Space Laces brings the low end to Nova SD on Friday

The dubstep sound-design specialist plays Insomniac’s Gaslamp club on Nov 6, the first of his three listed dates this fall.

Friday night in the Gaslamp usually means lines that start forming before the doors do. On Friday, Nov 6, a good share of that line will be headed for Nova SD, where Space Laces takes over the room. The show is listed to start at 10pm, so treat this as a proper late night.

Space Laces is the project of Ian Slider, an American dubstep producer whose calling card is sound design: the squelch, grind and mechanical detail packed into each drop. He first released music under the name cornandbeans and has been putting out tracks since 2011. His breakout was the 2018 Overdrive EP on Never Say Die Records, a six-track release that included collaborations with Getter and IVORY and singles like “Torque” and “Kaiju,” and that topped the iTunes electronic chart. A year later, a remix package brought in Kompany, Rickyxsan, SVDDEN DEATH, Phiso and Gammer, which tells you where he sits in the bass world: respected by the producers who make the heaviest records on the circuit.

If you want your Friday loud and precise, this is the booking.

San Diego gets him first. This is the opening date of the three currently listed for Space Laces, with a Boston stop following on Nov 21. That makes Friday less a tour stop than a starting gun, and first nights tend to come with fresh edits and the energy of a set that hasn’t yet been run into the ground.

The room matters here. Nova SD is the former OMNIA nightclub, bought by Insomniac, the company behind EDC, and reopened in early 2022 as the eighth club in its nightlife portfolio, with Tao Group Hospitality as a minority partner. In the years since, it has become the city’s go-to for dance and electronic music; DJ Mag placed it on its 2025 Top 100 Clubs list. Nova SD holds just under 2,000 people (1,937 by our count) across a multilevel space that includes a rooftop.

A few things to know before you go. Tickets are on sale through Tixr via the link on this page, and the JamBase listing is the place to check for any changes. With a 10pm start, budget for a late finish and plan your ride home ahead of time. Bring earplugs. This is music designed to rattle your sternum, and it will.

For San Diego’s bass crowd, the appeal is simple: a producer known for doing heavy music with unusual care, playing the first night of his fall run in the club the city’s dance scene has made its home base. Get downtown early, grab something to eat before the lines start, and save your energy for the drops.

Sources: Space Laces biography (Last.fm) (last.fm); Space Laces delivers with new EP, ‘Overdrive’ (Dancing Astronaut) (dancingastronaut.com); Space Laces Overdrive remixes (EDM.com) (edm.com); Insomniac expands nightlife operations to San Diego, announces grand opening of Nova SD (press release) (nasdaq.com); Nova SD – DJ Mag Top 100 Clubs 2025 (djmag.com); Nova SD (San Diego Tourism Authority) (sandiego.org); Space Laces at Nova SD (JamBase) (jambase.com); Tickets (Tixr) (tixr.com)