Dripping: Axine M, Matük (live), OKO DJ, Oso Feo b2b Lychee, Topdown Dialectic (live)

Dripping takes over with a special lineup drawing from the rugged and sublimely twisted. The night begins with a pair of live sets: Axine M’s churning sonic constructions find a fluidity in the mechanized and the dystopian. Her moniker references the Ancient Greek name for the Black Sea - “inhospitable place” - but there’s a pure sensuality that counterbalances the elemental intensity. She’s followed by Topdown Dialectic, one of the great masters of modern dub techno. Since the project debuted over a decade ago, Topdown’s music has consistently mesmerized, with each transmission going deeper into an uncanny sound world that defies easy categorization. Like the best of his forebears, Topdown uses lush minor chords and crumbling echo trails to evoke an otherworldly spaciousness. But he has found a way to make his tracks move, twist and unfurl like no one else; his world truly is a world, a series of micro-climates captured with loving detail and stunning imagination. The club night gets sick from the first moments. Oso Feo, one of the key architects behind SF’s Sutro FM and the forthcoming Everything In Color festival, brings the renegade energy of the Bay to a special b2b with NY’s beloved Lychee. Matük follows with a live set. Mixing the intertwined percussive lines of his home country of Colombia with a deep, deep psychedelia, Matük’s live sets unfurl like a force of nature. Finally, Parisian punk OKO DJ closes the night with a DJ set. Prepare for chaos; OKO DJ flips the script and plunges in headfirst with a raw mix of post punk, acid, noise, satatnic dubstep and on and on. /// Entry is at the discretion of our door staff. Online purchases are limited to four tickets maximum per person. If tickets are sold out here, we always hold a good amount at the door. We will do our best to admit those without tickets but entrance is not guaranteed. Violence, non-consensual touching, racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist, ageist or other discriminatory language, and leering are not allowed within our walls or in our back yard. If someone says or does something to make you feel uncomfortable while you’re here, let us know. /// Accessibility: The wheelchair entrance to our indoor space is in the driveway, which is the access point most commonly used to enter Nowadays. During parties the driveway gate is locked, so please ask staff at the street entrance for assistance with entry. All of our bathrooms are gender-neutral. There is one accessible stall indoors. Just ask any Nowadays staff member for the key, and they can show you the way. During parties, seating is available both on and off the dance floor. While we don’t have a dedicated quiet space indoors during parties, the booths next to coat check are a little quieter, and the deck and back yard a little quieter than that. Most nighttime parties include the use of strobe lights and water based haze.