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Actress

Electronic band · formed 1979

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Actress photo
Photo from the public record
Shows on record
60+
Rooms played
57
Cities
33
Releases
30
Last show
Oct 16, 2026August Hall

About

Actress is a band, formed in 1979, tagged ambient, dubstep, electronic by its sources. Shows on record run from 2019 to 2026, across 57 rooms in 33 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

60+ on record · Songkick
Upcoming shows
DateVenue
Oct 19, 2026Echoplex · Los Angeles (LA)Headliner
Nov 5, 2026EartH · LondonHeadliner

Shows per year

  1. 20197 shows
  2. 20205 shows
  3. 20212 shows
  4. 20223 shows
  5. 202312 shows
  6. 202412 shows
  7. 20255 shows
  8. 202614 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Oct 16, 2026August Hall · San FranciscoHeadliner
Oct 8, 2026DumBO · BolognaHeadliner
Aug 20, 2026Wimborne St Giles, UK · WimborneSupportwith Arthur Verocai, Nu Civilisation Orchestra, Mulatu Astatke, +91
Aug 20, 2026Wimborne St Giles · WimborneSupportwith Arthur Verocai, Nu Civilisation Orchestra, Mulatu Astatke, +91
Jul 29, 2026Amsterdam Forest / Amsterdamse Bos · AmstelveenHeadliner
Jun 19, 2026Auditorium San Domenico · FolignoHeadliner
May 16, 2026Svn West · San FranciscoHeadliner
May 9, 2026Paragon · New York (NYC)Headlinerwith Tygapaw, Morenxxx, Sippin' T
Apr 11, 2026Le Lieu Unique · NantesHeadliner
Apr 9, 2026Rewire Festival · The HagueHeadliner
Feb 22, 2026Hidden Hall · SeattleSupportwith Ruston Way, Sleepy Cat
Jan 3, 2026Baba Yaga · SeattleSupportwith Zailee Haze, Someone's Daughter, Star Matriarch
Nov 6, 2025Public Records · New York (NYC)Headlinerwith Nene H, UMFANG
Nov 4, 2025Public Records · New York (NYC)Headlinerwith Andy Stott, Call Super, Lyra Pramuk, +4
May 30, 2025Barbican Centre · LondonHeadlinerwith Suzanne Ciani, Natural Wonder Beauty Concept
Apr 4, 2025The Vera Project · SeattleSupportwith Hayes Noble, Sunbather Die
Mar 1, 2025Blå · OsloSupportwith Bendik Giske
Aug 24, 2024Southwark Park · LondonHeadliner
Jun 6, 2024Baby's All Right · BrooklynHeadliner
May 31, 2024Barking Park · BarkingHeadliner
Apr 27, 2024MUNCH (the Munch Museum) · OsloSupportwith Carmen Villain, Kara-Lis Coverdale
Apr 19, 2024Plano B · PortoHeadlinerwith DjRUM
Apr 13, 2024Sala Apolo · BarcelonaHeadlinerwith Vegyn, Iglooghost, Jlin, +1
Apr 9, 2024Festival Mutek 2024 · BarcelonaHeadliner
Apr 9, 2024Mutek Barcelona 2024 · BarcelonaHeadliner
Feb 29, 2024Gray Area · San FranciscoHeadliner
Feb 28, 2024The Echo · Los Angeles (LA)Headlinerwith Maral
Feb 23, 2024Bar le Ritz PDB · MontrealHeadliner
Feb 23, 2024Workman's Club · DublinSupportwith Saoirse Miller, Ev Carm, Beauty Pageant, +1
Dec 7, 2023Studio 9294 · LondonHeadliner
Oct 9, 2023DC10 · IbizaHeadlinerwith Adam Port, ADRIATIQUE, Amelie Lens, +20
Sep 28, 2023Alexandra Palace · LondonSupportwith James Blake, Actress (DJ Set)
Sep 21, 2023Vorst Nationaal/Forest National · VorstSupportwith James Blake
Sep 15, 2023Kraftwerk Berlin · BerlinHeadliner
Sep 14, 2023WOS Festival 2023 · Santiago de CompostelaHeadliner
Sep 11, 2023Kraftwerk Berlin · BerlinHeadliner
Aug 24, 2023Phoenix Central Park · SydneyHeadliner
Aug 19, 2023Victoria Park · LondonHeadliner
May 27, 2023Kodamanomori / こだまの森 · MatsumotoHeadliner
May 12, 2023Jaeger · OsloHeadlinerwith Frantzvaag
Apr 22, 2023Yamamori Tengu · DublinHeadliner
Oct 21, 2022fabric · LondonSupportwith Mumdance, DMX Krew, rRoxymore
Mar 9, 2022TivoliVredenburg · UtrechtHeadliner
Jan 15, 2022Barbican Centre · LondonSupportwith London Contemporary Orchestra, Powell, Galya Bisengalieva, +1
Nov 13, 2021Adaptations 2021 · LeedsHeadliner
Nov 13, 2021Headrow House & Belgrave Music Hall · LeedsHeadlinerwith Afrodeutsche, Daniel Avery, Dr. Rubinstein, +15
Aug 11, 2020Tøyenparken · OsloHeadliner
Jun 4, 2020Bad Bonn · DudingenHeadliner
Mar 21, 2020Lille Sal, Pumpehuset · CopenhagenHeadliner
Feb 8, 2020Elsewhere · BrooklynHeadlinerwith Lauren Flax, Heidi Sabertooth, Ashley Oakley
Feb 6, 20201720 · Los Angeles (LA)Headliner
Dec 30, 2019Cologne Philharmony · CologneHeadlinerwith Young Paint
Nov 9, 2019Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall / Μέγαρον Μουσικής Αθηνών · AthensHeadlinerwith Young Paint
Sep 21, 2019Elysia · BaselHeadliner
Sep 14, 2019Oasis Festival 2019 · MarrakeshHeadliner
Sep 6, 2019://about blank · BerlinHeadliner
Aug 24, 2019Studio 338 · GreenwichHeadliner
Aug 2, 2019Public Works · San FranciscoHeadliner

Showing the latest 60 shows; the record holds more.

Where they play

57 rooms in 33 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • London8 shows
  • Oslo4 shows
  • San Francisco4 shows
  • Barcelona3 shows
  • Berlin3 shows

and 28 other cities

Live history

324 shows on record
Shows counted
324
First on record
Nov 2004
Latest on record
Aug 2026

Shows per year

  1. 201238
  2. 201330
  3. 201414
  4. 201511
  5. 201626
  6. 201746
  7. 201822
  8. 201919
  9. 20205
  10. 20211
  11. 20223
  12. 202312
  13. 202410
  14. 20255
  15. 20269

Top rooms

  • Barbican Centre, London · 7
  • Kraftwerk Berlin, Berlin · 4
  • fabric, London · 4
  • Plastic People, London · 4
  • The Echo, Los Angeles (LA) · 3

Top cities

  • London · 50
  • Berlin · 14
  • Brooklyn, NY · 13
  • Los Angeles (LA), CA · 12
  • Paris · 10

Often on the bill with: Animal Collective, Floating Points, The Orb, London Contemporary Orchestra, Tim Hecker, Bonobo, Djrum, James Blake

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

30 releases, 2004–2026

  • Concrète Waves

    2026 · Album

  • Radical Frame

    2026 · Album

  • Grey Interiors

    2025 · Album

  • Tranzkript 1

    2025

  • RA.938: Actress

    2024 · Album

  • Statik

    2024 · Album

  • Дарен Дж. Каннінгем

    2024 · Album

  • Rainlines / Cloud Paradox

    2024

  • THRASH

    2024

  • RA.938

    2024

  • LXXXVIII

    2023 · Album

  • Jimmy

    2023

  • Palace London Event: Actress

    2022 · Album

  • 88

    2020 · Album

  • Black Ice

    2020 · Album

  • Karma & Desire

    2020 · Album

  • Mad Voyage Mixtape

    2020 · Album

  • Unseen__Werk No1

    2020 · Album

  • LAGEOS

    2018 · Album

  • AZD

    2017 · Album

  • DJ-Kicks: Actress

    2015 · Compilation

  • Ghettoville

    2014 · Album

  • Actress Boiler Room x adidas Originals DJ Set at Primavera Sound

    2013 · Album

  • Grey Over Blue

    2013 · Ep

  • Silver Cloud

    2013 · Ep

  • R.I.P.

    2012 · Album

  • Splazsh

    2010 · Album

  • Ghosts Have a Heaven

    2009 · Ep

  • Hazyville

    2008 · Album

  • No Tricks

    2004 · Ep

Discography

55 releases, 2004–2026
  • 2026Concrète WavesLive

    Werkdiscs · UWCW001D

  • 2026Live by YouSingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2026OverchordSingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2026Radical FrameAlbum

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL322

  • 2026WithendingSingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2025Grey InteriorsAlbum

    Smalltown Supersound · STSLJN434DIGITAL

  • 2025Tranzkript 1EP

    Modern Obscure Music · MOMXX01

  • 2025Xoul Particles (Otik edit)Single

    [no label]

  • 2024RA.938: ActressAlbum

    Resident Advisor · RA.938

  • 2024Rainlines / Cloud ParadoxSingle

    Smalltown Supersound · STS42612

  • 2024StatikAlbum

    Smalltown Supersound · STS428DIGITAL · Mastered By: Noel Summerville

  • 2024THRASHEP

    Nice Music · nicemusic058

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  • 2024Дарен Дж. КаннінгемAlbum

    Smalltown Supersound · STS439LP · Mastered By: Noel Summerville

  • 2023Game Over ( e 1 )Single

    Ninja Tune

  • 2023Its me ( g 8 ) / Oway ( f 7 )Single

    Ninja Tune

  • 2023JimmySingle

    [no label] · [none]

  • 2023LXXXVIIIAlbum

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL295

  • 2023Push Power ( a 1 )Single

    Ninja Tune

  • 2022AZD SURFSingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2022Dummy CorporationEP

    Ninja Tune

  • 2022Palace London Event: ActressLive

    Palace Skateboards

  • 202088Album

    [no label]

  • 2020Black IceAlbum
  • 2020Karma & DesireAlbum

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL271

  • 2020Loveless / Angels PharmacySingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2020Mad Voyage MixtapeAlbum

    [no label]

  • 2020Unseen__Werk No1Album

    [no label] · n/a

  • 2020Walking FlamesSingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2018LAGEOSAlbum

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL251 · Co-producer [Orchestral Sessions]: Hugh Brunt; Co-producer [Orchestral Sessions]: Robert Ames; Engineer [Assistant Orchestral Engineer]: Alice Bennett; Engineer [Assistant Piano Engineer]: Jeremy Murphy

  • 2017Audio Track 5EP

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNLS468

  • 2017AZDAlbum

    Ninja Tune · ZENDNL241

  • 2015Bird Matrix (Remixes)Single

    !K7 · K7319EP1

  • 2015DJ-KicksCompilation

    !K7 Records · K7319LP

  • 2015DJ-Kicks: ActressCompilation

    !K7 · K7319CD

  • 2014GhettovilleAlbum

    Ninja Tune · WDNTCD006 · Producer: Darren J. Cunningham

  • 2014MuscleSingle

    HYMN · 001

  • 2014UntitledLive
  • 2014XoulEP

    Ninja Tune

  • 2013Actress Boiler Room x adidas Originals DJ Set at Primavera SoundAlbum

    Boiler Room

  • 2013Grey Over BlueEP

    Ninja Tune · WDNT009

  • 2013Hazyville - GhettovilleCompilation

    Werk Discs · WDNTCD006P

  • 2013Silver CloudEP

    Ninja Tune · WDNT004

  • 2012MetamorphosisSingle

    Ninja Tune

  • 2012R.I.P.Album

    Honest Jon’s Records · HJRCD60

  • 2011Harrier ATTK / GershwinSingle

    Nonplus Records · NONPLUS010 · Mastered By: Beau Thomas

  • 2011Rainy DubRelease

    Honest Jon's Records · HJP61

  • 2011Rainy Dub / FacelessSingle

    Honest Jon’s Records · HJP61

  • 2010Machine and VoiceSingle

    Nonplus Records · #005 · Mastered By: Jason Goz

  • 2010Paint, Straw and BubblesSingle

    Honest Jon’s Records · HJP48 · Mastered By [Cut By]: Christoph Grote-Beverborg

  • 2010SplazshAlbum

    Honest Jon’s Records · HJRLP49

  • 2009Freak for You / Point and GazeSingle

    Thriller · THRILLER003

  • 2009Ghosts Have a HeavenEP

    Prime Numbers · PN06

  • 2009Swarm / HubbleSingle

    Thriller · Thriller002

  • 2008HazyvilleAlbum

    Werkdiscs · WERK CD 005

  • 2004No TricksEP

    Werkdiscs · WERK 002 · Producer [Rolled By]: Actress

Compiled from MusicBrainz and Discogs. Releases not listed there are not shown.

Lineup

  • Darren Cunningham

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 49+ plays, 2023-06-27–2026-08-30 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Expansions' (Brit Hansen) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Drive Time' (DJ Riz) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Hans) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Midnight in a Perfect World' (Guest DJ) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Audioasis' (Kennady Quille) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Actress — Photo · promo
Photo · promo — TheAudioDB
Actress — Photo · live_stage
Photo · live_stage — TheAudioDB
Actress — Photo · live_stage
Photo · live_stage — Wikidata
Actress — Paragon, 2026-05-09
Poster · Paragon, 2026-05-09 — Songkick
Actress — Barking Park, 2024-05-31
Poster · Barking Park, 2024-05-31 — Songkick
Actress — MUNCH (the Munch Museum), 2024-04-27
Poster · MUNCH (the Munch Museum), 2024-04-27 — Songkick
Actress — Alexandra Palace, 2023-09-28
Poster · Alexandra Palace, 2023-09-28 — Songkick
Actress — fabric, 2022-10-21
Poster · fabric, 2022-10-21 — Songkick
Actress — Barbican Centre, 2022-01-15
Poster · Barbican Centre, 2022-01-15 — Songkick
Actress — Bad Bonn, 2020-06-04
Poster · Bad Bonn, 2020-06-04 — Songkick
Actress — Meridian Water, 2019-06-07
Poster · Meridian Water, 2019-06-07 — Songkick
Actress — La Gaité Lyrique, 2018-04-21
Poster · La Gaité Lyrique, 2018-04-21 — Songkick
Actress — Headrow House, 2018-04-01
Poster · Headrow House, 2018-04-01 — Songkick
Actress — Barbican Centre, 2018-03-10
Poster · Barbican Centre, 2018-03-10 — Songkick
Actress — Mercury Lounge, 2017-05-10
Poster · Mercury Lounge, 2017-05-10 — Songkick
Actress — The Beacham, 2016-11-11
Poster · The Beacham, 2016-11-11 — Songkick
Actress — Buka, 2016-02-26
Poster · Buka, 2016-02-26 — Songkick
Actress — Stadtsaal, 2015-06-18
Poster · Stadtsaal, 2015-06-18 — Songkick

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Actress on Last.fmArtist facts
Actress on DiscogsArtist facts
Actress on TheAudioDBArtist facts
WikidataArtist facts, Photos
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history, Show posters
TheAudioDBPhotos
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.

From Wikipedia

These facts are from the English Wikipedia article Actress (musician). They are shown on their own and are not merged into the record above.

Years active
2004–present
Genres
Electronic, microhouse, experimental techno, ambient
Labels
Werkdiscs, Ninja Tune, Honest Jon's, Nonplus, Shark Men, Prime Numbers

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