Iconic Nightlife Destination The Brooklyn Mirage Taps Black Coffee for its First-Ever Residency

GRAMMY Award-Winning DJ’s First NYC Residency kicks off May 4

BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On the heels of unveiling a wholly new build that will redefine the nightlife experience, New York City’s most iconic cultural and music venue, The Brooklyn Mirage, announces its first-ever residency featuring Black Coffee, one of the most influential electronic music artists of our time. This groundbreaking residency marks a historic moment for the venue, artist, and city, with fans set to enjoy an unparalleled audiovisual experience and the first New York City residency from the GRAMMY Award-winning artist.

More than just a series of shows, Black Coffee’s residency promises to be a sonic revolution. Renowned for his signature “Afropolitan” sound, a distinctly metropolitan techno with heavy traditional influences from his formative years in South Africa, Black Coffee pioneered what has quickly become one of today’s leading dance music genres globally. Each evening’s soundtrack will envelop the entire venue through a newly installed, custom L-Acoustics Soundsystem. The colorful, high-energy visuals that Black Coffee is known for will appear in high definition on The Brooklyn Mirage’s new, hyper-realistic 270-degree virtual environment, boasting 30K resolution, 100 million pixels, and over 3,000 tiles. Each performance promises a uniquely immersive journey through Black Coffee’s broad discography and an experience unlike anything the DJ has ever done before.

This residency is a full-circle moment for the iconic venue and award-winning DJ. Black Coffee performed at The Brooklyn Mirage in 2019, 2021, and 2022 and sold out every date, including the 2022 season closing weekend, where he curated a three-night lineup of performers, including Marshall Jefferson and DJ Pierre. Over the next two years, Black Coffee headlined and sold out two venues that enjoy a co-promotional relationship with Avant Gardner: the legendary Madison Square Garden and the raw industrial backdrop of Under the K Bridge. The former marked a historic moment as Black Coffee became the first African DJ to sell out Madison Square Garden.

“Over the last ten years, The Brooklyn Mirage has seen incredible artists grace our stage, originally seen as local heroes and eventually becoming international household names. As we prepare to unveil our new build, we also sought to stake New York City’s claim as a must-visit destination for artists and music lovers and to offer the same residencies that have transformed other cities into music destinations,” said Josh Wyatt, CEO of Avant Gardner. “Black Coffee is an artist who holds the same willingness to push creative boundaries and has lit up stages worldwide. We are honored to provide a home for his first NYC residency.”

“New York has always been a special place for me and one of the most exciting crowds to come and spread love with, said Black Coffee. “I’m honored to hold the first ever residency at The Brooklyn Mirage, but even more so excited to make the newly re-vamped venue my NYC home for four dates in 2025!”

The four-date residency kicks off on Sunday, May 4, will continue on Thursday, July 3, and Sunday, August 24, and concludes on Sunday, October 19. For tickets, set times, supporting acts, and the latest event updates, visit Avant-Gardner.com.

ABOUT AVANT GARDNER

Avant Gardner is New York City’s premier entertainment destination. Its flagship venue, The Brooklyn Mirage, is the crown jewel of NYC’s live music scene and one of the most iconic venues in the world. Spanning an 80,000-square-foot complex that occupies an entire city block in East Williamsburg, Avant Gardner is renowned for its world-class audiovisual production.

Voted North America’s “Best Large Club” in 2022 and 2023 and ranked Top 10 globally by DJ Mag, Avant Gardner has hosted sold-out performances by top global acts, including Rüfüs Du Sol, Glass Animals, Afterlife, Keinemusik, John Summit, Black Coffee, Fisher, Drake, David Guetta, Reneé Rapp, Rina Sawayama, SOFI TUKKER, Tainy, Tiësto, and many more. For more information, visit Avant-Gardner.com.

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ABOUT BLACK COFFEE

Black Coffee is a South African DJ, music producer and modern day renaissance man who has become one of the most prominent figures in global electronic music. Born Nkosinathi Maphumulo in Umlazi in Kwa-Zulu Natal, he began his career in music in the mid-1990s as a DJ and producer in South Africa. It wasn’t until 2003, however, that he released his debut album, a self-titled project that showcased his deep, soulful take on house music to the world.

Over the next several years, Black Coffee continued to build his reputation as one of South Africa’s most innovative and respected DJs, earning an intensely loyal following for his intricate, percussive sound and a commitment to showcasing the best of the country’s diverse musical traditions and rising talent. He further released a series of highly acclaimed albums including “Have Another One” (2007), “Home Brewed” (2009), “Africa Rising” (2012), “Pieces of Me” (2015) and “Subconsciously” (2021).

Black Coffee’s imaginative staging of his “Africa Rising” longplayer broke boundaries as he marked the elevation of homegrown South African house music into a world class entertainment experience with a debut performance at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban featuring a live 24 piece orchestra of full percussion and live keys, alongside appearances by Bucie, Zakes Bantwini, Victor Ntoni, Black Moses and Brothers of Peace.

Since his early years, Black Coffee has stood out for his deep-rooted knowledge of music and a natural ability for blending house with soul, alternative African percussions, organic-sounding electronics, jazz elements and vocals. The music of Africa, in all its wide-spanning and complex history, finds its roots in drums. Keeping this in mind, it’s no surprise that percussion drives this South African artist’s sound, a distinctly metropolitan techno with heavy traditional influences dubbed by some as “Afropolitan House.”

In 2015, Black Coffee started to really make a name for himself on the international stage, with high-profile appearances at major festivals like Ultra Miami, Tomorrowland and Coachella. Within a matter of years he has become one of the top touring performers in the world, maintaining a now 5-season running, 21-week residency at Ibiza’s premier clubbing destination, Hi Ibiza whilst simultaneously commanding standout performances too numerous to mention at clubs, events and festivals across five continents and 82 countries each year.

Unsurprisingly, Black Coffee also succeeded in firmly ratifying his unmistakable production prowess and has continuously shattered boundaries, most consequentially with his remix for the inimitable Alicia Keys, a collaboration with international superstar, Drake as well as landing an Executive Producer credit on Drake’s recent “Honestly Nevermind” LP not to mention Black Coffee’s 2022 Grammy win for “Best Dance/Electronic Album” in respect of his 6th studio album “Subconsciously” which featured the likes of Pharrell Williams, Usher, Diplo, RyX, David Guetta and more.

A stalwart philanthropist since the early days, Black Coffee exhibits an unyielding commitment to harnessing and re-investing the abundance he’s been blessed with by giving back to his community via his self titled, non-profit organisation, the Black Coffee Foundation. The charitable entity focuses on raising funds and providing ongoing aid, upliftment and opportunity to the destitute and disabled people of South Africa.

Black Coffee exhibits equal, relentless fervour in pursuit of the many and diverse passion projects he has outside of music; from the self owned, angel investment entity FlightMode Digital at the forefront of championing entrepreneurship in Africa and the ever-expanding, innovative retail fashion concept YAWA to his award winning, debut foray into interior design in collaboration with Tristan Du Plessis for Johannesburg’s Hallmark House not to mention a vociferous obsession with building on an already prodigious, contemporary art collection.

Despite achieving phenomenal global success and irrefutable creative acclaim, Black Coffee remains curiously grounded, humble and dedicated to his craft, constantly pushing the limits of his sound and seeking out new ways to connect with his audiences. With a new album in the works and an already packed touring schedule in place for 2023, it’s clear that from family to community, to clan, to culture, to country, to the world; we continue to be inexorably blessed with the limitless talent and productivity of such a creative genius, as Black Coffee.

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