Big Crown Records 10 Year Anniversary ft El Michels Affair + special guests
About This Event
Big Crown Records marks its 10-year anniversary at Elsewhere, headlined by El Michels Affair with supporting sets from Brainstory, Dave Guy, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Homer, and Thee Marloes. The bill favors studio-minded arrangements and measured pacing: El Michels Affair’s producer-rooted, beat-driven textures sit beside Brainstory and Homer’s song-forward electronics, Dave Guy’s band-shaped clarity, and Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek’s Anatolian-psychedelic arrangements.
About Big Crown Records 10 Year Anniversary
Big Crown Records marks a decade in New York with an anniversary bill at Elsewhere, a venue that has become part of the city’s post-pandemic concert map. El Michels Affair anchors the night, with sets from Homer, Marco Benevento, Dave Guy, and Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, reflecting the label’s reach across rock and pop-adjacent studio scenes. The emphasis is on arrangement and tone rather than speed. One clear through-line is how a Brooklyn-based imprint has made careful production a live language.
About the Artists
El Michels Affair
El Michels Affair is an electronic-leaning artist and band project with roots in studio craft and collaboration, linked to the Big Crown Records circle. In New York City, the project appears at Elsewhere, including the label’s 10-year anniversary night alongside BRUX, Thee Marloes, and rotating special guests.
Homer
Homer is an individual electronic artist whose recorded footprint sits close to Latin rap and trap, with a sizable following on Spotify. In New York City, the project appears in club contexts like Elsewhere, including bills tied to the Big Crown Records 10 Year Anniversary alongside BRUX and rotating special guests.
Dave Guy
Dave Guy is a New York–based musician whose work sits between electronic production and indie jazz, shaped by bandstand experience as much as studio craft. He appears in the city’s club circuit, including Elsewhere, where his sets tend to move with steady pacing rather than big gestures.
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek sits at the intersection of Anatolian rock and contemporary psychedelia, often threaded with electronic textures and studio-minded precision. Led by singer and bağlama player Derya Yıldırım, the group builds arrangements that move between folk-rooted melody and modern rhythm design.
Brainstory
Brainstory is an electronic-leaning artist whose recorded work also sits close to retro soul, with a steady mid-level listenership on Spotify. In New York City, they appear at Elsewhere, including bills such as Big Crown Records’ 10-year anniversary night alongside BRUX, Thee Marloes, and rotating special guests.
Thee Marloes
Thee Marloes is an individual artist working at the crossroads of rock and pop, with recorded work that also draws from retro soul, Indonesian indie, and indie jazz. With an emerging Spotify profile and roughly 30,000 followers, their audience is growing steadily rather than overnight.