Mess Is Lore
Arushi Jain, Carpet (F.L.H.P), Crimeboys, Cry, MARBLE RYE, Motion Graphics, rrao
Nowadays56-06 Cooper Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385 · Map
Thu 12 Nov 2026 · 9pm → 4am Fri · 7 hours
$20+ · 21+ · Mess Is Lore and Nowadays ·
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Who’s playing11 artists
In the order the promoter lists them.
Arushi Jain · rrao · Carpet (F.L.H.P) · MARBLE RYE · Special Guest DJ · Ben Bondy · Kilbourne · Relaxer · Motion Graphics · Crimeboys · Cry
Set times not published.
the pairs that have met
39 of the 55 pairings on this bill are first meetings.
- Kilbourne and Relaxer — 7 shared bills before Thursday, first on Fri 14 Jun 2024.
- Kilbourne and Cry — 5 shared bills before Thursday, first on Thu 17 Apr 2025.
- Relaxer and Cry — 5 shared bills before Thursday, first on Thu 17 Apr 2025.
- Special Guest DJ and Ben Bondy — 3 shared bills before Thursday, first on Wed 3 Sep 2025.
- Carpet (F.L.H.P) and MARBLE RYE — 2 shared bills before Thursday, first on Sun 12 Apr 2026.
- Arushi Jain and rrao — 2 shared bills before Thursday, first on Sat 17 May 2025.
- Carpet (F.L.H.P) and Relaxer — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Fri 5 Jun 2026.
- MARBLE RYE and Relaxer — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Fri 5 Jun 2026.
- Ben Bondy and Crimeboys — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Thu 11 Sep 2025.
- Arushi Jain and Crimeboys — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Thu 11 Sep 2025.
- Arushi Jain and Ben Bondy — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Thu 11 Sep 2025.
- Arushi Jain and Special Guest DJ — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Thu 11 Sep 2025.
- Special Guest DJ and Crimeboys — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Thu 11 Sep 2025.
- Arushi Jain and Kilbourne — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Arushi Jain and Relaxer — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
- Arushi Jain and Cry — 1 shared bill before Thursday, first on Thu 12 Jun 2025.
Good to know
- “Entry is at the discretion of our door staff.”
- “If tickets are sold out here, we always hold a good amount at the door.”
- “During parties the driveway gate is locked, so please ask staff at the street entrance for assistance with entry.”
Thursday, November 12th — Mess is Lore collides with Nowadays, dredging a feral spectacle from the anarchic depths. Deranged and hypnotic noise, blown-out electronics, live performance. Pure deviant chaos.
Crimeboys (DJ)
Cry (Live)
Arushi Jain b2b rrao (DJ)
Motion Graphics (Live)
Carpet (F.L.H.P) b2b Marble Rye (DJ)
Live, Laugh, Lore.
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from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor
Who they are
- Their RA profile lists Leaving Records.
Recently at Pageant, 314 Scholes, BASEMENT · often with Baby Leo, Kfeelz, D.Dan, none of them here on Thursday
Recently at Good Room, 314 Scholes, Nowadays · often with Enayet, 1OO1O, K Wata, none of them here on Thursday
Recently at Silence Please, Good Room, Apollo Studio · often with Mr. Murray, Amelia Holt, Baroque Hoe, none of them here on Thursday
“His eclectic, frenetic, cinematic mixes move through moods of healing, pain, joy, love, and loss, curiously surveying the gaping spectrum of ambient and experimental music—from spiritual new age and outsider synth odysseys, to evocative spoken word and field recordings, to dark dub-inflected psychedelic electronic works and polyrhythmic sound design from all over the world.”
their own biography
Recently at Reforesters Laboratory, public records · often with K Wata, aka-Sol, none of them here on Thursday
Special Guest DJ
Recently at Good Room, Paragon, Nowadays · often with Kilopatrah Jones, adobeprincess, zi!, none of them here on Thursday
“Ben Bondy is a DJ-producer based in Brooklyn, New York.”
their own biography
Their RA profile lists Best Effort Records.Recently at Trans-Pecos, Camp Kennybrook, Nowadays · often with Alien D, Alex Compton, none of them here on Thursday
“Destined to devastate, Kilbourne has established herself as a leading visionary of American hardcore techno.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Destined to devastate, Kilbourne has established herself as a leading visionary of American hardcore techno. Her DJ sets showcase an unrelenting drive and spontaneous selection, and she has toured widely across the Americas, Europe, and Australia at venues such as Tresor, Defqon.1, and Boiler Room. Kilbourne has released critically acclaimed music on PRSPCT, Industrial Strength, and Evar Records and is the founder of Hammerhead, a New York label and party showcasing the most psychedelic and brutal sounds of the genre. In 2025, she debuted Cry, a new collaboration with Relaxer that combines their backgrounds in punk and electronic music.Hardcore on 41, Techno on 18, Industrial on 14 and Hard Techno on 10. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on PRSPCT Recordings (1) and Symp.tom: Kapotcast (1); their RA profile also lists Industrial Strength Records, Casual Gabberz, Meta4, Evar Records and 1 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Trans-Pecos, Nowadays, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with aka-Sol, Yaz Lancaster, DAIYAH, none of them here on Thursday
“Relaxer is the project of Daniel Martin-McCormick, fka Ital, member of Black Eyes, Cry and Gaze and co-founder of Dripping.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Relaxer is the project of Daniel Martin-McCormick, fka Ital, member of Black Eyes, Cry and Gaze and co-founder of Dripping. Rooted in the US punk/noise underground of the late '90s and early 2000s, Martin-McCormick's music embodies a sensual, visceral edge that reflects and extends that legacy. His hardware live sets, honed over a decade of tours, are exhilarating, white knuckle rides, while his DJ sets fluidly cross genres and eras with a cathartic sense of urgency. He's been a repeat performer at Berghain (where the Relaxer project made its live debut), De School, Unsound, Nowadays and many others. On his first five self-titled EPs and albums "Concealer" (Planet Mu), "Coconut Grove" (Avenue 66) and "Hedonic Fatigue" (Climate of Fear), his productions stretch out, weaving strands of wormhole techno, minimal, noise, UK hardcore continuum and fractured ambient into a rippling, mesmeric tapestry. More recent club-focused EPs "Licking" and "Candy" (Lovers Rock Recordings) sharpen the blade, amping up his music's animalistic snarl and erotic undertones. 2024's "Break" saw him working in drum n bass-techno hybrid form after a special live set was commissioned by NY dnb cult fav party Headznite. It was released by experimental fav 29 Speedway, with two remixes from DJ Marcelle. Following his composition studies with Morton Subotnick, Relaxer's music has also evolved a new modality: alongside his club works there have been concerts of long form durational works featuring spoken word and richly spatialized sound design. His debut performance in this new style was a standout at Sustain-Release Year Seven. These works were released in the Summer of 2022 as "Force Field: A Guide for the Perplexed" on Club Night Club. "In Softening Air," the follow up, is out on Lovers Rock Recordings. Behind the scenes, Martin-McCormick has been a consistent force shaping the US underground. He is the co-founder of Dripping camping festival and NY-based event series. He was a key member of Sustain-Release from its inception and co-director from 2017-2021, founded the labels Lovers Rock Recordings & Climate of Fear, was one of the first residents at Bossa Nova Civic Club. He currently holds a residencies at The Lot Radio and Dripping.Techno on 12, Ambient on 8, Abstract on 5 and Breakbeat on 2. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on 29 Speedway (1), Club Night Club (1) and Lovers Rock (1); their RA profile also lists Workshop, Planet Mu, Thrill Jockey, 100% Silk and 4 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Nowadays, Mansions, Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with aka-Sol, Baby Leo, Elena Colombi, none of them here on Thursday
- Their RA profile lists Future Times.
Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with Sweater On Polo, Dariuus, none of them here on Thursday
Recently at Camp Kennybrook · often with Meilgaarden, MORENXXX, none of them here on Thursday
Last at Nowadays in Jul · often with aka-Sol, Baby Leo, Mark Ernestus, none of them here on Thursday
names these artists often play with — not on Thursday
- Baby Leo9 with Relaxer, 3 with Arushi Jain, 3 with Kilbourne, 2 with Cry and 2 with Special Guest DJ
- aka-Sol12 with Relaxer, 5 with Kilbourne, 3 with Cry and 1 with MARBLE RYE
- DJ Plead2 with Cry, 2 with Kilbourne, 2 with Relaxer and 2 with rrao
- K Wata4 with rrao, 3 with Relaxer and 1 with MARBLE RYE
- Mark Ernestus2 with Cry, 2 with Kilbourne and 2 with Relaxer
- Alien D3 with Ben Bondy and 1 with Carpet (F.L.H.P)
- Foodman2 with Cry and 2 with Kilbourne
- Juliana Huxtable2 with Arushi Jain and 2 with Special Guest DJ
how this compares
- Median final count, Thursdays at Nowadays196
- Middle half finished between88 and 401
- Past Thursdays at this venue counted146
- Counted so far65 on Thu 8 Oct, 101 on Mon 19 Oct
Counts keep rising until the night; this is where it stands today.
The room
Nowadays — 804 events and 1,369 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Who’s putting it on
Mess Is Lore — 5 events and 25 artists since Apr 2026.
Also that night
- Doss & FriendsParagon — that room books a lot of the same DJs as this one.
- DURATIONS: Ballet: Buttechno, Klein, Matana Roberts & Lesley Mok, Significant Otherpublic records — that room books a lot of the same DJs as this one.
how these 2 are connected
- Doss & Friends — shares 326 artists with this room, Shyboi among them.
- DURATIONS: Ballet: Buttechno, Klein, Matana Roberts & Lesley Mok, Significant Other — shares 400 artists with this room, Lovie among them.