Breaking Capacity presents: Dykes n' Bass (DNB)

We're back with our next Dykes n' Bass edition at Bushwick's infamous dyke bar Boyfriend Co-op on a Thursday to bring you a full spectrum of drum & bass, jungle and other breakbeat-forward selections. $10 suggested donation, NOTAFLOF ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Janus Rose is a NYC-based producer, dj and hardware electronic artist. A veteran of New York’s electronic music underground, her practice emphasizes modular synthesis, live hardware performance, and leftfield dj sets featuring a club-forward, sophisticated sound palette. She is the co-director of Delusional Records, a queer femme-fronted label based in Los Angeles and NYC, and the host of SOFT_RESET, a local party exploring the soft edges of experimental bass and club music. Simisola is a Nigerian NYC-based DJ, whose dynamic sets traverse the full range of Afrodiasporic sound. A co-founder of ABEG NYC, a collective by and for queer Africans, and SLICK DOWN, a DJ collective, label, and staple Brooklyn club night centered around electronic music’s roots in Black culture, Simisola is dedicated to connecting QTPOC communities through music and event curation. In addition to hosting HYPNOSIS, a quarterly party which pays homage to their disco roots, Simisola frequently performs at popular venues across NYC, including The Lot Radio, Paragon, Nowadays, and Bossa Nova Civic Club. Simisola has also played on lineups with Bambii, Shyboi, DJ Assault, DJ Slugo, DJ Travella, Ge-ology, and many more Black electronic music icons. silkweb weaves together sets designed to make you sweat. They find sonic inspiration from their time in NYC, London, and Berlin. Collecting an archive of electronic music CDs from 1991-2004, they meld together classic sounds with fresh tracks. PlayPlay combines their penchant for percussion and bass with nostalgic samples & dreamy synths in both their DJ sets & music production. Their sound is inspired by years of clubbing, crate digging and the sounds they grew up dancing to - jungle, breakbeats, industrial, classic house, techno, new wave, post punk and old school hip-hop. They currently host two parties in NYC: Breaking Capacity, a quarterly party dedicated to all things breaks, and Satisfaction of What’s to Come, a quarterly party celebrating the many iterations of house music.