Warm Up 2023 Features Artists Including Bobby Beethoven, Crystallmess, Frankie Bones, Pauli Cakes, Dj Sliink, Nkisi, Embaci, Fatherhood, and Many More

Warm Up 2021. Photo: Nathan Bajar

SIX FRIDAY NIGHTS IN JULY AND AUGUST

Warm Up, MoMA PS1’s iconic music series, returns for its 25th season this summer with electronic music and DJ sets from 5 to 10 p.m. on six Friday evenings in July and August. Crossing eclectic genres, tempos, and styles, this season’s program highlights a range of performers from New York City and beyond. Each evening will begin with sonic experimentation, building to late-night breakbeats over four distinct sets.

This year’s lineup includes artists such as Paris-based DJ/producer Crystallmess, known for experimental dance music; influential New York DJ Bobby Beethoven, who performed as Total Freedom at Warm Up in 2014 and 2017; Congolese-Belgian electronic musician Nkisi; legendary DJ and producer Frankie Bones, recognized for his influence in the underground New York rave scene; queer nightlife icon Pauli Cakes; Jersey club luminary DJ Sliink; lyrical vocalist Embaci; and Fatherhood, the collaborative project between Michael Magnan and Daniel Fisher. The complete lineup follows below, and advance tickets are now available for all dates.

Warm Up 2023 takes place in the MoMA PS1 Courtyard with a newly commissioned stage design by artist Raque Ford, who was featured in Greater New York 2021. A group of New York-based artists linked to the city’s sound, music, and nightlife scenes served as this year’s host committee: Meriem Bennani (Gush), Patia Borja (JUICY), Raúl de Nieves (Hairbone), Joni (Intima), and Mike Pollard (Nina Protocol).

Since 1998, Warm Up has presented experimental and avant-garde music that forms an integral part of PS1’s multidisciplinary programming. A groundbreaking and influential series that amplifies emerging, underground, and legendary performers alike, Warm Up has presented renowned DJs and producers such as Honey Dijon, SOPHIE, DJ Spooky, Lary7, Ritchie Hawtin, Arca, Mike Q, and Kim Ann Foxman.

Warm Up forms the cornerstone of summer music at MoMA PS1, which also features special concerts by avant-garde ensemble Standing on the Corner and sibling duo Chuquimamani-Condori and Joshua Chuquimia Crampton that accompany their exhibitions on view in the galleries. In addition to five hours of music, Warm Up attendees will also be able to experience these installations alongside acclaimed exhibitions by Daniel Lind-Ramos, Iiu Suriraja, Onyeka Igwe, and Malikah.

Warm Up 2023 is organized by MoMA PS1 and led by Kari Rittenbach, Assistant Curator, with Nick Scavo, Senior Project Manager, Music, Performance, and Events.

LINEUP

July 21 Frankie Bones / Sonic Groove / Brooklyn
Kiki Kudo / Incienso, The Trilogy Tapes / New York
Word of Command / FIST (Fun Is Still Transgressive) / Brooklyn Dreamcrusher / PTP Recordings (Purple Tape Pedigree) / New York

July 28 Eli Escobar / Night People NYC / New York DJ Noir / Juke Bounce Werk / Los Angeles Pauli Cakes / xCAKES / Brooklyn
Nkisi* / INITIATION, CD/UK / London *Installation in the Courtyard

August 4 Veronica Vasicka / Minimal Wave / New York
SHYBOI / Discwoman / New York
John Roberts / Brunette Editions, Dial Records / Los Angeles Bergsonist / Bizaarbazaar, Optimo Music / Casablanca and New York

August 11 Fatherhood / Nervous Records / New York TT / New York
DeSe / New York
Dosha / House of Ladosha / New York

August 18 DJ Sliink / Cartel, Moodswing Music, Warner, Defiant / Newark
Johanna Constantine / Anohni and The Johnsons, Dances of Vice / New York Jasmine Infiniti / New York
nudo / american southwest / Texas

August 25 Bobby Beethoven fka Total Freedom / Miami Crystallmess / Paris
Lorenzo Senni / Warp Records / Milan Embaci / Brooklyn

ADMISSION

Tickets: $15 admission/ $12 MoMA Members and students. Tickets may be reserved at momaps1.org/warmup.

Free for Long Island City Residents: Long Island City residents with proof of residency in ZIP codes 11101 and 11109 receive one complimentary ticket per event on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that a limited number of tickets are reserved for Long Island City residents at each Warm Up event.

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ABOUT MoMA PS1

MoMA PS1 champions art and artists at the intersection of the social, cultural, and political issues of our time. Providing audiences with the agency to ask questions, access to knowledge, and a forum for public debate, PS1 has offered insight into artists’ diverse worldviews for more than 40 years. Founded in 1976 by Alanna Heiss, the institution was a defining force in the alternative space movement in New York City, transforming a nineteenth century public schoolhouse in Long Island City into a site for artistic experimentation and creativity. PS1 has been a member of New York City’s Cultural Institutions Group (CIG) since 1982 and affiliated with The Museum of Modern Art since 2000.

Directions: MoMA PS1 is located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Ave in Long Island City, Queens, across the Queensboro Bridge from midtown Manhattan. Traveling by subway, take the E, M, or 7 to Court Sq; or the G to Court Sq or 21 St Van Alst. By bus, take the Q67 to Jackson and 46th Ave or the B62 to 46th Ave.

Information: For general inquiries, call (718) 784-2084 or visit moma.org/ps1.