ACCOLADES:

Sunshine [at Night] is an award-winning performance artist who has won local awards in 2021 and 2022 and 2023 for electronic music, went on a solo US tour in 2022, has been featured on many synth talk shows, music festival lineups, radio programs and podcasts, and is a member of international electronic music collectives in Golden Shrimp Guild and Fractaltribe.

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Notables:

Residencies:

  • Electric Haze Space Jam Host

    • Aug 2022 - Present

  • Blackstone bi-weekly with WARP

    • Feb 2023 - May 2023

  • The Raven Open Jam/Mic Host

    • Nov 2018-July 2022

  • Mystic Water Kava Bar Ambient Wednesdays

    • Aug 2014 - April 2016

Music Festivals:

  • Touch and Play 2024

  • Quantum Awakening 2024

  • Tropical Dreams 2023

  • Magical Majectic 2023

  • Fractal Fest 2023

  • Homie Collective 2022

  • ZemeFest 2022, 2023, 2024

For booking enquiries;

please email thesunshinegroupmusic@gmail.com

Watch // Listen on YouTube

House / Techno - full liveset

Acid Techno - full liveset

Dark Techno / Minimal - full liveset

Techno / House - full liveset

HISTORY:

Sunshine [at Night] is an improvised electronic music project by Brandon “Sunshine” Esteves that began mid-2013 in the kava bars of Ithaca, NY, focusing on creating ambient soundscapes with a hip-hop backbone by utilizing various guitar techniques, effect pedals, loopers, and audio mixers in untraditional ways. Take a listen to the old YouTube Playlist Here.

After a few years of studying experimental improvisation at both Cornell University and Ithaca College, Sunshine experienced his first techno-themed party via Microtones and realized the potential for electronic improvisation within a party atmosphere. Microtones were nice enough to have The Sunshine Group [Mach 2] play a set in 2018, but it became clear that techno and house were not so simple to create. The performance was less-than stellar.

Sunshine has since been on a mission to create “proper” techno and house by relying on the use of analogue synthesizers, sequencers, and samplers to create sounds inspired raves of the late-1990s. Current live performances consist heavily upon keyboard playing, finger drumming, live singing, and effect manipulation.

Sunshine [at Night] now serves as a reminder that electronic music can be created by humans with no need for DJs - music on the spot - to bring out the fullness of the soul and vibe of the room.

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Gear.

Yeah synths are pretty cool. Here’s the 2024 rig:

Akai MPC Live

Elektron Syntakt

Moog Minitaur

Strymon Volante

Boss RC202

Arturia Keystep 37

Boss ODB3 Bass Overdrive

EV RE-20 Microphone

Behringer Xenyx 802 Mixer

All mounted on a 45”x18” board

Check out the SOL Studio Page for more gear!

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