BOAN is the electronic duo of José Cota and Houston native Mariana Saldaña, whose earlier work together included the group Medio Mutante. Combining hardware synthesizers, sequenced rhythms, and predominantly Spanish-language vocals, BOAN developed a minimal synth and cold-wave sound shaped by Texas’s interconnected electronic scenes. Its debut album Mentiras appeared on Holodeck in 2015, with engineering and production by Michael Stein of S U R V I V E. Songs including Babylon, Secretos, and the extended BOAN Acid pair Cota’s rhythmic arrangements with Saldaña’s vocal presence, connecting intimate pop structures to club music.
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Held artifact from Day for Night 2015, an edition the act played. Day for Night 2015 official lineup poster. Black sheet with the cyan Day for Night circular mark; the SOUND list opens Kendrick Lamar, New Order, Philip Glass Ensemble, Dillon Francis, and the LIGHT list opens Casey Reas and Zach Lieberman. Supplied to the archive by Omar Afra. Free Press Houston Archive holding.
2 appearances documented on Free Press Houston bills. Records are kept to the lineup sources the archive holds; nothing beyond them is stated.
The held hype deck for the first edition names Kendrick Lamar, New Order, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Janelle Monáe and Dillon Francis and counts 43 bands across three stages; it carries no full bill. The roster below is the announced lineup as recorded by JamBase, which sets out the two festival days and two acts whose day was still pending. It is a documented lineup, not a verified record of performance.
