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    Azadi: ZAINAB, JIALING, Mathias

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    Thursday, April 23, 2026

    10:30 PM

    Public Records

    Gowanus, Brooklyn

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Public Records hosts an Azadi bill featuring ZAINAB alongside JIALING and Mathias Grassow. ZAINAB, who curates the Azadi series at the venue, programs patient, structurally driven sets with clean transitions. JIALING brings genre‑fluid, rhythm‑focused club work developed at spaces such as Elsewhere, while Mathias Grassow contributes dark and drone ambient often framed as meditative and introspective.

    About the Artists

    ZAINAB

    ZAINAB

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    ZAINAB is a New York City–based DJ and presenter closely associated with Public Records, where she curates and headlines her ongoing Azadi series. Her background in media and culture projects shapes an approach to the room that emphasizes structure, patient pacing, and clean transitions.

    JIALING

    JIALING

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    JIALING is an electronic artist whose sets have been heard in New York City at Elsewhere, a venue known for genre-fluid club programming. She has appeared on bills alongside Conducta, Samo, Denham Audio, and HONEY B, including the event titled “Conducta & Friends w/ JIALING, Samo, Denham Audio, HONEY B.

    Mathias

    Mathias Grassow was a German ambient musician whose recordings can also be classified in the genres of dark ambient and drone ambient. His music often has a meditative and emotional and spiritual context, which induces deep feelings of introspection in listeners.