Transport v. 9: James Nasty & DJ Ando & Queen Méabh & Language Models

Thu 07/17/25
8:30PM
18+
music
$10

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Transport v. 9: James Nasty • DJ Ando • Queen Méabh • Language Models

Thursday, July 17 • 8:30pm • $10 • 18+

**DRESS TO SWEAT** Hot and heavy low pressure beatwave from Baltimore makes its way Midwestward where it’s forecasted to swirl into collaboration with Milwaukee’s predictably housey climate. In other headlines, studies show that weather and music are both made of air pressure. Whatever that means.

830: Queen Méabh kicks things off with groovy French house staples and influences to loosen our hips and tickle our toes and open up those crusty souls.

930: DJ Ando joins with eclectic house that satisfies like Pintxos and refreshes like Txakoli, yummmm delicious! Hooks, horns, breaks, pop remixes and basslines; sometimes the simple things are mighty fine. Hands up, heads down, working that thing all around: music for dancing that joins Basque Country to the Midwest.

1030: James Nasty, musical multiplicity and maestro of Baltimore Club, is handling peak freak hours. He’s packing mountains of sub, naughty streams of sampled consciousness, thundering claps, and an intricate thicket of polyrhythms. Hold tight to your booty – it’s liable to shake itself right off.

12: Language Models, as always, will be spinning clockwise like a record until close to delay as long as possible your return to “the real world”, which spins counterclockwise.

Show Lineup

James Nasty

(Baltimore)
Genre: DJ

For over a decade, Baltimore’s James Nasty has excelled as a DJ and producer of Charm City’s iconic house music sounds, pushing barriers and genres to their breaking point in search of sweat-drenched crowds. He’s been twice awarded “Best DJ In A Club” by the Baltimore City Paper, and globally he’s been cosigned by BoilerRoom, Mixmag, and Vice. DJs including A-Trak, Anna Lunoe, Nicole Moudaber, Maceo Plex, Sirius XM Shade45’s DJ Wonder, and DJ UNIIQUE are fond of his work.

When asked to sum up his creative goals, Nasty answers: “Even if it means I have to break the rules, I just want to make people feel some kind of way. I’m a DJ for the people.”

DJ Ando

(Milwaukee / Basque Country)
Genre: DJ

DJ Ando is back for the summer! She grew up in Brookfield, lived in Milwaukee for six years, and currently resides in Europe (Basque Country). She tends to draw from traditional styles such as house, electronic, and hip hop, to more geographically distant styles, such as Afrobeat or breakbeat. DJ Ando always showcases the latest trends in all her sets, but always integrates some old school vibes. She frequently DJs in clubs and festivals in the Basque Country and at many different venues in Milwaukee and Chicago when she’s in town.

Queen Méabh

Genre: Disco, DJ, House

My style is the music you would hear at a Parisian discotheque. I blend French Touch, Deep House, Disco, and many other genres to create a blend of music that you can shimmer to through the night. I strive for the minimalistic mixing style of DJ’s like DJ Falcon, Alan Braxe, and Etienne De Crecy to name a few!

Language Models

(Concord, NH)
Genre: DJ

Language Models is a dancer, DJ, and and multi-instrumentalist born in the signature black boxes of Midwest raves. lost track of how many sweaty years on hypnotic underground dance floors have culminated in a thriving relationship with vinyl turntables: these percussive elements buttered with those bass grooves to keep dance floors locked late into the night. 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.

For booking, contact languagemodelsmusic@gmail.com.