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Add The New York Post on Google It’s past midnight when I hurdle myself into the elevator bound for the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards.
The music hasn’t even started but my ears are already popping as I’m led to David Bissette, aka Cloonee. The in-demand DJ is gearing up for the second act of his night at The Edge. Just weeks ago, he announced his debut album, “Are You Still You?”, and tonight he’s wrapping a five-hour set at his sold-out Brooklyn Army Terminal show before heading to the afterparty in the sky.
By any reasonable standard, the 30-year-old should probably be asleep. But instead, after a quick Uber ride, which he calls his recovery, he’s back to work. This time, on a deck 1,100 feet above Manhattan. He pours himself his drink of choice, a tequila soda, and jokes, “I’m on a diet.”
We have a few minutes to chat before he’s shuttled onstage. Somehow, despite the five-hour set, the lack of sleep and the fact that he’s about to do it all over again, he seems remarkably unfazed.
For Cloonee, this is just your average Saturday-night-into-Sunday-morning.
Below, you’ll find details about his upcoming appearance at the 2026 Day Trip Festival as well as excerpts from an interview The Post conducted with Cloonee.
The festival, which goes down Oct. 17-18 at Discovery Meadow in San Jose, CA, will feature a Gordo B2B with Vintage Culture, Chris Lorenzo, Eli Brown, Wax Motif, Script and more.
Cloonee will be on the grounds on Sunday, Oct. 18.
If you want to be there, a complete breakdown all single and multi-day pass options are listed here:
“Playing daytime into nighttime is always really nice. You get to play two different styles of music, you get to bring people up and then bring them back down,” he explained of his earlier stop in Sunset Park, adding that the massive production also helped set the mood. “It was beautiful.”
At The Edge, production feels beside the point. The view is almost too pretty for a rave. Manhattan stretches out in every direction; angled walls frame the sweeping skyscrapers, including Chrysler and the Empire State Building. It’s a spectacular and slightly vertigo-inducing backdrop for a rave.
“I’ve actually never come here before,” he tells me. “They throw raves anywhere, and everywhere. And this is one of those places that makes no sense at all, but also makes perfect sense. The view is incredible. I’m really looking forward to it.”
After 14 years in the industry, the producer has carved out a reputation for his sexier take on tech house: high-energy, punchy and often laced with a little Latin flair. It’s a sound that feels a world away from the West Midlands of England, where he grew up — his accent mostly gives him away.
He tells me he writes from home and keeps things relatively low-key. He jokes that other interviewers have told him to say “something cooler,” but the laid-back answer feels pretty on-brand.
For Cloonee, making music is a job he’s more than happy to have.
He started releasing demos on SoundCloud in 2014, and by 2020, Chris Lake had brought him across the pond to Los Angeles and signed him to his label. Today, he runs his own independent record label — under the slogan of “Good Music For Bad People.”
But before the music career took off, he tell me he actually studied journalism at the University of Sheffield. I jokingly ask if he’d ever switch careers. He laughs, seemingly unconvinced.
All of a sudden, it’s time to go on, and the elaborate operation of getting him outside is underway. The crowd parts. There’s scurrying, fog, people pointing in every direction. Somehow, he makes it through and the next thing I know, he’s spinning behind the decks as if he’s been there all night.
People crowd around the booth, a mob of girls press toward the front and the bass kicks in. Someone next to me yelps “Okay, John Summit!” — like the star DJ coming to NYC later this year, Cloonee has also earned a reputation for attracting plenty of attention onstage.
In the post-pandemic era, it’s become abundantly clear that house music has entered the mainstream, DJ fandom and worship is very much a thing and Cloonee is one of the scene’s favorite figures.
His set bounces from hit to hit. Everyone is out of breath. Hours feel like minutes. Minutes feel like seconds. My Cloonee takeaway: relaxed and soft-spoken in person, racehorse energy behind the decks.
The tracklist keeps everyone guessing, with sudden drops and a tingly rhythm that makes you want to dance — even when you check the time, see it’s past 2 a.m. and remember the day has already started.
“Good Girls” is an unsurprising crowd-pleaser. The lead single from his upcoming album quickly hit No. 1 on Beatport and has since become a festival favorite, already hitting Tomorrowland, EDC and Coachella. His Prospa track, “Free Your Mind,” simmers and claps before his remix of CeeLo Green’s “Crazy” — the track he told me he was most excited to play tonight — slows things down and brings up the heat.
Cloonee has a knack for weaving Hip-Hop into house without letting the styles sound like they’re fighting each other. For a moment, it’s a familiar vocal; then the bass drops and the entire room is pulsing again. He understands pacing, reads the room and knows when to push things forward and let them breathe.
At 1,100 feet above New York, it’s hard to imagine a better setting for this kind of show. A few fans who came straight from the Army Terminal, though, tell me that was pretty hard to beat, too. That’s the thing about a Cloonee set: he creates an impressively intimate atmosphere whether playing inside a sprawling industrial complex or on a relatively small deck perched above the clouds.
For anyone who genuinely loves house music, a Cloonee set is a must-see. A back-to-back Cloonee set is arguably even better — and after getting a glimpse behind the scenes, I can attest that wherever he plays next, you’ll certainly want to be in the room (or sky) where it happens.
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This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.
