est. 2023
Systems of Release is an evolving multimedia project presenting fragments of New York City's underground electronic music communities.
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PANEL DISCUSSION:
GENDER & SEXUALITY IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC
AND NIGHTLIFE SPACES
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On June 4th, 2024, we invited a group of New York based femme, trans and non-binary DJs to explore identity on and off the dance floor, moderated by Gretel Dougherty & Vanya Suchan. The panel began by discussing how personal identity serves as resistance, transitioning into the intersection of queerness, nightlife spaces, and the commodification of sexuality. The conversation then moved through how gender and sexuality influence the dance floor and sound creation, before closing with reflections of safe(r) and unsafe spaces, navigating crowds and envisioning the future for women, femme, and non-binary DJs.
Moderators:
Vanya Suchan
Gretel Dougherty
Sound engineer:
Krish Pitaccio
Camera lead:
Grant Owens
panelists: (left to right)
KRYUH: Based out of Brooklyn, KYRUH is no stranger of hard, gritty and high caliber techno. Purgative, high energy rave shawty that makes love on the ones and twos.
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DJ INFOHAZARD: DJ Infohazard is an NYC-based producer and DJ making hazardous dance music. She is drawn to unusual sounds, honing in on slurps and squelches, blending them with forward-thinking techno and bass music. Coming into the hardcore scene in 2018 through involvement with Melting Point, she's now one of the founding members of Kitty Collective and routinely throws experimental, techno, and hardcore parties around Brooklyn.
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X3BUTTERFLY: x3butterfly is a Mexican/American DJ and producer from Detroit, currently based in New York. While studying at California Institute of the Arts, they began their career in music as an experimental performance artist.
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KATIE REX: Katie Rex is a music producer & DJ based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds club residencies in New York City at Basement with BOUND and Le Bain for Midnite Request Line.
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