Underground Techno and House Music Events in Boston, MA
Past Events
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Josey Rebelle, Dee Diggs, Fens @Good Life, Boston
JOSEY REBELLE (Rinse FM, London)
Crack Magazine’s 50 Most Exciting DJs in the World. Mixmag’s Top 20 Breakthrough DJs of the Year. Time Out’s 10 Best Radio Shows in London. Pitchfork’s 10 Best Mixes of 2017.
With appearances at clubs and festivals across Europe and Asia, a debut US tour, and an abundance of accolades for both club sets and radio shows, 2017 was a standout year for London-born DJ Josey Rebelle. But to be one of the most respected DJs in the game you’ve got to earn it, and Josey has shown year on year that she’s a force to be reckoned with, proving herself as an artist that can seamlessly ride countless genres with a raw and brutal underground energy while keeping the audience in the palm of her hand, all with one overwhelming priority: heavyweight selection first and foremost.
Josey was introduced to the decks at an early age, taught to DJ by her brother on his house, techno and hardcore collection when she was 13, but it was some years later that she graduated from bedroom DJ to the club, eventually earning her stripes as a resident at legendary London basement club Plastic People. She has since graced the line-ups of clubs such as Panorama Bar, Fabric, Concrete, Good Room, De School and Nitsa, and 2018 sees her settle down for an exclusive London residency at The Pickle Factory. Josey has also been booked for festivals including Dimensions, Primavera Sound, Bestival and Afropunk NYC, has recorded highly-acclaimed mixes for Resident Advisor, The Fader, Discwoman, Fact Magazine and BBC Radio 1, and also appeared on the very first official Boiler Room broadcast in 2010.
While her club sets centre around house, techno and breakbeat sounds old and new, Josey demonstrates the full spectrum of her musical knowledge on her three-hour Sunday morning Rinse FM shows, described by Time Out as ‘the best way to spend a Sunday’. 2018 marks Josey’s seventh year on the station.
DEE DIGGS (Shake!, Evlv Tech, Rare Footage)
FENS (Shake!)
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10 PM | 21+ | $10 LIMITED PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
FACEBOOK EVENTShake! wants everyone to have a safe and fun time. Any disrespectful behavior or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave. ♥
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Noncompliant, Shyboi, Dee Diggs @Good Life, Boston
NONCOMPLIANT aka DJ Shiva (Valence / Argot / Flash)
She’s back for her rescheduled date from earlier this winter… this time now in much better weather! As her moniker implies, she takes no prisoners, channeling the fury instilled by worldly injustices into blistering, defiant sets.” – Mixmag 2017
Raised in small town Indiana on a musical diet of 80s synth pop and punk rock, Noncompliant soon found barnyard raves and warehouse techno parties and (as DJ Shiva) quickly became a fixture of the fabled 90s Midwest USA rave scene.
Two decades and a name change later, she is at the top of her techno game. Mixmag named her one of 2017’s Top 20 Breakthrough DJs. She owned a packed and sweaty Boiler Room during Movement Detroit, turned in mindblowing mixes for Slam Radio, Discwoman, and Resident Advisor, and quaked some of the world’s most respected dancefloors like Smartbar Chicago, Amsterdam’s DeSchool, Concrete in Paris, and Berlin’s legendary Berghain.
As a producer, her releases and remixes on labels like Valence, Argot, Flash, and Dark Entries have pounded sound systems worldwide, with her tune “Women’s Work” landing on Fiedel’s official Berghain 08 mix and on his label Fiedeltwo.
In 2018 her forward momentum continues, with a residency for Los Angeles-based Into the Woods, a performance at Moogfest, and a tour schedule increasingly spanning the globe.
Soundcloud | TwitterSHYBOI (Discwoman)
SHYBOI is a Jamaican born, New York based multidisciplinary artist. SHYBOI is the moniker she uses to cause sonic disruption. As a creative positioned between Caribbean and American culture, she uses sound to interrogate ideas of identity, notions of power, perceived histories and the entanglements that happens within these topics. She is also member of the queer artist collective #KUNQ whose ethos is centered around the production of multidimensional work through sound, visual and performance art while expanding the discourse surrounding the subcultures and genres that have become diluted or obscured in the name of hybridity. SHYBOI has three Boiler Room sets under her ever widening belt as well as two performances at MoMA PS1 and a sold out show at the Guggenheim. Recent sounds have been featured in Fact Mag, Thump, Rinse FM, MixMag, Resident Advisor and the Fader.
DEE DIGGS (Shake!, Evlv Tech, Rare Footage)
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10 PM | 21+ | $10 LIMITED PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
FACEBOOK EVENTShake! wants everyone to have a safe and fun time. Any disrespectful behavior or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave. ♥
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Na Nguzu, Tygapaw, Dev/Null @Good Life, Boston
NA NGUZU (Fade to Mind, Dise Records)
Daniel Luis Pineda known by the name NA / DJ NA and as one half of the group Nguzunguzu, is a musician DJ producer artist based in Los Angeles California. He is a co founder of the Label Dise Records and a founding member of the label Fade to Mind. He is known for several EP’s as Nguzunguzu and solo , DJ mixes, remixes , film scores and production with artists such as Kelela, Tink, Future Brown and Fatima Al Qadiri.
Soundcloud | TwitterTYGAPAW (Sweat Equity, Fake Accent)
Born and raised in Jamaica, Dion McKenzie aka TYGAPAW is a Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist, DJ and producer. TYGAPAW infuses her Jamaican ancestry into deeply lush beats and mixes that are diverse and experimental sonic representations of her life, experiences and struggles. TYGAPAW is founder and curator of Fake Accent, a monthly queer club night that is host to an eclectic and open-minded community. This year TYGAPAW saw the release of her debut EP, Love Thyself, with tracks that move from baile funk and swelling synth work to New York vogue and Baltimore club.
DEV/NULL (Shake!)
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10 PM | 21+ | $10 LIMITED PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
FACEBOOK EVENTShake! wants everyone to have a safe and fun time. Any disrespectful behavior or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave. ♥
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Roska, Champion, Fens @Good Life, Boston
ROSKA (RKS, Roska Kicks and Snares, UK)
Working across UK funky, house and various, mutated strains of bass-heavy club music, Roska has earmarked himself as one of the UK’s most accomplished underground exponents. Through a series of releases via influential dance labels like Numbers, Tectonic and Hotflush, as well as two albums for Rinse Recordings in 2012, he originally blazed a trail for funky to return to the clubs. He has continued to push the sound firmly into the future too, albeit now punctuated by his wider influences, via his own, genre-blurring Roska Kicks & Snares (RKS) imprint. Presiding over 50 releases, RKS has welcomed the likes of MA1, Champion, Gemmy and Doc Daneeka to the label since its inception in 2009 and now functions around a core base of new artists; Tony Tokyo, J Kenzo’s Jodo Kast project, Majora, Transcode and Frederique.
CHAMPION (UK)
Having first burst into the public consciousness in 2011 with a slew of anthemic UK funky tracks, Champion has been *ahem* championed by figureheads like Four Tet and released music on labels as diverse as Hyperdub, OWSLA and Butterz. Despite being just 27 years old, he’s been DJing and playing out for some 15 years now and, as a direct result of that exposure, his music is heavily influenced by the lineage of Jamaican sound system culture in London.
Elements of dub and reggae blend with dancehall drum patterns, garage skip and a particularly grime influenced independent outlook all throughout Champion’s discography. It’s that kind of bass heavy variety and his open mindedness that has come to define both the output of his own label, Formula Records, and his latest LP, Snapshot, which features collaborations with artists as diverse as Flava D, Royal T, Jammz and Four Tet.
FENS (Shake!)
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10 PM | 21+ | $10 LIMITED PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
FACEBOOK EVENTShake! wants everyone to have a safe and fun time. Any disrespectful behavior or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave. ♥
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Amy Becker, Total Freedom, Dev/Null @Good Life, Boston
AMY BECKER (Radar Radio, UK)
With a selection that spans from rap to reggaeton, grime to garage and club to UK funky, London DJ Amy Becker has stormed her way to the top of the circuit following huge demand for DJ sets all over the world. Her unique ability to mix genres gained her a residency on BBC 1Xtra in 2012, and since then she has impressed crowds on Boiler Room and held down a regular show on Radar Radio. Amy’s achievements extend outside of DJing, with a compilation, print zine, and the curation of a self-released 4 track ‘RMX’ EP on vinyl in 2016 featuring Sir Spyro, YGG, Scratcha DVA and Kamixlo. Her own imprint Acrylic has also propelled her to the forefront of the UK club scene, with countless sell out nights in east and north London boasting diverse lineups that reflect her eclectic taste and passion for championing the underground.
TOTAL FREEDOM (Fade to Mind, US)
As an artist, DJ, and conceptual party-maker, Total Freedom (aka Ashland Mines) has been integral to some of the most exciting things to come out of LA’s underground art and music scene over the past few years. Hailed for a seamless ability to unite a huge spectrum of contrasting sounds, his repertoire spans minimalized R&B refixes and Middle Eastern pop samples, to obscure narrative soundbites and elements of trap, UK grime, and Kuduro. His now-infamous LA party “Wildness” is cited as an inspiration for Venus X’s GHE20G0THIK phenomenon, and the subject of a new award-winning documentary by co-founder Wu Tsang. He’s also one of the forces behind the “record label and movement” Fade to Mind, the American sister imprint of the UK label Night Slugs, home to artists Nguzunguzu, Fatima Al Qadiri, and Kingdom. – NOISEY
DEV/NULL (Shake!, Blog to the Oldskool)
Shake! resident Dev/Null got started by listening to Crazy Jungle / DNB in the mid to late 90’s, which then lead him to music production. Dev/Null now focuses much of his time on his website BLOG TO THE OLDSKOOL, 7 years running, that is dedicated to oldskool UK hardcore/jungle, as well as DJ-ing biweekly sets on online stations Jungletrain.net and Radio Frontline. Additionally, he started a label 8205 RECORDINGS dedicated to releasing unreleased 91-95 UK Jungle on vinyl, and was recently listed as one of Fact Magazine’s “100 Underrated DJs Who Deserves More Shine”.
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10 PM | 21+ | $10 LIMITED PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
FACEBOOK EVENTShake! wants everyone to have a safe and fun time. Any disrespectful behavior or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave. ♥
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DJ Tunez, The Large, Dee Diggs @Good Life, Boston
DJ TUNEZ (Starboy)
DJ, producer, musician, Tunez has made his mark selling out African themed events in NYC and creating groovy mixes listened to by thousands of people world wide. He’s toured various venues across the US and has worked with a variety of artists (Including WizKid, Wande Coal, Burna Boy, and more) producing a sound that’s undeniably rising in popularity. His brand is a testament of hard work and dedication to his craft. Tunez is known for taking his listeners on a musical journey, traveling from one continent to the next with seamless transitions. He’s sure to evoke the new infectious dances sweeping Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the United States from his audiences.
THE LARGE (Mixpak)
British DJ The Large grew up in Bristol, surrounded by the vibes of Massive Attack, Tricky and St Paul’s Carnival. After many years living, promoting and DJing in London, she moved to New York, where she now acts as the official spirit guide for Mixpak, working closely with Popcaan, Murlo, Dre Skull and more. Known for her unique blend of up-to-the-time dancehall with the weirder edge of Caribbean-influenced club music and straight-up UK vibes, her sound is a ride through riddim culture, walking the line between a Passa Passa dance and an east London rave.
DEE DIGGS (Shake!, Evlv Tech, Rare Footage)
We are happy to announce that Dee Diggs is joining the Shake! Boston team as our newest resident DJ! Dee Diggs is a DJ, event curator & organizer based in Boston, MA. She is unapologetically black, queer, & femme. She is building and using her influence to create space for marginalized groups to express & organize themselves. Her aim is to sustain more spaces where these groups are valued and thanked by name for their contributions to humanity.
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10 PM | 21+ | $10 LIMITED PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
FACEBOOK EVENTShake! wants everyone to have a safe and fun time. Any disrespectful behavior or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave. ♥
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Noncompliant/DJ Shiva, Isabella & Fens @Good Life, Boston
Noncompliant/DJ Shiva (Valence / Argot / Flash – Indianapolis)
For over 20 years, Noncompliant (aka DJ Shiva) has brought a multitude of techno flavors to dancefloors
far and wide. From the deepest to the darkest techno, she is a purveyor of variety in both music and
technique. Her technical skills on the decks are highly respected, but her truest talent lies in her knack for contrast and composition. From her latest productions on Valence and Flash Recordings, to her recent European tour culminating at Berlin’s Berghain, Noncompliant is expanding her sonic reach and bringing her energetic take on techno to audiences everywhere.Isabella (Peder Mannerfelt Produktions / Börft Records)
In the past several years, ISABELLA has emerged as a force to be reckoned with in the techno scene. In just the past year or two, she has released on on labels like Peder mannerfelt produktions, Börft and Jacktone. She has completed a US tour, played countless other shows around the East Coast, and released numerous high profile and well-received mixes for sites like Truants. This momentum shows no sign of slowing down going into 2018, as over the next few months she’ll be playing a high profile event with Drexciyan DJ Stingray in New York, and releasing tunes on the much-lauded UK label Type Records. Her live set is an experience where she uses a unique collection of synthesizers and drum machines to explore texture, fluidity and boundaries within sound.
Fens (Shake!)
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10 PM | 21+ | $10 LIMITED PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
FACEBOOK EVENTShake! wants everyone to have a safe and fun time. Any disrespectful behavior or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave. ♥
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MikeQ, UNiiQU3, Divoli S’vere, Quest?onmarc & Ash B @Good Life, Boston
Shake! x Qween Beat presents:
Shake! is back with another two floor, complete takeover of Good Life for our 3rd anniversary party! We’ll have both floors locked down all night with a special collection of headliners brought to us by none other than MikeQ and his label Qween Beat, joined by some of the best selectors and curators in Boston. Qween Beat represents the leading edge of ballroom and vogue tilted club sounds, worldwide, and keeping with this spirit of all things #werk, we’ve invited some of Boston’s best talent in to round out the night.
We’re excited to mark three years of Shake! With this incredible line-up, and we’d like to give special thanks to all of you who have come out to our parties, and a very special thank you to all of our previous guests:
JIMMY EDGAR | ALI BERGER | ADDISON GROOVE | GIRL UNIT | ADEN | WILL MARTIN | L-VIS 1990 | HELIX | DJ FUNK | PARRIS MITCHELL | WHEEZ-IE | LINDALE + DEMC | DAMIAN SILVA | BOK BOK | DOCTOR JEEP | BAKIR | CITRON | PEARSON SOUND | C DUBS | EGYPTIAN LOVER | NICK MINIERI | ONEMAN | SOMEKID | TODD TERRY | LEONCE | CELESTIAL TRAX | INSHA | DJ EARL | ANTONIOUS MONK | NEIL LANDSTRUMM | ISABELLA | DJ WONT | JAM CITY | SOL NOVA | EGYPTRIXX | RANDOMER | BATU | DUBBEL DUTCH | JOEY BELTRAM | SHY EYEZ | KINGDOM | MIKEQ | ASMARA | DRE SKULL | JUBILEE | DJ DEEON | J-CUSH | DJ TIGA | BLAY VISION | UMFANG | DJ LAG | DRAW BOSTON | LOEFAH | HODGE | LYCHEE
SHAKE RESIDENTS: DEV/NULL | FENS
MikeQ: Soundcloud
Uniiqu3: Soundcloud
Divoli S’vere: Soundcloud
Quest?onmarc: Soundcloud
Ash B: Soundcloud
char (Houseboi) & Lychee (Spontaneous Affinity)
https://www.mixcloud.com/char_7
https://soundcloud.com/lycheefrutColby Drasher (Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Brash, Fascination, Steam) & MSG (Bedtime Bois)
https://soundcloud.com/colbydrasher
https://soundcloud.com/msgzusRaquita (Pico Picante, Rare Footage, Brash) & Slick Vick (A Lil Louder, All Good)
https://soundcloud.com/raquita_dj
https://soundcloud.com/djslickvick-1Dev/Null & Fens (Shake!)
https://soundcloud.com/devnull
https://soundcloud.com/fensTICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10:00PM | 21+ | $10 ADVANCE PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at BOTH FLOORS AT GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
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Loefah, Hodge, Lychee, Dev/Null @Good Life, Boston
LOEFAH (Swamp81 | UK)
Loefah is a DJ and producer who needs little introduction. Working with the DMZ crew, Loefah helped to establish the very foundations of the dubstep genre, while putting out some of the most seminal and important releases of the movement. Lately they have blossomed into one of the champions of the wider UK Bass sound, establishing the famous Swamp81 outfit, while continuing to set the standard for all things bassweight. It goes without saying that we are truly humbled to have a legend such as Loefah join us, whose career has had such an indelible impact on the Shake! sound.
HODGE (Livity Sound | UK)
Considered one of the strongest elements of the reborn Bristol bass and techno scene, Hodge stands as part of the new vanguard of the future of UK Bass music. With releases on his current home Livity Sound, as well as output Hemlock and Punch Drunk, he has been responsible for some of the biggest releases out of the UK in recent memory. With an ability to produce sensitive nuanced tracks, as well as certified big room anthems, his diversity as a producer reflects that of the larger UK scene, all while retaining a sound uniquely his own. We are delighted to have Hodge join us for his Boston debut performance.
LYCHEE (Visceral | Boston)
Responsible for arguably the most forward thinking and pioneering underground party in the Boston scene with their sidekick Manu Miran, Lychee has been working tirelessly for years to improve the Boston underground music scene. With a pointed perspective for techno tilted sounds, they have made a name for themselves as a critical player with discerning tastes, one worthy of the highest accolades for this city. A long time contributor to the Shake! team, we warmly welcome Lychee to the booth to guide us into sonic bliss.
DEV/NULL (SHAKE! / BLOG TO THE OLDSKOOL)
Soundcloud | Twitter | Blog to the Oldskool
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10 PM | 21+ | $10 LIMITED PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
FACEBOOK EVENT
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Umfang, DJ Lag, DRAW, Fens @Good Life, Boston
UMFANG (Discwoman / Brooklyn)
Umfang (Emma Olsen) is a DJ, producer, Discwoman co-founder and serious lover of techno. As one of the key figures of Technofeminism in Brooklyn, and more recently on the broader international stage at techno mainstays such as Dekmantel, Berghain, Sustain-Release and more, she has been delivering blistering sets of pure, minimal, straight ahead techno that has become her signature style. Umfang has also been instrumental in the core mission of Discwoman, helping to bring more representative line ups to electronic dance music, and giving a platform to female and non-binary producers and DJs on a global level. We are very excited to invite her to Shake for her Goodlife debut.
Soundcloud | Twitter | Bandcamp
DJ LAG (Gqom King / Durban)
Making his Boston debut, DJ Lag (Lwazi Asanda Gwala) is one of the leading pioneers of the GQOM genre, a bass heavy, minimalist sound out of Durban, South Africa that has been steadily gaining popularity over the past few years. With it’s rise to popularity has been the rise of DJ Lag himself, playing around Europe and Asia, featuring appearances on the Boiler Room Johannesburg show, at Poland’s Unsound Festival, and playing at Cake Shop in South Korea, all by the age of 21. The distinct textural palate and rhythmic patterns from DJ Lag and fellow contemporaries such as Rudeboyz has become a favorite at Shake!, and we are excited to introduce DJ Lag to Boston for a very rare appearance.
Soundcloud | Resident Advisor | Twitter
DRAW (Boston)
One of our favorite local parties, Draw often emerges to bring us some of the best underground parties in the city, featuring artists as Swing Ting, Murlo, Total Freedom, Mumdance, and more, all of whom represent producers and DJs beloved by Shake. We are excited to have three of their core residents help warm up the booth for some of our most exciting guests to date.
FENS (SHAKE! / Boston)
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON RESIDENT ADVISOR
10 PM | 21+ | $10 LIMITED PRESALE / $15 DOOR
at GOOD LIFE, 28 KINGSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02111
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