Palisades Brooklyn

Online sharing platforms have facilitated a welcome boom within electronic music over the past decade or so, and techno — a genre birthed from a tradition of afro-futurism, queer joy, and cultural resistance — has been one of the most exciting recipients of this resurgence. Recent years have seen a number of artists contributing to the genre’s strong cultural legacy and carving new spaces both online and within live DJ scenes.

Nicolas Guerrero, aka White Visitation, is a Mexico City techno veteran with an international reputation. In addition to releasing on established electronic platforms like L.I.E.S. and RVNG, Guerrero has helped grow his local scene with his party No Sleep, which he launched in 2014 with Frankie Francisco. We corresponded with him ahead of his show at Good Room on Thursday. (more…)

Running an independent label can be tricky business. Giving a band the support it needs to make its record successful requires careful coordination and an endless amount of emails. Luckily, Tim Brown, Niccolo Porcello and Spencer Davis, heads of Poughkeepsie NY’s Sad Cactus Records, have supportive community of friends. At a little more than two years old, the label has racked up a musically diverse catalog of releases from artists like the jazz-fusion outfit Vishnu Basement, indie-rocker Abi Reimold, SUPERTEEN, Doubles, Fake Boyfriend and more. We checked in with Sad Cactus co-founder Niccolo Porcello via email to talk about the label’s day-to-day grind in anticipation of Sad Cactus staples SUPERTEEN and Vishnu Basement’s June 15 show at Palisades.

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The new website is live, but we’re still working out some kinks!

Here’s what’s going on tonight (Saturday, May 28th)…

Early (8pm):

Late (12am)

Upon the announce of the G-Toss show here on June 6th (tix avail here), here’s a sick video from their record release show at Palisades on March 26th, 2016. Shot by Michele Negroponte.

here’s a bunch of awesome flyers made by Preston Spurlock for Palisades