Twice Dark; Hypnagogia; Voltaic Planes; Turkish Velvet & DJ Veganinblack

Twice Dark

Hypnagogia

Voltaic Planes

Turkish Velvet

DJ Veganinblack

Livewire Lounge

3394 N Milwaukee Ave

Chicago

Thursday March 6 2025

8pm-1am

21+

$12 adv/$15 dos

(after fees $14.75 adv$ 18.18 dos)

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Twice Dark is a goth industrial musical project created by Josh Kreuzman in 2020. They started in Indianapolis IN and are currently based in Bloomington IN. Twice Dark is influenced by 1980's goth industrial EBM italo-disco death rock post-punk coldwave and darkwave. Other significant influences include Splatter Punk and Magical Realism writing and Art nouveau and Deco illustration and horror movies and graphic novels. Twice Dark has 3 releases to date with a full length coming out later in 2025 titled Telekinetic. Twice Dark can be found wherever you stream music.

linktr.ee/jfkreuz

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Hypnagogia is a melancholic band from the Midwestern US. Darkly romantic, yet danceable, creating modern Gothic Darkwave music for those comfortable with the darkness - inside and out.

“Tantalizing ritual gothic chant with a spider shuffle tempo and summoner circle cadence. A wonderful new discovery.”

https://hypnagogiaonline.bandcamp.com/

https://www.hypnagogiaband.com/

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Voltaic Planes is a dark dance duo from Chicago drawing inspiration from other Darkwave artists like Boy Harsher TR/ST Linea Aspera and Keluar. In their music they explore themes of loneliness isolation trauma and anger challenging you to dance through the dark times while embracing and learning from all that life throws at you.

https://voltaicplanes.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/voltaic_planes/

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DJ Veganinblack’s roots are deeply planted in the Chicago goth/industrial/darkwave/electro music scene. As the founder of Club LeBon est May 2020 & currently streaming live 3 days a week via Twitch DJ Veganinblack conjures an inclusive platform for dark underground dance music with a fresh focus on femme and LGBTQIA identifying artists.

Her meticulously curated CD sets simultaneously support and explore the currentz classix & future sounds of dark subculture through the discovery of new artists & dancefloor bangers branching from the archives. Genres & styles explored and blended in DJ Veganinblack’s sets include nugoth coldwave minimalsynth tribevibe postpunk rhythmic noise synthpop industrial & global bass retrowave EBM 80’s & 90’s remixed dark & dirty electro/techno. Connect to your cosmos thru radical self expression on the dancefloor.

Recently DJ Veganinblack was the DJ support for national tours featuring Solar Fake SRSQ Christian Death Secret Shame & Kælan Mikla/Kanga. Invited festival appearances include Terminus Festival Calgary July 2019 Cold Waves Chicago Sept 2021/2024 Skull Fest Detroit Nov 2022 & Be Afraid of the Dark & Sanctum Festivals Chicago Oct 2023 and the upcoming Dark Force Fest NJ May 2025. DJ Veganinblack has also organized and performed at her own events at Burning Man Festival Black Rock City NV; Late Bar Reggie's The Fallen Log Bourbon on Division & Epiphany Center for the Arts Chicago.

linktr.ee/djveganinblack

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Zehra (they/them) is the owner and designer behind TURKISH VELVET est. '19. As of 2025 they have shifted the majority of materials to HARDWARE: stainless steel is woven by hand one ring at a time to create alternative chainmail adornments that will outlast your daily battles. They mostly sell online or at markets/pop-ups throughout the year soon to have permanent displays in the Greater Chicago Area.

linktr.ee/turkishvelvet

https://www.instagram.com/turkishvelvet

Host or Publisher DJ Veganinblack