Sara Landry | Knockdown Center - New York City

Sara Landry, an American DJ and producer known for hard techno, counts a set at Knockdown Center in New York City among her notable performances. Knockdown Center, the setting for Sara Landry's New York City set, stands in the Maspeth neighbourhood of Queens. The Knockdown Center building in Queens went up in 1903 as a glass factory for the Gleason Tiebout Glass Company and was later used by a door manufacturer. In May 2019 Knockdown Center opened BASEMENT, a techno club occupying the space beneath its main building in Queens. Sara Landry took up DJing in New York City at a time when she was employed as a promoter. Sara Landry signed with Mau5trap in 2019 and released her first EP, Wait, that year. Sara Landry set up her own techno label, Hekate Records, in 2021 and named it after the ancient Greek goddess of witchcraft. Hekate Records, the label founded by Sara Landry, has released music by blk, Charlie Sparks, Shlømo and Nico Moreno. Sara Landry issued her album Spiritual Driveby through Hekate Records in 2024, two years after relocating to Amsterdam. Sara Landry appears with Jeff Mills, Kim Gordon and Arca on a list of notable artists who have performed at Knockdown Center in Queens.

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