Knockdown Center

Sophia's Cell is performing.

All at fucking the Knockdown Center.

And I was like, that's fierce.

When? Halloween? The 28th.

The second half, especially, once it gets going.

this might be too local of a reference, but this Sophia Stell, from what I have heard, which is just this album, she feels like someone who you would see at C2C Fest at Knockdown Center.

And she would either be like the last act out on the ruin stage before they shut it down for the night, or like the first act on the main stage before after the dj sets

this does feel like something you would see right after dj sets yeah at a fast or

Yeah.

What about knockdown center?

God, something evil.

Warlock? Yeah, a warlock.

I don't go often.

I feel like New York's bar scene is changing.

I feel like knockdown centers and those world's basements and all that are becoming more of the common place to go.

Standard.

I hate marketing buzzwords, trust me, I do, but there is no better way to explain what Brunelo has been able to pull off in a short amount of time other than calling it world-building.

He just had a sold-out show at the Knockdown Centre in September.

The outside cap is, like, 1,500-plus people.

That's 1,500-plus hard tickets, and this project really only started to gain steam in 2024.

Yes, I mean just imagine the energy in those venues.

They're playing at Knockdown Center and Brooklyn Steel, two iconic spots.

Totally.

It's a great way to engage with fans, especially in such a vibrant city.

That's gonna be sick

... go to, go to Knockdown Cent- I think they're doing Knockdown Center.

So my friend who grew up in Maspeth, where, where Knockdown Center is, he said, um, "That's ruining, that's ruining the community."

Oh, is it really? [laughs]

Yeah.

And in our final podcast extra story, one of New York City's best-known techno clubs is banning smart glasses from its dance floor.

Basement, which operates out of the Knockdown Center complex in Queens, announced the policy in a statement posted to Instagram.

The club said it's no photo and no video rule exists to protect the privacy, safety and freedom of everyone inside.

It said devices that allow discrete recording are incompatible with that goal.

It, it's, it's not a, it's not a great room.

It's kinda like, and it might be the same issues that I have with, um, the Knockdown Center, which is a space-

Okay

... that's out here, kind of in that space between, um, Bushwick and some area of Queens.

And, um, it's a great room for a dance party.

Right.

Knockdown Center.

It's like if you're throwing a rave or something.

I suppose, I mean, it has changed quite a lot because we started out as a disco party in a pub in South London, and then obviously it's grown and musically it's changed a bit as well because we do a lot of big festivals and big rooms.

We do a big party in New York at Knockdown Center.

So we play more modern music, I would say, but we still try and keep it disco and tr- try and keep some of the roots of disco in it.

At the Eagle, I try and play classics, old music, but when we're on tour it's a little bit different.

And then House of Yes will be cool on Saturday as well.

Although just today we've been at the Knockdown Center.

That was a really cool one.

The Ruins.