Nickodemus/BIGYUKI/Deejay Theory at Race Brook Lodge

Secret Planet x Race Brook Lodge's ALMOST SPRING WEEKENDER closes out on Saturday night with visionary keyboardist Masayuki Hirano (aka BIGYUKI), legendary DJ Nickodemus (Turntables on the Hudson, Wonderwheel), and 413 tropical-afrobeats specialist Deejay Theory. We start off in the BarnSpace and move to the Down County Social Club at the end of the night.

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Nickodemus is a traveler at heart—a connector of worlds, scenes, and people. At the helm of the Wonderwheel label, he’s a veritable encyclopedia of planetary parties. As a DJ, he can connect the dots between twenty or thirty genres in a single set, molding a synergetic dance experience that sets him apart as a leader in global fusion and heavy beats. He is also the founder of Turntables on the Hudson, a legendary, iconic expression of the NYC party scene. His music has long thrived on the close relationships and mutual respect of friends across continents, felt through the worldly potions he cooks up in the studio, spanning electronic sounds rooted in Latin, African, and Eastern instrumentation. His latest album, Soul & Science, is the culmination of this musical connective tissue he’s established.

🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxK4jaydLSI

Japanese keyboardist and songwriter Masayuki Hirano is referred to in the industry as “NYC’s secret weapon.” He’s the musical equivalent of a savant linguist with a talent for all the vernaculars. Wild juxtapositions inhabit BIGYUKI’s performances: heavy beats laced with classical flourishes; techy low-end bleeps expressed through a heart-shaped sieve. Best known for composing three cuts on A Tribe Called Quest’s most recent album and recently found on tour with José James, Kamasi Washington, and Antonio Sanchez, Masayuki is a heavily sought-after performer and composer with an infectious and beautifully weird palette of music.  Masayuki is joined by Randy Runyon on guitar and Jharis Yokley on drums.

🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BETKOepN9YU (Yuki + Jharis)
🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSFZisEZui8 (Yuki + Runyon + Smithsoneon)

A New England native by way of San Francisco, Deejay Theory has been fearlessly carving his lane in music as a forward-thinking producer, DJ, label boss and all around badman/nice guy. His sets track some interstitial magic between tropical bass, hip-hop, disco, dub, funk, reggae, reggaeton, amapiano, and other global dance genres. Forever pushing the boundaries while always keeping the vibes, Theory approaches music through a universal lens sparking inspiration from all corners of the planet and dancefloors we share. His decade-plus span of highly sought-after remixes and custom edits have become go-to secret weapons for some of the highest profile DJs in the world.

🎧:  https://youtu.be/vrE3GO_-kD8

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AN ALMOST SPRING WEEKENDER is a secret planet x race brook lodge joint. weekend passes are now sold out, but you can still purchase tickets to the other individual events: Orchestra Gold/Busquelo on Friday night and Garth Stevenson on Saturday afternoon.