Avalon Emerson is from the desert. While she currently lives in Berlin, the music she produces comes from the dreamlike expanse and abstract textures of the Sonoran landscapes of Arizona. Her journey has taken her from that sunbaked state to the contemporary dance music mecca via a long stint in San Francisco, where she cut her teeth as a DJ in the city's storied warehouse party scene. In her DJ sets and productions now, she offers a timeless narrative that reflects a passion for the sound design of new wave, the futurism of techno, the soul of American house and the exuberance of rave. Though she's built up steam in 2015 from multiple sets at Panorama Bar, and globetrotting all around Europe and North America, she's just getting started, and continues to outdo herself with original productions released on labels like Shtum, Spring Theory, Icee Hot, and her own DJ tool edit pool, the Cybernedits series.

3Ddancer (a trio composed of Alex the Fairy, Rachel Lyn & Volruptus) perform live as an improvised freeform act akin to an electronic free jazz band, who are equipped with an array of electronic instruments. 3Ddancer (a trio composed of Alex the Fairy, Rachel Lyn & Volruptus) perform live as an improvised freeform act akin to an electronic free jazz band, who are equipped with an array of electronic instruments. The 3 artists bring their unique styles together to form a new vision of harder, faster, experimental dance music: rhythm heavy and drenched in emotive and visceral musical forms. Their unique individual projects already being strongly defined and established provide a powerful foundation which multiplies and combines the trio to form a truly powerful combination of flavours, an experience like no other. The project cuts its teeth closing the renowned Modular Gang/Oscillate parties, culminating in a debut live album (“great fucking success”) released in late 2019. From there they went on to play for 8 hours in Säule (Berghain) for CTM Festival followed by a quick dash to Mutabor in Moscow before lockdown. Resurfacing for recent closings at Mjut and Hard Trade/Funkhaus, 3Ddancer has proven to be a truly living, breathing entity in its own right that continues to grow and reinterpret itself. ̸ SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY -great fucking success (Live Album - November 2019) -OUT NOW!!!! "new exciting toys" (Live Album - April 2022) -Prehistoric Safari (Single/Compilation) out on Standard Deviation x Mystictrax (2022)

After getting to know each other in Zürich in 2008, Adrian Shala and Adrian Schweizer became inseparable, not just as friends, but also as artists. The two men carved out a career as one of the most consistently delivering DJ/producer duos in the house and techno scene: Adriatique. The key to an enduring partnership is, of course, to complement each other, and the two Adrians do so admirably. Music-wise, their various tastes combine into one unique sound, and their respective preference for studio work and performance means that both aspects are equally well covered. Adriatique’s DJ performances as well as their productions are long, meditative, relentlessly building affairs, ever challenging the listener with subtle twists interrupting their hypnotic groove. There is more to the duo than just a well-oiled electronic music machine, however. They also live together, draw plans together, and support art in all its forms together. ~ Official Website

Tractor-driving, mud-spattered Alex Krell is a Lithuanian producer riding a new wave of deep and dark techno. Alex Krell makes techno. He is also a petrolhead who lists Queen, Nirvana and Led Zeppelin as his influences, and he loves driving a tractor in the tiny Lithuanian village where he spends a lot of time. This impossibly bizarre background gives Alex Krell’s productions a uniquely dark and earthy energy that makes his techno stand out from the crowd of sterile Berlin copycats. The stadium-rock influence drives Alex’s melodic and emotional approach to chord sequences and arrangements, hip-hop provides a sense of swagger, and driving a tractor all day apparently makes you choose pounding, powerful, relentless beats at night. Techno is Alex Krell’s second love. He cannot live without motorsport, on four wheels or two wheels, but preferably loud and dirty. Normally techno wouldn’t be a suitable soundtrack for an extreme sports video, but Alex pours adrenalin, euphoria and danger into his music, making it fit perfectly on the Wipeout soundtrack, or Grand Theft Auto. When he’s not reading magazines about combustion engines, Alex is in the studio tuning synthesizers and firing up four-cylinder kickdrums. The retro flavours of his rock and rave influences are blended with some kind of weird chemical found only in his native Lithuanian water. Alex Krell invites you to drink a bottle of it and see what happens. ̸ SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY Alex Krell - Parallel Seduction Alex Krell - Optyx Alex Krell - Knocturne Alex Krell - Hypnopace Pindrops - Dive (Alex Krell remix) Alex Krell - Contacts Jaroška - How Do You Call It (Alex Krell remix) Alex Krell - Nightmare At Lizdas Pindrops - Reflection II (Alex Krell Punk Version) Alex Krell - Pashilan Kid Without Letters - Eternal Sweep (Alex Krell remix)

Alex the Fairy // 1/3 3Ddancer // 1/2 Methamfemenine

DJ, Producer & Label owner Anetha is a trained Architect based in Paris, now fully dedicated to music and focused on developing her career as a DJ, producer and Label Manager. As a leading figure of the new generation of French DJs inspired by EBM, trance, electro and old school 90’s techno tracks, Anetha knows how to make people dance. She always tries to offer an intense, energetic and unpredictable journey to her public, with a strong and fresh tracks’ selection.

Hangin’ on the streets of Brussels and collecting some wonderfully weird records along the way. Often seen scavenging in the vicinity of Rue Blaes 146, eyes always on the prize. Lastest Red Light Radio mix: https://soundcloud.com/crevetterecords/crevette-records-w-different-fountains-red-light-radio-1 Texture Radio mix: https://soundcloud.com/fred-nasen/texture-radio-30-11-17-arohcrevette-records-bxl-guest-mix-at-urgentfm

The Black Gold Of Da Sun is known as one of Lithuania's rising talents in nightlife bringing soul, sass & seduction to every function. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York as a professionally trained dancer and singer, music was something that was naturally embedded in Dane’s blood. With over a decade of creating and performing in the arts the natural progression towards DJing was imminent. Inspired by one of his favourite songs, Dane aligned with the moniker of B. GODSun, which stands for Black Gold Of Da Sun. Starting at his home of Lizdas (Kaunas, LT), he has quickly become one of Lithuania’s most beloved and charismatic DJs and nightlife figures. From establishing a long standing residency at Radio Vilnius, one of Lithuania's popular radio stations, to commanding every stage he embraces, B. GODSun’s rise is one to watch closely. Everything from the sounds of soulful/melodic House to Afro-House, Ghetto House and even the bombastic beats of the Ballroom scene is what you can expect to hear at B. GODSun set — he’s not one to shy away from challenging himself and the crowd to a guaranteed ass shaking time on the dance floor. In true Brooklynite fashion, B. GODSun spreads love, escape and ecstasy through House, where everyone is welcome to feel at home.

Antwerp’s Bibi Seck is known to make venues drip sweat from their ceilings with her energetic, euphoric sets that jam-pack the dance floor instantly. Antwerp’s Bibi Seck is known to make venues drip sweat from their ceilings with her energetic, euphoric sets that jam-pack the dance floor instantly. Her trademark: big hair, bold style and a carefully curated track selection make her the most stylish and fun music selector on the block. Bibi’s sets contain everything funky and eighties, or house, or garage and other electronic influences. Wether it’s hosting her own show on Belgium’s premiere radio station Studio Brussels, pulling out all the stakes for a prime-time festival slot or pulling up to the bumper in a grimy underground club… Crowds everywhere know exactly why Bibi Seck is the main gal-in-chief. The summer of 2021 is Bibi’s summer, with festivals and parties confirmed all over Belgium: Horst Festival, Paradise City Festival, Pukkelpop, WeCanDance & OLT Rivierenhof.

Part of Berlin's vinyl-loving community, AB's selections do the talking. With a passion for unearthing forgotten gems within electronic music and beyond, Christian's distinctive sound breaks down the barriers of club music and consistently delights with unexpected twists and turns, bringing a playful energy that continues to cement his reputation as a DJ not to be missed.

Being asked to describe his own music, Christian Löffler states that he tries to combine melancholy with euphoria. „All my music is connected by a gloomy spirit, which is minted by a warm sincerity. I try to merge all kinds of different acoustic colors to obtain this feeling in my music.” Löffler started to play music by the age of 14. Living in a secluded region, lacking a musical surrounding, he had to teach himself the essentials of making electronic music. Before long he developed his own deep and moving sound, colored with a melancholic undertone- Music for the soul & for the body. He recalls a variety of music styles he listened to as a child and teenager that were highly influential to his own development as a musician. Due to the fact that Löffler is also working as a visual artist, he’s following the same approach when making music that he’s following when painting or taking photos. It is more about telling a story than making everything accessible right from the start. In the course of the production of EP’s like „Heights”, „Raise” and „Aspen”, Löffler developed some strategies to use acoustic material in his music. Amongst others he samples different stringed instruments, percussion and atmospheres. He continues working with the recordings on the computer, combining, layering and alternating them. For his debut album „A Forest“ he enriched his sound collages by co-working with singers like Gry and Mohna. An Album in the spirit of the enchanting woods of his home region. The extraordinary capacities of this young producer have kept eyes and ears closely following the fresh talent as Löffler’s deep moving melancholic sound, is absolutely irresistible. In 2014 the highly acclaimed „Young Alaska“ EP is setting the stage for his second studio album to be released in Winter 2014/15.

Primed to become an ‘overnight success’ in a similar way all overnight successes break-through; following many years of hard-work, Cormac is currently one of dance music’s best-kept secrets. With a rapidly growing reputation as a revered selector, the Northern Ireland born DJ is setting a course for dancefloors the world over with his sound that comprises the breadth of the house and techno spectrum, but with one defining characteristic; always records that touch the inner sanctum of the human spirit. Since he began collecting music as a teenager near Belfast, his journey has been singularly driven by the discovery of amazing sounds, and his humble role in the constantly renewed potential for dancefloor transcendence. Having traded in an all-too-quiet rural Irish life for the hedonism and high times of a very different London in the early 00s, Cormac was a regular dancer at zeitgeist defining institutions such as Trash, Nag Nag Nag and Bugged Out.

Deadbeat is Scott Monteith, an adopted Montrealer who has been releasing his own special blend of dub laden, minimal electronics since 2000.Deadbeat

A selectress with no inhibitions digging & choosing parts that build to Adventurous, Energetic, Seductive, & Rapturous sets spanning many genres. Dee Diggs is a DJ and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is unapologetically black, queer, and a life long student of the tenets of House Music. The year 2020 found her at the top of her game after a debut European tour during August 2019, her name was popping up on top bills on a weekly basis in NYC. Her energetic, yet deep approach to DJing has seen this Boston to Brooklyn transplant lighting up dancefloors all over; in particular, garnering attention in the queer party scene. This mixes well with her ethos: using her influence to create space for marginalized groups to express & organize themselves. Her aim is to contribute to & sustain more spaces where these groups are valued and thanked by name for their contributions to humanity. Thank the OG Black innovators of House & Techno! Thank you, Disco-era Queens & Queers alike for the theatrics & fanfare of nightlife as we know it! There are homages to these origins alluded to in her taste and most noteworthy mixes. Dee Diggs’ mix for FACT Magazine was released in March 2019 and charted on Pitchfork’s and Resident Advisors’ own Best Mixes of 2019 lists. It cut an arch through dance music’s past and present to convey an interesting melding of Dee’s signature sounds: lyrical storied tracks, sensual club edits, soulful realness, sneaky grooves, passionate thumpers, and nostalgic endings. Her eponymous party, House of Diggs debuted in February 2020 to stir and settle the hearts of all the lovers of house, funk, soul, disco, and R&B in Brooklyn, before the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent club closings curtailed that momentum for 1.5 years. However, 2021 has found her making strides again. Diggs is still crafting stellar DJ mixes for her Soundcloud and radio guest spots, while also building her music production chops in her home studio in Brooklyn. She has resumed curating House of Diggs as an event series at Jupiter Disco, a rotary focused intimate dance floor in Bushwick and also holds a DJ residency at a hi-fi nightclub in Gowanus, BK named Public Records.

Together with close friends Dustin founded and runs giegling. Giegling Mix 01 - Wild East

Manfredas. The name packs a hefty punch. After years spent amassing knowledge as a radio DJ, he took his talents to the club, where he’s been convincing the unconvinced ever since. This man has a serious gift for throwing his every physical move hammering home the strength of his musical convictions. From the unique way he palms the jog wheel, to the ardent torque of his dancing, music feels a little more impactful in his midst. As one of the key residents and programmers at Opium Club in Vilnius, where he runs his club night "Smala", Manfredas has been instrumental in creating a culture that has led some mega-respected DJs to call it their favourite club in the world. Space feels like a feedback loop of love, dramatic intensity, and open-minded passion that draws everyone deeper into the music. Fact: the best DJs are always residents. Fact: Opium just might be the best club in existence. Logic dictates our man is a champ.

catch the train Owner, A&R and artist at Casa Voyager. https://www.discogs.com/fr/DjBooth-Whybe-In-Loving-Memory-Of-Ambition/release/9877483

Edward Feat. Justus / Martin Zadak - Raw Structure / Himmel Unter Berlin Oskar Offermann* / Edward - Cherry Bombs / Inverno Tristen / Edward - Along These Strings / Calm Views From Abroad A Piece Of Us Expressions In Stone Oskar Offermann* / Edward - You Said Party, I Said Maybe

Deliberately liberating, willingly unwilling.

EMILIJA is a multi-disciplinary creative and fresh face on the electronic music scene- her energetic DJ sets oscillate between progressive house, trance & bass-heavy electro with a heavy emphasis on percussion and groove. Genres are transgressed, melodies are seduced and swept into a sensual collision of moods and dynamics, sensitively brought together to stimulate the senses for an atomic bliss.

High Priestess of the Motherbeat. Vinyl slinging since 1994. Dissolve boundaries and models. Unlock your body. Find each other.

One of the happy dads behind the Gay Haze parties in Brussels.

Liam Fattori's House Project with the Oden duo. From house music to minimal techno & breakbeat. Founder of Sake Records : https://sakerecords.bandcamp.com/ The minimal live trio is a Parisian underground singularity. After hitting numerous clubs, the ensemble is on the road again to explore new venues and spread their positive vibes. Their music is a continuous flow of complex grooves with broke rhythms mixing minimal, house and acid techno music infusing psychedelic ambiances. Men I Trust - Lauren (Oden & Fatzo Edit) (Sake Records) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb220AV0XmA&ab_channel=Novaj%E6%96%B0%E3%81%97 Oden & Fatzo - OB1 Kenobi (Increase the Groove Records) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrakXO9fS7I Oden & Fatzo - Super Mega Robot Dinosaur (Antam Records) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgz6EnAGrHY Oden & Fatzo - Cats Love Jazz (Moscow Records) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuA-KRD3qwI&ab_channel=Houseum Oden & Fatzo - Retro Drive (Sake Records) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVLnvbzsJiU&ab_channel=Houseum Oden & Fatzo - La vie rêvée (Increase the Groove Records) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMw7QGW8d_s

Fresh face on the Parisian electronic scene and resident DJ for Rinse, FIONA offers an eclectic sound travelling from disco to house and techno. Heavily influenced by Chicago and Detroit, her sets embraces italo disco, acid, breakbeat and big 80s influences.

man of the people

“Deep”, perhaps the word most associated with the career of Fred P, and for once, an accurate portrayal. Eleven albums, innumerable releases and decades of Djing into his career, the New York-turned-Berlin resident continues to push further into his own sound, craft, and mind.

New York-born DJ and Lot Radio resident Gabrielle Kwarteng is on a steady, slow-burning rise upward. Her guest shows won her a Mixcloud Online Radio Award and a regular slot, which garnered her a loyal following and led to bookings across NY and beyond. Gabrielle Kwarteng’s journey so far is one of passion, dedication and the occasional strike of fate. Born and raised in New York, Kwarteng’s name has recently risen in prominence throughout a challenging time for dance music and club culture. A DJ, radio host and curator, her sets have recently enchanted Panorama Bar in Berlin (four times in less than twelve months, no less), equally vital club spaces such as NYC’s Nowadays and Manchester’s own White Hotel, as well as a span of festivals including Love International, Glastonbury, Melt and Dekmantel Selectors. Listening to Kwarteng, whether in a cavernous rave hall, a sweat-soaked underground club or making intimate selections on the radio, is an experience that feels at once familiar but always energizing. Kwarteng’s diverse taste and open-mindedness lead first, allowing her to fluidly slip through a mix of heady 80s and 90s NY house, disco interpretations that traverse diaspora and eras, percussive passages alongside boldly broken beats and, as the lights get lower, an undeniable acid undercurrent. In an era of everything at once, Kwarteng weaves stories for the dancefloor that often look to the past, but always focus on possible futures. Kwarteng arrived at this position via a mixture of study and circumstance. Born in Brooklyn to Ghanaian parents but raised in the Bronx, her childhood was soundtracked by a mix of first-wave Highlife, Afrobeat and disco. Outside her front door, in a thriving neighborhood of diverse American experiences, entire sounds and scenes expanded and exploded as pop-culture began to mutate in new ways, both online and off. Crossing to Manhattan for school, the tempo changed entirely as rock, hip hop and experimental music filled Kwarteng’s ears while she studied intensely. Her academic focus was paramount, but Kwarteng couldn’t help but drift back towards the beat. First, from sciences to arts, where, at an esteemed upstate New York university, her dedication to trawling music blogs rendered Kwarteng the de facto DJ for house parties. She also began broadcasting on college radio; her daybreak show was a particular hit with professors arriving to work early to mark before lectures. Bouncing back to New York, Kwarteng continued to present a show on the burgeoning online radio station The Lot. In 2017, she was presented with the Mixcloud Online Radio Award for Best Eclectic Show, an early and completely unexpected acknowledgement of an instinct for music that traversed genre expectations. In parallel, Kwarteng played each and every Saturday night in the majestic ballroom of the SoHo Grand, amassing vinyl for a residency that helped define the uptown musical scene with her own downtown sensibilities. Now based in Europe, Kwarteng continues to criss-cross not only genres, but continents. Overcoming her inherent introversion to nervously approach Giles Peterson at a record store in Paris proved fortuitous; so impressed was the storied DJ by Kwarteng’s show on local station Le Mellotron, he invited her to appear at his own festival, Worldwide. Appearances at suitably open-minded spaces in Madrid, London, Bristol, Copenhagen and Kyiv soon followed. Wherever she performs, Kwarteng’s expertise serves to not only continue the championing of Black American genres such as house, techno and disco, but equally, to explore the continuum of global dance music as a whole. Having laid the foundations for a unique musical journey, it’s a level of respect that’s tangible on any dancefloor. In these increasingly sacred spaces, Gabrielle Kwarteng’s personal passion translates into collective ecstasy. The dig continues.

Gramrcy is a British-born DJ and producer currently living in Berlin. His productions draw elements from the UK’s rich rave history while pushing a resolutely forward-facing sound. EPs on cult UK labels Ancient Monarchy and FTD established a restless, anything-goes approach to music-making, while a recent collaboration with Hodge on the Singapore-based label Midnight Shift displayed a tougher and more upfront side. This approach extends through to his DJ sets – a fluid and stylistically diverse selection that skilfully weaves between genres and eras while maintaining at its heart a fun and carefree approach to dance music. Well received mixes for Crack Magazine, Boiler Room, Uncanny Valley and Ceramics (which Thump named their No.1 mix of 2015), as well as numerous guest slots on NTS and Rinse FM have cemented his reputation as a thrilling and diverse DJ, as comfortable with well-considered warm-up slots as he is playing peak time sets. 2019 saw him become joint label-owner of Peach Discs – the label started in 2016 by long-time friend Shanti Celeste. As well as running the longstanding Housework parties in Bristol and Berlin alongside Shanti, Golesworthy and Daisy Moon, he’s played a number of well-respected clubs, venues and festivals across Europe, including ://about blank and Tresor in Berlin, Simple Things Festival in Bristol and London’s Dance Tunnel, while his latest EP on GlassTalk Records continues to mark out Gramrcy as a producer to keep an eye on.

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As one of Europe’s most wanted underground weapons, Héctor Oaks style stands out for playing the unexpected and the highly engaging. As DJ, producer and label head his take on techno resonates by combining the contemporary with hand-picked tracks from the history of rave culture. Héctor Oaks has been behind the turntables for almost half of his life. Gaining his first credits in Madrid's underground, it was when he relocated to Berlin, that his DJing really took off. Not long after his move to the German capital, the trained sound engineer released his first vinyl releases on KEY VINYL. This kick-start into the fertile soils of Berlin’s underground lay the foundation of a career, that has taken off internationally in the past years. It’s the dancefloors that taught this DJ his outstanding empathy and intuition for the sounds, that make a crowd vibrate. Constant practice and the dedication to music shaped his style. Known for his stamina and mixing skills, it is his selection that truly stands out. What seems eclectic on the first sight, is a well-curated mix of vinyl gems. Héctor Oaks seeks for the sweet spot between tracks that are connected not by genre but vibe and style. As vinyl-only DJ, his selection thrives on Oaks’ passion for digging in record shops all around the world. Not to mention the years in Berlin ́s infamous Record Loft, that served the local scene with an outstandingly broad selection of 2nd hand vinyl. When in the mood for a proper rave, you will find Oaks playing under his alias Cadency. The moniker is home to the more explorative side of genres: breaks, ghetto, oomphy grooves and a pinch of funk. As Oaks’s calls it: techno body music gone pop. Cadency’s appearances are rare, so catch them while they’re hot.

Hamburg native Helena Hauff is an in-demand DJ as well as an acclaimed producer of gritty, hard-edged electro-techno. Her music draws from influences such as acid house, EBM, and industrial, and she records her tracks strictly using analog equipment, usually in one take. Her full-length debut, 2015's Discreet Desires, contains some of her most melodic material, while 2018's Qualm is more stripped-down but no less energetic. Hauff has released a handful of EPs, including 2019's Living with Ants and 2021's Futuros with the Exaltics. ~ AllMusic

co-founder of event series and label - Isla to Isla. He encompass the deep layers and immersive atmospheres of sounds of diverse continents. As well as left-field taste and contemporary understanding of club music always puts captivating ideas on the table Hìldå is a member of the Isla to Isla crew, known for their boundary-pushing approach to music. His mixes are a carefully curated experience, defying genre boundaries and inviting listeners on a journey through mystical soundscapes and unfamiliar terrain. With a keen understanding of club music, Hilda's sets feature both the wild energy of rave and tribal, as well as the deep and immersive sounds of continents ranging from South East Asia to the Middle East. As a DJ and promoter, Hilda is dedicated to creating unforgettable experiences for his audience, showcasing the best of underground and experimental sounds from around the world.

Venezuelan born Berlin based Hyperaktivist it's been shaking the scene in and outside Berlin with her characteristic energetic sets, oscillating between faster Techno and House with big influence in the 90's and old school tracks. She started working for the development of club culture in her native Venezuela since an early age. There, she co-founded SOLO, the first club dedicated exclusively to electronic music in her hometown. Now she continues that labor in Berlin with not one but two vital community-focused club nights. Her first called Mess, Mindful Electronic Sonic Selections, a forward thinking club night happening at OHM which have a focus on femme and queer artist from diverse cultural backgrounds, and it's dedicated to the celebration of diversity and supporting DIY club culture around the world. Her newest Mala Junta, which she co-founded along with Dj Tool and that counts with D.dan, Yazzus and Why Be as residents, is considered one of Berlin’s fiercest underground queer-techno parties, with a focus on inclusivity, Mala Junta approaches the faster, groovier edges of dance music with an open mind and a relentless spirit. Hyperaktivist have directly influenced a shift in the scene in Berlin, not only through introducing her Tribal euphoric fresh sounds, with great influence in her roots from Latin America and the Caribbean coast where she grew up, but also by constantly nurturing and pushing up her community and advocating political values of equality & diversity at the forefront of her projects. Since being selected as one of the Shape Platform for innovative music artists in 2016, she has been touring around the world. You can find her playing from Berlin’s most renown clubs to all across Europe, USA and South America, always bringing her characteristic energy and commitment to the dance floors, merging genres with ease she takes influence both in her time spent in Berlin and South America.

The Detroit electronic music group Inner City, one of the most influential dance acts of all time, commemorating 30 Years! The story of Inner City is intractably linked with its founder Kevin Saunderson, widely created as one of the progenitors of techno and a landmark figure in dance music. But while it intertwines with his own career, the group’s longevity – spanning wildfire success, indelible club classics, a handful of full-length albums, and sales of over six million worldwide – is a result of multiple independent chapters over a remarkable 30 year run time. In 2017, with Kevin’s son and creative protégé Danitez as a new addition to the group, a new one is unfolding. The beginning of Inner City as a project came in 1987, one of many creative outlets that could be traced back to Saunderson. The music he was playing and producing in Detroit at the time, alongside fellow The Belleville Three members Juan Atkins and Derrick May, laid the path for what came to be known as Techno, and birthed an entire global culture to follow. Inspired by marathon sets by pioneering DJs Ron Hardy and Larry Levan, Saunderson set out to break from the strictures of Detroit techno’s tracky, dark machine funk by adding vocals to his productions. Work with contemporaries at the time had led to a unique sound based on colourful keyboard chords and snappy drums – and, crucially, a chance collaboration with Chicago vocalist Paris Grey (née Shanna Jackson). With Paris Grey’s soaring vocals atop the catchy tracks, a winning combination was found for Inner City. The marriage of Detroit techno’s propulsive, insistent rhythms and pop’s vibrant, melodic uplift proved a winner; it was neither too positive for the underground, nor too gritty for commercial success. With a defining sound in place, Inner City songs began to spring up on influential compilations chronicling early Detroit techno music and the material was heavily bootlegged, before seeing official release in 1988. What followed was a whirlwind: “Big Fun” and “Good Life” dominated not only clubs but the charts, sweeping top 10s all across Europe, and starting a run of four consecutive No1s on the US Billboard Dance Chart. Their enduring popularity in club and radio rotation continues to this day, standing out as top-tier classics in the pantheon of modern music. The act arrived just at the right time, with the door wide open for dancefloor-ready anthems – especially in the UK, where a new culture based around free-spirited dance music and warehouse parties was developing rapidly. Paradise, their debut album, went Platinum in the UK, setting in motion years of high demand on the live touring circuit, and spawning further hit singles such as “Ain’t Nobody Better,” “Do You Love What You Feel”, and 1992’s “Pennies From Heaven” – featuring Kevin’s wife at the time and musical partner throughout, Ann Saunderson. Standalone releases split between Saunderson’s own KMS and Virgin’s 10 Records imprint continued through the 90s, and a greatest hits collection followed in 2003, but through the 2000s the Inner City project largely lay dormant. Paused out of respect for Grey’s desire to raise a family, the Saundersons continued their careers elsewhere: in Kevin’s case, as a popular producer, DJ, promoter and label runner; in Ann’s, as a fêted vocalist, most notably on Octave One’s “Blackwater” smash. To the delight of fans, Inner City was revived in the early 2010s with gigs at key clubs and festivals worldwide, with both Paris Grey and Ann Saunderson taking dual vocal roles. New material was forthcoming, too: 2011’s “Fantasy”, 2014’s “Bad Girl” – featuring remixes from a then 21-year-old and fast rising Danitez Saunderson – and, most recently, “Good Luck” in 2017, with Danitez integrated as a full member of the group. And so to the present day, with over three decades in the game under their collective wing: with a renewed commitment to live performances featuring a strong family core, and two generations of Saunderson men in the studio, Inner City look set to enjoy the good life as much in 2017 as they did in 1987.

Involved in different musical genres, Interiors is now commonly known on Lithuania’s underground scene as the resident DJ, promoter and conceptualizer at one of the finest Vilnius nightlife establishments: Kablys Club. Involved in different musical genres for several years, Interiors is now commonly known on Lithuania’s underground scene as the resident DJ, promoter and conceptualizer at one of the finest Vilnius nightlife establishments: Kablys Club - the place where he runs his regular, but musically diverse Gamma nights. With varied tastes and influences from different scenes, he blends his own mixture of dark disco, krautrock, EBM and other psychedelic-minded alternative dancefloor sounds, fit as much for the brain as for the body, for the club or bedroom, mid-day or midnight. Even if his sets might seem a bit chaotic, one couldn’t help recognizing that he has got his own mixture of the past, the present and the future, seamed into his very own musical strategy, which Interior himself calls “a thin line between contrasts”.

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Justautas is a Lithuanian DJ, selector, and radio show host residing at Opium Club and Lizdas, the country's key nightlife hubs. For four years he has been running Dykuma club nights, dedicated to the exploration of peripheries of psychedelia.

Kaubrys - Lithuanian DJ, running Dykuma project as a club nights and radio show at Radio Vilnius

Dubstepper Kode9 is the founder of Hyperdub.Kode9

Together with Carsten Jost, Lawrence (real name Peter M. Kersten) runs the Kompakt-affiliated Dial label out of Hamburg, Germany. Lawrence

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Loraine James is a producer who uses a minimalist setup and unbound creativity, she utilises IDM glitch aesthetics with an improvisational, jazz-rooted spirit and a unique talent for integrating her diverse influences into cohesive and emotive pieces. Hailing from Enfield, North London, adventurous producer Loraine James is a rising voice in the electronic music community. Taking piano lessons as a child and growing up listening to a wide range of genres has instilled a voracious musical curiosity in her that resonates throughout her productions. While classes at college, and later on Westminster University’s Commercial Music course, facilitated her encounter with the basic tools for digital production, her approach is closer to DIY culture than formal training. Often expressing her love for IDM, her intricate, highly intuitive and emotional tracks, composed used minimal, easily-available setup, and openly queer identity stand in direct opposition with the genre’s traditionally male, white and gear-fetishising intellectualism. James’s music is at once abrasive and vulnerable, a powerful dichotomy used to fuse together the many disparate elements from London’s sound universe which she integrates into her music, moulding grime, R&B, jazz and ambient into novel sonic creations with an instinct for improvisation. In 2017, her self-released debut album Detail caught the ear of many music aficionados, but 2019’s sophomore For You And I LP on Hyperdub would make her a breakthrough star, receiving unanimous acclaim from peers, fans and critics at the likes of Crack, DJ Mag, The Quietus, Mixmag and Pitchfork. On Nothing EP, her second Hyperdub release, she explores new directions with a diverse group of international collaborators including Uruguayan producer Lila Tirando a Violeta, Jonnine Standish of Australian duo HTRK and Iranian-British rapper Tardast. by Andra Nikolayi

Maayan Nidam, also performing as THE WAVES, is an artist in flux, continues to change, evolve and challenge boundaries both in her Berlin studio and on stage. Maayan Nidam, also performing as THE WAVES is an artist in flux, continues to change, evolve and challenge boundaries both in her Berlin studio and on stage. She has built a reputation as a fine producer, live performer & DJ who favours a subtle approach towards mesmeric moments. Her DJ sets, predominantly based in stripped-back, deep sounds, utilise an intriguing vinyl collection, using obscure interludes for re-contextualisation. This approach makes for some magical moments on the dance-floor, where a night’s highlight may come from the most unlikely of tracks. As a musician obsessed about sound and the technology behind its creation, her workflow places a strong focus on the studio environment. Triggering chain reactions between guitar pedals, drum machines, modular synths and acoustic instruments, generating sounds in unpredictable, exciting ways. As THE WAVES, Maayan has developed a solo live set that allows her to further her studio experiments and take them on the road. With a flexibly evolving range of hardware, she re-creates the spontaneous frame of her productions, delving deep into the possibilities of live dubbing and improvisation, keeping the performance exciting for both the crowd and Maayan herself. THE WAVES - MĀYĀ ‎(12", MiniAlbum) Cool Mom Records CLM001 2020 Maayan Nidam - Sea Of Thee ‎(2x12", Album) Perlon PERL119 2019 Maayan Nidam - Nightlong ‎(2x12", Album) Powershovel Audio PSLP-001 2009

NTS radio host, international DJ, music producer, curator & selector. Mamiko Motto is a DJ, producer, composer and founder of the GASS record label. Her leading radio show on NTS is recognised for breaking some of the biggest underground artists in electronic music and she is, as Frank 151 describes—“A Swiss Army knife of the music industry.” An international touring DJ, Mamiko produces and composes under various monikers including Wednesday Nite, with previous releases on Warp and Big Dada. Her sound design for video games has been featured in “Butterstar Galactica” by Hudson Mohawke and other audiovisual projects. GASS was launched in 2015, a reflection of her research on humanity, technology and sexuality. In 2013, Mamiko released an exclusive 14 track compilation on All City Records called AMADA, and she has mixes featured on Dazed & Confused and The Fader, as well as playlists for fashion brands including NastyGal. Mamiko runs a London residency at Miranda Club at Ace Hotel and curates various “Mamiko Motto presents” events in Los Angeles, New York, Berlin and Paris. ̸ SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY Hudson Mohawke feat. Wednesday Nite - Paint the Stars (Warp, 2010) V/A - Amada - (All City Records, 2013) OFFSHORE - Tory Tash [Mysterious Fat Friend RMX] - (Big Dada, 2015)

Mano Le Tough is an Irish electronic music producer and Dj living in Berlin.Mano Le Tough

Constant sound rebel, vinyl enthusiast, dj, Partyzanai record label founder and promoter since 1997. Cosmopolitan, traveller and digger throughout many electronic music trends, capitals, styles and beyond. Constant sound rebel, vinyl enthusiast, dj, Partyzanai label founder and promoter since 1997. Cosmopolitan, traveller and digger throughout many electronic music trends, capitals, styles and beyond. Plays mostly vinyl, which became kind of a rebel act and signature of his dj sets in today's inevitable music digitalisation. Starting his career in the young party scene of Kaunas (industrial city in Lithuania) in the 90s, and finding himself during the 80s revival in the US and UK years later, he returned to his homeland in 2004, motivated to start his own label. Later he followed his love to Cologne, but still between Germany and Lithuania holds residencies in the local underground clubs and runs his own Partyzanai label and sub-labels (PZ Records, Gars Records, Partyzanai Pop Records, Partyzanai Plius Records, PPP Records), which take an important role in the local vibrant electronic music scene by discovering and pushing the new talented artists. Mantas T. dj sets reflect a wide spectrum of sound, as well as his love for obscure, hard-to-find records, which extends from obscure disco to modern techno. During his over 20 years dj career he was well known-resident of Lithuania’s first underground nightclub Gravity, performed and still performing beside various internationally established artists in his own promoted and independent events. For more info dive into the gallery >> https://www.partyzanai.com/gallery/ PARTYZANAI LABELS AND SUB-LABELS: Partyzanai webpage: https://www.partyzanai.com PZ Records: https://pzrecords.bandcamp.com/ Partyzanai Pop Records: https://partyzanai-pop.bandcamp.com/ Partyzanai Plius Records: https://partyzanai-plius.bandcamp.com/ Gars Records: www.garsrecords.com Partyzanai Label: www.partyzanai.com PPP Records: https://ppprecords.bandcamp.com

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Lithuanian composer creating music for rave, theatre and everything in between. Over the last few years, Maria Paskevic​ has emerged as one of the most exciting up-and-coming artists in Lithuania.​ ​​She has been composing music for theatre as well as producing electronic music and playing live. In Lithuanian techno scene she is known for her her high-energy, unpredictable selections - old school techno, trance, hyperpop, IDM and a touch of hardcore. Currently Maria Paskevic is a resident DJ in Elastica and Lizdas, where she also runs party series ‘Attention!’ together with Meri Hov. The style of Maria‘s music is influenced by works of avant-garde composers as well as contemporary club music and experimental techno. These influences are embraced in the development, form and flow of electronic material.

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Max Cooper has carved a unique position for himself as an artist mixing emotional dance floor experimentation with fine art sound design & stunning visuals. Join Max's list for updates and limited release DJ mixes & music - www.maxcooper.net/#joinMax Cooper

Belgium-based Dj and producer, Max Telaer is a modern music’s poet who developed is own sound signature over the years. Maxime Mattelaer aka Max Telaer has built himself a reputation in the electronic music scene by his quality productions and his elaborated mixes as a DJ. He has several imprints on his behalf in various and international labels. He's a regular in Berlin where he’s played alongside accredited producers in the cult club Loftus Hall and the Salon Zur Wilden Renate. In his hometown, Brussels, Max requires no introduction. He’s played in Fuse, is a regular at various open air events, and holds down a residency at the club La Cabane. Recently Max Telaer and Habibi Grooves created a new duo called Grooveboxmasters. The concept is simple: Playing live with 2 Groovebox MC-505 by Roland.

Always gay as in happy, always queer as in "fuck you". Melissa Juice is a Canada-born, Brussels-based dancefloor demon and (hyper)active member of the city's queer & selector scenes. Mixing everything from meticulously constructed soundscapes to wild raves, her sets are fluid, versatile and unapologetic. Long blends and layered grooves tie together her multitude of musical tastes, with a heavy dose of all things progressive, trance-y and acidic. Expect irresistible rhythms, hypnotic vocals and forbidden throwbacks. Melissa Juice is a resident DJ and co-organiser at Missfitte, a collective hosting care-focused, queer-forward underground events with women and non-binary folks at the core. She is also the co-host of Double Double on Radio Vacarme (alongside fellow DJ Spirite), a radio show that promotes women and queer DJs in Canada and Belgium. Beyond the decks, Mel is equally invested in the fiercely political roots of rave. Through collaboration with local organizations, care teams and community members, she aims to create spaces that offer knowledge and resources related to substance use, consent and discrimination. It is in these spaces that celebration can become a radical protest against structural shame and oppression.

Mika Oki is a visual artist, Dj and producer born in Paris. With a background in sculpture and electro-acoustic music, she explore the notion of intangible spaces and emotional landscapes through AV installations, music and mixes. Like a sculptor who knows that the slightest miscalculated move of a chisel could damage the totality of an artwork, Mika Oki’s selections elude great mastery and undeniable preparation. Doing wonders in her many radio shows, it’s difficult to realise her taste in rumbles and undeniable love for sounds from across the Channel (drum and bass, UK garage, 2-step, grime…) before seeing her on the dancefloor. Never hesitating to alternate a 90s dance anthem with an obscure juke track, she also manages to gather seemingly disparate and conflicting elements together, creating an incredible coherence. Percussive but generous, erudite yet uninhibited, she pieces together unique mixes that never cease to surprise. Eternal dreamer, she uses abstract sound textures and kinetic images to generate mind trips, body journeys through music performances and immersive installations. She also developed an interest in Djing in clubs and radio shows where she translate her atmospherical experimentations, blurring The boundaries between techno, dub and ambient/narrative sounds. This year, she played in European audiovisual festivals like TodaysArt, SONICA, CYNETART and in Uganda for the last Nyege Nyege festival. She also exhibited her work “Reverse Osmosis” at Berlin Atonal 2018. Her involvement in the electronic and experimental music scenes, and her desire to highlight the Belgian artistic community led her to become station manager at The Word Radio in Brussels.

An outspoken voice in the normally non-confrontational world of electronic dance music, Moodymann (Kenny Dixon Jr.) is committed to keeping a distinctly black imprint on techno and house. Moodymann

Already one of the best-known eastern European techno/house DJs, Nastia’s star is firmly in the ascendancy globally. Her style is to an extent adaptable but she has a sound that is unmistakably her own. The last three years have been a whirlwind of gigs for Nastia. Her twilight techno, melancholic minimal, stripped-down ghetto funk and sustained house have been wowing crowds all around the world. She’s recently signed to the prestigious agency Bullitt DJ so her travellings are going to be even further afield every week. ~ Soundcloud

One of Belgium’s most acclaimed DJ, Nosedrip from Ostend. As a Dj, Nosedrip sets moods like no-one else and leaves dancefloors gasping for breath everywhere he goes. An amazing selector who has been regularly playing all over Europe with a remarked appearance at Dekmantel festival last year. In the space of just a few years, Nosedrip made a name for himself with the persistence and focus of a kid that wants to prove all his bullies wrong. From running a regular ambient show on his Mixcloud-page, which has a staggering 30.000+ followers, he went on to launch Stroom.tv. The platform caused quite some waves in the online radio community because of its unique mixture of oddball playlists and distinctive aesthetics. In 2016, his radio show moved to NTS and Stroom.tv turned into a record label focusing on heritage, with Ziggy spitting out killer archival releases from the likes of Alain Neffe, Jan Van den broeke, Vazz and Latvian avant-gardists NSRD.

DJ and producer NVST from Switzerland has established herself as one of the rising stars of the international clubbing and electronic music scene. Playing uncompromising sets around the world, this hyperactive artist seems insatiable. DJ and producer NVST from Switzerland has established herself as one of the rising stars of the international clubbing and electronic music scene. Playing uncompromising sets around the world, this hyperactive artist seems insatiable. A regular guest at the most prestigious clubbing festivals (Amsterdam Dance Event, Positive Education, Dekmantel Selectors) and the trendiest clubs of the moment (Garage Noord, Tresor, Ankali, Zhao Dai), she leaves no one indifferent. In addition to DJ sets under her own name, she is part of the Drift Institute, a live group that blends post-punk, abstract, and techno. NVST's growing reputation is built on sharp, powerful, and deeply committed sets. Taking her audience by surprise, she doesn't hesitate to put them in uncomfortable situations to lead them into a trance. Breakbeats, industrial, techno, and acid are just a few of the strings to her bow. Her style draws from all genres in order to transcend them and create moments of collective communion. The values that drive NVST's approach to DJing are far from conventionalism and commercial approaches. As an advocate for a more open and inclusive electronic music scene, she is part of the Female:Pressure family and fights for better representation in the nightlife industry. In addition to her already impressive schedule, she co-directs the Big Science label with Warzou, a sound experimentation laboratory focused on marginal electronic music. She is also a resident DJ on LYLRadio and Rinse FM. NVST's discography is also extensive. In addition to numerous remixes published here and there, she has released an EP and two albums under her own name, an album with the Drift Institute, and she announces the upcoming release of a new album on the Geneva-based label Les Disques Magnétiques (a sub-label of Disques Bongo Joe). In addi­tion to these accom­plish­ments, her recent fea­ture in a Tre­sor com­pi­la­tion solid­i­fies her posi­tion at the fore­front of cut­ting-edge under­ground elec­tron­ic music. ̸ SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY SOLO RELEASE NVST - Filled with Oil LP ― Les Disques Magnétiques - 2023 NVST – Drum in the Bass of Attention LP ― Big Science - 2022 NVST – Stop Violence Motivate Violence ― Serious Trouble - 2021 NVST – Compiled Works 2017-2019 LP ― Big Science - 2020 COMPILATION X FEATURING RELEASE
 NVST – Heatstress (Tunnel Edition) ― Tresor Records NVST – The Snitch Cant Fist (Cloud94 Version) ― Selfreleased NVST – Petroleum Dub ― Pracht NVST – Fire & Exposure (Flames In The Car EdItion ― Tsunami Records NVST – Domination Of Controversity (That Is (So) Useless Version) ― Jerry Horny NVST – If The Sheriff My Family ( Forevervacation Edition) ― Die Idole NVST – Store Of Love – Proxima Records 
NVST – 6weeksquarantine2yearstherapy (Autohifive Final Countdown Mix) ― Subject To Restriction NVST – Safer Safe (When Doggos Building Bridges Mix) ― TRNSTN
 NVST – Velo Moto 184 (CMS DJ Drivin High Passing Police Version) ― Sumo Smash Records
 NVST – Empire State (Autohifive Danger Zone 1994 Mix) ― Club Culture 
 NVST – Sankt-Prex (Autohifive Under the Surface Mix) ― Kashev Tapes & Oramics
 VOCALIST WORK Théo Muller FT NVST – Devil Moon ― KRAKZH
 Théo Muller FT NVST – Les Rave Party Sont Interdites ― KRAKZH
 Exhausted Modern FT NVST – Something Stronger ― Endless Illusion REMIX Neu Verboten – Sangre Digital (NVST Hifire Remix) ― Jupiter 4 Jolly – Secular Theodicy (Autohifive Windowsdown Remix) ― Kashev Tapes Exhausted Modern – Hard Working Rats (NVST Hifive Remix) ― Endless Illusion Anatolian Weapons – Black Sea ( NVST Waving Edition) ― Lurid Music ALIASES RELEASE The Drift Institute – Damages and Their Slices LP ― Pensament Sonic Autohifive – Benzin ( NVST GTA MIX) ― Les Points Autohifive – Say It From The End (Vilnius Edition) ― 777 Records Autohifive – No Shoes / Time 2 Go (NVST C1984 EDIT) ― Nasty Entreprises
 
Autohifive – Safe Room Explosion ( Stress Result Version) ― W.T.N.T Autohifive – Lost Dog Walk ( Lonely NVST Version) ― selfreleased
 Autohifive – Cargo XXL ( NVST remix) ― Brainwaves

From raw industrial sounds to ambient hypnosis OBCDN aka Obsidian delivers high-energy Techno journey for one to experience. Monthly local Techno series "Gestalt" founder and Swedish label "Substantiv" resident. OBCDN aka Obsidian electronic journey began in late 2008. Influenced by early Detroit electro scene soon trained classical musician became one of the small northern Lithuanian town “Siauliai” underground techno scene pioneer. He instantly got known for his long rough and raw industrial techno, electro sets. Through his time as Dj, producer and numerous illegal raves promoter he performed in Lithuania’s most respectful venues such as: Kablys club, Opium club, Lizdas sound institute, Elnias fabrikas, Space_bar and many more to mention. Had honor to share one stage with Somewhen, Jonas Kopp, Eric cloutier, Eduardo de la calle and many more locally known names. OBCDN debut release “Plius 6” was released on Lithuanian most known crew minimal.lt curated label PPP in 2016. Later on he featured compilation with single “Nosferatu” on Swedish label and podcast series “Substantiv” alongside such names as: Lars Huismann, Forest People, Shkedul, Codex Empire, CTRLS, Arnaud Le Texier, D. Carbone, Casual Treatment, Rune Bagge, C-system, Patrik Skoog, Krenzlin, Ness, Refracted, Wrong Assessment, Benabou and many more. Now OBCDN is having a residency at local techno club "Space_bar" with his techno event series - “Gestalt” dedicated for upcoming rising talents. ̸ SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY Releases: https://soundcloud.com/obcdn/sets/releases

Maya Bouldry-Morrison has been releasing music as Octo Octa since 2011.Octo Octa

Electronic live duo from Paris A minimal live duo having made a difference in the parisian underground. After having played in numerous clubs, they are on the road again to explore new places, diffusing their very own project. The live ensemble is characterised by a continuous flow of complex grooves going through dark and psychedelic ambiances and breaked rhythms, mixing minimal and acid techno.

known for her eclectic mix of styles, tempos, and sounds, ojoo, fka OJOO GYAL, has a knack for blending diverse elements into an engaging and infectious experience. born and raised in Morocco, and currently based in Brussels, ojoo has established a mean reputation for mapping a sound uniquely hers in meticulous DJ mixes since 2019 at venues across Morocco and Europe, radio shows on Noods and Movement, and mixtapes on Accidental Meetings and Chrome. ojoo’s mixes give equal attention to atmosphere and groove. They are a swirling cauldron of rhythms across a whole spectrum of genres, from old-school dancehall to its most futuristic and distorted mutations, twisting through dub, reggaeton, dembow, grime, and sometimes excursions into the noisy, grubby and sludgy, with illbient, musique concrète, and more. AMX004 - OJOO GYAL vs. FUMU CHMIX005 - OJOO GYAL - Untitled

Palms Trax is a producer and Dj based in Berlin, Germany. His first record was released in October of 2013 on London-based imprint Lobster Theremin. For aspiring DJs and producers, or indeed anyone who appreciates a good story, the genesis of Palms Trax couldn’t have read any dreamier. You know the one; curious yet naive son of the English Riviera lands a job at one of London’s leading record stores and discovers the masters of Chicago house and Detroit techno. Later, stumbling around Berlin, his primitive attempts to emulate the sound of his newfound heroes accidentally land him a bona fide dance floor hit. A gradual but steady stream of EPs courtesy of Dutch dance music powerhouse Dekmantel have allowed his productions to blossom in richer, smoother directions. On 2015’s ‘In Gold’ EP, and throughout the following year’s ‘High Point on Low Ground’, halcyon hallmarks of house - euphoric piano lines, bubbling acid and luminescent keys - are shot through with Donaldson’s tough, distinctive percussion. It’s that same connection with Dekmantel that has encouraged Donaldson to quickly, impressively evolve as a DJ of some distinctive taste and talent. A memorable performance at Dekmantel’s flagship Amsterdam festival in 2015 captured open hearts, lost minds and aching feet. Since then, the sound of Palms Trax has been a fixture on their enormous main stage, drifting seamlessly between vintage house, esoteric disco and the various shades of a bubbling UK underground he has helped define. Occasional back-to-back performances with the likes of Hunee, Young Marco, Antal and Midland, all DJs regularly credited for their breadth of musical knowledge and sheer versatility, speak volumes for Donaldson’s DJing nous, which has lead him on an international trail; from South America to Australia, and from Panorama Bar to Concrete, Contact, De School, and Lux. Donaldson has also-amassed a patient, open-minded following with his cult monthly radio show, the decidedly less-than-culinary ‘Cooking with Palms Trax’, broadcast on Berlin Community Radio since 2015. On each show, Donaldson takes a deep, vinyl-led drive into his adopted history, fostering a level of trust and shared curiosity that has allowed him to helm all-night sets under the ‘Cooking with Palms Trax’ moniker. Into 2018, he’ll be holding down residencies in Boston, Glasgow and Bordeaux, as well as inviting like-minded DJs into his metaphorical kitchen, throughout a series of self-curated evenings into early mornings of music.

The music of the Lithuanian producer Gediminas Jakubka, who turns into Patricia on stage, balances between borders. Patricia Kokett blends rave with mysticism, futuristic industrial with shamanic noise and various reworked voices with hypnotic output.

Glittery, warm, emotionally charged, house-tinged productions.

Rochelle Jordan aka ROJO ( Ro-Joe) is a singer-songwriter from Toronto Ontario.

Beware, Roe Deers are in the headlights! Roe Deers is a Lithuanian-based audio-visual project led by Liudas Lazauskas. Liudas first started DJ’ing at his parents’ club at the age of 12 while. On the Independence Day of Lithuania He picked an oddly folkloric name and that was the start of the Roe Deers project. While most of the electronic music follows a clear and often monotonic pattern, you never know what you will get from Roe Deers. Liudas tend to step out of what is commonly acknowledged as a standard formula of success, but it doesn’t make him distant from his audience. Roe Deers employ all shades of love in his shows so that the only response you can give him is dance.

Ry Cuming better known by his stage name RY X, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. The power of quietly intense, passionate music to pull audiences in to an intimate space is something this Australia-born, LA-based singer excels at. After the break-out success of his minimalist EP "Berlin," Ry notched up a string of sold-out shows across Europe, the US and Australia including both the Union Chapel and Shepherds Bush Empire in 2016 alone. Nurtured into shape over months of -- Ry says -- "hibernation" and "emotional sweat" in the mountains north of LA, Ry's debut album Dawn (2016) was a sublime study in devotional songcraft from a singer who seemed both awed by and in command of its elemental emotions. Ry honours and expands on his vision with his second album. Between its rippling beats, mellifluous guitars, poised piano and questing vocals, Unfurl does what its title suggests: develops as if organically from Ry's previous work, blossoming in delicate new directions while holding firm to its roots. "I think my mission statement was simply to remain vulnerable and to capture that within this album," says Ry. "The inspirations change each time, and I always want to allow that process to be free, to draw on new ideas and sounds and instrumentation. But what feels consistently important to me is keeping a sense of rawness and honesty in the work." That balance of integrity and outreach shows itself...

Based in Lithuania, Justinas Mikulskis (born 1986) is a future thinking electronic music producer who develops wide palette of hypnotic sound under the name of S13. Based in Lithuania, Justinas Mikulskis (born 1986) is a future thinking electronic music producer who develops wide palette of hypnotic sound under the name of S13. Sharp loneliness engraved layers of Justinas' subconscious, influenced ethereal sounds and emotions in his works. The monotony of S13 grows with confluent curves of atmospheres that expand in higher dimensional space. Combining intense chords and breathtaking bass lines Justinas transforms his music into a digital organism. Esoteric extended-play single "Yourself" reveals incomprehensible world of confusion. When electric synths and variable rhythmics mix with voices from beyond listeners finally reach the emancipation and deserved enlightenment. "Mono" is probably the most existential track of S13. Plastic basses, melancholic melodies and gloomy aura evoke a feeling of standing on the top of the colossal skyscraper with the rain falling and recalling eternal life memories. The meaning of Secret Thirteen flows from his intangible minds and a fatal number Thirteen which comes out at unexpected moments of life. The infinit solitude of Justinas is being cocooned in a creativity

Belgian-Tunisian dj and producer hailing from Brussels, Belgium. Resident DJ at the legendary Fuse club and set to release her debut album on Optimo Music on March 25th, 2022. Sara Dziri - Fille de Racaille (Optimo Music, 2022) Sara Dziri - Vague Realities (Lurid Music, 2021)

Scalping are a Bristol based live techno band. Blistering performances are known for astute production formed through a love their hometown’s visionary off-the-wall dance music as well as full throttle noise and punk. Starting in 2017, the band played live for two years, almost exclusively in Bristol, before releasing any music. Through their time in other bands, they hooked up with promoters they trusted and focused on doing fewer shows with better results. After a couple of years, Nick Berthoud was brought in, on guitar; a “fan first, member second” who was impressed by the developing live show and attuned to their conceptual frustration. “As a live band, your entire output is dependent on your equipment, but guitar music is historically always so far behind electronic music, and how that technology and the language around it can change the music itself”, says Rushforth. “The ideas that people try to push with guitar band technology are naturally limited. We’re taking elements of guitar culture, like distortion and smearing, and inserting them into the technology and language of electronic music. We’d seen bands try to do this before, but it always felt too ‘arty’, happy, or unstructured. We wanted to do it but make it heavy, and create focused, structured songs.” By sourcing band-centred equipment that pushes boundaries, they incorporate bass-amplifying techno elements into their repertoire. Rushforth’s bass guitar set-up comes with two octave pedals, subharmonic generators and two amps – “effectively bringing a soundsystem around with us” – to play basslines “one or two octaves lower” than a bass guitar traditionally can. Berthoud’s guitar is sidechained from Jones’s kick drum; “which everyone’s done in the studio for decades, but we found it difficult to find a single guitar pedal that would allow us to do it at gigs”, Berthoud says. Their curiosity and resourcefulness has paid off. Since forming, SCALPING have performed across the UK and Europe, at festivals such as Glastonbury, Visions, Green Man, Simple Things, Pitchfork Festival and End of the Road, and as support for Black Midi and Squarepusher. Live, the effect is immense. SCALPING play continuously for the duration of their sets, generating a storm of metal- and-techno through a rising beats-per-minute count; starting between 80-90bpm, ticking gradually up to 140bpm – and then, for maximum dynamic impact, dropping to 70bpm and playing in half-time. In the heat and darkness, it’s a swarm of low-end frequencies and ripping guitars, somewhere between Black Sabbath-esque psychedelica and The Bug’s sub-bass headfuckery. “Within each section of each song, we can push and pull it,” says Hill. “We have a setlist, and once we start playing we don’t stop…. we move through the various songs and tempos fairly seamlessly, and try to emulate the feel of watching a DJ.” As the coronavirus pandemic stopped SCALPING from playing together for over two years, their songwriting was transformed into a series of retro-fitting techniques that would leave most bands lost in an organisational fog. Their debut album, “Void”, out on Houndstooth this April, necessarily became a mammoth undertaking. “We wrote this whole album without playing a single note of it together,” says Hill. “We produced all of the songs using the computer – as a blend of recordings and samples of our live drums, guitars and drum machines into production software – and then translated it all back into a live performance. And although there are structured songs on the record, there’s no explicit focus on exactly recreating those songs live, either,” he continues. “Everything is adapted to work into a set that flows well. A lot of album parts are rewritten during rehearsals for the good of the live set as a whole.” On “Void”, SCALPING are heavy metal in 4D; the sound is moody, distorted and rhythmic, but the use of electronic techniques gives the finer details room to breathe. Their early lust for “all loudness, no nuance” has cooled, too, making more space for experimentation. Tracks such as “Tether”, featuring Oakland rapper DÆMON, puts a modern, metal twist on Bristolian trip-hop, whereas album closer “Remain in Stasis” features fast-rising artist Grove, a Bristol-based rapper and self- professed metalhead whose commanding presence sets the track alight. These songs also mark an additional new chapter for the band with the addition of vocals for the first time. ̸ SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY April 2022: Void (LP, Houndstooth) October 2021: Flood Remixed (EP, Houndstooth June 2021: Flood (EP, Houndstooth)

SIMAS SLABAČIAUSKAS creates joyfull and euphoric moments on the dancefloor. More than 15 years of experience crafted his adventurous style of DJing - tribal and world music mixes with house & disco, modern sounds flows into one cosmic jam which includes more and more music Simas creates with his friends. Simas is a prominent figure in Vilnius nightlife scene as a resident of mighty Opium club, where he was running world famous Smala parties as a part of DJ duo 12 inčų po žeme. Find him anywere between the sand beach in Nida, the mountains of Balearic Islands or the old forests in his hometown Alytus. His Solresol hour at Radio Vilnius mixes these nature stories into a soundtrack for your time in the sun. Simas follows his heart creating Unio mistika - dance experiences advocating the mindfull way of having fun with the music and celebrating togetherness through it. Together with Josef Laimon, aka Middle Sky Boom, Simas produces Tribal Ice Cream - the dreamy electronic duo, which aims to create their tribe of like-minded people with open hearts. Simas also released music as part of Plot Pilot & Siaubas groups.

Skin on Skin is an Australian-based DJ and producer from South Sudan, known for his unique music style of tech house and techno. He produced several successful projects, which caught international attention, including Burn Dem Bridges, Way Ur Touchin Me and Strangers. He has released music on notable labels such as Stay On Sight Recordings, Steel City Dance Discs, FFRR and Looking For Trouble. While not busy with productions, Skin on Skin performs worldwide, where he is known for his twisted DJ sets, which caught the of promoters such as Soenda, Into the Woods and Modular.

VHS Library of Acid The philosophy of VHS Library lies somewhere between sluggishly rolling tapes and the crackling of meticulously dug vinyls. Roads and Eimantas are the librarians, who choose the path of detective classics by staying in the shadows of the party, taking the directing role for the mood on the dancefloor.

Parisian producer, live and Dj set. Parisian producer, Vitess is a member of the new wave of French artists to follow. After several notable releases on Up the Stuss, Locus, Dansu Discs, Houseum Records or Hoarder, this trained drummer is building a solid reputation around his live performances. The result is a clever mix of warm groove and percussive house pushed by power house rhythms. Vitess draws his influences from multiple universes and produces his music under different aliases such as Grand V, Vytamin or Flamant Rouge to name a few. In 2022, he launched his label Retro Futura with a first album Cyber Zone under his original alias. After having turned over most of the leading spots across France with his live and his very first all live long, he got noticed by atour in the USA, South America and Australia in 2022. He is preparing many surprises for us with new dates around the world and new releases like his new album under Vytamin.

Vladas Dieninis is a drummer, percussionist and multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of sound art, theater, dance and cinema productions. The most recent solo output from Vladas balances his talent to combine electronic percussionist techniques with multilayered soundscapes. His performances are improvisatory rituals where hazy ambience meets oriental rhythmic ornaments. The hypnotic effect of motorik patterns here intertwines with free-floating soundscapes with delay effects. The minimalist means here are employed for a maximalist as sometimes you get overwhelmed by the vast array of sound coming from just one person on stage.

Walrus dj bookings & Basic Moves label showcases: hans at basicmoves.be Recently penned by Resident Advisor as “one of Belgium's most exciting locals”, Walrus is a quixotic DJ and producer hailing from Brussels that revels in idiosyncratic club music. His sets are carefully crafted assaults on what club music is often perceived to be. Walrus is not afraid to unbalance and dislocate his audience, confronting people with his definition of intent, groove and musical space, building up a quirky tension that is as serious as it is open-minded. He uses the power of imagination to hold back the night, to charm motorways and to surf on beta waves. His record label Basic Moves is an adventurous journey through the outer limits of house, techno and electro. Fresh or old tracks, current or unreleased gems, the Basic Moves imprint rephrases sounds and influences spanning multiple generations while keeping an outsider’s spirit at heart. Walrus spends his time away from the stage putting in hours of studio work, he used to help out the legendary Brussels record shop Dr. Vinyl and now takes care of the second hand section at Crevette Records, adhering to a relentless routine of searching for new, exciting music and last but not least, being involved in Fuse club Brussels. https://www.discogs.com/Walrus-Basic-Moves-01/release/9865310 https://www.discogs.com/Humandrone-Walrus-Rizing-Field-Silver-Gifts/release/8011956 http://www.discogs.com/Walrus-Club-Jonathan-ep-/release/6746384 http://www.discogs.com/Walrus-Spear-Thrower-Bucket-Ep-/release/7707237

Yamour has been gaining a reputation for her versatility as a DJ, serving both techno and house music with equal passion and commitment. As a vinyl purist, she has developed a signature sound that draws from the roots of US techno and house, yet maintaining a contemporary twist that ensures her sets feel both current and timeless. The Berlin natives‘ deep-seated love and knowledge of music eventually led her to a coveted role at Hard Wax. During her four-year employment, she was able to refine her skills further, honing her ear for quality and sifting through countless records to unearth hidden gems that would later become staples in her sets. Expect an eclectic mix of captivating tunes that keeps the energy high and the crowd engaged. Whether you’re a techno-head or a house aficionado, Yamour’s sets are not to be missed. For booking inquiries please contact: ali@thisisfun.co

ZIM ZOMBIES IN MIAMI is a project created by Cani & Jenouise and despite the name they are not crawling around Miami, but shining out their light from Mexico. The couple became one of the most prominent members of Mexico‘s vital electronic scene over the last decade. You can call their sound a rhythmic and synth-driven house and techno hybrid, with a disco and balearic twist, which is held together by the oh so sweet Italo Drama. After highly acclaimed EPs and tracks for such diverse labels as Gerd Janson’s Running Back, Jennifer Cardini’s Correspondant, Prins Thomas’s Internasjonal they released their first album “2712” in Permanent Vacation. They play regular in the top clubs in the world like Berghain / Panorama Bar, Robert Johnson, Nitsa, Lux Fragil, Good Room, Vent and also festivals as Sonar, Fusion, Burning Man, Garbicz, Mutek and many more. They started their own label called Creatures of the Night. Besides Zombies in Miami they have another project influenced in techno & experimental live music called Planet ZIM. They are expecting to release this end of 2022 with an EP and playing some special Live Acts in Europe for 2023. https://www.sweatlodgeagency.com/artist/zombies-in-miami/

Meet Brussels-based Zoé Devaux. The 28-year-old DJ, founder of the feminist platform rebel and co-programmer of Paradise City festival, is a familiar face in the Brussels’ party scene. She brings new beats to the dance floor, going from house, techno, sun-kissed electro & breaks to RnB and pop edits. She played sets in clubs like C12, Fuse, La Cabane, Ampere or at festivals like Listen!, Dour & Horst. She also has a monthly radio show at Kiosk Radio. Expect infectious energy, light, warmth, flavors, love & joy!