Who was billed7 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- Battygyal
- Swaya
- Special Guest DJ
- next: Berlin, Wed 4 NovSignificant Other
- mi-el
- next: Berlin, Wed 4 Novzi!
- next: C115 in Berlin, Sat 5 DecDjRUM
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
16 of the 21 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Battygyal and Swaya — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 19 Apr 2025.
- Significant Other and zi! — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 16 May 2026.
- Significant Other and DjRUM — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 12 Sep 2024.
- Battygyal and DjRUM — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 6 Dec 2025.
- Special Guest DJ and zi! — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 11 Sep 2025.
Who they are
Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, 1514 Loft, Silence Please · often with Nana XOXO, DJPT, DILUVIA, none of them here that night
“Massachusetts born and Brooklyn based artist, producer and audio engineer Sophie Sawaya MacArthur, better known as Swaya, has spent a lifetime exploring the possibilities of storytelling and meaning making through sound.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Massachusetts born and Brooklyn based artist, producer and audio engineer Sophie Sawaya MacArthur, better known as Swaya, has spent a lifetime exploring the possibilities of storytelling and meaning making through sound. Raised by Brazilian and American parents, she spent her childhood studying violin before becoming disillusioned by the lack of creativity classical studies offered. She found her musical home on the internet becoming obsessed with hardcore punk, hip hop and experimental electronic music. A graduate of Communications Studies at Concordia University, she spent 5 years in Montreal where she was an active member of the music scene, performing her music at MUTEK, Pop Montreal, Slut Island, Never Apart, Datcha and more. Since she began posting her music online in 2016, Swaya has released 5 EPs and countless tracks, edits and mixes, consistently pushing and reinventing herself with each release. Beyond her personal artistic work Swaya is also an established producer and audio engineer, currently working with Brooklyn producer Tony Seltzer at his studio Seltzer Sounds. She has worked with the likes of Zelooperz, Babyxsosa, Key!, Hawa, Marti, Mercury, Michael Christmas, Magella and more.Their RA profile lists Purple Tape Pedigree, Tobago Tracks, s.M.i.L.e. and Ultra Rare.Recently at Silence Please, LoHi, Nowadays · often with Lil Zé, Jetty, Pauli Cakes, none of them here that night
Special Guest DJ
Recently at H0L0, Green Room NYC, Camp Kennybrook · often with Ben Bondy, Crimeboys, Kilopatrah Jones, none of them here that night
“Significant Other, a UK-born DJ, producer, and curator now based in Berlin, has carved out a distinctive space in the electronic music landscape with his emotionally resonant productions and genre-resistant style of DJing.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Significant Other, a UK-born DJ, producer, and curator now based in Berlin, has carved out a distinctive space in the electronic music landscape with his emotionally resonant productions and genre-resistant style of DJing. Consistently operating at the fringes, his creative output is an at times chaotic fusion of the tough and more tender corners of modern dance music. Initially emerging from the Brooklyn underground scene, Significant Other co-founded the prolific NYC event series and record label Club Night Club, cutting his teeth as a covert curatorial presence behind-the-scenes of a new wave of late 2010s Brooklyn dance music. With sporadic releases appearing across a range of acclaimed UK labels, little artist information provided, he emerged from the shadows as an enigmatic figure within the ecosystem of off-kilter dance production. His debut album Residuum arrived via Manchester cult favorite YOUTH in 2021, representing a veiled departure from the club origins of the project. A ghostly, atmospheric full-length grounded in texture and stygian catharsis which revealed a different side to his sound, transposing the tension and release balancing act of dance music onto a listening geared LP format. In the interim years his sound and DJ sets alike have become even harder to define. His work seamlessly blends elements of ambient, dub, and rougher club sonics, creating immersive fugue-state listening experiences that are at once both introspective and dancefloor-ready. The consistently elusive nature of the project has imbued his long discography with a liminal quality, his production and live output alike forever skirting the margins of genre and utility. Over the years he has garnered a cult reputation for his slant on the skudgier, atmospheric ends of contemporary mood-driven electronic music. In 2024 he launched the record label and Berlin event series Pain Management, an anti-dancefloor outlet for outsider sounds spanning spoken word, hellish dub experimentation and avant-garde electronica; ‘body music for restless minds’.Their RA profile lists SPE:C, Youth, Well Street Records, Oscilla Sound and 1 more.Recently at public records, Nowadays, Camp Kennybrook · often with Eleftheria, Buttechno, Matana Roberts, none of them here that night
“A deeply personal selector - with radars for the wacky, the moody and the lowercase - mi-el’s style is a deft balancing act, from sung soundscapes and explorations of her heritage to contemporary bass, electro, and vanguard electronics.”
their own biography
Their RA profile lists The Trilogy Tapes and Black Artist Database (B.A.D.).Recently at Mood Ring, Paragon · often with DJ Fuckoff, Konduku, Jan Vorisek, none of them here that night
Recently at public records, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Nowadays · often with Simisea, DJ Plead, Kaya Nya, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists 2nd Drop Records, Ilian Tape, Mindset and On the Edge.
Recently at Nowadays, Camp Kennybrook · often with Niklas Bildstein Zaar, Bill Kouligas, GLOBUS, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Ben Bondy4 with Special Guest DJ
- DILUVIA4 with Battygyal
- Lil Zé4 with Swaya
- Nana XOXO4 with Battygyal
- ARCHANGEL3 with Battygyal
- Bendik Giske3 with Significant Other
- Bill Kouligas3 with DjRUM
- Carmen Villain3 with Significant Other
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at Nowadays1,183
- Middle half finished between554 and 1,707
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted185
The room
Nowadays — 804 events and 1,369 distinct artists since Aug 2023.