New York, at the legendary Movement weekend Club Toilet in Detroit, and for Boiler Room. Their mixes, for series such as Coloring Lessons, Honcho, and Juanita’s, and for spots on Rinse and Refuge, also capture the club at its most euphoric. You’ll step a little harder with Kilopatrah Jones. Words by Sacha Madadian

    Recently at Paragon, BASEMENT, Dead Letter No. 9 · often with Mike Servito, Dee Diggs, Annie Lew, none of them here that night

  • Second Contact

    New York City · 46 bookings since Aug 2023

    “Second Contact is a New York City–based DJ and collaborator whose driving force behind the decks feels like seduction through control.”

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    Second Contact is a New York City–based DJ and collaborator whose driving force behind the decks feels like seduction through control. His practice lives in the charged space between discipline and abandon, shaped by a shared dialogue and individual instinct. Moving fluidly between downtempo, dark wave, EBM, and progressive trance, his sets unfold in long, deliberate arcs that privilege tension, texture, and trust. Rather than overwhelm a room, Second Contact cultivates atmosphere. His selections linger, tease, and breathe, inviting dancers inward while leaving space for unpredictability. This same sensibility extends beyond the decks, ruled by a deep desire to cultivate community, draw inspiration from the unlikeliest of places, and build something from nothing through exchange rather than ego. His approach favors intimacy over spectacle and curiosity over dominance; his DJ sets result in a physical, quietly sinister, and visceral atmosphere designed not to command attention but to hold space and engage in play. Stepping away from any spectacle, Second Contact plays with the uninhibited, open-minded queerdos and freaks; an intimate tremble that demands total surrender from those who’d rather be lost in the secret than found in the light. Second Contact believes the most powerful moments on a dance floor come from anticipation. His approach is rooted in restraint, timing, and emotional intelligence, letting desire accumulate before release. His sets ask for patience and, in turn, reward surrender; slowly, but surely, creating spaces where dancers feel held, challenged, and quietly undone. Over the past few years, Second Contact has become a familiar presence in New York City’s most respected rooms, including Nowadays, Mansions, Nightmoves, Bossa Nova Civic Club, and Good Room. Internationally, his sound has carried to adventurous and discerning dance floors across Europe and beyond, including Sameheads, Salon des Amateurs, Post Bar, as well as scenes in Tbilisi, Georgia and Mexico City, where he operates in the high-stakes gap between discipline and abandon for the those who celebrate openness and risk and welcome the pursuit of creativity and expression instead of the easily digestible and familiar. As Honey Trap mainstay and resident, he shapes the cadence with a patient hand whether setting the tone at the opening doors or driving the final hours at close. His sound at Honey Trap leans into the series’ core–synth lust, hot tracks–bringing the dancefloor into a place of shared trust and communal rapture. Second Contact’s long-form sensibility extends naturally into radio with his guest mixes appearing on well-regarded The Lot Radio, Kiosk Radio, and Mutant Radio.

    Recently at Outer Heaven, Nowadays, H0L0 · often with Miles Mercer, Simic, 98dots, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • 98dots7 with Amelia Holt and 5 with Second Contact
  • Ron Like Hell8 with Kilopatrah Jones and 1 with Bouffant Bouffant
  • cotton5 with Kilopatrah Jones and 2 with Amelia Holt
  • Kurilo3 with Amelia Holt and 3 with Second Contact
  • Miles Mercer4 with Second Contact and 2 with Amelia Holt
  • Meilgaarden2 with Amelia Holt and 2 with Second Contact
  • Dee Diggs9 with Kilopatrah Jones
  • Leonce8 with Kilopatrah Jones
164 said they were going — busier than a usual Sunday at public records.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Sundays at public records123
  • Middle half finished between66 and 199
  • Past Sundays at this venue counted149

The room

public records — 766 events and 1,571 distinct artists since Aug 2023.

Holds about 300.

Most-tagged here: Techno (19), House (17), Deep House (11), Experimental (5) and Tech House (4). genre tags on this room’s listings

Artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 2353720.

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

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