Transport v.10: Sian Nevenicola and Language Models

Fri 08/22/25
10:30PM
18+
music
$10

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Anonymous nodes glitter with manic creativity, unbothered by the night. The dark can’t hamper a real spark gowing singular in the surplus if it’s adamant about its sound. Feet pound the ground and the LFOs go ’round and ’round, up and down. Pads stab the air between here and there, wherever there are molecules to move. Chaotic fills fill the dark room and chase away the gloom. Freaks assemble, it’s happening soon.

11pm: Transport welcomes sian nevenicola to Cactus Club. sian is a prolific dance music artist whose original work spans genres from the vibiest of house to trippy ambient to giggle-happy hardcore. These are tracks that smell like sweat and left turns, like the chance to let your heart take flight in the lightweighted dark. Dare ya to open the cage – you can trust this Language Model.

1am: tommy will be bouncing around the turntables to recontextualize the bliss of the night. If you’re looking for a place to freak and frickin dance in the dark with your weird friends, you might trust this Language Model.

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sian nevenicola

(Zion, Illinois)
Genre: DJ

sian nevenicola is a Midwestern femme empowered producer, DJ, curator, and vocalist who is pushing electronic music to new fronts, not just for indigenous aboriginal people in their community but for all black and brown people across the globe. She’s been
finding her sound since 2021 through experimentation with all eras of electronic dance music, and is currently working towards creating spaces that help music live not just physically in the world but also in the minds and hearts of those who have come before her, and those who are yet to come.

Language Models

(Concord, NH)
Genre: DJ

Lost track of how many sweaty years in hypnotic underground black boxes have culminated in a thriving relationship with vinyl turntables. Fluent in house & techno and progressive & disco, and open to anything: all music is dance music.

Language Models hosts Open Decks, a Cactus+ Program that makes professional DJ equipment available with guidance to both aspiring and practicing DJs. Open Decks occurs twice each month: the 1st Saturday with digital formats, and the 3rd Saturday with vinyl.

Language Models also hosts Transport, Cactus Club’s own late-night dance party series that focuses on the psychedelic sounds of Midwest house and techno, classic and cutting edge. Transport brings DJs from throughout the region to share the the variety of this rich tradition on the Cactus dance floor.

Language Models is optimistically curious about the political potential of dance music events. If you’re curious about just how curious, feel free to check out the dissertation.

Inquiries: languagemodelsmusic@gmail.com