Freak NYC

H0L01090 Wyckoff Ave, Queens, NY 11385 · Map

This night happened — Fri 10 Jul

Freak_NYC and H0L0 NYC

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Who was billed8 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.

the pairs that have met

22 of the 28 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

Sharlese and Arvin T — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 26 Oct 2024.
Arvin T and Saia — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 10 Jul 2026.
Saia and Sister Zo — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 27 Jun 2026.
Sharlese and Saia — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 31 Oct 2025.
Leonce and Jeffrey Sfire — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 27 Jun 2025.
Arvin T and Jeffrey Sfire — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 15 Jun 2024.

Who they are

Graeme
New York City
“Graeme is a DJ, promoter, and resident of Lotion Collective and Freak NYC, two queer-forward collectives dedicated to building intentional dance floors and community-centered nightlife.”
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Graeme is a DJ, promoter, and resident of Lotion Collective and Freak NYC, two queer-forward collectives dedicated to building intentional dance floors and community-centered nightlife. Originally from the suburbs of Detroit, he spent six years in Seattle where he helped create Lotion Collective before relocating to New York City to help launch Freak NYC. Equally at home behind the decks and behind the scenes, Graeme approaches DJing as an extension of space-making. His sound is rooted in midwest, purist techno, while also drawing from electro, house, EBM, Italo, and minimal. His selections reward purists while leaving room for unpredictability, balancing deep cuts with occasional left-field turns. Whether opening a room, closing a night, or carrying a dance floor through the early morning hours, Graeme's focus remains the same: creating memorable moments of shared experience through music.
Sharlese
Seattle · 24 bookings since Sep 2023
“Sharlese is a Seattle-based DJ and radio host who thrives on the unexpected, crafting elegant dialogues between genres—from electro and EBM to Italo and techno.”
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Sharlese is a Seattle-based DJ and radio host who thrives on the unexpected, crafting elegant dialogues between genres—from electro and EBM to Italo and techno. She has earned a reputation for weaving intricate, emotionally charged sets on dance floors around the world, with appearances at Tresor, Panorama Bar, Nowadays, MÜLL SF, and Grauzone. Her acclaimed DJ mixes for respected platforms such as KIHDI, BITE, and Pi Pi Pi shine a light on darker, often overlooked sonic realms. For the past 18 years, Sharlese has been an integral part of KEXP, where she currently serves as Producer for The Afternoon Show, Programming Education Manager, and host of Mechanical Breakdown—a program dedicated to off-the-cuff, boundary-pushing underground music. She began DJing in 2012 as a resident at Seattle’s industrial wave event, an experience that—along with hosting shows at Electric Tea Garden—laid the foundation for her live event series False Prophet. For nearly a decade, the series has supported both emerging and established artists, including ADULT., Nuovo Testamento, Xeno & Oaklander, Kris Baha, and Spike Hellis. Sharlese also curates Audiodrome, a monthly party held on the second Saturday at the historic Pony in Seattle. The event explores a wide spectrum of styles—Italo, wave, synth, and electro—and has hosted artists such as Franz Scala, Josh Cheon (Dark Entries), and Beau Wanzer. Audiodrome is streamed live via Intergalactic.fm. In addition to her event work, Sharlese holds residencies with the PNW techno collective secondnature, at Massive Club in Seattle’s Capitol Hill, and on Mutant Radio—an independent online radio station and music platform based in Tbilisi, Georgia—further underscoring her dedication to underground music and her unwavering commitment to making bodies dance.
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Recently at public records, Nowadays, Camp Kennybrook · often with Helena Hauff, K Wata, adobeprincess, none of them here that night
Leonce
Georgia · 43 bookings since Sep 2023
“Born and raised in New Orleans, now living in Brooklyn, Leonce is uncompromising, blending elements of American Urban and Experimental Electronica, a hardline style that influenced his development as a producer.”
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Born and raised in New Orleans, now living in Brooklyn, Leonce is uncompromising, blending elements of American Urban and Experimental Electronica, a hardline style that influenced his development as a producer. He co-founded the infamous Club Morph in 2016 and its electronic-hybrid imprint label Morph Tracks. DJs supporting Leonce’s tracks have included DJ Holographic, Fred again, Mochakk, Virgil Abloh, Honey Dijon, Brodinski, Pangaea, Midland, Moxie, Joy Orbison, Leon Vynehall, Seth Troxler, Ben UFO, and The Carry Nation. 2023 was a banner year for Leonce, producing and headlining Atlanta’s Boiler Room in April, and then going on to tour in London, Berlin, Milan, Edinburgh, Manchester, and Barcelona. In August, Leonce supported the Atlanta tour stop on Beyonce’s Renaissance Tour, playing to a crowd of 70,000 in Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium. In October, Leonce remixed Kai Alcé and Ash Lauryn’s ‘Underground & Black’ and teamed up with British-Ghanaian artist Karen Nyame KG on the track ‘Nightryde,’ which featured in DJ Mag and Mixmag. November saw Leonce share the Elsewhere Main Stage in New York with Boys Noize. Spring 2024 brought the release of Leonce's debut album 'System of Objects,' which received a glowing review on RA. In May 2024, Leonce embarked on another EU headline run, followed up by single releases on LuckyMe and Nervous Records. To cap off 2024, Leonce supported Fred Again two nights in a row at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. His music featured on two year-end lists via RA's Best 25 Tracks of 2024 & DJ Mag's Top Albums of 2024. This year, Leonce has continued to tour at a frenetic pace, including debuts at Glastonbury and Under The K Bridge. With a recent release on fabric Originals and a new EP out soon, Leonce continues to solidify his position at the vanguard of the global club & techno scene.
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House on 13, Deep House on 6, Techno on 6 and Experimental on 6. styles on their catalogued releases
Released on Bleep (2) (1), Morph Tracks (1) and Nervous Records (1); their RA profile also lists fabric Originals. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile
Recently at Paragon, Signal, SILO · often with Sterling Juan Diaz, ALEXIS DE LA ROSA, Juliana Huxtable, none of them here that night
Arvin T
Detroit · 76 bookings since Aug 2023
“Arvin T’s sound is a vast, rhythmic vocabulary that navigates the spectrum of emotions.”
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Arvin T’s sound is a vast, rhythmic vocabulary that navigates the spectrum of emotions. He is a resident at Brooklyn club Gabriela and a frequent collaborator with the renown dark dance label/party Synthicide. Arvin can also be found in rotation in New York City's vibrant club scene including regular appearances at Basement, Good Room, and Paragon; with a formidable international presence to match. His production navigates high-energy and bouncy progressive, while grounding those movements in the textures of wave, 90s house, and trance-oriented atmospheres. This versatile output has garnered support across the global circuit, anchored by releases on the Dutch imprint Return To Forever, alongside New York’s own E-Missions Recordings and Magic City.
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House on 1 and Techno on 1. styles on their catalogued releases
Their RA profile lists E-Missions and Magic City.
Recently at Gabriela, Beverly's NYC, Knockdown Center · often with Andi, Eli Escobar, Sissies of Mercy, none of them here that night
LUN★
New York City · 11 bookings since Dec 2025
“LUN★ is an artist formally focused in visual arts and curatorial endeavors.”
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LUN★ is an artist formally focused in visual arts and curatorial endeavors. Curating exhibitions for universities, museums and the diy artist maker spaces of Atlanta and DFW. Their sonic canvas has touched the decks at MASSIVE (SEA), Bossa Nova Civic Club (NYC), and Aisle 5 (ATL). LUN★ plans to continue their multidisciplinary art practice by building a galaxy of work that orbits their focus on community building, spiritual embodiment, and intentional conversation. ⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆
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Recently at Nowadays, Mood Ring, Metropolitan Bar · often with Xana 101, ARCHANGEL, Amarji King, none of them here that night
Jeffrey Sfire
Detroit · 31 bookings since Sep 2023
“Jeffrey Sfire is originally from suburban Detroit, where he was introduced to underground dance music and illegal warehouse parties as a teenager in the 90's.”
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Jeffrey Sfire is originally from suburban Detroit, where he was introduced to underground dance music and illegal warehouse parties as a teenager in the 90's. This escape from suburbia led him to the dancefloors of the city’s most talented DJs and musicians, who soon exposed him to a new culture of creative riches. Learning by example, Sfire’s taste and skills as a DJ developed naturally and he soon began playing out at parties, clubs and sleazy gay afterhours, entering covertly through back doors or with a fake ID. At the age of 18, a move to Chicago led Sfire to a whole other side of dance music history, including the Italo Disco and High Energy sounds of the 1980s. He spent afternoons digging through record store crates, meeting retired DJs and developing his musical palette. Jeffrey’s style is absolutely unique and clearly tied to the roots of his midwest upbringing and he can be found working the floor out with italo, high nrg, chicago house, and everything WBMX. Having held numerous club residencies, he regularly plays in LA, Detroit, Chicago, and New York, consistently offering a finely-tuned selection at clubs like Basement and Nowadays in NY, Panoramabar Berlin, and Hot Mass in Pittsburgh. He also has a hand in producing parties such as Detroit's infamous Movement weekend queer rager, Club Toilet, and collaborating with Justin Cudmore on a new monthly Sunday party at Signal (NY). Jeffrey is also a gifted producer and one half of production projects: Sfire (with Sophie), Looky Looky, and Pushing Movies with releases on labels such as Dark Entries, Cocktail D’Amore Music and Ultramajic, while his mixes have long been prized for their depth and quality and are often featured as RA mix of the day.
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House on 6, Deep House on 4, Synth-pop on 4 and New Wave on 3. styles on their catalogued releases
Released on CockTail d'Amore Music (1), HMRecords (1) and The Brvtalist (1); their RA profile also lists Ultramajic. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile
Recently at Club Rawhide, Signal, Good Room · often with Mike Servito, Justin Cudmore, Sterling Juan Diaz, none of them here that night
Saia
New York City · 21 bookings since Oct 2025
Recently at BASEMENT, Nowadays, Qncc · often with RATONC1T0, Sevyn Love, Markus, none of them here that night
Sister Zo
New York City · 59 bookings since Aug 2023
“After getting her start performing at underground poetry events in her hometown, she eventually moved on to playing live beat sets during open mic nights at one of KC's most pivotal queer nightlife institutions of the 21st century, the Uptown Arts Bar.”
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After getting her start performing at underground poetry events in her hometown, she eventually moved on to playing live beat sets during open mic nights at one of KC's most pivotal queer nightlife institutions of the 21st century, the Uptown Arts Bar. Occasionally she'd wander upstairs to Niche, a 100-cap club with a legendary sound system known as the Meta HiFi. There she got her first taste of the sounds of the UK bass continuum and the LA beat scene, with its prominent figureheads like Flying Lotus, Ras G and Shlohmo. Ever the nomad, she would spend her mid-twenties traveling, flitting between cities like New York and LA and the mountainous terrain of the Colorado Rockies. At 26 years old, she left behind a stable career in psychotherapy to pursue her creative dreams. This would lead her back to Niche where a ravenous desire to evolve as an artist connected her with Peter Anthony, aka Coughman, who ran the independent KC collective and label, Intelligent Sound. Soon Anthony encouraged Zo and her friends Mazzy Mann and Lorelei Kretsinger to build a platform of their own. In October 2017, the three of them founded the UN/TUCK queer/trans collective and record label. Over the next two years, they tirelessly built UN/TUCK into an internationally recognized platform, releasing their own music and organizing shows and parties curated specifically for trans and queer people in Kansas City. Under the name BTRFLY, Zo produced her own LA-inspired beats and rapped over them in her sets. As she delved further into the realms of Chicago house, early 2000s UK dubstep, and the hybrid sounds of Hessle Audio, Hyperdub and Idle Hands, she discovered a profound love for DJing and a different kind of production. Now based in Brooklyn, she has made definitive creative statements in 2022, releasing her debut EP, Screw Cheek, on acclaimed UK club label, Scuffed Recordings, and a follow-up EP, Freak Shift, on Martyn's hallowed 3024 imprint, as well as a slew of national bookings at Bunker NY, Texture Detroit, Sole Rehab, clubs like Nowadays, Good Room and Kremwerk, festivals like Slingshot and Honcho Campout and many more on the horizon. It's clear that Zo has solidified her place as an emerging artist firmly in her own lane, with tracks that span the continuum of UK bass and North American techno and house, and mixes that seamlessly capture and defy her genres of interest, blending deep dark percussive bass and broken beat with blistering techno, psychedelic house, east coast club and more.
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Techno on 24, Bass Music on 22, Breaks on 17 and House on 17. styles on their catalogued releases
Released on Clasico Records (2) (1), Delusional Records (2) (1) and Grid (6) (1); their RA profile also lists Pineapple Records, 3024, Fever AM, Scuffed Recordings and 1 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profile
Recently at Mansions, Refuge, Jupiter Disco · often with Mui Mui, Sheepshead, S4M23, none of them here that night