EEL_automaton: Ikävä Pii (live), nguyendowsXP, Airali

EEL_automaton returns for an exploration of the biomechanical: the study of locomotion across all forms of life. Surge through the fringes of cellular movement ౷

For this occasion, we're especially stoked to bring sonic slingers Ikävä Pii (London) and nguyendowsXP (NYC) for their Bay Area debuts ౷

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Ikävä Pii is a London-based producer / DJ exploring detailed slowfast club music. Featured on leftfield labels such as early reflex, their releases have received praise on DJ Mag, Mixmag and Inverted Audio. Their live sets hinge on improvisation and synthesis: organic, crunchy, swampy sounds are digitally manipulated in a feast of intricate rhythms.

NYC-based producer / DJ nguyendowsXP navigates music with an ear attuned to emotion, tracing the edges where softness meets intensity. Affiliated with Saigon's Nhạc Gãy collective, they're a shapeshifter behind the decks, slipping between ethereal expanses and frenetic bursts of kinetic shrapnel.

A jellyfish bobbing underwater best describes Airali's twisted sets: from slippery breaks to stinging techno in swift, sudden blends. Now based in SF after years in London, she has played across venues like FOLD, Corsica Studios and Venue MOT, and on platforms such as NTS and Untitled 909.

kk.Shucko and fallen matter will kick off the night with a b2b set. Having performed for Osmosis in the Trees, Ever Afters and Recombinant Festival in the past year, the SF-based producers / DJs conjure fantasy biomes shaped by glitch artefacts and hyperreal sound design.