We build infrastructure for underground music.
SLIST is a vertically integrated events platform — from curation to ticketing to community. We operate weekly events in NYC and Mexico City, build tools for independent promoters, and grow artist careers from the ground up.
The problem
Underground music has a distribution problem.
Emerging artists in hard trance, industrial, and experimental electronic music don’t have a platform. Mainstream promoters won’t book them. Venues don’t know them. Audiences can’t find them. The talent exists — the pipeline doesn’t.
Our approach
Own the full stack.
We don’t outsource curation. We don’t outsource promotion. We run our own events, manage our own ticketing pipeline, grow our own audience through owned channels, and develop our own artist roster. Every layer of the stack is ours.
What we do
Three pillars. One platform.
Events
Weekly curated events across NYC and CDMX. Dark, heavy, underground. Every lineup is intentional — no filler sets, no pay-to-play. 200–400 capacity rooms designed for sound quality over headcount.
Artists
A rotating roster of 200+ DJs and producers across hard trance, industrial, and experimental electronic. We give emerging artists stage time, real audiences, and a platform that scales with them.
Community
Thousands of members across WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord. City-specific groups. Artist channels. A real network — not a follower count. The community decides the vibe. We hold the room.
Traction
100+
Events produced
200+
Artists booked
2
Cities active
Weekly
Event cadence
Where this is going
SLIST is not an event brand. It’s a platform.
The events are the proof of concept. The real product is the system behind them — a repeatable playbook for curating lineups, growing audiences through owned channels, and launching new markets with zero paid marketing. NYC was the first city. Mexico City was the second. The model works anywhere the music does.
Next: tooling for independent promoters. A booking network for underground artists. A ticketing and CRM layer purpose-built for the scenes that mainstream platforms ignore. The infrastructure that dark music has never had.
Founded by
Saimon Howlader
Solo founder. DJ. Builder. Runs every layer of SLIST — from booking artists to writing the automation that powers the platform. Started as an anonymous blog in Mexico City out of spite. Now it’s infrastructure. Based in Brooklyn.