NEGRESS is a platform that uplifts black femme, women and gender nonconforming artists. Swim in the sounds and spirit of local and international open format djs, producers, and recording artists. The spectrum of genres featured includes r&b, house, club, techno, ballroom, vogue, baile funk, afrobeat, gcom, jungle, and UK garage. We value a DIY approach to music and lift up emerging talent without the clout.

Fluid Resonance names how music and sound act as archives for embodied memories. We talked about music as a portal into the fluidity of Black life, a way of archiving what Black life and the blackness of life feel like.

The resonance of certain sounds and songs bends our experience of time and space. Resonant frequencies excite our systems and create openings for: connection with loved ones and ancestors, clearing and acknowledgement of intergenerational conflict and trauma, new narratives and knowledge, and feeling and honoring the queerness and transitivity inherent to black social life.

pastelShade (they/them) is a joy enthusiast and interdisciplinary artist curious about cultivating ecstatic on the dance floor and supporting the resiliency available through body movement, vocal exercise and memory in relationship to music. Their sets explore femmeness, sexual autonomy and BIPOC queer narratives. With music selections from funk to trap, oldies to afrobeat, punk to electronic their vibe goal is to center and uplift womxnist notions of liberation.

Treva Ellison is a multi-media artist. The music they play and listen to is patch work that connects them to loved ones, recalls pleasurable moments so more can be made, and helps them grieve.

BAE BAE is a Los Angeles based DJ/producer and multidisciplinary artist who centers music that empowers black femme and them musicians.