Under The Sea: xcakes fundraiser
Bossa Nova Civic Club1271 Myrtle Ave; Brooklyn, NY 11221 · Map
This night happened — Mon 1 Jun
Press play
Who was billed7 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- Pauli Cakes
- next: Market Hotel, Sat 31 OctTotal XTC
- p1nkstar
- JOSELO
- Coyado
- next: BASEMENT, Fri 30 OctKatie Rex
- Concrete Husband
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
12 of the 21 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Katie Rex and Concrete Husband — 3 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 31 Oct 2024.
- p1nkstar and Coyado — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 2 Jan 2026.
- Pauli Cakes and Total XTC — 4 shared bills before that night, first on Tue 5 Sep 2023.
- Pauli Cakes and p1nkstar — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 5 Dec 2024.
- JOSELO and Katie Rex — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Mon 1 Jun 2026.
- Pauli Cakes and Coyado — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Tue 24 Feb 2026.
- Total XTC and JOSELO — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 25 Jan 2025.
- Pauli Cakes and JOSELO — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 18 Oct 2025.
- JOSELO and Concrete Husband — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 27 Jul 2024.
Who they are
“Pauli Cakes is a New York born and based sound curator known for bringing people together and getting them moving.”
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Pauli Cakes is a New York born and based sound curator known for bringing people together and getting them moving. The DJ, community organizer, spirit raiser, performer, multi-faceted artist and founder of collectives DiSCAKES and xCAKES is an unmistakable figure in New York's underground queer rave scene. They've made a heartfelt impact on the nightlife circuit with their iconic raves, musical influence, organizing work, contributions to harm reduction and efforts to raise thousands of dollars for bail out organizations such as F2L, Black and Pink and The Friendly Commisary Fund and independent initiatives such as the COVID19 RELEIF FUND and various fundraisers for Queer New Yorkers in need. Pauli believes that limitations and binaries can be transcended through music, communion and creative expression. Pauli’s sets have been described as a “break neck wonderland” and a "Spirit Raising Journey Through Sound". Their sound is a high energy, genre bending experience filled with sonic eclecticism and colorful sound adopted from their stomping grounds of NYC.Recently at Oberon, Mood Ring, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Xana 101, SKIN CONTACT, Vice, none of them here that night
“Total XTC is an afro-Dominican DJ and producer originally from & currently based in NYC.”
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Total XTC is an afro-Dominican DJ and producer originally from & currently based in NYC. His sets merge electronic music styles like 90s Techno, Jersey Club, etc, with Caribbean music styles like Dembow, Dancehall and Reggaeton. His mixes have been featured on platforms like NTS Radio, Rinse.fm, The Lot Radio, Jerome Mixfile Series, Radio Muevelo, etc. Total XTC is the founder of NYC based dance party 'Body Journey' which aims to support underground queer and trans talent, while also participating in community crowdfunding for different causes and organizations.Batucada on 1, Dance-pop on 1, Deconstructed Club on 1 and Hardcore on 1. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Casual Gabberz Records (1) and Fact Mix (1). labels on their catalogued releasesRecently at Nowadays, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Paragon · often with Donis, ALEXIS DE LA ROSA, friedplatano, none of them here that night
“p1nkstar creates a world far removed from this dimension's binaries through music and conceptual shows, merging hyperpop with neo-perreo and club.”
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p1nkstar creates a world far removed from this dimension's binaries through music and conceptual shows, merging hyperpop with neo-perreo and club. She has been described as “early Aughts Paris Hilton on Hello Kitty steroids” by The Austin Chronicle, who crowned her as their Pop Princess in 2020. Since 2016, p1nkstar has rapidly become an emblematic figure in the Texas arts and nightlife scenes by opening inclusive spaces that center the work of trans and queer artists. p1nkstar is the first trans person to receive an Austin Music Award and has received three Best of Austin awards for her space-making work in the city. Most recently, she was featured on the cover of Austin Woman magazine, representing the future of Austin women in music. In 2022, she was featured on Billboard speaking against Texas’ Anti-Trans Initiatives, and recorded a Live Session with NPR. Previously, p1nkstar has been on the cover of The Austin Chronicle, The Austin American Statesman and Austin 360—and her music has been selected in Spotify's Fresh Finds playlist. p1nkstar’s work has been exhibited at The Contemporary Austin, the Blanton Museum of Art, The Visual Arts Center, SXSW, Fusebox Festival & The Roots & Culture Contemporary Arts Center in Chicago & she has supported acts like Charli XCX, Crystal Waters, Pussy Riot, The Ladies of LCD Soundsystem, Alok V. Menon, Dorian Electra and more.Recently at Le Bain, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Elsewhere · often with boyyyish, Ickarus, Jeremy Kost, none of them here that night
“On the decks, Joselo is omnivorous and cross-cultural.”
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On the decks, Joselo is omnivorous and cross-cultural. He merges eclectic styles such as techno, trance, house, reggaeton, dembo and baile funk. In 2014, JOSELO created Maricón NYC, an event curated to fill a void within the Latinx community and celebrate collective identity. The party showcases QTPOC DJs and creatives and links disparate scenes across the city’s boroughs.Recently at Paragon, Mood Ring, Animal · often with friedplatano, Byrell The Great, ALEXIS DE LA ROSA, none of them here that night
“Brooklyn selector Coyado builds heat from the ground up—heavy dub pressure, Latin percussion, and club constructions designed for bodies in motion.”
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Brooklyn selector Coyado builds heat from the ground up—heavy dub pressure, Latin percussion, and club constructions designed for bodies in motion. His sets move with intention, layering the low-end rumble of soundsystem culture against the polyrhythmic snap of dembow and cumbia, finding pockets where Caribbean bassweight and New York grit lock into the same groove. Coming up through the city’s underground circuit—each set is another chance to test how far the fusion can stretch without losing its center of gravity.Recently at Paragon, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Mood Ring · often with Josh Steers, ALEXIS DE LA ROSA, Dj Warning, none of them here that night
“Katie Rex is one of NY’s most essential and impactful DJs.”
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Katie Rex is one of NY’s most essential and impactful DJs. The Bound founder and Basement resident has spent the last decade and changed pushing a singular vision of wild, uncompromising rave power. Fusing throbbing techno, ripping hardgroove, key selections from NY’s vibrant underground and nods to her foundational loves - goth & industrial - Rex has developed a well-earned reputation for turning the dancefloor on its head. Her sets move with the perfect balance of precision and controlled chaos, transmuting a gleefully grungy menace into liberatory catharsis. Rex’s career began in Philadelphia where, in true DIY spirit, she began organizing parties around a key, glaring gap. Factory Girls was Rex’s first party series, an all-femme party that highlighted some of the 2010’s most vital new artists and helped point the way forward out of an oppressively male-focused monoculture. Word spread quickly, and early alliances with NY’s Discwoman drew Rex up to NY more and more. A few short years later she found herself at the center of a cultural renaissance. Regular sets at the revered, secretive Unter party, close ties with Bossa Nova Civic Club, and in 2016, the first edition of Bound all came quickly, and Rex’s position in the culture was soon indisputable. Bound has become Rex’s calling card: a NY-based, nationally produced kink party that seeks to redefine the form. Landing at the revered institution Basement, as one of the inaugural residencies at the club in 2019. As with Factory Girls, Bound pushes back against the ensconced patriarchal power dynamics that have made many femme and queer people feel unwelcome. It instead creates a space that is directly, unapologetically for those groups, with outstanding artists to boot. Rex’s DJing at these parties inevitably sets the standard; her capacity to both wield music of brutal power and craft an immersive, captivating, even joyful journey embodies the entire ethos of the night. Through this passion for amplifying artists, Rex created a boutique label featuring releases from Dax J, Silent Servant, Terence Fixmer, Bored Lord, Kilbourne, Ireen Amnes, Kontravoid, and more. After a 6 year Lot Radio residency, featuring a host of guests including VTSS, Rebekah, Sedef Adasï, Akua, Silent Servant, and Hyperaktivist, Bound release a new mix series In 2025. Rex has become an international presence, with regular gigs across the States and overseas. Her sets have been sought after beyond the club by Boiler Room and luxury houses Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Burberry, and Parfums de Marley. Press features in Vogue, The Face, Paper Magazine, Document Journal, Vice, The New Yorker, and Nylon Magazine have lauded her as the face of a new wave in nightlife culture. As her vision has come to shape US nightlife, the power of her music has only become more honed and riveting. What’s come before is only the beginning.Their RA profile lists Bound and Magic City.Recently at BASEMENT, Paragon, Knockdown Center · often with Kim Anh, Annie Lew, DJ Sharf, none of them here that night
“Concrete Husband is a NYC-based producer, DJ, composer, and flutist whose work bridges hypnotic techno, contemporary composition, and surrealist sound design.”
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Concrete Husband is a NYC-based producer, DJ, composer, and flutist whose work bridges hypnotic techno, contemporary composition, and surrealist sound design. His forward-thinking dance records Piel and Pelvic Resonance, released on White Owl Records, received critical acclaim, with Document Journal describing his music as “redefining avant-garde composition.” Educated at New England Conservatory, he draws on a deep knowledge of musical history to create emotionally charged sonic narratives that blur the line between the sensual and the uncanny. His DJ sets move through hypnotic grooves and psychological tension. A fixture of the Brooklyn techno scene, he has been seen countless times at BASEMENT, Paragon, and Knockdown Center, as well as at WIRE Festival and Merge. He is a resident of the Mexico City collective Pervert. As a composer and flutist, he merges virtuosic performance with experimental approaches to sound. Integrating live flute into his work, he has developed a singular performance language that led Eartheater to invite him to open her 2024 international tour, alongside a headline debut at Silent Green. His compositions have been presented at Amant, MoMA PS1, Museum of Modern Art, MUNCH, and Palazzo Reale. He has also scored Dion Lee’s Shanghai Fashion Week presentation and contributed flute compositions to the A24 film Beau Is Afraid. Most recently, he released the experimental project "Where The Ashes Glow" on NNA Tapes.Techno on 2, Afrobeat on 1, Art Rock on 1 and Ethereal on 1. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on White Owl Records (3) (2) and Gonzo Circus (1); their RA profile also lists NNA Tapes and White Owl Records. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at 99 Scott Ave, BASEMENT, Paragon · often with Juana, Ne/Re/A, VILE, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- ALEXIS DE LA ROSA5 with JOSELO, 5 with Total XTC and 3 with Coyado
- friedplatano10 with JOSELO and 8 with Total XTC
- Annie Lew6 with Concrete Husband and 6 with Katie Rex
- Ne/Re/A8 with Concrete Husband and 2 with Katie Rex
- SKYWALKER3 with Coyado and 3 with JOSELO
- Sterling Juan Diaz3 with JOSELO and 3 with Total XTC
- Juana9 with Concrete Husband
- DJ Sharf8 with Katie Rex
29 said they were going — busier than a usual Monday at Bossa Nova Civic Club.
how this compares
- Median final count, Mondays at Bossa Nova Civic Club21
- Middle half finished between11 and 34
- Past Mondays at this venue counted164
The room
Bossa Nova Civic Club — 1,517 events and 2,480 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Most-tagged here: Techno (61), House (33), Club (27), Electro (6) and Tech House (6). genre tags on this room’s listings
Who put it on
xcakes — 11 events and 57 artists since Sep 2023.