The Ocean In Our Dreams
Brazil special with Swaya & DJ Araporé
Silence Please132 Bowery Floor 2, New York, NY 10013 · Map
This night happened — Fri 9 Oct · 1pm → 4pm
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Who was billed2 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
Brassy frevo barrels through the streets of Recife; forró, all accordion, triangle, and bounding bass, spills across the sertão; maracatu drums through Pernambuco, samba de roda circles the Recôncavo Baiano, and carimbó turns along the rivers of Pará. Inland, sertanejo rises from Goiás and the vast agricultural interior. In this listening session, Swaya & Dj Araporé —Brazilian-American siblings, producer Swaya and historian-journalist Alex—take you on a winding journey across this rhythmo-political map.
from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor
Who they are
“Massachusetts born and Brooklyn based artist, producer and audio engineer Sophie Sawaya MacArthur, better known as Swaya, has spent a lifetime exploring the possibilities of storytelling and meaning making through sound.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Massachusetts born and Brooklyn based artist, producer and audio engineer Sophie Sawaya MacArthur, better known as Swaya, has spent a lifetime exploring the possibilities of storytelling and meaning making through sound. Raised by Brazilian and American parents, she spent her childhood studying violin before becoming disillusioned by the lack of creativity classical studies offered. She found her musical home on the internet becoming obsessed with hardcore punk, hip hop and experimental electronic music. A graduate of Communications Studies at Concordia University, she spent 5 years in Montreal where she was an active member of the music scene, performing her music at MUTEK, Pop Montreal, Slut Island, Never Apart, Datcha and more. Since she began posting her music online in 2016, Swaya has released 5 EPs and countless tracks, edits and mixes, consistently pushing and reinventing herself with each release. Beyond her personal artistic work Swaya is also an established producer and audio engineer, currently working with Brooklyn producer Tony Seltzer at his studio Seltzer Sounds. She has worked with the likes of Zelooperz, Babyxsosa, Key!, Hawa, Marti, Mercury, Michael Christmas, Magella and more.Their RA profile lists Purple Tape Pedigree, Tobago Tracks, s.M.i.L.e. and Ultra Rare.Recently at Elsewhere, Silence Please, Honey's · often with Battygyal, Lil Zé, Jetty, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
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- Battygyal3 with Swaya
- Jetty3 with Swaya
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- 94PLE@$URE$1 with Swaya
- gg200bpm1 with Swaya
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The room
Silence Please — 212 events and 176 distinct artists since Jun 2025.
Holds about 150.
Also that night
how this one is connected
- RA25: New York City — shares 31 artists with this room, Honey Bun among them.