Grace Sands, Michael Serafini / Prosumer, Jacob Meehan / Chris Cruse
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This night happened — Sat 17 Oct · 11pm → 4am Sun
21+ · public records ·
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Who was billed5 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
- next: Paloma in Berlin, Fri 27 NovGrace Sands
- Michael Serafini
- Prosumer
- next: Wed 21 OctJacob Meehan
- next: KREUZWERK in Berlin, Fri 23 OctChris Cruse
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
9 of the 10 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Jacob Meehan and Chris Cruse — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 31 May 2024.
Good to know
- “Tickets may be available at the door based on capacity.”
- “A ticket does not guarantee entry; Public Records reserves the right to deny entry to guests that appear intoxicated or do not meet the dress code.”
- “Doors close one hour before end time.”
A bonafide hero of the UK underground, Grace Sands’ historic residency at Adonis and free-party collective DiY have made space for inclusivity and freedom within deep house since the ’80s. For her final residency night, she closes The Sound Room after Chicago’s Queen! resident and Gramaphone Records owner Michael Serafini. In The Atrium is Prosumer, a savant of timeless house on the international scale. He headlines after WHOLE Festival organizer Jacob Meehan, while UPSTAIRS, globe-trotting Chris Cruse takes a seat and shows off a chiller side to his infectious spirit that has remained a hallmark of the queer party scene for over a decade.
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from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor
Who they are
“Founder member: DiY Soundsystem Resident: ADONIS / London’s queer warehouse party Block 9 / NYC Downlow at Glastonbury Producer: T.O.P / Sista G / Grace Sands / Superstar DJ Grace Label Head: TruVanity Recordings DJ Grace Sands brings a queer take on deep house from her DIY Sound System roots, free parties and worldwide travels in the partnership Digs & Woosh.”
their own biography
Recently at public records, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with e-Lite, Moxie, The Carry Nation, none of them here that night
“Owner of the Legendary Gramaphone Records in Chicago and Resident of SmartBar and Main Resident alongside Derrick Carter and Garrett David for Queen! at SmartBar Chicago.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Owner of the Legendary Gramaphone Records in Chicago and Resident of SmartBar and Main Resident alongside Derrick Carter and Garrett David for Queen! at SmartBar Chicago. Former Resident of the Legendary House night Boom Boom Room in the 90s-2000s. Co-producer on releases with Ralphi Rosario and Garrett David.“„The craze about the music...“ ...the man called Prosumer is besotted with it.”
their own biography
the whole biography
„The craze about the music...“ ...the man called Prosumer is besotted with it. Since Achim Brandenburg heartily grabbed the microphone under this moniker in 2005 for Frankfurt’s then undisputed Label Playhouse, he showed that lasciviousness, a fever for Chicago’s Jack flavour and consciousness of tradition aren’t necessarily bound to a time and a place. Vision, passion and knowledge make Prosumer a guardian of house music history and one of the formative artists, influential DJs and important producers of our days. While deriving his name from Alvin Toffler’s techno sci-fi-bible The Third Wave (producing and consuming at the same time), Prosumer lives up to his name. With more than a decade of Hard-Wax-Record-Store-enculturation on the clock (first in Saarbrucken, then Berlin), he spent countless nights in clubs, days looking for music and years refining his art and becoming in line with the “big three”. This is not a reference to Detroit’s car companies, but the city’s musical heritage that – together with the Big Apple and the Windy city – laid the foundation for techno and house builds with the Big Apple and the Windy City. Prosumer oscillates between these poles. That holds true for his productions, which are affected by references and historical vertexes, but never feel to be out of time or place. An album with Murat Tepeli and collaborations with Tama Sumo expand his discography for labels like the aforementioned Playhouse, Running Back or Swayzak’s 240 Volts. On the other hand – and that might be far more important – this is exemplary for his DJ work since the mid-nineties. Prosumer connects the tracks and songs of this music’s golden age with the worthwhile pieces and developments of today. Accordingly to that special feeling which is so hard to couch, he gets engaged in it from tip to toe – and so does his audience. Proved by his mission as one of the residents in Berlin’s influential club institution, on his official mix CD for that place that describes his spectrum of sound perfectly and by this certain magic that travels with and in him everywhere. „Through his body and through his veins...“Their RA profile lists Simple Records, Playhouse, Diamonds & Pearls, Ostgut Ton and 2 more.Recently at Signal, Nowadays, public records · often with Gene On Earth, bobbyynay, livwutang, none of them here that night
“Jacob Meehan is a Chicago-raised, Berlin-based DJ, producer, and cultural curator whose sound blends the soulful groove of American house with the untamed edge of Berlin.”
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Jacob Meehan is a Chicago-raised, Berlin-based DJ, producer, and cultural curator whose sound blends the soulful groove of American house with the untamed edge of Berlin. Rooted in Chicago’s legacy, from WLUW 88.7FM to Gramaphone Records to Smart Bar, his style channels the lessons of Derrick Carter, Frankie Knuckles, and Michael Serafini into playful sets that move between house, techno, disco, and ambient. Since relocating to Berlin in 2016, Meehan has become a vital figure in the city’s queer nightlife as co-curator of Buttons and WHOLE Festival, shaping spaces where curiosity and community collide. Alongside the dance floor, he explores ambient music as a resident at KWIA listening bar and through yoga nidra sessions that expand his relationship with sound into the wellness realm. Meehan also curates the ambient stage at WHOLE. His productions resonate eclectic energy: “Hier” (Major Records) introduced his voice as a producer, while “Old Reliable” — features archival gay porn audio from Chicago’s Bijou Theater — landed on a Nervous Records compilation curated by The Carry Nation. Recent studio work includes a collaboration with NYC’s Physical Therapy, with more releases around the corner. This autumn and winter, Meehan is deep in the studio, working on a wave of new music set to define his next chapter. Jacob has performed worldwide at clubs and festivals such as Panorama Bar (Berlin), Tresor (Berlin), Cocktail d’Amore (Berlin), Adonis (London), Basement (NYC), The Bunker (NYC), Smart Bar (Chicago), Honcho Campout (USA), Listen Festival (Brussels), Contact (Tokyo), Savage (Hanoi), Equation Festival (Vietnam) and Honey Soundsystem (SF).Their RA profile lists Nervous Records, Twirl, Major Records and Trax Only.Recently at Knockdown Center, Qncc, public records · often with Juliana Huxtable, CEM, Nita Aviance, none of them here that night
“Founder of queer LA party-cum-record label Spotlight.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Founder of queer LA party-cum-record label Spotlight. Club Toilet crew in Detroit. Based in Berlin. You know it when you hear him play: a chugging, infectious groove, equally at home in dark warehouses and out in the sunshine. Chris is a resident at Berlin's Power Dance Club, and a regular at Panorama Bar, Basement, and Block9 at Glastonbury. He brings the spirit of the warehouse party he threw for a decade in Los Angeles - Spotlight - celebrating and reclaiming queer roots of house, techno, and underground dance music.House on 4, Deep House on 3, Techno on 2 and Ambient on 1. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Spotlight Records (2), Can U Not Talk Records (1) and Dero Arcade (1); their RA profile also lists Permanent Vacation, Funnuvojere Records and Major Records. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at BASEMENT, BK Backyard, Qncc · often with Makadsi, Stathis (GR), CEM, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- CEM3 with Chris Cruse and 3 with Jacob Meehan
- The Carry Nation5 with Jacob Meehan and 1 with Grace Sands
- Juliana Huxtable5 with Jacob Meehan
- Makadsi5 with Chris Cruse
- Mike Servito4 with Jacob Meehan
- Nita Aviance4 with Jacob Meehan
- Shaun J. Wright4 with Jacob Meehan
- Analog Soul3 with Jacob Meehan
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at public records197
- Middle half finished between109 and 312
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted191
- Counted25 on Thu 8 Oct, 217 on Mon 19 Oct
The room
public records — 766 events and 1,571 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Holds about 300.
Also that night
- 12 Years of Good Room - The Carry Nation (all night), Timo Lee, JÄK-87Good Room — The Carry Nation and Jacob Meehan keep turning up on the same bills.
- KEIN KLUBH0L0 — Mike Servito and Jacob Meehan keep turning up on the same bills.
- Golden Record NYC presents ARPO with Call Super & Shanti CelesteKilopatrah Jones and Jacob Meehan keep turning up on the same bills.
how these 3 are connected
- 12 Years of Good Room - The Carry Nation (all night), Timo Lee, JÄK-87 — The Carry Nation and Jacob Meehan have shared 5 bills; The Carry Nation is on that bill and Jacob Meehan is on this one.
- KEIN KLUB — Mike Servito and Jacob Meehan have shared 4 bills; Mike Servito is on that bill and Jacob Meehan is on this one.
- Golden Record NYC presents ARPO with Call Super & Shanti Celeste — Kilopatrah Jones and Jacob Meehan have shared 3 bills; Kilopatrah Jones is on that bill and Jacob Meehan is on this one.