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Sound Restorer

Wet Currency (Mekko Harjo & NY Graffiti), Sound Restorer (Johnny D & richmcd)

Pageant70 Graham Ave · Map

This night happened — Thu 20 Aug · 8pm → 11pm

$15 · Color Theory

Who was billed6 artists

In the order the promoter listed them.

Set times were not published.

None of these artists had shared a bill before that night.

Who they are

  • NY Graffiti

    2 bookings since Jul 2025

    often with Jackson Delea, none of them here that night

  • Johnny D

    Mannheim, Germany

    “As the son of Eritrean refugees, Johannes Debese aka Johnny D became acquainted with a wide array of music styles from an early age – from Tigrinya, the Eritrean music of his heritage, to hip-hop, funk and soul.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    As the son of Eritrean refugees, Johannes Debese aka Johnny D became acquainted with a wide array of music styles from an early age – from Tigrinya, the Eritrean music of his heritage, to hip-hop, funk and soul. During the breakbeat-craze in the Rhein-Neckar delta, he first came in contact with electronic music at the age of thirteen. Soon after, he decided to take to the turntables himself. His first electronic music sets at modest breakbeat events followed and Johnny D quickly developed into a versatile artist, active in the Mannheim Collective alongside Ray Okpara, Nick Curly, Nekes and Federico Molinari. They organized house parties together and founded their own Labels Oslo, 8Bit and Cecille, rising to wild popularity throughout the scene. Johnny D’s style continued to develop under the influence of minimal electronic music, prompting him to try his hand at producing. His musical versatility makes it difficult to define his style but one can safely locate his music and vinyl selection somewhere between deep-house, minimal and techno. Creating his own unique style using vinyl and affectionately arranged live sets. His first releases ‘Manipulation’, ‘Walkman’ and ‘Orbitalife’ open another musical chapter and Johnny further continues to release on Labels such as Cocoon, Moonharbour, Strictly Rhythm, BPitch Control and Mobilee. Groove magazine nominated him for Best “Newcomer of the Year” and DeBug magazine for “Best Track of the Year” in 2008. Apart from being a very popular guest at Cocoon Ibiza, Johnny has played the world’s biggest festivals and renowned clubs including Womb in Tokyo, Panorama Bar, Club der Visionäre in Berlin, D-Edge in Brazil, Fabric in London, Tenax Italia, Time Warp in Germany, I love Techno in Belgium, the Gypsy Club in Russia, Amnesia/Ibiza and many more. With a renewed focus he has plenty of productions in the pipeline and a very busy DJ schedule ready to kick off with his new booking agency Belisa Booking. Johnny D remains an essential part of the electronic music scene.
    Their RA profile lists Defected Records, fabric Records, Cocoon Recordings, BPitch and 6 more.

    often with Hagel, Rafa, MASA, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • Hagel5 with Johnny D
  • Rafa4 with Johnny D
  • MASA3 with Johnny D
  • Chica Paula2 with Johnny D
  • Felix Hk2 with Johnny D
  • Frania2 with Johnny D
  • Franky Greiner2 with Johnny D
  • Josefa2 with Johnny D

The room

Pageant — 9 events and 36 distinct artists since Sep 2024.

Who put it on

Color Theory — 5 events and 20 artists since Aug 2026.

Also that night

how these 3 are connected
  • Honey Trap & Accessory Records: Titonton Duvante (live), Rose Kourts, Amelia Holt + more — shares 5 artists with this room, Yibing among them.
  • program audio H0L0 takeover — shares 6 artists with this room, Yibing among them.
  • In Trance We Trust — shares 9 artists with this room, Mariposa among them.

Flyer, times, cost and artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 2509489.

Venue and promoter records, co-billing history and the night’s other listings: adrift’s record of New York City events.

Quoted passages are the promoter’s or the artist’s own words, unedited.