Mild Minds plays a late Friday at Substation on Nov. 13

The producer behind GEMINI brings his electronic music to a 600-capacity Seattle room for a 10 p.m. Friday start.

Some electronic records are made for headphones and some are made for a dark room after 10 p.m. Mild Minds has spent two albums making music that works for both, and this Friday's Seattle show is the second kind of night.

Mild Minds plays Substation on Friday, Nov. 13. The show starts at 10 p.m., and tickets are through Eventbrite. Substation holds 600.

Mild Minds is the project of Benjamin David, a Melbourne-born producer, songwriter and singer who has been based in Los Angeles. His debut album, MOOD, came out in 2020 on Foreign Family Collective, the label run by ODESZA. The second, GEMINI, followed on the same label on Feb. 21, 2025. Dancing Astronaut called it "the long-form sequel to MOOD," and it was previewed by singles including "TEARDROPS" in September 2024 and "DNA ∞" just before release.

The Foreign Family link matters here. ODESZA's label has long had a following in the Northwest, and Mild Minds is one of the acts in that catalog who works across songwriting and club music rather than picking one. GRAMMY.com's interview around MOOD covered how he approached that balance, and GEMINI took it further.

Ten o'clock on a Friday in a 600-cap room is where this kind of record belongs.

The Seattle date stands out on his calendar. Recent public listings show only a handful of Mild Minds dates, including a DJ set at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco in September, so this is not a stop on a long tour. It is one of a few chances to see him play this season.

Substation's size suits it. At 600, the room is big enough for a real crowd and small enough that the sound and lights reach everyone. A 10 p.m. start means a late one, so plan for it: get there with time to settle in before he goes on, and figure out your ride home before midnight.

If GEMINI has been on repeat since last year, or you came to Mild Minds through MOOD, Friday is the night. One room, one late set, in Seattle.

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