Marie Davidson: 'City Of Clowns' DJ Set

We're excited to welcome Canadian DJ-producer Marie Davidson to Rough Trade Berlin on 1st February 2025 for an exclusive DJ Set in anticipation of her new record 'City Of Clowns'.

Fans will receive an exclusive print to be signed by Marie at this in-store.

PLEASE NOTE: CDs/LPs purchased as part this event will be available for pickup at the Rough Trade Berlin shop from 28/02/2025, when Marie's sixth studio album, made in collaboration with Soulwax and Pierre Guerineau, will be released via Soulwax’s own DEEWEE label.

Earlier this year, Davidson debuted on the legendary DEEWEE imprint with her single “Y.A.A.M. (Your Asses Are Mine),” reuniting with the Belgian powerhouse Soulwax, who previously reworked Davidson’s acclaimed “Work It” anthem. Her all-out blistering club cut “Contrarian” soon followed, evoking Davidson's heavier output.

'City Of Clowns', marks a return to the club – but not as you know it. The techno thump and scathing spoken-word delivery of Working Class Woman resurface at points, but the pop structures and melodic sensibilities of Renegade Breakdown also remain. It’s a “strange” sonic blend even by Davidson’s own standards. “It’s definitely linking back to what I was doing pre-pandemic, but with a bit of an evolution,” she says. “I didn't want to just repeat myself.” The sound and the spirit of the album are shaped, too, by the fact that Davidson has a new antagonist. This time it’s not club culture that’s coming for her sense of self, it’s Big Tech.

Presented by Rough Trade Europe.

This is an 16+ event