BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16877@thecmf.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260509T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260509T200000 DTSTAMP:20260323T224218Z URL:https://thecmf.com/events/esa-nevada-hardware-melter-dj-veganinblack/ SUMMARY:ESA\, NEVADA HARDWARE\, [melter]\, DJ Veganinblack DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\nESA\, Nevada Hardware\, [melter]\, DJ Veganinblack \nLivewire Lounge3394 N Milwaukee AveChicago\nSaturday May 9 20268pm21+\n$ 20 adv/$25 doors\n\n***\nESA (UK)A fusion of hard electronic rhythms and p owerful sonic hooks. ESA's heavy rhythmic style has become rooted at the f orefront of the Harsh Industrial/ Power Electronics /EBM scene\, predomina ntly owing to slews of powerful and engaging live shows and festivals span ning Russia/ Japan/ USA/ and the majority of Europe\, along with 12 hard h itting critically albums.\nhttps://www.instagram.com/jamie_esa_official/ht tps://linktr.ee/electronicsubstanceabusehttps://esangp.bandcamp.com/music\ n***\nNevada Hardware is a Chicago-based industrial breakbeat project know n for fusing distorted guitars\, chopped samples\, and massive hook-heavy grooves. Their early-2025 release Split Scene (Thinkbreak Records) earned underground acclaim\, landing top positions on year-end lists from I Die: You Die\, ReGen Magazine\, and A Model of Control. Nevada Hardware has bui lt a reputation for heavy\, kinetic dance music that nods to industrial\, techno\, and late-90s rave culture while staying sharply contemporary.\nKn own for high-energy live performances\, Nevada Hardware delivers relentles s sets that keep dancefloors moving. Live shows feature real-time sequence d video created in collaboration with multimedia artist and labelmate royb 0t\, tightly synced to the music to create an immersive\, high-impact audi ovisual experience.\nhttps://linktr.ee/nevadahardwarehttps://nevadahardwar e.bandcamp.comhttps://www.thinkbreakrecords.com/nevadahardware\n\n***\n[me lter] comprises Robert Hyman and Jax Allos: a sonic disturbance made of fl esh\, blood\, and machine. Their 2023 self-titled EP ranges from the jarri ng\, distorted rhythms and menace of dark alternative rock and industrial noise\, through to the brooding atmospheres of darkwave and grinding gloom . Onstage\, Hyman’s propulsive battery of live drums drives the duo’s mix of electronics and heavy distorted bass\; whilst Allos stalks the stag e like some menacing hybrid of Peter Murphy’s more sinister sister\, and an animatronic pterosaur that threatens to malfunction at any moment.\nww w.meltermusic.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@meltermusichttps://www.facebook. com/meltermusic/https://www.instagram.com/meltermusic\n***\nDJ Veganinblac k’s roots are deeply planted in the Chicago goth/industrial/darkwave/ele ctro music community. As the founder of Club LeBon\, est May 2020\, &\; currently streaming live 3 days a week via Twitch\, DJ Veganinblack conju res an inclusive platform for dark underground dance music with a fresh fo cus on femme and LGBTQIA identifying artists. Her meticulously curated CD sets simultaneously support and explore the currentz\, classix &\; futu re sounds of dark subculture through the discovery of new artists &\; d ancefloor bangers branching from the archives. Genres &\; styles explor ed and blended in DJ Veganinblack’s sets include nugoth\, coldwave\, min imalsynth\, tribevibe\, postpunk\, rhythmic noise\, synthpop\, industrial &\; global bass\, retrowave\, EBM\, 80’s &\; 90’s remixed\, dark &\; dirty electro/techno. Connect to your cosmos thru radical self exp ression on the dancefloor.Recently\, DJ Veganinblack was the DJ support fo r national tours featuring Solar Fake\, SRSQ\, Secret Shame &\; Kælan Mikla/Kanga/Panic Priest. Invited festival appearances include Terminus Fe stival\, Calgary July 2019\, Cold Waves Chicago\, Sept 2021&\; 2024\, S kull Fest Detroit\, Nov 2022 &\; Be Afraid of the Dark &\; Sanctum F estivals\, Chicago\, Oct 2023\, Dark Force Fest\, NJ\, May 2025. DJ Vegani nblack has also organized and performed at her own events at Burning Man F estival\, Black Rock City NV\; Late Bar\, The Burlington\, The Fallen Log\ , Livewire\, Bourbon on Division &\; Epiphany Center for the Arts\, Chi cago.\nlinktr.ee/djveganinblacktwitch.tv/djveganinblack\n***\nNegative Gai n has been around since 1997 delivering classic industrial\, EBM\, darkwav e\, coldwave\, post-punk\, and goth music to the masses. In early 2011\, R oger Jarvis (of KDC and HexRx) joined Micah Skaritka (of Cruciform Injecti on) to reboot the label.This reboot included rebranding\, and restructurin g of the stable of bands on the label. The first three bands on the reboot were: HexRx\, Kevorkian Death Cycle\, and Alter Der Ruine.\nhttps://ngpof ficial.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/NegativeGainhttps://negativeg ain.com// ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thecmf.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/05 09LIVEWIRE.jpg CATEGORIES:21+ LOCATION:LiveWire Lounge\, 3394 N Milwaukee Ave\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 6064 1\, United States GEO:41.942821;-87.730414 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3394 N Milwaukee Ave\, Chic ago\, Illinois\, 60641\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=LiveWire Lounge:geo:41.942821,-87.730414 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR