Making Time Pre-Party: Gabrielle Kwarteng - JEWELSSEA

Thursday, September 19, 2024
Doors 10PM

Advance Tickets on sale now.

Gabrielle Kwarteng’s journey so far is one of passion, dedication and the occasional strike of fate. Born and raised in New York, Kwarteng’s name has recently risen in prominence throughout a challenging time for dance music and club culture. A DJ, radio host and curator, her sets have recently enchanted Panorama Bar in Berlin (four times in less than twelve months, no less), equally vital club spaces such as NYC’s Nowadays and Manchester’s own White Hotel, as well as a span of festivals including Love International, Glastonbury, Melt and Dekmantel Selectors.

Listening to Kwarteng, whether in a cavernous rave hall, a sweat-soaked underground club or making intimate selections on the radio, is an experience that feels at once familiar but always energizing. Kwarteng’s diverse taste and open-mindedness lead first, allowing her to fluidly slip through a mix of heady 80s and 90s NY house, disco interpretations that traverse diaspora and eras, percussive passages alongside boldly broken beats and, as the lights get lower, an undeniable acid undercurrent. In an era of everything at once, Kwarteng weaves stories for the dancefloor that often look to the past, but always focus on possible futures.

Now based in Europe, Kwarteng continues to criss-cross not only genres, but continents. Overcoming her inherent introversion to nervously approach Giles Peterson at a record store in Paris proved fortuitous; so impressed was the storied DJ by Kwarteng’s show on local station Le Mellotron, he invited her to appear at his own festival, Worldwide. Appearances at suitably open-minded spaces in Madrid, London, Bristol, Copenhagen and Kyiv soon followed.

Wherever she performs, Kwarteng’s expertise serves to not only continue the championing of Black American genres such as house, techno and disco, but equally, to explore the continuum of global dance music as a whole. Having laid the foundations for a unique musical journey, it’s a level of respect that’s tangible on any dancefloor. In these increasingly sacred spaces, Gabrielle Kwarteng’s personal passion translates into collective ecstasy. The dig continues.

Returning to Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, this year's edition will welcome sets from the likes of Theo Parrish, Caterina Barbieri, mad miran, Astrid Sonne, Avalon Emerson, claire rousay, John Glacier and Valentina Magaletti. Optimo (Espacio) and Bicep will go back-to-back, as will DJ Stingray 313 and Daniel Avery.

Taking place from September 20th through 22nd, the fourth edition of Making Time ∞ will also host local acts such as Universal Cave, JEWELSSEA, Zillas on Acid, King Britt and Rich Medina. Get tickets at makingtimeisrad.com


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Gabrielle Kwarteng (NYC/Berlin)
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JEWELSSEA (L8HOUSE | Philadelphia)
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