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Flyer for Natural Selections: Balam, Mona Matsuoka, Carlo Sine, Loren Berrier

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Natural Selections

Balam, Mona Matsuoka, Carlo Sine, Loren Berrier

Jupiter Disco1237 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237 · Map

This night happened — Fri 16 Oct · 10pm → 4am Sat

Jupiter Disco Version 2.0

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Who was billed4 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

5 of the 6 pairings on this bill were first meetings.

  • Carlo Sine and Loren Berrier — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 21 Nov 2025.

Good to know

  • “If you intend to smoke (anything), please take a break outside and take a few steps down the block. Don't worry, we always have re-entry.”
from the promoter’s listing

Natural Selections brings their label showcase to Jupiter Disco for another night of psychedelic-leaning dancefloor pressure, featuring special guests Balam & Mona Matsuoka, alongside NS crew members Carlo Sine & Loren Berrier.

Four selectors bringing together cosmic grooves, house rhythms, disco mutations, and late-night energy for a proper Natural Selections session.

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Jupiter Disco is a safe space for all. Our most important goal is to ensure everyone who steps into our space feels welcome and safe. In order to achieve this goal, it's mission critical that everyone approaches each other with respect. That means everyone.

We are passionate about bringing people together and building connections between participants in and adjacent to our community. Go ahead and say hi to someone new while you're here with us!

If you see or experience anything that makes you feel uncomfortable, please alert one of our team members and we will coordinate a resolution immediately.

We encourage everyone to be present and interface with the physical elements around you while you're with us, so we ask that you please limit your phone use throughout the space.

Phone screen and camera lights can also be distracting, so please be mindful of the brightness and the length of time you use those lights, if at all.

the rest of the promoter’s listing — 1 more paragraph

If you intend to smoke (anything), please take a break outside and take a few steps down the block. Don't worry, we always have re-entry.

from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor

Who they are

  • Balam

    Kansai, Japan

    Their RA profile lists Play Pal Music, Samo Records, Esthetique Records, U're Guay Records and 2 more.
  • Mona Matsuoka

    New York City · 35 bookings since Feb 2024

    House on 2. styles on their catalogued releases

    Recently at Elsewhere, Outer Heaven, House of Yes · often with Matt FX, Tim Lucent, Kristos, none of them here that night

  • Carlo Sine

    Rhode Island · 6 bookings since Oct 2024

    “Carlo Sine is a DJ, producer, and label owner from New England.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Carlo Sine is a DJ, producer, and label owner from New England. He spent his childhood in the woods, where his grandfather also lived with the family. Surrounded by western classics and greaser rockabilly, Carlo developed a deep love for music early on. His DJ sets often lean towards the infectious grooves of disco, cosmic house, and a touch of punk-infused psych rock, resulting in a sound that's both distinctive and dynamic. Over the years, he’s brought this unique energy to celebrated venues, clubs and festivals all over the eastern U.S. He is also the curator of the "Sine Language" event series, with the legendary Brownstone Quarry day parties serving as its centerpiece. As a producer, Carlo’s released on Tour to Infinite, Spa In Disco, and Whiskey Pickle records. Earning a reputation for his distinct and forward-thinking style. As the A&R and co-founder of Natural Selections, he’s dedicated to exploring new sonic grooves from beyond his own studio.
    Acid House on 1, Deep House on 1 and Disco on 1. styles on their catalogued releases

    Recently at Dead Letter No. 9, Honey's · often with Nature Boy, My Dude, Ali Coleman, none of them here that night

  • Loren Berrier

    New York City · 4 bookings since Sep 2023

    “Loren Berrier is the consummate DJ.”

    their own biography

    the whole biography
    Loren Berrier is the consummate DJ. Growing up as a classically trained singer, he studied music his whole life, while immersing himself in the modern sounds of the 80s and 90s. Through his early teens, during the rise of electronic music he found new influence in the earliest big DJs. At 15, he bought his first turntables and has never looked back. In 2004, he began composing, producing and performing music with his good friend as Radioactive Sandwich, releasing 7 studio albums and remixing artists such as DJ Rap, Simon Collins, Angelique Kidjo, and many others, while headlining alternative music festivals in the US and Canada. His passion for music never stopped, and at 19 he began his industry career working with some of the most recognizable Hip Hop labels, including Bad Boy Records and Cash Money Records. He was then recruited as part of a small team that brought the legendary Ministry of Sound in North America, where he managed not only the main label namesake but the immensely popular Hed Kandi and iconic Global Underground, overseeing all label management and growing an event business from the ground up to over 120 events per year across the continent. Now based in Brooklyn since 2019, Loren has brought his incredibly diverse sounds to clubs such as TBA, Keybar, Lillistar, Creatures of all Kind, LoHi, Mika, Nicky’s Unisex, East Hae, and co-founded the growing event series Mobile Output, helping to produce a free monthly event series that redefines what dance music events can be.
    Their RA profile lists Ministry Of Sound.

    Recently at Dead Letter No. 9, KEYBAR, LoHi · often with Justin Strauss, Renata Do Valle, Hugh Betta, none of them here that night

names these artists often play with — not that night
  • My Dude2 with Carlo Sine and 1 with Loren Berrier
  • Nature Boy2 with Carlo Sine and 1 with Loren Berrier
  • Matt FX11 with Mona Matsuoka
  • Tim Lucent7 with Mona Matsuoka
  • Kristos5 with Mona Matsuoka
  • Sylvan Paul3 with Mona Matsuoka
  • The Fitness3 with Mona Matsuoka
  • Vibeiana3 with Mona Matsuoka

Sound

House and Acid House.
styles on the acts’ catalogued releases
36 said they were going — busier than a usual Friday at Jupiter Disco.
how this compares
  • Median final count, Fridays at Jupiter Disco21
  • Middle half finished between9 and 36
  • Past Fridays at this venue counted187
  • Counted5 on Thu 8 Oct, 36 on Tue 20 Oct

The room

Jupiter Disco — 928 events and 1,468 distinct artists since Aug 2023.

Also that night

how these 3 are connected
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Flyer, listing text, times and artist photos: Resident Advisor, event 2535414.

Attending counts, venue records, co-billing history, release styles 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.