About this Event
Strict Tempo presents
Breathless: '80s Synth Underground
"the best of old-school dance"
The debut night featuring resident DJ Vox Sinistra plus guest DJ Steve Skeletal
+ vendors & flash tattoos by mittenzink
We'll take your breath away...
Italo Disco | New Wave | Synth-Pop | Electro | Hi-NRG | New Beat
@ The Slipper Clutch DTLA
351 S. Broadway
parking lot onsite
8pm - close
$10 door / $7 discounted tickets for a limited time
Vox Sinistra
Vox Sinistra is a Los Angeles-based DJ exploring dark underground electronic sounds with retro and modern inspiration. In her work as a DJ, she has cultivated community in the genres of EBM and techno body music, industrial, New Beat, minimal and cold wave, forward-thinking electro and techno, and '80s synth music such as Italo disco, acid house, synth-pop, new wave and more. With a background in post-punk, no wave and related alternative and DIY punk movements, she combines sounds with rebellious spirit, nostalgic melodies, and avant-garde genre-mashing that stimulates bodies into movement for a cathartic and heavy dance music experience.
She is currently host of club night and label Strict Tempo, where she books an international selection of dark electronic artists. Vox is also known for her post-punk/'80s wave radio show Secret Meaning of Things at KHUH 104.9 FM from 2010 to 2020, shortlisted for Best Music Show - Alternative in the 2018 Mixcloud Radio Awards. She has been featured in Mixcloud's 'One to Watch' series, and her mixes have landed at #1 in Mixcloud charts for over 20 different genres. She is also a former music columnist for Seattle's Pulitzer Prize-winning alt weekly The Stranger from 2011-2019, and current contributing writer to Post-Punk.com. Around 2017, she was inspired to mix her underground '80s sounds with techno and electro, and is now focusing on making club sets for dark and dungeonesque dance floors.
“Post-punk extraordinaire.” - Mixcloud“
Reigning queen of dark and danceable beats.” - The Deli Mag
https://linktr.ee/voxsinistra
https://www.youtube.com/@VoxSinistra
https://soundcloud.com/voxsinistra
guest DJ
Steve Skeletal (Los Angeles)Steve Skeletal has been involved with the goth and new wave music scenes since he was a teenager. He grew up mostly in Kentucky and relocated to Boston, Massachusetts when he was 18 years old. After moving to California, he started singing in bands, and currently fronts Only Theatre Of Pain. Steve usually DJs goth and new wave, but also loves spinning 80s-90s pop, dance, Italo, freestyle, shoegaze, industrial, and classic rock. Steve currently hosts two monthly clubs in LA: A dance night called Batastrophe, as well as Ritual, which focuses on live bands. Both clubs usually lean towards old school goth/deathrock.
https://www.instagram.com/steveskeletal/
https://www.twitch.tv/steveskeletal
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Slipper Clutch, 351 South Broadway, Los Angeles, United States
USD 9.31
