NYMPHO presents an exclusive intimate Australian listening party for Arca's forthcoming album, XXXXX, at Miscellania in partnership with XL Recordings and Arca.

DJ sets from:

Aaliyah Salem

Ari Angkasa

PITCHKA

+ More TBA

ARCA WILL NOT BE PRESENT AT THIS EVENT

NYMPHO would like to acknowledge that this event is taking place stolen land. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin nation. We pay respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.

First Nations peoples + Trans Women of Colour come free. Please email info@nympho.world or DM us directly for your complimentary ticket.

Miscellania is not wheelchair accessible. The Miscellania venue room can only be accessed via four flights of stairs. The rooftop bar is a further two flights of stairs up from the main venue room. Smoke machines will be used. There will be no strobe lights.

NYMPHO PRESENTS: ARCA - XXXXX LISTENING PARTY

Presenting a headline performance of Lucy Lamb & some of Australia's greatest burgeoning underground talent, Vari4nc3 once again returns to MISCELLANIA.

Full Lineup

Lucy Lamb
Aaliyah Salem
David Grey
Horlin
Erika Ever
Plumia

See accessibility details for MISCELLANIA below
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fHR60VwEErBidoSdSbRgbWh8LDVlDjW5RQB8JE916B8/edit?tab=t.0

Vari4nc3 presents Lucy Lamb, Plumia, David Grey + More

Saturday August 1st Valona & Rainbow are once again hijacking Miscellania. Strap in…Lookbook no.2 is incoming! 

On this episode we’re inviting an exclusive selection of Melbourne nightlife’s most iconic characters to take the helm, with cameos from;

- Ela Stiles (@elastiles)
- Nick Currie (@nicholascurrie)
- Spencer Lai (@babeydivorce)
- Dj Dooby (SYD) (@deevuk)
- Billy Fritz & Pinky Avolo (@nathanmcollis & @pinky_avolo)
- Brooklyn Queenz (@br00klynqueenz)
- Andy & Phillip (@1800andyforever & @phillipsisfamous)
- Cara (@salomonszj)

From this potpourri we can surely expect notes of; FashionTV, RnB rerubs, champagne showers, sexy electro… maybe even a particularly sleazy CAKE remix? We all love a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket. Strangers become friends, and there’s always one more song!

All the essential ingredients for a sweaty dance floor, the only thing missing is you! Put on your diamonds and pearls, grab a ticket and meet us in the photobooth. Who knows where the night will end up? But as the old adage goes ‘Let’s have some fun, this beat is sick…’. 

It’s a Party! Just come!

LOOKBOOK with Ela Stiles, Brooklyn Queenz, Nick Currie, Spencer Lai, Dj Dooby, Billy Fritz & Pinky Avolo, Andy & Phillip, & Cara

GAY24 Film Club is proud to partner with Piss Factory to bring new restorations of Akihiro Suzuki's groundbreaking Y2K queer pink film LOOKING FOR AN ANGEL (1999) and its tragically underseen follow-up ANGEL'S BODY TEMPERATURE (2001) to Australia for the first time.

When Takachi, a young queer porn star, is found dead, his friends gather in a small Tokyo bar to share their love for him and collectively piece together his life from the fractured memories they hold. Eventually, his friends Shinpei and Reiko decide to travel to Takachi's Shikoku hometown of Kochi, seeking a clearer picture of their lost friend in a place where all boys seem to be Angels.

Soundtracked by the late 90s Japanese underground and shot on a variety of dreamy and vibrant film stocks, LOOKING FOR AN ANGEL’s status as a Japanese pink film - short, cheaply produced features made for the softcore porn market - has until now kept it out of the New Queer Cinema canon. Long held to be a cult classic within its home country, this recent restoration and re-translation into English allows LOOKING FOR AN ANGEL to finally be reappraised as not only one of the great forgotten queer films of the 1990s, but a triumph of independent Japanese film at large.

Working within the pink film industry, Suzuki saw LOOKING FOR AN ANGEL as an opportunity to push back against the overwhelmingly heterosexist film landscape of the 1990s. “At the time, I felt a sense of rebellion against the heterosexual-dominated world, and wanted to portray sexuality and identity through an ambiguity that cannot be categorized. I wanted to make a 35mm film like an 8mm film, mix various visual media, and include people of diverse sexualities around me in it.”

Following the release of LOOKING FOR AN ANGEL, Suzuki moved from patchwork film stock to hand-held MiniDV cameras for his follow-up ANGEL'S BODY TEMPERATURE. Having played with and stretched to their limits the established structures of pink film with its predecessor, ANGEL'S BODY TEMPERATURE instead looks to the then-burgeoning amateur porn industry for inspiration. In this way, the shift to MiniDV helps facilitate the movement from its predecessor's gorgeous dreaminess toward an almost painful intimacy.

Aketo is a 20-year-old college student living in Tokyo, while his older lover Hiroshi keeps him at arm's length in Kyoto. One day he meets a woman named Harumi who has taken to wandering around Tokyo, and together they enable each other to assert some control over their lives. Sitting somewhere between a sequel and an echo, ANGEL'S BODY TEMPERATURE is amateur porn taken to its logical extreme: all miscommunication, disappointment, and awkward reaching for something just outside your grasp, but within that, momentary glimpses of true beauty and connection.

Released appropriately straight-to-video and until now never translated into English, this screening marks the first time ANGEL'S BODY TEMPERATURE has even been shown in public - a worldwide premiere twenty-five years late, and an opportunity to uncover something beautiful and lost, at long last.

By his own description, the films of Akihiro Suzuki are “neither straight, gay, queer, bisexual, asexual or pornographic, but [rather] anti-heterosexist”. GAY24 Film Club could not be any prouder and more excited to be bringing them to Naarm. Essential viewing for fans of Hideaki Anno's Love & Pop, Lynch's Inland Empire, the early works of Gregg Araki, the music of Les Rallizes Dénudés and Maher Shalal Hash Baz, falling in love with somebody you shouldn't, and the years 1997-2003.

Both films will be shown with full English subtitles. Further accessibility information available here. Misc Rooftop will be open with drink specials before the films from 4pm, and stay open afterwards for a wine and debrief. 💋

GAY24 presents LOOKING FOR AN ANGEL + ANGEL'S BODY TEMPERATURE

Je T'aime Ends is a community-driven party celebrating the Black diaspora through electronic music.
Created to champion Black and BIPOC DJs around Australia, the night shines a light on the artists shaping the DJ scene, while creating a space where everyone feels welcome to move freely. 

Expect a carefully curated soundtrack of bass, house, UK garage, breaks and everything in between.
At its core, Je T'aime Ends is about connection, culture and the freedom to dance. Come as you are, respect the space. Let go and dance freely. No egos, no pressure, just good music.

Jet’aime Ends with Caucasian Opportunities, C00KIE, Attungor, Divine x Garçons, Mike Carlo & PK

FIVE YEARS OF MISC

*Somehow... we made it...*

**SATURDAY | DAY ONE (3PM-3AM, AUG 8):**

Aaliyah Salem

ATARANGI b2b Maz

Bensin LIVE

Genevieve Fry & Jacob Coppedge as: BASIC ETHER LIVE 

Ladies Who Lunch III

Little Tim DJ

Nelly Clit & Stacey Collee

SHUKO

Si Banshee

Tiaki

Trims Bagus

Ugliest Hottie

Wet Kiss LIVE

YL Hooi & Rama Parwata LIVE

**SUNDAY | DAY TWO (7AM-1AM, AUG 9):**

Aashofteh

Ari Angkasa

Bad Goblin

Bayu b2b Sconce

Cutting Room LIVE

D-Grade

D. Tyrone b2b Naycab

Ether

Kate Miller LIVE

Katie Pearson b2b Millú

LOIF

Miscellania’s Got Talent

Osama Bin Burnout (Osama Bin Banger b2b DJ Burnout)

SOVBLKPSSY

Tangerine LIVE

Miscellania's Got Talent

**ALL WEEKEND:**

Rainbow's Room

*Design by Henry Lai-Pyne*

Miscellania is not wheelchair accessible. Full accessibility information can be found here

Miscellania operates on the Country of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their elders past and present, and acknowledge that the struggle against colonial violence continues. Sovereignty has never been ceded. We offer free entry for all First Nations Peoples - please send us an email at info@miscellania.club to organise.

FIVE YEARS OF MISC

GIROLOCO TOUR IS BACK! 

This time bringing one of the biggest names in the Baile Funk scene in Brazil and the world, coming from a tour in Europe, Korea and Japan, straight to Australia: PETRUS

Full accessibility document for Miscellania can be found here.

GIROLOCO Presents: PETRUS

Nongkrong’s club night, Soda Gembira, returns for its second iteration. A nod to the classic Indonesian pink drink, – fruity, layered, and delightfully extra – brings the same playful energy to the dance floor, with a cheeky edge that’s all about self-expression and shaking ass. With dancers and DJs taking over, expect a journey through Indonesia’s underrepresented club sounds from dangdut, koplo, funkot, jedag jedug to breakbeat. 

LINEUP

**Amira – Bobo – Cristal No.5 – Miss Diesel - Olita - Ones - Rivi - Sakidasumi – Yani**
Be ready to get sweaty.

From 3pm, Indonesian DJs will be spinning tunes on the rooftop. Of course, there's no Nongkrong without food — the team from Ulam Rasa will be serving Indonesian food from 5pm.

Dinner is Nasi Kuning, a celebratory turmeric coconut rice commonly served at Indonesian festivities, topped with balado chilli egg, sweet tempeh, fried vermicelli noodles and garlic crackers. Pre-order for this meal is available so you don't miss out. A bigger menu of snacks will also be available, made to order on the night.

Miscellania is not wheelchair accessible. Full accessibility information can be found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fHR60VwEErBidoSdSbRgbWh8LDVlDjW5RQB8JE916B8

Miscellania operates on the Country of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their elders past and present, and acknowledge that the struggle against colonial violence continues. Sovereignty has never been ceded. We offer free entry for all First Nations Peoples - please send us an email at info@miscellania.club to organise.

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