The night began with Alaska laying down a foundation of industrial techno and an EBM centered driving set that immediately established the tone for the event. After Alaska warmed up the crowd, Nicole Noir raised the tension in a suitably gothic black latex dress, completely engulfed in fog. Her set continued the night’s industrial and EBM atmosphere, pushing the room further into its dark, club-oriented headspace. Once the clock struck midnight however, Travis took the stage and became one with the dark.

The mortal behind the PicturePlane electronic project is an individual based out of New York named Travis Egedy. While in Dallas performing for the Slumber Party Goth Night, Travis curated a set that moved through wave, witch house, deep bass music, club percussion, industrial techno bangers and grungy darkwave. The incredible aspect of this was how naturally the movement occurred, there were no awkward turns or jarring cuts between genres. One sound seemed to emerge from the previous, until the walls between genres completely fell, just a collage of sounds painted with PicturePlanes unique gothic and grungy style.

At one point, Pictureplane played an immaculate gothic trance track built around an arpeggio that was easily one of the most beautiful sounds ever heard. It didn’t feel like a departure from the darker industrial and wave material that came before it; rather somehow built into it without any hangups. It was where the performance had been headed the whole time, finishing an evolution into its truest form. The industrial techno, heavy bass, wave textures, club percussion, witch house and grungy darkwave had all found their way to the same place, no part of PicturePlanes set felt unintentional.

The visual atmosphere perfectly matched the music, spotlights and floodlights shined throughout the room while lasers sliced into the fog. Behind Pictureplane, a large horizontal screen displayed ambient red and maroon flurries, giving the room a constantly shifting backdrop. Pictureplane played from around midnight until close, allowing the set to keep developing across the night. Rather than moving through a series of seemingly unrelated styles, he seemed to keep finding connections between them. He wrapped all of those sounds into a gothic, grungy Pictureplane bow. The set ended right on time, giving attendees their full monies worth for the evening, everything he mentioned was on display and reflected exactly as described. The entire
performance was a mirror of his entire artistic vision and live-show philosophy, a full catalog of underground sounds presented like a tastemaker, just like he explained in the interview.

Garen Powers : You’ve been moving through electronic music, art, and underground culture for a long time. What feels genuinely different about the scene right now?

PicturePlane: I started playing in 2006 or 2007 in Denver out of college living in a DIY warehouse called Rhinoceropolis. Places like these are harder to do now, things are more expensive.

Garen Powers: Your music has always had a visual identity. When creating something new, does the music come first and suggest the visuals, or do the visuals sometimes lead?

PicturePlane: Visuals and music are two separate things, the visual art comes after. I actually have an art show coming up in Brooklyn.

Garen Powers: You’ve had a long relationship with DIY and underground culture. What do you think the underground can still do better than the mainstream?

PicturePlane: Its more art oriented, Mainstream is about clout and selling records. Underground is about community.

Garen Powers: A lot of artists are framing their work as a world rather than a collection of tracks. Is Pictureplane a musical project, an art project, or something else entirely?

PicturePlane: I’ve always been into world building, an expansive space.

Garen Powers: When you’re performing live, what are you trying to create for the audience that they can’t necessarily get from listening to the recordings at home?

PicturePlane: A good live show is about getting lost in the moment. The music should be loud and envelop you, shoegazy and blissful.

Garen Powers: What have you been hearing lately, whether from established artists or people you’ve just discovered that has genuinely excited you?

PicturePlane: I heard Cries of Agony, I put them on the guest list. They’re a black metal synth band.

PICTUREPLANE at Slumber Party in Dallas, Texas September 20, 2026 photo by Garen Powers

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