Dominatrix • Bill Converse • Parlor Walls • Carlos Souffront

Dominatrix is a New York–rooted synthpop act associated with the early-1980s club ecosystem, remembered in part for the single “The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight,” which fed into the city’s developing freestyle vocabulary.

Dominatrix is a New York City synthpop group whose brief early-1980s run left a long afterlife in club culture. Their 1984 single “The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight” became a touchstone for the developing freestyle sound, linking electronic pop hooks to dance-floor propulsion.

Bill Converse is a New York–based rock and pop performer who turns up in mixed-bill nights that bridge downtown scenes. At Pianos, he has shared the stage with the 1980s synthpop group Dominatrix, alongside Parlor Walls and electronic artist and DJ Carlos Souffront.

Parlor Walls is a New York–based group operating at the edges of rock and pop, with a pull toward noise rock and experimental jazz. They’ve appeared on bills at Pianos alongside acts like Dominatrix, Bill Converse, and Carlos Souffront, placing their work in a local continuum that runs from early synthpop to current electronic practice.

Carlos Souffront is a New York City–based electronic artist and DJ who has appeared regularly in club contexts such as Nowadays. His sets move between tactile rhythm work and open-ended sound design, shaped by the demands of long-form dance floors.