Who’s playing11 artists
In the order the promoter lists them.
Colombian Drone Mafia · Nick León · BADSISTA · Doctor Jeep · Ma Sha · Brenda. · Gabrielle Kwarteng · Verraco · Pariah · EMA · PLO Man
Set times not published.
Most of these pairings are happening for the first time on Saturday.
the pairs that have met
47 of the 55 pairings on this bill are first meetings.
- Verraco and Pariah — 1 shared bill before Saturday, first on Fri 31 Jul 2026.
- Gabrielle Kwarteng and Verraco — 1 shared bill before Saturday, first on Sat 20 Jun 2026.
- Ma Sha and Verraco — 1 shared bill before Saturday, first on Sat 25 Apr 2026.
- Gabrielle Kwarteng and Pariah — 1 shared bill before Saturday, first on Thu 1 Jan 2026.
- Ma Sha and Gabrielle Kwarteng — 1 shared bill before Saturday, first on Thu 11 Sep 2025.
- Ma Sha and Pariah — 1 shared bill before Saturday, first on Thu 14 Aug 2025.
- Nick León and Pariah — 1 shared bill before Saturday, first on Thu 12 Sep 2024.
- Nick León and Verraco — 1 shared bill before Saturday, first on Fri 24 May 2024.
Good to know
- “RSVP is $10 before 11pm and $15 before midnight.”
- “An RSVP is good for one person. If you're bringing friends, please have them RSVP here as well.”
- “We stop taking RSVPs at 6pm on the day of the party.”
- “In order to receive the RSVP discount, you must be at the ticket desk by the cutoff time and not just in line.”
- “An RSVP does not guarantee entry. Sometimes parties do sell out, so if you want to be sure you'll get in, it's best to grab a ticket in advance.”
- “Entry is at the discretion of our door staff.”
Who they are
“"The alias of a shadowy composer whose craft bends the primal forces of synthesis and the raw immediacy of field recordings, CDM forges spaces where the experimental and the archaic coalesce.”
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"The alias of a shadowy composer whose craft bends the primal forces of synthesis and the raw immediacy of field recordings, CDM forges spaces where the experimental and the archaic coalesce. In live ritual, immersive drones slither like specters through tangled jungles, while furtive ambiences prowl, unseen but felt, threading through the undergrowth with predatory patience. The air hangs thick with sonic tension, a relentless intertwining of memory and dream, where the echoes of an ancient continent’s sprawling landscapes are reborn in sound. This is no mere music but an invocation—a descent into melodic primordialism that feels both intimate and immeasurable. Rhythms rise and fall like the breath of the forest, while the unseen vibrates with a spectral presence, leaving the listener ensnared in a web of half-forgotten reveries. This is a spell cast in sound, a communion with the unyielding spirit of the land."Their RA profile lists La Bonne Musique and Ambie—Tón.often with 6zure, Ossagrosse, none of them here on Saturday
“Nick León’s dystopian club music samples the sounds of Florida’s diverse ecosystem, but his style has varied fearlessly along the way.”
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Nick León’s dystopian club music samples the sounds of Florida’s diverse ecosystem, but his style has varied fearlessly along the way. Finding his way into the rap world at a young age, he collaborated with some of the biggest underground rappers in South Florida. He also gravitated early towards the Latin sounds coming out of Puerto Rico and Colombia, and as a self-taught producer and DJ in Miami, he felt compelled to shift his focus to his own work. After pivoting towards textural elements and buried melodies, Nick released a handful of projects, one of them being his Aguacero EP under Mexico’s celebrated NAAFI imprint. It encapsulates the growing anxiety in a city threatened by the very things that help make it beautiful, inviting you to dance through the impending storm of uncertainty ushered in by climate change. As of recent, Nick released his highly anticipated Xtasis EP on TraTraTrax which featured DJ Babatr and remixes by Doctor Jeep and Pearson Sound. He also started 2022 on a high note, claiming a production credit on one of the most well reviewed albums of the year – MOTOMAMI by Rosalía. With coveted spots on Miami’s III Points festival, various film scores, and further production for a slew of artists, Nick León’s hands are full and his music is teeming with real life.Their RA profile lists Future Times, Naafi, Kebrada, TraTraTrax and 2 more.Recently at Good Room, Refuge, H0L0 · often with upsammy, Devon Rexi meets John T. Gast, GЯEG, none of them here on Saturday
“Having provided and nurtured Brazil's underground with fresh new riddims she's now heading towards the world on a serious dance workout mission blending peripheral grooves from pounding Techno beats, jackin' house bass lines, swinging Funk Carioca (aka Baile Funk) to hypermodern soundsystem jams.”
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Their RA profile lists TraTraTrax.Recently at The Chocolate Factory, MoMA PS1, Nowadays · often with nguyendowsXP, AceMo, OPAN, none of them here on Saturday
“Brooklyn based Brazilian-American producer and visual artist Andre Lira, aka Doctor Jeep, has spent the past 16 years exploring dance music through a global lens.”
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Brooklyn based Brazilian-American producer and visual artist Andre Lira, aka Doctor Jeep, has spent the past 16 years exploring dance music through a global lens. From polyrhythmic techno to dancehall, dubstep, and techy minimal drum & bass, his multicultural perspective shines through all he touches. Known for seamlessly blending UK sounds with music from his Latin heritage, DJ sets have taken him across North/South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. With appearances at Boiler Room, Outlook, Waking Life, Bass Coast, Mamba Negra, Bonnaroo, EDC, and many more, Doctor Jeep crafts a unique party experience adaptable to any vibe. His productions, incorporating a fusion of elements from techno, DnB, classic dubstep, and music from the South American diaspora, has graced labels like TraTraTrax, Nerve Collect, Kaizen, SPE:C, his own imprint DRX, and many others. He’s won accolades in worldwide media publications like Resident Advisor, Mixmag, DJ Mag, Pitchfork, and Beatport for his genre-hopping mixes and ever-evolving production style. With DJ support from a mix of underground heroes and mainstream festival headliners including Four Tet, Ben UFO, Skrillex, Special Request, Helena Hauff, Objekt, Diplo, Claude VonStroke and beyond, the future looks bright for this multifaceted artist. SOCIALS: http://doctorjeep.bandcamp.com http://soundcloud.com/drjeep http://instagram.com/doctajeep http://twitter.com/doctajeepTheir RA profile lists Rinse Recordings, Trouble and Bass, SPE:C, Kaizen and 2 more.Recently at 314 Scholes, Paragon, H0L0 · often with Succubass, Eva Loveless, rrao, none of them here on Saturday
“Ma Sha is a New York-based producer and DJ who has been active in the scene since 2017 when she co-founded event series - now a NYC staple - Kindergarten.”
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Ma Sha is a New York-based producer and DJ who has been active in the scene since 2017 when she co-founded event series - now a NYC staple - Kindergarten. Since then, she established a radio show which alongside the local Kindergarten crew, holds a monthly residency on The Lot Radio, as well as a record label that has won “Best Breakthrough Label” at the 2022 DJ Mag North America Awards. Focusing on cosmic club workouts with wigged-out rhythmic structures, the label “has become an essential outpost for hard-to-define, easy-to-dance-to club music in just two short years” [DJ Mag]; presenting “twisty, rowdy and unpredictable club music rooted in techno from both sides of the Atlantic” [Resident Advisor]. Apart from running Kindergarten Records, Ma Sha is currently focusing on her solo productions to present her take on experimental high-voltage dance music with a debut release coming out soon. However, Ma Sha is not a novice within the realm of production; as she has been active as half of the band Sha Ru who have been on the radar since their debut EP on Sorry Records in 2019, followed by releases on Infinite Machine, Pressure Dome, Progressive Future, Shubzin, Inveterate and of course, Kindergarten Records. Besides running the label, producing and performing domestically and internationally, Ma Sha is also a co-founder of Hone.Social, a free DJing workshop initiative providing a place to learn and practice within a casual and supportive environment.Their RA profile lists Rhythm Section International, Nervous Horizon, Steel City Dance Discs and Kindergarten Records.Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club, Nowadays, H0L0 · often with Sobolik, Ayesha, K Wata, none of them here on Saturday
“Sound design meets latin club dancefloor through the experience and technique of Manuel Puerta, an architect who embraces a modern idea of "plunder-techno" a collage of native rhythms from Colombia, Latin America, and the Global South, intertwined with the most traditional genres of club music.”
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Sound design meets latin club dancefloor through the experience and technique of Manuel Puerta, an architect who embraces a modern idea of "plunder-techno" a collage of native rhythms from Colombia, Latin America, and the Global South, intertwined with the most traditional genres of club music. This approach has shaped him into an unpredictable artist, navigating the boundless universes of dembow, cumbia, djembe, gqom and bass music in general, while incorporating memorable melodies and textures reminiscent of soundscapes close to IDM and deconstructed club music. Brenda International Hypergloss Communications brendaa.bandcamp.comTheir RA profile lists Nervous Records and TraTraTrax.Recently at Bossa Nova Civic Club · often with zorenLo, Farsight, none of them here on Saturday
“Gabrielle Kwarteng’s journey continues to be one of passion, dedication and fate.”
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Gabrielle Kwarteng’s journey continues to be one of passion, dedication and fate. Born and raised in New York, Kwarteng has withstood shifting sands in dance music to represent a curatorial presence with a deep knowledge of music history, driven by a dedication to regenerating its culture. In an era of everything at once, Kwarteng is a DJ who weaves stories for the dancefloor that often look to the past, while always focusing on possible futures. In an era of sonic singularities, Kwarteng’s flexibility and curiosity is a virtue; her long-awaited debut at Dekmantel Festival in 2023 resulted in no less than three sets across the weekend, each possessing contrasting energies. Elsewhere London’s iconic Fabric have championed Kwarteng on multiple occasions, programming her into their prestigious 25th birthday celebrations alongside the likes of Ben UFO and Ricardo Villalobos. At Berghain, she has appeared with even greater frequency as part of some of the fabled club’s most crucial parties, including CSD, Silvester, as well as smoothly piloting seven-hour closing sets in Panorama Bar. Such reverberations have reached far beyond the club; FKA twigs extended a personal invite to soundtrack her 2024 Met Gala afterparty. Taking place at The Standard, Kwarteng played just a few blocks uptown from the Soho Grand ballroom, where she had once furtively begun her first DJ residency, less than a decade earlier. The roots of this keen musicality run deep. Born in Brooklyn to Ghanaian parents but raised in the Bronx, Kwarteng’s childhood was soundtracked by a mix of first-wave Highlife, Afrobeat and disco. Outside her own front door, in a thriving neighborhood of diverse American experiences, entire sounds and scenes expanded and exploded as pop-culture began to mutate in new ways, both online and off. Crossing to Manhattan for school, the tempo changed entirely as rock, hip hop and experimental music filled Kwarteng’s ears, accompanying her intense study. Juggling academia with the beat became part of life, and she was later presented with the Mixcloud Online Radio Award for Best Eclectic Show, broadcasting on then burgeoning online radio station, The Lot. An early and completely unexpected acknowledgement of an instinct for music that traversed genre expectations, it laid down the foundations for her later move and return to Europe, and a commitment to trusting her creative instincts. Here, Kwarteng has not only become a fixture in established, open-minded musical spaces everywhere from Berlin, London, Amsterdam and Paris, but is equally called upon to establish the energy of new ventures, such as Horst Club in Belgium. Her resplendent selections have made connections further still, on tour in Australia, South America and soon to include Asia. Listening and dancing to Kwarteng, whether in a cavernous rave hall, a sweat-soaked underground club or amid the temporary pleasures of a festival, is an experience that feels at once familiar but always energizing. Fluidly slipping through a mix of heady 80s and 90s US house, disco interpretations that traverse diaspora and eras, and the futurist pulse of physical, emotive techno, Kwarteng expertly matches the requisite energy of contemporary queer rave culture. This understanding led to an invitation to make a storied Glastonbury festival debut at the legendary Block 9, the deepest pleasure center within the nocturnal NYC Downlow, before returning in 2024 for a back-to-back set with Shanti Celeste, this time on the wider scale of the Silver Hayes stage. Wherever she performs, Kwarteng’s expertise serves to not only continue the championing of Black American genres such as house, techno and disco, but equally, to explore the continuum of global dance music as a whole. Having laid the foundations for a unique musical journey, it’s a level of respect that’s tangible on any dancefloor. In these increasingly sacred spaces, Gabrielle Kwarteng’s personal passion translates into collective ecstasy. The dig continues.Recently at BASEMENT, Knockdown Center, Nowadays · often with Berghain, Massimiliano Pagliara, Boris, none of them here on Saturday
“"In the daring sonic fiction of JP López, the Medellín artist collides in his productions and DJ sets techno, latin-influenced tribal, hyper-electronica, carefully crafted IDM and cutting-edge dembow-bass technology with both intensity and precision.”
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"In the daring sonic fiction of JP López, the Medellín artist collides in his productions and DJ sets techno, latin-influenced tribal, hyper-electronica, carefully crafted IDM and cutting-edge dembow-bass technology with both intensity and precision. Verraco is also one of the heads behind the groundbreaking TraTraTrax, label that has become a key platform for Latinx sound explorers in recent years. With the future classic Escándaloo EP on VOAM out in Summer 2023, RA and Crack Magazine lauded the record as one of the best of the year. In 2024, the Colombian artist's debut on Bristol's stalwart Timedance with 'Breathe... Godspeed' was unanimously acclaimed by the press, with the EP being awarded Pitchfork Best New Music, described by renowned journalist Philip Sherburne as "an essential record for the vanguard of dance music". In 2025, he signed with the legendary UK label XL Recordings for a three-tracker EP. In addition to having important recurring appearances at clubs and festivals such as Dekmantel, Berghain or Berlin Atonal, Verraco also launched his own party in Bogotá also called Escándaloo, which has been sold out on all occasions and has brought to his country for the first time the likes of Skee Mask, Batu, Pariah, Livwutang among others." ~ Outer Agency.Their RA profile lists XL Recordings, Timedance, Voam and TraTraTrax.Recently at Nowadays, BASEMENT, Paragon · often with Berghain, Bitter Babe, Dekmantel Soundsystem, none of them here on Saturday
- Their RA profile lists Curle Recordings, R&S Records, The Green Series, Works The Long Nights and 2 more.
Recently at Nowadays, Signal, Camp Kennybrook · often with Disguised, Kim She, Ehua, none of them here on Saturday
“Founder of Woozy, Rinse FM resident,Co-Founder of Skin&Blister & Booker/Manager Yamamori Tengu Dublin, Ireland.”
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Recently at public records, Nowadays · often with Doygen, Freeka.tet, Niklas Bildstein Zaar, none of them here on Saturday
Recently at Green Room NYC, Signal, Nowadays · often with Vlada, Decoder, Pavel Milyakov LIVE, none of them here on Saturday
names these artists often play with — not on Saturday
- Berghain7 with Gabrielle Kwarteng and 5 with Verraco
- Steffi2 with Gabrielle Kwarteng and 2 with Verraco
- Sobolik8 with Ma Sha
- BASHKKA4 with Gabrielle Kwarteng
- Alien D3 with Ma Sha
- Alinka3 with Gabrielle Kwarteng
- Ayesha3 with Ma Sha
- Beste Hira3 with Gabrielle Kwarteng
503 going — looking much quieter than a usual Saturday at Nowadays.
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at Nowadays1,183
- Middle half finished between554 and 1,707
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted185
- Counted so far277 on Thu 8 Oct, 503 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.
Most-tagged here: Techno (22), Bass (21), House (15), Club (6) and Electro (6). genre tags on this room’s listings
Also that night
- Refuge Saturday: BASHKKA, Satoshi Tomiie, Kim Anh, Justin Cudmore and MoreRefuge — BASHKKA and Gabrielle Kwarteng keep turning up on the same bills.
- Skatepark Art & Music Festival: Impossible IllusionsSubstance Skatepark — also tagged bass, with house too.
- Benji B, Cosmo / Louise Chen, Hidden Spheres / Francis Harris & Talpublic records — that room books a lot of the same DJs as this one.
how these 3 are connected
- Refuge Saturday: BASHKKA, Satoshi Tomiie, Kim Anh, Justin Cudmore and More — BASHKKA and Gabrielle Kwarteng have shared 4 bills; BASHKKA is on that bill and Gabrielle Kwarteng is on this one.
- Skatepark Art & Music Festival: Impossible Illusions — RA tags both listings bass — and that one also house.
- Benji B, Cosmo / Louise Chen, Hidden Spheres / Francis Harris & Tal — shares 400 artists with this room, Lovie among them.