Dear After Darkers, we are hosting our last event of the year (Vol.06) on Dec 28 and for this occasion we have invited Kajan Chow from The Netherlands to headline the night. We also welcome Randy, a highly popular DJ from Hong Kong and BKYND who hails from Busan South Korea joining the lineup. Simtub, co-founder of After Dark Sessions will provide deck duty support. //KAJAN CHOW Kajan Chow is a music connoisseur, curator/ programmer and sound manipulator from Rotterdam (Netherlands), while spending most of his youth in the Zealand coast area. He is moving forward within the contemporary electronic- and sonic- landscape with an experience of nearly fifteen years. He is one of the few DJs who is recognised as a versatile artist, having appeared in the US, Netherlands, Belgium, Malta, Bulgaria, Tel-Aviv, Poland, Croatia, China and UK. Kajan has a refined way of exploring, mixing and selecting jazz, funk, slo-mo disco, house and delicate techno. In his beloved 6 hours mid- tempo DJ sets as resident of the worlds most beautiful restaurant: The Jane Antwerp** in Belgium, he plays for frequent guests such as Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Stephan Bodzin and so on. While defining harmonious balance between music and fine-dining, Kajan is known for embracing diversity in his musical pallet as music curator for venues such as Blueness Bar, Pure C** and August Antwerp. When it comes to peak-time club and festival sessions, Kajan likes to keep House and Techno as inseparable elements. Working under live-duo Omega Zen and Pilot Wave, he performs all analogue live sets and produces music for boutique brands and festivals. His strong roots at the coast of Zealand (NL) amplifies his role as co-founder of Zeezicht Festival and Nu Even Deephouse. //RANDY As one of the most popular Psy-Trance DJ's in Hong Kong, we are very excited to have Randy Tsoi join After Dark Sessions Vol.06 x Social Room this month and to showcase for us a more Techno oriented DJ set aimed at promoting his ability to crossover a spectrum of genres. Since 2012, he has worked relentlessly to hone his technical skills with many bearing witness to his tightly mixed sets that bring energy and surprise to each of his shows. Randy commands an infamously huge following whenever he plays out and he effortlessly fulfills his audience's needs and strives to deliver and build on his own demands every time. With this recognition, he is also recognised as a member of the tranception.HK group and Chongqing YuanQi outlet playing predominately Psy-Trance. Randy has performed in over 50 different events including music festivals and Club performances. He is mostly active in Hong Kong and Mainland China and has cooperated with many event and DJ groups including tranception.HK, Acadana, DJ Union, Project-X,GoaProductions,YuanQi, The Ancient Mind, RavePro, RaveMama and more. Has been invited by the Shenzhen Psytribe team as guest DJ on several occasions whilst also serving as warm up DJ at the domestic EMP City Music Festival. //BKYND A newcomer on the scene and hailing from Busan South Korea, BKYND joins the ADS line up for the very first time.. Her music is deep and melodic and with a year of DJing under her belt, 2019 has already seen her deliver several tight sets out in the local club circuit. We are confident to see more of BKYND making waves in the scene in 2020. Meanwhile our After Dark Sessions Co-founder Simtub will return with his trademark driving melodic sets to supplement the guest DJs. Entry: On door 150HKD with one drink Genres: Melodic Techno, Deep House, Tech House, Progressive House Social Room 3/F, Won Hing Building, 74-78 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong Social Room is a loft style multi functional flexible 2,100 sq ft. Event venue in Central ideally located next to the Central Escalator Inspired by a desire to promote melodic driven underground Music to the lesser exposed cities in Asia; Simtub and Mark Yip created the After Dark series of mix sessions in the summer of 2016 in Wuhan.