From Petach Tiqva to Ft. Lauderdale to a carefully managed escape to New York City in 1988, Liad Krispin’s journey has always been driven by dance music, and the communities surrounding it. In 1997, together with close friends, he launched Hamsa—a much-loved underground New York party that became a fixture of the scene. Those nights remain as formative as they were unforgettable.
Since relocating to Berlin in 2008, Liad has spent over 15 years refining a sound that bridges history and evolution—rooted in underground dance music yet stretching across Disco, House, Techno, and beyond. A true dancer at heart, he approaches his sets as he does the dance floor: creating moments where community comes together through a sound that is intimate yet expansive, familiar yet unexpected. 
Now based between Basel and Berlin, Liad is a longtime resident of the iconic Cocktail d’Amore and recently joined Budino’s Nothing Special. He also plays regularly at Lab.Dance (Berghain), Power Dance Club, Riot, Wrecked in New York, and other parties across Europe. A recent standout was his b2b with Majdolen at this year’s Whole Festival—a set many called one of the weekend’s most memorable.

Founder of VISCERAL, an underground techno night based in Cambridge, MA. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY.
Bookings: ryan.b@overrunbooking.com


Upcoming Shows:

2026

Nowadays - 1/17/26 - Brooklyn (NY)
Flower Factory - 1/18/26 - Washington (DC)
AIFF - 1/31/25 - CDMX  (Mexico)
Somos Festival - 2/6/26 - Zipolite (MX)
Vice - 2/20/26 - Los Angeles (CA)
Studio @ Basement - 2/28/26 - Brooklyn (NY)

2025

Bossa Nova Civic Club - 1/12/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Cerdos - 02/02/25 - CDMX (MX)
The Lot Radio - 03/07/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Rodeo Bar - 3/15/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Studio @ Basement - 3/22/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Studio @ Basement (Por Detroit Takeover) - 4/5/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Bossa Nova Civic Club - 4/27/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Horse Meat Disco Pride- 5/31/25 - Los Angeles (CA)
Evening Tea @ Silence Please - 6/25/25 - NYC (NY)
Papi Juice Pride - 6/27/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Studio @ Basement - 6/28/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Fagbash - 7/9/25 - Provincetown (MA)
Oberon - 7/17/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Midnight Service - 7/19/25 - Miami (FL)
Battle Hymn - 8/1/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Witchy Finger - 8/31/25 - Chicago (IL)
Nowadays - 9/4/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Studio @ Basement -10/04/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Nowadays - 10/23/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Studio @ Basement -11/01/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Horn - Bangkok (Thailand) - 11/14/25
Studio @ Basement -11/22/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Animal - 12/5/25 - Brooklyn (NY)
Battle Hymn - 12/12/2025 - Brooklyn (NY)

2024

Paragon - 01/27/24 - Brooklyn (NY)
Somos Festival - 02/08/23  - Puerto Vallarta (MX)
sic Club - 02/17/23 - CDMX (MX)
The Drum Machine - 3/8/ 24 - NYC (NY)
Merge - 4/5/24 - Brooklyn (NY)
Papi Juice - 4/12/24 - Brooklyn (NY)
Ritmica Paraiso - 5/10/24 - Lima (Peru)
LOCA - 5/18/24 - Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Horse Meat Disco - 5/26/24 -  Brooklyn (NY)
Gabriela - 6/14/24 - Brooklyn (NY)
Studio @ Basement - 6/22/24 - Brooklyn (NY)
Ladyland - 6/28/24 - Brooklyn (NY)
Paragon - 7/20/24 - Brooklyn (NY)
Jockstrap - 8/2/24- Fire Island (NY)
SoundClash - 8/24/24 - Los Angeles (CA)
Por Detroit - 8/24/24 - Los Angeles (CA)
Love Affair - 8/25/24 - Los Angeles (CA)
Bossa Nova Civil Club - 9/14/24 - Brooklyn (NY)
Machine Club - 10/3/23 - Los Angeles (CA)
Nocturnal Emissions - 10/19/24 - Brooklyn (NY)
Voyeur - Brooklyn (MA) - 10/31/24
Studio @ Basement - Brooklyn, NY - 11/9/24
Battle Hymn New Year - Brooklyn, NY - 12/31/24

2023

Por Detroit LA - 02/04/23 - Los Angeles (CA) 
Paragon - 02/10/23 - Brooklyn (NY)
Studio @ Basement - 03/03/23 -  Brooklyn (NY)
Studio @ Basement - 05/12/2023 - Brooklyn (NY)
Paragon - 05/27/23 - Brooklyn (NY)
Studio @ Basement - 06/17/23 - Brooklyn (NY)
Cerdos - 06/22/23 - CDMX (MX)
Por Detroit - 06/24/23 - CDMX (MX)
Jockstrap - 07/07/23 - Fire Island (NY)
Paragon - 08/05/23 - Brooklyn (NY)
Battle Hymn - 08/18/23 - Brooklyn (NY)
Melt - 08/16/23 - Fire Island (NY)
Boiler Room Boston - 09/02/23 - Boston (MA)
Froot Falls - 09/23/23 - Fire Island (NY)
Studio @ Basement - 10/13/23 - Brooklyn (NY)
The Strangler - 10/20/23 - Manhattan (NY)
Bossa Nova Civil Club - 10/27/23 - Brooklyn (NY)
Snug @ Savage - 11/18/23 - Hanoi (Vietnam)
The Lot Radio - 12/03/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Voyeur! - 12/9/23 - Brooklyn (NY)
Performance Space New York x The Spectrum - 12/19/23 - Manhattan (NY)

2022

VNION - 04/01/22 - CDMX (Mexico)
sic - 04/02/22 - CDMX (Mexico)
Disco Fetish - 04/07/22 - CDMX (Mexico)
Function - 4/30/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Paragon - 05/07/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Spilled Milk - 05/27/22 - NYC (NY)
Club Toilet - 05/28/22 - Detroit (MI)
Stuntz XL - Pride Anniversary - 06/29/22 - Under the K Bridge (NY)
Wrecked @ Basement - 07/16/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Jockstrap - 07/29/22 - Fire Island (NY)
Paragon - 08/06/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Papi Juice - 08/26/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Spectrum Xtraverse - 9/4/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Renate - 09/24/22 - Berlin (GE)
Paragon - 10/07/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Bossa Nova Civil Club - 11/18/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Sagiterrorist - 1 Year - 12/9/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
The Lot Radio - 12/17/22 - Brooklyn (NY)
Bossa Nova Civil Club NYE - 12/31/22 - Brooklyn (NY)

2021 

Wynwood Music Festival - 6/18/21 - Miami (FL) 
Honcho Campout - 8/21/21 - Farm Quarters, Artemis (PA)
Bossa Nova Civil Club - 9/3/21 - Brooklyn (NY)
Black Flamingo - 9/10/21 - Brooklyn (NY)
Switch - 9/25/21 - Barcelona (Spain) 
Levani's Room: Ecdysis - Socrates Sculpture Park (NY)
Bossa Nova Civil Club - 11/12/21 - Brooklyn (NY)
Fog City Pack - 11/20/21 - San Francisco (CA)
The Carry Nation - 12/11/21 - Brooklyn (NY)


2020

Devotion - 1/16/2020 - Middlesex Lounge (MA)
Traffic - 1/25/2020 - Secret Location - Los Angeles (CA)
Papi Juice - 2/14/2020 - Elsewhere (Brooklyn)
Nightrider - 4/18/20 - Twitch
Visceral Virtual x Mata Coco - 4/19/20 - Twitch
Visceral Virtual x Mata Coco feat Leeon - 5/2/20 - Twitch
Visceral Virtual x Mata Coco feat Kodemul - 5/9/20 - Twitch
Digita - 5/23/20 - Twitch.tv/clubdigita
Wynwood Pride 2020 - 06/13/2020 - twitch.tv/wynwoodpride
Bestiario Latino - 06/27/20202 - twitch.tv/bestiariolatino
AREA 2 - 09/27/2020 - www.area2.xyz
Xou Da Sandra (Sangra Muta) - 10/06/2020 - www.veneno.live

2019

VISCERAL x Fast Forward - 3/9/2019 - The Lower Level (Cambridge)
Daddy Issues - 3/30/2019 - Machine - (MA)
Make It New w/ Massimiliano Pagliara- 4/25/2019 - Middlesex Lounge (MA)
VISCERAL x ALLERGY SEASON - 5/10/2019 - The Lower Level (MA)
Love - 6/7/2019 - Portland (ME)
VISCERAL / PRIDE - 6/8/2019 - The Lower Level (Cambridge)
VISCERAL / BEYOND - 8/24/2019 - TBA Brooklyn (NY)
Daddy Issues - 8/31/2019 - Machine - (MA)
VISCERAL x MAMBA NEGRA - 9/6/2019 - The Lower Level (Cambridge)
VISCERAL x MESS - 11/8/2019 - The Lower Level (Cambridge)
VISCERAL / YEAR THREE / ROI PEREZ - 12/21/2019 - The Lower Level (Cambridge)

2018

Inferno - 01/20/218 - NYC
VISCERAL #006 - 04/07/2018 - Secret Location - Cambridge 
VISCERAL PRIDE - 06/09/2018 - Secret Location- Cambridge 
Queer Arts Festival w/ Papi Juice - AS220 - Providence (RI)
Ova The Rainbow - 06/22/2018 - The Spectrum Pride - Brooklyn 
VISCERAL #008 - 8/11/2018 - Secret Location - Cambridge 
Deep South - 8/18/2018 - The Music Room - Atlanta
RIOT - 8/31/2018 - IPSE - Berlin
Together Festival w/ SOPHIE, Doss - 9/28/2018 - Boston
VISCERAL # 009 - 10/05/2018 - The Lower Level - Cambridge
VISCERAL / KATHARSIS - 11/03/2018 - The Lower Level - Cambridge
VISCERAL/NARCISSISM - 12/10/2018 - Bossa Nova Civil Club - NYC
VISCERAl / YEAR TWO - 12/15/2018 - The Lower Level - Cambridge

2017

Together Festival w/ Kim Ann Foxman, Matrixxman - 5/19/2017 @ Middle East Upstairs (Cambridge, MA)
As You Are - 6/10/2017 @ Marsh Post #442, (Cambridge, MA)
VISCERAL #003 - 6/10/2017 @ Central Square (Cambridge, MA)
Vibrator - 7/8/2017 @ The Alley (Boston, MA)
VISCERAL #004 - 9/9/2017 @ Cambridge (MA)
Harder - 9/22/2017 @ Open House Club (NY)
Holy Mountain Journey XXXV - 10/14/2017 @ Slake (NY)
VISCERAL I YEAR ONE - 12/9/2017 @ Central Square (Cambridge, MA)

I can’t quite recall when I first became aware of electronic music or my deep connection with it. My father was a DJ, so music was always present, but growing up during the ‘80s meant witnessing a technological revolution that transformed art and culture in unimaginable ways.

Around ’89-90, I realized just how important dance music was to me. One standout memory is hearing “French Kiss” by Lil Louis on a mixtape my father played in his car. From that moment, electronic music—especially dance music—became my constant companion.

As a child, I loved dancing, so it felt natural that dance music became a creative outlet for me. Over the years, my creativity has expanded beyond music, but that’s a story for another time.

One genre that’s had a major impact on me is House Music. By 1995, I realized how sophisticated and cool it was, particularly in contrast to what was popular in Spain at the time. By 1998, I’d amassed a solid music collection—mostly Ministry of Sound compilations, Ibiza mixtapes, and CD singles I could blast on my bedroom soundsystem.

That summer, I traveled to London and discovered @dannytenagliaofficial , an artist who blew me away. I was lucky to find him early because it took 2-3 more years for his music to break into Spain. My curiosity about electronic music led me to explore Chicago, NY, and Detroit House, techno, electro, and minimal, among others. Still, House Music has been my constant. Trends shift, but whenever I need comfort, I turn to House classics—Chandler, Knuckles, Craig, Morel, Morales, Rolando, MAW, and more. I still have much to learn about House, but I’m excited to keep exploring.

Now that you know a bit more about my musical journey (which truly defines me), I invite you to check out my latest mini-mix—a 39-minute exploration of what House music means to me. It’s groovy, percussive, dark, and undeniably sexy… some call it deep, others tech, or even Ballroom!

Milan / Lisbon / NYC
If my hair gets messed up it means it's a good party

-S̷ ̷P̷ ̷R̷ ̷F̷ ̷R̷ ̷K̷-

A dancefloor diva turned DJ from Brooklyn, NY via Miami, FL.

1/2 of KNDYFRK with @KANDYLION

Bookings: sprfrkmusic@gmail.com

All mixes saved to my playlist
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1/2 of Female

NYC DJ by way of NC

bookings: jzeigler413@gmail.com

ThoughtKnot is a DJ, promoter, music industry executive and a bloody tall Welsh man living in NYC

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