Mira Invites in The Ruins: Mira, Viken Arman (Live), Vivian Wang
About This Event
Mira Invites in The Ruins at Knockdown Center features Mira, Viken Arman (Live), and Vivian Wang. Mira, a Bulgarian-born English musician and longtime member of Ladytron who also works as a geneticist, DJs with an emphasis on clarity, moving between club structures and song-form with restrained transitions. Viken Arman’s live set traces organic house, tribal pulse and downtempo space with hip‑hop and R&B threading the pacing; Vivian Wang, a San Francisco–based product designer on Messenger, appears on the bill.
About Mira Invites in The Ruins
At Knockdown Center, *Mira Invites in The Ruins* stages an electronic night built around the DJ as curator and host. Mira leads a bill that includes Viken Arman and Vivian Wang, moving between club logic and concert framing in a live setting. In a city where dance floors often double as cultural infrastructure, the series reads as a small study in how scenes are maintained through invitation and context. The most telling detail is its restraint: the program makes space for shifts in tempo rather than constant escalation.
About the Artists
Mira
Mira is a Bulgarian-born, UK-based electronic musician and DJ whose work spans club formats and songcraft. Known for her long-running role in Ladytron as a keyboardist, vocalist, and writer, she also maintains an active career outside music as a geneticist.
Viken Arman
Viken Arman is a DJ and electronic producer whose sets move between organic house, tribal pulse, and downtempo space, with hip-hop and R&B threading through his pacing. In New York City he has appeared at Knockdown Center and in The Ruins, including bills such as Mira Invites alongside Mira and Vivian Wang.