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Stacey Pullen at Marquee, June 6th, New York City

The Blackflag boss Stacey Pullen is back in New York to rock Marquee New York on Friday June 6th. One of Basic's long-time favorites and friends, Stacey has been dominating dancefloors for years. He killed it in November alongside Marco Carola, and now he's back for his own headlining set. Get ready to get down with one of the underground's true heroes.

Jupiter at Glasslands Gallery, May 24th, New York City

Jupiter is a French-English duo based in Paris, but they first met one night in London. An empty dancefloor, a one hit wonder (1982 funk classic Mama Used To Say), a band was born. Amélie and Quarles’ work relies on a common passion for a time when glitter and carelessness were kings. The impact of disco and electro-funk on their music is a clear one, yet the band happily quotes a wider range of influences, such as Sly & Robbie, Beach House, Alan Parsons Project, Siriusmo or even the Beastie Boys.

Todd Terry Live at Prince Charles, May 9, Berlin

Grammy Award nominated DJ/Producer Todd Terry has been engulfed in dance music since he first started listening to European dance music records while growing up in Brooklyn. Already devoted to turntables, he heard something different in those tracks, and he “went for the difference. I never got a break in New York, but England happened right away, so I catered to them.” In any event, the Todd Terry sound was born.