[dweller] Neap Tide
Arewà Basit, Kesswa, chuki
public records233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217 · Map
This night happened — Sat 21 Feb
Press play
Who was billed3 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
2 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Arewà Basit and chuki — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Tue 17 Feb 2026.
Who they are
“As both a creative and model, Arewà has become a vital voice at the intersection of trans identity, Black aesthetics, and futurist performance.”
their own biography
the whole biography
As both a creative and model, Arewà has become a vital voice at the intersection of trans identity, Black aesthetics, and futurist performance. On her Archive EP (2026) Arewà weaves together ambient soul, experimental R&B, and new-wave gospel into a Black trans folk-sound all her own, crafting an emotional cartography of ancestry and becoming. The EP includes previously released songs “Fluid,” “I’ll Wait,” and “Crystal,” and moves through a dreamlike arrangement of analog synths, layered harmonies, and ambient percussion, centering Arewà’s hypnotic voice as both witness and instrument. “I wanted the project to serve as a record of everything I’ve been through as an artist, a performer, and person – not as an act of nostalgia, but as proof,” Arewà says. “It’s about making peace with the versions of myself that never got to speak, and hold up my own experiences as a mirror for the listener.” “The project came from a need to preserve what I couldn’t find anywhere else: my own joy, my own contradictions, my own archive,” says Arewà. “It’s a living document, and it’s still being written.” Arewà’s musical work arrives amid a wave of international recognition across art, fashion, and performance. Many fans first got to know Arewà on the groundbreaking eighth season of MTV’s Are You the One in 2019. In 2024, she was immortalized in a celebrated portrait by artist Amy Sherald titled “Trans Forming Liberty” as part of her “American Sublime” exhibition, which debuted at SF MoMA and traveled to New York’s Whitney Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Arewà’s portrait was featured on the cover of The New Yorker in summer 2025 after it faced potential censorship in a planned exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.. In the fall of 2025, Arewà was featured in the cast of the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production Prince F*****, continuing to explore themes of queer embodiment and liberation on stage. She also appears in Geena Rocero’s short film Dolls (2025), executive produced by Lily Wachowski (The Matrix), which is currently on the festival circuit, further expanding Arewà’s presence across film and performance. Whether on stage, on screen, in fashion and beauty campaigns, or through her sonic endeavors, Arewà’s practice offers a radical invitation to witness transformation in real time.often with Juliana Huxtable, Nana XOXO, Amarji King, none of them here that night
Recently at Mood Ring · often with Risa, LANSUH, BLKshine, none of them here that night
Recently at Honey's, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Trans-Pecos · often with SCRAAATCH, MHYSA, Battygyal, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Juliana Huxtable3 with Arewà Basit and 3 with chuki
- MHYSA5 with chuki
- SCRAAATCH5 with chuki
- Battygyal3 with chuki
- Love Higher3 with chuki
- Amarji King2 with Arewà Basit
- ARCHANGEL2 with Arewà Basit
- Ayanna Heaven2 with chuki
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at public records197
- Middle half finished between109 and 312
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted191
The room
public records — 766 events and 1,571 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Holds about 300.
Who put it on
dweller — 40 events and 197 artists since Feb 2024.