Pontoon Bookings

We are excited to announce that Rotterdam-based DJ Katie is joining the Pontoon roster.

‘’Kate Takada – AKA Katie – has never been far from water in motion. Born near the Edogawa River in Tokyo, she is now making waves just inland from the North Sea.

When behind the decks in the club, Katie will often draw for sounds percolating somewhere across the spectrum of house-leaning electronic music, but her influences stretch far beyond the four-to-the-floor. Having grown up on a sonic diet of funk and soul, she has always been drawn to bold basslines and the kind of memorable vocal work characterising disco, synth-pop, italo, the deepest of deep house, and more. The futuristic polish of italo-disco aesthetics even finds natural companionship in the sleek electro cuts that have found their way into more recent sets, which have tended towards the more electronic, but without losing any of the bounce. All that is to say: machine music crafted soulfully to make bodies bump and hearts swell.

Having emerged from the claustrophobia of COVID-induced lockdowns with a new appetite for both club sounds, Katie began to experience the collective joy of some of Rotterdam’s more intimate and expressive dance floors, both in front of and inside the booth. Transformative dances at Bound45 were followed up with warm-up slots at the likes of Wildeburg Festival, Weelde, Het Bos, and NAR, often counting local talents and close friends Mowgli, Charmaine, Yoast, and Eileen as co-conspirators. This is in addition to founding Ito Collective, an arts and cultural organisation focusing on the Asian diaspora in the Netherlands, and sharing sounds with fellow sleepyheads on her monthly Operator Radio show Not an Early Bird.’’

For bookings contact: [email protected]

✍️ Harry Reddick

Pim and Proper & Gamma Intel's B2B set this month, closing Operator’s stage at Blijdorp Festival, is already one for the books! Be sure to check out the full video of the set.

https://pontoonbookings.nl/2024/08/31/pim-and-proper-blijdorp-festival-set/

Phono Lake invites Mowgli & Katie

🗓️ 31 August 2024
🕣 22:00 - 03:00
📍Phono Lake Amsterdam

Kimmah at .official x at Perron this Saturday! In the coming weeks, catch Kimmah at the Epiphany Records showcase at Sexyland, OOST, and a special Scattered Waves event at Murmur.

🗓️ 31 August 2024
🕣 00:00 - 03:00
📍Cultuurpodium Perron

The legendary Berlin store and label Sound Metaphors is coming to Amsterdam on Thursday, October 17th. Join us at Noorderlicht from 8 PM to 6 AM for ten hours of non-stop action. Expect everything from Funk, Balearic, and Disco to House, Wave, Italo, and Electro.

Sound Metaphors Showcase ADE
🎟️ https://pontoonbookings.stager.co/web/tickets/111443227

This week, Mixmag Asia featured Kimmah as an artist to keep an eye on!

KIMMAH FEATURED ON MIXMAG - Pontoon Bookings This week, Mixmag Asia spotlighted Kimmah as an artist to keep an eye on.

Mowgli joins Sweater On Polo, Logan Da Silva, and Ruben on August 16th for a raw, sexy, trax get-together at Antwerp’s Het Bos. Following that, Mowgli’s August schedule continues with stops at Weelde Festival and Phono Lake. Plus, keep an eye out for news on some exciting city debuts in the coming weeks.

Check out Pinkman’s Mad Wednesday stream with Pim and Proper 🛸 1 hour of electro goodness!

https://pontoonbookings.nl/2024/08/08/pim-and-proper-panama-racing-club-show/

Marsman’s Colombia & Mexico tour kicks off tomorrow 🇨🇴🇲🇽

Schedule:
09.08 Paradisco - Bogotá
10.08 Oxidisco & Morfina @ 50 | 50 - Medellín
16.08 Terror Clash @ El Dragón de Oro - Mexico City
17.08 Hard Aerobics @ Pardo Club - Guadalajara
18.08 Sunday Sunday - Mexico City

Pim and Proper & Eileen at Blijdorp Festival this Saturday!

Pim and Proper B2B Gamma Intel
🗓️ 10 August 2024
🕣 21:30 - 23:00
📍 Wildernis (Operator Radio stage)

Eileen
🗓️ 10 August 2024
🕣 12:00 - 15:00
📍 Blijdorp stage

Eileen returns to this Saturday at Milkshake Festival!

🗓️ 27 July 2024
🕣 14:00 - 15:30
📍 Milkshake Festival

Kimmah’s Poland debut this Saturday at a special dance night inside the

🗓️ 20 Jul 2024
🕣 00:00 - 02:00
📍 National Museum Warsaw

We are excited to have our artists Eileen, Kimmah, Marsman, and Yopo at this year’s festival.

Eileen
🗓️ 12 Jul 2024
🕣 14:00 - 17:00
📍 Achtertuin

Kimmah
🗓️ 13 Jul 2024
🕣 00:00 - 02:00
📍 Bud Lodge

Marsman
🗓️ 13 Jul 2024
🕣 04:00 - 06:00
📍 Bud Lodge

Yopo
🗓️ 14 Jul 2024
🕣 00:00 - 03:00
📍Vuurtorenstrand

Marsman and Krismika go B2B for the first time at the FOMO45 stage at Network Festival this weekend 🤝🛸

🗓️ Sat, 6 Jul 2024
🕣 19:00-20:00
📍 Network Festival

Join us on the 6th of July as we take over the iconic Red Room of .berlin with Eileen, Mowgli and Yopo.

🗓️ Sat, 6 Jul 2024

🕣 01:00 – 08:00

📍 Renate

Exciting one this Saturday! Kimmah’s debut at .raum

🗓️ 6 July 2024
🕘 23:00 - 02:00
📍CLUB RAUM

After three busy months in Asia, with 13 gigs across China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Kimmah is now back in Rotterdam. Catch her in the coming weeks at RAUM, Wildeburg Festival, and her Warsaw debut on July 20.

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Final date of the Asia tour this Friday at .observatory in Saigon!

🗓️ 21 June
📍The Observatory

We are excited to have our artists Kimmah, Marsman, Eileen, and Yopo at this year’s Wildeburg Festival. See you there!

Kimmah, Marsman, Eileen & Yopo at Wildeburg Festival - Pontoon Bookings We are excited to have our artists Kimmah, Marsman, Eileen, and Yopo at this year’s Wildeburg Festival.

A new episode of OBEY Clothing’s mix series featuring Marsman is out now.

MARSMAN FOR OBEY - Pontoon Bookings Exciting news! A new episode of OBEY Clothing’s mix series featuring Marsman is out today.

Eileen’s latest .radio show is up on the cloud 📡Check it out at soundcloud.com/djeileen/sets/eileen-operator-radio

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On the 21 June, Cult=us opens all night long w/ Jeff Solo, Mowgli & A.L.P.

🗓️ 21 June
🕛 23:00 - 05:00
🎟️ Limited to 150. Link in the bio.

Jeff Solo
Jeff Solo has been steadily working as a DJ, producer and event programmer for over a decade. With an extensive array of genres at his command, ranging from experimental and leftfield house & electronics to techno, slowbeat, wave, disco and boogie, Jeff is able to move crowds in any direction.

Mowgli
Deep in the heart of Rotterdam’s concrete jungle you’ll catch Mowgli swinging through a crate of minimal wave, unknown boogie and the noisier edges of Chicago house and early techno. Heavy duty drum machine workouts and raw analogue synths are always on the menu, and this head chef is cooking up a storm whenever he steps behind the deck.

A.L.P.
A.L.P., hailing from Rotterdam, seamlessly blends House, Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Disco into a vibrant musical tapestry. As the co-owner of Bound45, he curates a dynamic selection of tracks and artists, and plays sets that span a spectrum of genres. Expect groovy rhythms, underground house, and infectious boogie vibes.

Pim and Proper & Gamma Intel 📸 by

Zhao Dai on Leave Festival this weekend!

🗓️ 1 June 2024
📍Aranya Golden Coast Community, Hebei, China.

Tune in at 4PM 🛸
intergalactic.fm

Marsman in Athens this Friday for the Pinkman x FERMA label night at six d.o.g.s!

Eileen’s Paris debut this Wednesday for Mercredi Soir x House Of Underground at .paris

🗓️ 29 May 2024
🕘 23:00 -01:00 Eileen
📍Virage Paris

Kimmah at this Saturday for .vn

🗓️ 18 May
🕛 03.00 - 05.00
📍 Savage

Schedule May / June