Disco Portal
Bossa Nova Civic Club1271 Myrtle Ave; Brooklyn, NY 11221 · Map
This night happened — Mon 17 Aug · 10pm → 4am Tue
free · 21+ · Disco Portal
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Who was billed4 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
3 of the 6 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- PUFF and LIONESSA — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Mon 8 Dec 2025.
- PUFF and suciopath — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Mon 8 Dec 2025.
- LIONESSA and suciopath — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Mon 8 Dec 2025.
The Disco Portal reopens Monday, August 17 at Bossa Nova.
Enter the portal for dark, sexy rhythms that live in the shadows.
Expect sleazy synths, hypnotic rhythms, and cosmic grooves connecting the underground sounds of NYC, the Mediterranean, and Latin America.
from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor
Who they are
“Heavily influenced by their Latin and Arab roots, they find their way through music by meshing a multitude of cultures and genres together, recently focusing on the stellar, high-energy realms of electro-house, techno, and dance music.”
their own biography
Recently at Honey's, Jupiter Disco, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with senoritajuicy, Preacher's Daughter, theoretic, none of them here that night
“LIONESSA is an Egyptian-Canadian DJ based in so-called Vancouver.”
their own biography
the whole biography
LIONESSA is an Egyptian-Canadian DJ based in so-called Vancouver. Her sets draw from a global upbringing in Egypt and across the Middle East, shaped by years in the West Coast rave scene. She blends Egyptian percussion as well as regional rhythms with underground global sounds that emerge from street culture and resist formal categorization. Her work bridges cultural expression with global bass movements, delivering high-intensity sets that subvert traditional Middle Eastern/North African sound expectations while pushing the boundaries of the dancefloor. She is the co-founder of Egyptian Street Meat, an all Egyptian artist collective, and a curator focused on building intentional, femme centric club spaces in Vancouver and her hometown Cairo. She also hosts Radio LABWA, a residency on Bside Radio spotlighting pioneering SWANA producers and highlighting the diversity of music from the region’s underground and diasporic scenes. "Vancouver" is on the unceded territories of xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. As an immigrant, LIONESSA acknowledges her position as an uninvited settler on these lands.Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Elsewhere · often with maiiii, Shiru, Asayel, none of them here that night
“Varist debuted his retro funky house flavor in October 2023, beginning a collaboration with Book Club Radio that has resulted in 8 sets for Book Club and Tinzo + Jojo events, the recorded versions of which have garnered over 1.4 million views.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Varist debuted his retro funky house flavor in October 2023, beginning a collaboration with Book Club Radio that has resulted in 8 sets for Book Club and Tinzo + Jojo events, the recorded versions of which have garnered over 1.4 million views. In the 3 years he has been spinning for dance floors, Varist has played the Wandering Woods, Lightning in a Bottle, and Book Club Radio festivals, performed in Zürich, Switzerland, and become a fixture of the Brooklyn underground, playing for Elsewhere, Dancescape, PAN!C ROOM, Under The Table NYC, and Moledro. Varist also hosts TGIVarist, a twice monthly live stream, from his Brooklyn apartment.Recently at Elsewhere, Danger Danger, Honey's · often with Tinzo, Jojo Lorenzo, Connector, none of them here that night
Recently at Mood Ring, Jupiter Disco, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with DJ FiFi, Maya Panosh, porygon k, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- maiiii1 with LIONESSA and 1 with suciopath
- Jojo Lorenzo6 with Varist
- Tinzo6 with Varist
- sznl3 with Varist
- Connector2 with Varist
- DJ FiFi2 with suciopath
- Fugitive Artifact2 with PUFF
- Michael King2 with PUFF
how this compares
- Median final count, Mondays at Bossa Nova Civic Club21
- Middle half finished between11 and 34
- Past Mondays at this venue counted164
- Counted13 on Fri 31 Jul, 15 on Wed 12 Aug
The room
Bossa Nova Civic Club — 1,517 events and 2,480 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Who put it on
Disco Portal — 1 event and 4 artists since Aug 2026.