Who was billed13 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- next: Elsewhere, Fri 13 NovNema Hän
- next: Elsewhere, Fri 13 Novaka-Sol
- Isabella Koen
- next: Bossa Nova Civic Club, Tue 20 OctKilbourne
- next: Nowadays, Thu 12 NovRelaxer
- Foodman
- next: Nowadays, Thu 29 OctDoula
- next: Signal, Thu 5 NovPrimo
- next: Nowadays, Sat 24 OctBaby Leo
- next: Berlin, Wed 4 NovDJ Plead
- next: Berghain in Berlin, Fri 30 OctMark Ernestus
- next: Elsewhere, Fri 13 NovDJ SYNCLAIRE
- next: Nowadays, Thu 12 NovCry
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
44 of the 78 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Nema Hän and aka-Sol — 20 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 14 Oct 2023.
- aka-Sol and DJ SYNCLAIRE — 11 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 14 Oct 2023.
- Nema Hän and DJ SYNCLAIRE — 11 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 14 Oct 2023.
- aka-Sol and Relaxer — 11 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 7 Dec 2023.
- Kilbourne and Relaxer — 7 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 14 Jun 2024.
- Relaxer and Baby Leo — 8 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 4 Apr 2024.
- Kilbourne and Cry — 5 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 17 Apr 2025.
- Relaxer and Cry — 5 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 17 Apr 2025.
- aka-Sol and Kilbourne — 4 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 14 Jun 2024.
- aka-Sol and Baby Leo — 4 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 21 Sep 2023.
- aka-Sol and Cry — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Thu 17 Apr 2025.
- Kilbourne and Baby Leo — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 14 Jun 2024.
- aka-Sol and DJ Plead — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- aka-Sol and Mark Ernestus — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- aka-Sol and Foodman — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- DJ Plead and Cry — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- DJ Plead and Mark Ernestus — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Kilbourne and DJ Plead — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Kilbourne and Mark Ernestus — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Kilbourne and Foodman — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Relaxer and DJ Plead — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Relaxer and Mark Ernestus — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Relaxer and Foodman — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Baby Leo and DJ Plead — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Baby Leo and Cry — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Baby Leo and Mark Ernestus — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Mark Ernestus and Cry — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Foodman and DJ Plead — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Foodman and Cry — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Foodman and Baby Leo — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Foodman and Mark Ernestus — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Nema Hän and Primo — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sun 25 May 2025.
- Relaxer and DJ SYNCLAIRE — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 3 Oct 2024.
- Nema Hän and Relaxer — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Thu 3 Oct 2024.
Who they are
“Expanding on their passion for electronic music and sound design in Berlin before returning to New York where they’ve been cutting teeth redefining their own ways of finding and blending records.”
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Expanding on their passion for electronic music and sound design in Berlin before returning to New York where they’ve been cutting teeth redefining their own ways of finding and blending records. As a DJ, Nema Hän is known for their genre-fluid extended vinyl sets bridging the gaps between the past, the present and emerging sounds. Exhibiting their approach to life and creative processes through their psychedelic and emotionally expansive selections that are timeless and playfully curious. They are also part of a collaborative project: DJ SYNCLAIRE, a duo of dedicated diggers known for their fierce synergy of genre melting quest, charged with atemporal gems.Recently at Mansions, public records, Nowadays · often with Shvili, Max Sprauer, Avenue F, none of them here that night
“Acacia Baila label boss focusing on global dance music informed by psychedelic encounters and the sensual nature of sound.”
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Acacia Baila label boss focusing on global dance music informed by psychedelic encounters and the sensual nature of sound. Their DJ sets are known to be spacey and dynamic always defying linearity, while maintaining the trance induced essence of the clubbing experience.Bassline on 1, Bleep on 1, Broken Beat on 1 and Downtempo on 1. styles on their catalogued releasesTheir RA profile lists Acacia Baila.Recently at Night Club 101, Mi Sabor Cafe, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Max In The World, SPF 50, Kroba, none of them here that night
“Isabella Koen is a sound artist, DJ, and composer investigating the intersections of sound art and club music.”
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Isabella Koen is a sound artist, DJ, and composer investigating the intersections of sound art and club music. Best known for her hard-driving, all-hardware live sets and off-kilter releases, her practice developed in the belly of underground art and performance spaces, and incorporates the dual role of artist and researcher. Her sound is rooted in broad-ranging experimentation while simultaneously extracting known sonic signifiers from classic rave, hard techno, trance, and drum 'n' bass.Their RA profile lists Börft Records, Allergy Season, Brutaz, Peder Mannerfelt and 5 more.Recently at BASEMENT, public records, Trans-Pecos · often with Sam Clarke, Arushi Jain, none of them here that night
“Destined to devastate, Kilbourne has established herself as a leading visionary of American hardcore techno.”
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Destined to devastate, Kilbourne has established herself as a leading visionary of American hardcore techno. Her DJ sets showcase an unrelenting drive and spontaneous selection, and she has toured widely across the Americas, Europe, and Australia at venues such as Tresor, Defqon.1, and Boiler Room. Kilbourne has released critically acclaimed music on PRSPCT, Industrial Strength, and Evar Records and is the founder of Hammerhead, a New York label and party showcasing the most psychedelic and brutal sounds of the genre. In 2025, she debuted Cry, a new collaboration with Relaxer that combines their backgrounds in punk and electronic music.Hardcore on 41, Techno on 18, Industrial on 14 and Hard Techno on 10. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on PRSPCT Recordings (1) and Symp.tom: Kapotcast (1); their RA profile also lists Industrial Strength Records, Casual Gabberz, Meta4, Evar Records and 1 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Nowadays, Mansions · often with Yaz Lancaster, DAIYAH, XXHARDBIT3S, none of them here that night
“Relaxer is the project of Daniel Martin-McCormick, fka Ital, member of Black Eyes, Cry and Gaze and co-founder of Dripping.”
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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 Mansions, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Nowadays · often with Elena Colombi, MARBLE RYE, Carpet (F.L.H.P), none of them here that night
“Takahide Higuchi, better known as 食品まつり(Shokuhin Matsuri) a.k.a foodman, creates music that defies categorisations – and is one of the few artists that actually fit this overused description.”
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Takahide Higuchi, better known as 食品まつり(Shokuhin Matsuri) a.k.a foodman, creates music that defies categorisations – and is one of the few artists that actually fit this overused description. There are traces of almost every electronic music genre, from juke, footwork, ambient, house, techno, to noise, but those elements are dissected and morphed together then driven to extreme without giving you a second to come up with a definitive genre. The noisy technicolour of these borderline versatile or schizophrenic collages is borne out of his experiments (or accidents) and has titillated, confused, and enchanted music obsessives far and wide. After releasing his debut album from NY/OH experimental label Orange Milk, his music has been released from international labels including Diplo's Mad Decent and its offshoot Good Enuff. His ever-evolving and mutating musical vocabulary draws from every kind of music he stumbles across, from Chicago footwork to Okinawan folk music of his roots, ambient to J-pop, Talvin Singh's Indian classical music/drum 'n' bass fusion to classic video game soundtracks, then twists them all with his playful psychedelia. This extends to his remixes and DJ mixes, including his monthly residency at NTS radio and i-D magazine's "i-DJ" guest mix, which was picked up on Pitchfork's "10 Best DJ Mixes of March 2017" list. Since playing his first show outside of Japan in mid 2016, he has appeared on Boiler Room, Low End Theory, and Unsound just to name a few, as well as headline shows across the US and Europe. In July 2022, the album "Yasuragi land" was released on Hyperdub. The album was voted best of the year by various national and international media, including Pitchfork's "The Best Electronic Music of 2021".Their RA profile lists Hyperdub, Mad Decent, Digitalis Recordings, Unknown to the Unknown and 5 more.Recently at H0L0, Knockdown Center, public records
“"Doula is known for her unpredictable range and sound collage approach to DJing with an unyielding vision of dance music as a source of tantric mayhem.”
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"Doula is known for her unpredictable range and sound collage approach to DJing with an unyielding vision of dance music as a source of tantric mayhem. She crafts intense, psychedelic, often crazy-making sets that disregard expectations of genre, functionality, tempo, cadence, or respectability. Historically labelled: 'Disgusting' , 'Relentless' , 'Iconoclast' , 'Tea'... "Recently at Qncc, public records, Signal · often with 8ULENTINA, SCRAAATCH, LITA DA DOLL, none of them here that night
“Hard techno/Schranz DJ based in Sofia, Bulgaria.”
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Recently at Signal, Xanadu, Mansions · often with dj s, Michael Scanlon, S4M23, none of them here that night
“A joyful celebration of the euphoric power of massive sounds.”
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A joyful celebration of the euphoric power of massive sounds. Feral energy representing a lifetime in experimental underground music.Recently at Mansions, H0L0, Nowadays · often with Arushi Jain, Mor Elian, Ayesha, none of them here that night
“Drawing on his Lebanese background, DJ Plead makes tough, functional, and percussive tracks.”
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Drawing on his Lebanese background, DJ Plead makes tough, functional, and percussive tracks. His unique style references the rhythms, scales and timbres of Lebanese pop and traditional Lebanese wedding music, blending them with contemporary RnB, Club and other dance styles. DJ Plead released his debut EP ‘Get in Circle’ through air max 97’s DECISIONS label in March 2018 and has since toured Europe and China. DJ Plead is also half of drum-workout duo Poison, a member of high-energy trio BV, and founder of the SUMAC label.Their RA profile lists Livity Sound, AD 93, Nervous Horizon and Decisions.Recently at Signal, public records, Nowadays · often with DJ Voices, rrao, Kaya Nya, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists Basic Channel, Rhythm & Sound, Ndagga and Maurizio.
Recently at public records · often with Berghain, DJ Python, Umfang, none of them here that night
Recently at public records, Honey's, Good Room · often with Kroba, Max In The World, Matük, none of them here that night
Recently at Nowadays · often with Arushi Jain, MARBLE RYE, Carpet (F.L.H.P), none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Arushi Jain3 with Baby Leo, 2 with Cry, 2 with Isabella Koen, 2 with Kilbourne and 2 with Relaxer
- Max In The World7 with aka-Sol, 4 with Nema Hän and 2 with DJ SYNCLAIRE
- Kroba3 with aka-Sol, 2 with DJ SYNCLAIRE and 2 with Nema Hän
- Matük2 with aka-Sol, 2 with DJ SYNCLAIRE and 2 with Nema Hän
- Azumi OE3 with aka-Sol and 3 with Relaxer
- K Wata3 with aka-Sol and 3 with Relaxer
- Carpet (F.L.H.P)2 with Relaxer and 1 with Cry
- MARBLE RYE2 with Relaxer and 1 with Cry
2,507 said they were going — much busier than a usual Saturday at Nowadays.
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.
Most-tagged here: Techno (22), Bass (21), House (15), Club (6) and Electro (6). genre tags on this room’s listings
Who put it on
Dripping — 20 events and 165 artists since Sep 2023.