Who was billed5 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- Liquid Earth
- Ryan Crosson
- next: Nowadays, Fri 30 Octcotton
- next: BASEMENT, Fri 6 NovMatas
- next: Refuge, Fri 23 OctPhysical Therapy
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
6 of the 10 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- cotton and Physical Therapy — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 3 May 2024.
- Liquid Earth and Physical Therapy — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Tue 31 Dec 2024.
- Matas and Physical Therapy — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 2 Mar 2024.
- cotton and Matas — 3 shared bills before that night, first on Sun 6 Aug 2023.
Who they are
“The singular brand of house music that Taylor Freels produces as Liquid Earth is uniquely transatlantic, infusing the rhythmic sensibilities of London and Berlin with the sun-soaked serenity of his native California.”
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The singular brand of house music that Taylor Freels produces as Liquid Earth is uniquely transatlantic, infusing the rhythmic sensibilities of London and Berlin with the sun-soaked serenity of his native California. Part '80s sleaze, part '90s deepness, part '00s wiggle, Freels makes dance music cocktails that pop like a twist of lime hitting seltzer. Melodic, crisp, and always refreshing, each track by the California-native is singularly recognizable as he refashions vintage sounds for the clubs of tomorrow. Under his most recent alias, Liquid Earth, Freels has been pushing, as Resident Advisor put it, "tech house with a twist." His state-of-the-art analog grooves emerged from the ether fully formed in 2019 with some of the deepest basslines and crunchiest melodies out there. Freels' squigly take on contemporary house and techno always comes primed with a dose of California sunshine. Carrying on the legacy of storied California predecessors like Halo and Hipp-E, he's been swiveling heads and moving bodies with releases on labels at the vanguard of the underground, like Limousine Dream and TerraFirm, collaborations with Tornado Wallace as Dinnervisions, and a remix of his starry-eyed, "Scope Zone" by Youandewan landed him a spot on Beatportal's Top 50 Songs of 2021. More than just a producer, Freels knows how to pack a punch behind the decks, moving from classic Detroit and Chicago tracks to UK tech house with aplomb and mastery. His bookings and podcasts have been piling up like hot cakes with best-in-class mixes for the likes of Honey Soundsystem and Butter Side Up and DJ appearances at Dimensions Festival and Panorama Bar. Freels' music, as both a DJ and a producer, remains unparalleled in its ability to solder funk with deepness. His early releases that propelled him to prominence on labels like NYC's Let's Play House and Melbourne’s Voyage Recordings, displayed an almost encyclopedic knowledge of house music. As Urulu, Freels zig-zagged across time and space to create music that felt embryonically transatlantic alongside a sugar rush of rave nostalgia. He now uses the Liquid Earth moniker to bring that same intimate knowledge to the trippier corners of the cosmos. With a seemingly endless trove of creativity and energy congealing behind the Liquid Earth project, Freels is poised to continue his take over of club land's headiest and spaciest dance floors.Their RA profile lists Is / Was and Butter Side Up.Recently at H0L0, Nowadays, public records · often with Maksim, Shvili, Amy Jor, none of them here that night
“A Motor City, Berlin, London hybrid, Ryan Crosson is a complex artistic creature.”
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A Motor City, Berlin, London hybrid, Ryan Crosson is a complex artistic creature. Equal parts energetic, down to earth Detroit native and ultra-refined, musical aesthete, Ryan has one ear to the club and one ear far, far beyond. Known the world over for shape shifting, shoulder shaking tracks on groundbreaking labels including Wagon Repair, M_nus, Spectral Sound, and his own Visionquest, Ryan’s production and sampling practices depart from the worlds of house or techno by referencing musique concrète, Downtown New York funk, and East African jazz. Born and raised on a steady diet of post-apocalyptic landscapes, dark warehouses, and the sounds of Plastikman, Matthew Dear, Magda, and Villalobos, Ryan’s DJ sets expand the horizon of possibility without sacrificing dance music’s core element of sweaty, hedonistic fun. His unique musical vocabulary and tireless dedication ensure him a place in the dynasty of forward-thinking techno transplants. Alongside Lee Curtiss and Shaun Reeves, Ryan is responsible for running Visionquest Records, one of dance music’s most cherished and eclectic imprints. Ryan and his partners in Visionquest have honed a whole new landscape of lush, organic techno and esoteric leftfield electronica. In 2014, Ryan helped oversee the construction of Visionquest’s newest ventures —their digital arm and sub-label Brachtune, as well as Visionquest Special Editions, a vinyl only imprint that leans towards the kind of after-hours, dubby tracks that will remind long-time friends and fans of Ryan’s early morning sets in the notorious “Tesh Club” basement. An enthusiastic and hardworking DJ, Ryan crisscrosses the World both as a solo act and as part of the Visionquest trio. In past years he's been a regular at such clubs as Fabric, DC10, Cityfox and his personal favorite Club der Visionaere in Berlin. A recent move back to the States finds him settling in Brooklyn, New York with a mind to head back into the studio for multiple long term projects. In addition to EPs on Hallucienda, Visionquest and Roche Madame a second album with long time friend and partner Cesar Merveille is in the works. The new album will see the pair continuing to mesh live classical and jazz musicians with modular and analog based electronics to create a unique twist on contemporary electronic music.Their RA profile lists M-nus, Spectral Sound, Trapez Limited, Telegraph Records and 6 more.Recently at Signal, H0L0, Dada · often with Haley's Kitchen, Jimbo James, Shaun Reeves, none of them here that night
Recently at Qncc, BASEMENT, Good Room · often with Juliana Huxtable, Kilopatrah Jones, Massimiliano Pagliara, none of them here that night
Recently at Nowadays, Mansions, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Roza Terenzi, Jek, Aurora Halal, none of them here that night
“Physical Therapy is the New Jersey born-and-raised producer/DJ, and head of the Allergy Season label.”
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Physical Therapy is the New Jersey born-and-raised producer/DJ, and head of the Allergy Season label. Physical Therapy is known for a constantly shifting and abstracted take on club music, from bongo-infused techno to breakbeat science, and has released on a long list of labels number including Liberation Technologies, The Corner, Unknown to the Unknown, Work Them and SOBO. PT has also put out music as Kirk the Flirt & Peter Pressure and collaborations with Michael Magnan (as Fatherhood), with LA-4A (as PTA) and with Matrixxman. He currently resides in Queens, NY where he holds residency at the club Nowadays for his monthly Allergy Season parties.Techno on 46, House on 44, Experimental on 21 and Electro on 18. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Allergy Season (3), Cav Empt (1) and Mister Saturday Night Records (1); their RA profile also lists NonPlus+, Hippos In Tanks, Unknown to the Unknown, Liberation Technologies and 5 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at H0L0, public records, Refuge · often with Michael Magnan, Fatherhood, Shaun J. Wright, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Auspex5 with cotton and 2 with Physical Therapy
- Shaun J. Wright4 with cotton and 3 with Physical Therapy
- x3butterfly3 with Matas and 3 with Physical Therapy
- Michael Magnan10 with Physical Therapy
- Fatherhood8 with Physical Therapy
- Jek6 with Matas
- Juliana Huxtable6 with cotton
- Kilopatrah Jones5 with cotton
415 said they were going — busier than a usual Friday at Signal.
how this compares
- Median final count, Fridays at Signal318
- Middle half finished between236 and 434
- Past Fridays at this venue counted77
The room
Signal — 350 events and 914 distinct artists since Feb 2025.
Most-tagged here: House (4) and Techno (3). genre tags on this room’s listings