The Chemical Brothers – one of the most iconic electronic duos to ever do it – headline Knockdown Center with a special DJ set.
DESCENDANTS makes their Knockdown Center debut celebrating 3 Years with 3 of South Africa’s best, lead by Caiiro making his long awaited return to New York alongside Amapiano pioneer Kabza De Small making his NYC solo debut, Gqom legend QUE DJ (Distruction Boyz) & our very own Meedy & Pizzi. DESCENDANTS welcomes all to an expressive environment free of judgement. NO forms of harassment or discrimination will be tolerated. Expressive dress is favored but not required. See you on the dancefloor.
Mdou Moctar – “the Hendrix of the Sahara” – headlines The Ruins. One of the great guitarists of our time, Moctar is a visionary of North African Tuareg guitar music.
Outline is back this summer – it’s a fun one. This year we’re bringing a rowdy block party vibe to Knockdown Center, with a mix of outdoor and indoor sets from some of the best modern hip hop, tweaked hyperpop, raw club and molten electronic rock happening today.
Jockstrap, the tweaked dance pop offshoot of the sprawling Black Country, New Road collective, fuses delicate pop with passages of seismic, EDM-tinged intensity. On the other side of the coin, Jane Remover basks in the dense waters of maximalist, digitally-saturated cloud rap and hyperpop. Kenny Mason is a leading light of modern southern rap. Coming off the strength of 2024’s “Angel Eyes,” Mason’s expansive approach veers between woozy undertow and explosive energy. HiTech are some of the most effective party starters in the world today. Tracks like “TAKE YO PANTIES OFF” speak to their no-fucks-given, brazen charisma. dazegxd and Kassie Krut offer opposite perspectives on the same thing: each group brings a ruptured, concussive approach to the pop song. dazegxd channels chiming house music, frenetic liquid dnb and more, while Kassie Krut submerges their songs in the muck and mire of our overloaded audio/media landscape. But both traffic is exceptional hooks that stay with you.
Italy’s C2C Festival unveils its debut US edition with an incredible lineup featuring Oneohtrix Point Never, Nala Sinephro, Two Shell, Evilgiane, John Glacier and more.
The mythical DJ Koze makes his Ruins debut on June 14th.
The Pampa Records boss taps into a vein of rolling, cosmic groove that is truly psychedelic. The man is a lysergic guru and there’s no better place to see him than in the open air, under the setting sun.
Eris Drew and Octo Octa’s annual Pride weekend b2b in The Ruins has become a highlight of the year. The T4T LUV NRG co-founders are one of the great collaborative units in dance music today, bringing a sense of undiluted joy to the outdoor stage. Few sets speak to the spirit of liberation quite like theirs. Do not miss this.
