Diary (Record Release) • Josephine Network • Raavi
About This Event
At Union Pool, DIARY presents a record-release set that extends their work at the edges of free performance, treating familiar song structures as prompts and moving between electronic detail and open texture. The bill also includes the Josephine Network, a collective focused on creating and promoting cultural events, and Raavi, a rock/pop artist from New York’s small-venue circuit whose band-forward arrangements emphasize voice, rhythm and lyrical shape.
About Diary (Record Release)
At Union Pool, this record-release bill brings together DIARY, Josephine Network, and Raavi for a night of rock/pop that leans into the downtown tradition of genre cross-pollination. DIARY treats the song as a framework rather than a fixed object, moving between electronic precision and more open, noise-scarred passages with roots in darkwave, EBM, and industrial practice. In a city where scenes are often defined by venues as much as bands, a release show like this functions as a public marker of community and method. The clearest through-line is process: sound tested in front of an audience, then committed to record.
About the Artists
DIARY
DIARY is a group working at the edges of free performance, with a footprint in New York City’s downtown rooms, including Cassette. Their collaborations span Carlos Truly, Dhemo, Key Hutch, Miles Hewitt, Andy Nicholl, Drawl, Slow Down Sunny, and Untitled Freak.
Josephine Network
The Josephine Network is a collective of artists and performers focused on creating and promoting cultural events and performances.
Raavi
Raavi is an individual rock/pop artist who has been part of New York City’s small-venue performance circuit, with appearances at Night Club 101 and the Knitting Factory. Their recent live sets have shared bills with Farrah Hanna and Sarah Katherine Lawless, placing the work in a collaborative, peer-facing context.