Wrestlers is a Houston electronic duo that developed from producer Aidan Kennedy’s earlier project, Bagheera. Under that name, Kennedy released 100% Panther in 2012 through France’s Plik & Plok Records, combining house rhythms with chillwave textures. The addition of David Elkin established Wrestlers as a collaborative act focused on funk-inflected electronic dance music. Its 2015 SXSW schedule included Chance the Rapper’s Free the People showcase at Austin Music Hall, documenting the project’s movement from independent production into a broader festival network while maintaining its Houston roots.
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Held recordings
"My Love 4 U" by Wrestlers (feat. Kam Franklin of The Suffers) | Day For Night 2015 | Houston, TX
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.
One appearance documented on a Free Press Houston bill. 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.
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Archive articles that name Wrestlers. A mention is a sighting in the paper’s own pages, not a statement that the piece is about this performer.
