KRA
Techno · Detroit · 128–136 BPM
Long, hard,
hypnotic.
Nadia Pruitt plays long sets that start with the drums and end with the loading door open at sunrise. Resident of RUST CYCLE, the first Saturday of every month in a warehouse in Eastern Market, 10 PM to 6 AM.
Next SAT 05 DEC · RUST CYCLE · 10 PM
[01] Mix2:04:18 · recorded 03 Oct 2026
031 KØRA · Mix 031 · Live at Rust Cycle Mix 031:
Live at Rust Cycle
The whole night of October 3rd, from the first dub chord to the last record with the loading door up, straight off the mixer. No edits.
0:00:00 / 2:04:18
124 → 138 BPM
Stream it on SoundCloud ↗ Download on Bandcamp ↗
[02] New EPPress Line Records · PL-007 · out Fri 13 Nov
Ferro
Four tracks built from the same metal: a 400-ton press recorded in 2019 on her phone, pitched down, run through tape and a spring reverb older than she is. Made for the hour after 3 AM.
- A1 Ferro 134 · 6:48
- A2 Gratiot After Dark 131 · 7:12
- B1 Six Mile Signal 136 · 6:30
- B2 Third Shift (2026) 128 · 8:05
- Digital, lossless$8Buy
- 12-inch, acid green vinyl · 300 pressed, 41 left$26Pre-order
- Ø tee, black on black, heavy cotton$35Add
Also on Bandcamp ↗ Spotify ↗ Apple Music ↗
KØRAFERRO EP · PL-007 · 33⅓ [03] DatesWinter 2026 to summer 2027
Dates
- SAT05 DEC Detroit, MI RUST CYCLEThe Packing House, Eastern Market · all night Tickets →
- FRI11 DEC Berlin, DE Halle NordFour-hour closing set Few left →
- SAT12 DEC Leipzig, DE Kanal 9B2B with Ilse Brandt Tickets →
- FRI18 DEC Chicago, IL Plant 14Ferro EP release night Sold out
- THU31 DEC Detroit, MI RUST CYCLE NYE10 PM to 10 AM, twelve hours Few left →
- SAT16 JAN Montréal, QC Salle BétonWith the Basement Choir crew Tickets →
- SAT06 FEB Detroit, MI RUST CYCLEThe Packing House · all night Tickets →
- SAT13 MAR Mexico City, MX Nave 3Open to close On sale soon
- SAT05 JUN Ontario, CA Long Grass FestivalSunday sunrise stage On sale soon
Promoter in a city that isn’t here? Ask for a date. Routing in Europe is planned around Berlin in December and May.
[04] ResidencySince March 2021 · 68 nights
Rust
Cycle
- When
- First Saturday of every month, 10 PM to 6 AM
- Where
- The Packing House, a 1920s meatpacking warehouse in Eastern Market. The address goes out by text at 8 PM.
- Door
- $15 advance, $20 at the door, 600 capacity
- Sound
- A four-stack rig built by Theo Marsh, tuned to the room every month
- Rules
- No photos on the floor. Be kind. Drink water. Leave quietly: people live here.
- 05 DECNadia, all nightTickets →
- 31 DECNYE, twelve hours (January’s night)Few left →
- 06 FEBNadia with a guest, announced in JanuaryTickets →
[05] NadiaDetroit, east side
I learned rhythm on a press line.
Saturdays as a kid I sat behind my uncle Darnell’s record stall at Eastern Market, two blocks from where RUST CYCLE is now, and filed his crates by tempo because nobody asked me to. He let me take home anything with a scratch on it.
For six years I worked third shift at a stamping plant in Warren. A press line has a groove: the stroke, the hiss, the part dropping, every sixty-four beats a forklift. On my breaks I recorded it on my phone. My first EP, Third Shift, is that line pitched down. The counter above every press shows the parts made, and it writes zero with a slash through it so nobody misreads it. That’s the Ø.
KØRA is my grandmother Cora, who let me play records in her basement until 2 AM as long as the door was shut. I quit the plant in 2019 after my first booking in Berlin. RUST CYCLE started in March 2021 with sixty people and a borrowed rig. Now it’s six hundred, every first Saturday, and the loading door still goes up at sunrise.
Nadia Pruitt · KØRA
- 214sets since 2021
- 4EPs, one label
- 600every first Saturday
[06] NightsPhotos: Rust Cycle crew
Nights
Rust CycleOct 2026 · 4:40 AM- Rust CycleSept 2026 · 2:15 AM
Main stage, a festival outside TorontoAug 2026
Eastern Market6:12 AM, after
Halle Nord, BerlinMay 2026
The mixerRust Cycle, Oct 2026
Backstage, MontréalJan 2026
Saturday cratesHer uncle’s stall
[07] PressWhat they wrote
“Six hours, warm-up to close, and the floor never thinned. The best set I heard all year, in a building with no heat.”
Subfloor“Pruitt builds tension like a foreman: no wasted motion, every part counted.”
The Warehouse Report“RUST CYCLE is the reason people fly into Detroit on the first Saturday of the month.”
Pulse Index
[08] For promotersRider v4 · Nov 2026
What the booth needs
- Players
- Three linked media players, current model, on one network, firmware up to date
- Mixer
- A four-channel club mixer. Rotary welcome, and she will say thank you
- Monitors
- Two booth monitors at ear height, on their own amp and their own level
- Table
- 95 to 100 cm high, isolated from the floor. No wobble, no bass shaking the needles
- Line check
- 30 minutes before doors, or a full line check during the set before hers
- Booth
- Two people at most. No drinks on the gear side
- Floor
- No photos on the dance floor if the room allows: we bring stickers for phone cameras
- Travel
- One flight, one hotel room, a ride to the airport after the set, never before
[09] QuestionsFrom promoters
Before you ask
What does it cost to book KØRA?
A club night (three hours) is $1,800 in Detroit. Festivals start at $4,000, all-night and private warehouse parties at $3,200, the live hybrid set at $2,600. Outside Detroit, travel and a hotel room go on top. The deposit holds the date and comes off the fee.
Will you play all night?
That is her favorite thing to do. Six hours or more is booked as an all-night set; anything under three hours she will usually turn down, because the set needs room to go somewhere.
Do you play private events?
Warehouse parties, launches, after-parties and the odd art opening, yes. Weddings, no, unless the wedding wants techno until 6 AM. Then text her.
Can we film or stream the set?
Ask first. Most rooms are fine with a fixed camera above the booth; the dance floor stays off camera.
Do you do B2B sets?
With people she knows and trusts, yes. Name who you have in mind in the booking notes.
How far ahead should we book?
Fridays and Saturdays in Europe go three to four months ahead; Detroit and the Midwest, six to eight weeks. The first Saturday of every month is always RUST CYCLE.
[10] BookingClubs · festivals · warehouses
Book
KØRA
Pick the date and the kind of set. Nadia answers every request herself, within two days, by text. The deposit holds the date and comes off the fee; the rest is due two weeks before the show.
- Club night, 3 hours$1,800
- All night / warehouse, 6+ hours$3,200
- Live hybrid set, 90 minutes$2,600
- Festivalfrom $4,000
- 1Service
- 2Date
- 3Details
This is an example website made by Humfrid, so nothing was booked and no card was charged. On a real one, the deposit is paid right here and the date is yours. Get a website like this