Longturn Presents: Moon Boots

Cobra | Bloomfield | Ages 21+

The Night Shift offers the triumphant return of Moon Boots on September 13th, making his first Pittsburgh appearance in 5 years! The Anjunadeep superstar brings his genre-hopping funk and dancefloor magic back to Pittsburgh. From Paradise Garage classics to modern house anthems, Moon Boots delivers the kind of sets that keep massive smiles on faces and bodies moving all night long. If you've ever seen an Anjuna artist at Cobra, you know it'll go off. Last time we hosted Moon Boots, we sold out the event with over 400 tickets sold, so don't miss this long-awaited homecoming in an intimate club setting.

Getting the floor moving will be our friends at Jellyfish, Formosa & Ricky Mawzlin! This will be the first time we've had them both play together at one of our Cobra events for this special occasion. Expect a packed house for this magical night of disco, synthwave, and deep house from Moon Boots and some of Pittsburgh's finest.

Consider this your standing invite. Clock into the weekend: Cobra Lounge, every Saturday.

Moon Boots | Anjunadeep | Brooklyn

Moon Boots and Pete Dougherty are technically the same person, but in many ways, the two couldn't be more different. The former is a celebrated DJ, a globe-trotting extrovert whose genre-hopping (but always funky) sets reliably fill dancefloors around the world. The latter is a relatively shy dude with a studio tan who has been geeking out on synths since he was a teenager.

Pete was born in Brooklyn, and some of his earliest musical memories include block parties where Paradise Garage classics like MSFB's "Love Is the Message" blared through the neighborhood. His adolescent years were spent in the suburbs, where he studied classical and jazz and played synth and keys in a variety of bands.

After catching disco fever in an unlikely place – while studying at Princeton University – he moved to Chicago, the birthplace of house music. The city transformed Pete. Not only did it give him the chance to see legends like Frankie Knuckles, Paul Johnson and Derrick Carter on their home turf, it also gave him the opportunity to start DJing himself.

He spent a few years playing synths in the band Hey Champ until he decided to produce some tunes on his own and Moon Boots was born. The alias began taking shape with a series of releases for French Express. The label, headed up by Perseus, a fellow R&B and French house aficionado, provided Dougherty with a platform, and he quickly leveled up his craft, eventually signing with Anjunadeep and moving back to Brooklyn.

The first Moon Boots album, First Landing, arrived in 2017, and was followed two years later by Bimini Road. Emphasizing melody while blending elements of house, disco, soul and R&B, both records were widely embraced – with over 100 million streams – and as they picked up steam, so did Moon Boots' DJ schedule. Over the years, the versatile selector has found himself playing everywhere from dimly lit clubs and warehouse parties to massive festivals. Regardless of where the DJ booth is located, his objective remains the same: to keep people dancing, preferably with a giant smile on their face.

A third album is currently in the works (and will surface on Anjunadeep next year), as is a revamped Moon Boots live show, one in which Dougherty will showcase his musical chops while touring and performing with a full band. In a way, those shows (which are slated to begin in 2023) might be what finally puts the Dougherty / Moon Boots split to bed, allowing the timid musical whiz kid to step into the spotlight and assume his rightful place as the life of the party.

Supporting Artists

Jellyfish (Pgh)

Formosa | Jellyfish | PGH
https://soundcloud.com/formosapgh
https://www.instagram.com/formosa.exe/

Ricky Mawzlin | Jellyfish | PGH
https://soundcloud.com/rickymawzlin
https://www.instagram.com/rickymawzlin/

Longturn Music welcomes everybody and has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment, unwelcome physical contact, or any brand of bigoted behavior. If anyone at a Longturn event is making you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, or if you witness anything of the sort, we encourage you to speak with the door staff or our team members. We'll believe you, and we'll help.

In the era when America's Rust Belt got its name, factory workers labored on a 12-hour day or night shift for two weeks straight. To switch shifts, one group would have to work 24-hours straight and cover the labor gap. This grueling shift became known as the Longturn.

Longturn music was founded to give people with day jobs a space to spend their second shift. No bottle service, no passwords, just a dance floor filled with good people and good music.

Come early, stay late, dance hard ⚒️