Akua is a Ghanaian-American DJ with roots in North American techno but exemplifies a sonic force that reverberates worldwide. A powerful fixture in the NYC scene for the past six years, she's cemented herself as one of the most distinctive techno DJs coming out of the U.S. in recent years. She has been at the forefront of a new generation of techno artists who find inspiration in the raw, innovative and rebellious spirit of old school techno. Her practice is a passionate dedication to archiving & activating timeless strains of raw and mechanized expression - fusing the new school of North American machine funk while harkening back to the innovation of Detroit, Chicago, & New York City DJs throughout history. A recent move to Berlin, a city that has held a crucial role in the evolution of techno, has provided her with the opportunity to further develop her craft by embracing the transcontinental connection that originally ignited the techno movement. All this plays out in Akua's blazing sets heard around the world - from exerting her renowned vigor behind the decks at hometown haunts like Basement and Nowadays to unleashing landmark sets at Dekmantel, Draaimolen, & Berghain. Already seasoned on the European tour circuit, she continues to garner respect and delight from the most discerning of DJs & dancers alike through her fierce mixing finesse and constantly expanding repertoire of futureproof classics.

Cem & Rg are a highly acclaimed underground producer/dj duo and one of the main artists from Sleep is Commercial who never let go of the groove in their elegantly dark and uplifting sets. Their young mind keeps their music energetic, while their experience seals the deal for the dance floor. Having played parties and residencies like BlkMarket, ReSolute, South America Music Conference, Miami Winter Music Conference, Suma Beach, CDV, Unleash, Sonar and other various events around the world, they have shared the booth with important international artists during long lasting dj sets. Recently located back in Istanbul after many years spent in New York and Los Angeles, they are back in Europe to portray their contemporary techno sounds that they have been perfecting over the years. Having releases from labels such as What Now Becomes, Metroline Limited, Sleep is Commercial, Natural History, Atoll and Tied Records, one can see their producer skills and their long lasting love for the underground sound. Their music collaborations until now include artist like Anthony Collins, Andrea Ferlin, Topper, Wareika, Martinez, Volkan Akin to name a few. In 2015 they have become a part of the vinyl only underground label Unreleased Ltd. with releases and remixes from Little Hado, Andrey Zots, Matt Starr, Alex Jansen, Cabanne, G-Man and many more. Having just announced their Cem + Rg - Modular Live show which gave its debut at Sonar+D Istanbul collaborating with Nohlab visuals, includes a highly integrated audio performance based on modular synthesis with optional visuals by their selected supported artists. As frequencies sculpt atmospheric sounds, visuals are enhanced and experimental ambient and dance oriented vibes are created. Slow baselines and rhythms flow across the journey as pattern generator performs improvisations with just a little help from the artists. It is an experience that shows the communication and interaction of machines with sounds, and plays with the idea of manipulating or supporting other art forms. no sleep. dream!

As one of the most iconic artists of her generation in electronic music to date, Ellen Allien embodies the core ethos of techno: a visionary who looks to the future for inspiration, carving out her own niche and presiding over an empire that has imbued the world of techno and dance music with her unique DNA. A dynamic selector who prides herself on her extensive knowledge of music and dance floors worldwide, she has travelled the globe as a DJ playing at every major club on the circuit and commanding the big stage at festivals from Europe to South America. Ellen’s eternally creative mind has led to the production of nine solo albums and an extensive back catalogue of singles, EPs and remix work. ~ Artist Official Website

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.

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Mama Snake first garnered attention as a DJ as part of Copenhagen's now-disbanded Apeiron Crew. She entered the techno scene with a fully formed sound: rattlesnake beats and emotional synths tied together by imperceptible mixing. Her watertight online mixes quickly earned her a following, and she's now busy balancing her life as a touring techno DJ with her job as a recently qualified surgeon.

Crazed rhythms & sonic adventures. Mary Lake, an artist for whom expression and eclecticism is vital. With an international upbringing in Algeria, France and The Netherlands, she seeks a voice through her music, translating inner dynamics in both club and exploratory settings, towards a signature of frenetic yet inviting sets. As a club DJ, Mary serves unorthodox techno, electro and left-field electronics, while always and foremost persuading the crowd to dance. Starting her DJ career through London’s underground scene and NTS activities, she quickly became a familiar face in Amsterdam when returning in 2017, playing at events like Dekmantel and Lowlands festival. Mary has concurrently built up a strong international presence in cities such as Melbourne and Berlin, so be sure to catch her infectious energy anywhere near you soon.

No musical boundaries. Born and partially raised in Singapore before finding his home in the Netherlands, Naim Abu is an artist with a versatile spirit who is quietly stepping into the spotlight. Formerly known for his behind-the-scenes work as the go-to stage manager for electronic music, the friendly voice behind the mic at StrandedFM and programming the next generation at Open Source Radio all while earning recognition for his dynamic musical presence. His deep musical understanding had led him on a journey to renowned stages in The Netherlands and abroad where he effortlessly moves the crowd with infectious basslines and irresistible vocals, creating an atmosphere of surprise and anticipation that keeps the dancefloor alive. Words by Angelina Nikolayeva

̸BIOGRAPHY The Rotterdam born, raised and based DJ Nala Brown has been cultivating a sound that explores different genres. The co-founder of the all female collective AMPFEMININE has been blowing up in recent times, with sets for Boiler Room & Hör and decking the stages of Glastonbury and WHP.

Octave One featuring Random Noise Generation is the brainchild of Detroit's Burden Brothers. The core unit of the band is made up of Lenny and Lawrence Burden with revolving members of Lynell, Lorne, and Lance Burden.Octave One

Operating Modus expresses his affinity for atmospheric electronics through a variety of forms. While delved into the ever-evolving journey of further expanding his musical vision, and with recent shows at De School and Herfstdrift Festival, Operating Modus consciously made efforts to reflect his current state in the mix. As a result, the Rotterdam based DJ performs in an ever-striking way with heavyweight electro and techno that will shift any audience into top gear.

Belgian DJ, owner of the Kalahari Oyster Cult label and the vinyl-focused distribution One Eye Witness. Working a symbiotic balance between his day job behind the steering wheel of Amsterdam-based webshop and distributor One Eye Witness and his seafood-luvin'label Kalahari Oyster Cult, when the night clocks in, Brussels native Rey Colino has long proven his dedication and talent when it comes to ubiquitous on and off-stage dancefloor busting operations. Thrusting his arrows smack dab the intersection of '90s grown ambient techno, sun-bleached house, further hybrid bassy riddims, and acid-infused electronics, Colino casts his net far and wide to paint amply textured, straight-out groovy narratives that, in addition to syncing up the dancers together through elaborate selections and surgical DJ swagger, sure know how to buildup the highest levels of energy and harness the ensuing storm with ever consistent style and panache.

̸BIOGRAPHY Sarah Farina sprinkles positivity over the darkest bass. She’s innovative, she’s skilful, and she’s the smiling antithesis of genre cliques and sour scene elitists. What you hear is all you need to know... ... And what you’ll hear from Sarah Farina’s sets and music productions are seamlessly blended bass-heavy frequencies and futuristic beats with fearless forays through the hardcore continuum and beyond. It’s inclusive, forward-thinking and unrestrained. It’s a genre-rejecting style that she’s named RainbowBass. Led by the early releases of Missy Elliott, Aphex Twin & J Dilla into the dark clubs of Berlin. She hosts and curates the interdisciplinary Berlin event series „Emergent Bass“ with her friends, which focuses on the historical awareness of cultural contexts of music and celebrates and uplifts the Afro-diasporic influences in underground club culture. She’s vocal about the issues of current club culture and runs the project „Transmission“ with Dr. Kerstin Meißner, which aims to make the political relevance and history of international sound, club and rave culture audible and visible. She has been teaching and hosting DJ workshops in Rwanda, Uganda, Alexandria, Detroit & many other places, always with the focus on cultivating joy within her workshops and showing that music, djing and club culture can be so much more than just producing or consuming it. Sarah Farina is recognized and revered by the best of her bass music contemporaries, with connections to crews worldwide including Underground Resistance, Teklife, Hyperdub, Deep Medi, Buraka Som Sistema, Modeselektor and Exit Records. Capable of holding her own in line-ups alongside artists as diverse as DJ Rashad, DJ Storm, Laurent Garnier, Kode9, François K and Lady Leshurr, her sets unite the dance-floor, equally impressive to industry insiders and those who just want to dance. A listen to any of her three acclaimed Boiler Room sets will demonstrate why she’s captured the rapt attention of tastemakers and influencers the whole world over. A DJ with tighter-than-a-drum mixes and flawless selections is hard to find. You just found one. ̸ SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY • 2021• Tom - Dressed To Kill (Sarah Farina Remix) | Label: Not A Bright Future https://tomlimited.bandcamp.com/track/dressed-to-kill-sarah-farina-remix Fundamental Knowledge
 - 1994-20 (Sarah Farina Remix) | Label: Seilscheibenpfeiler
 https://seilscheibenpfeiler.bandcamp.com/track/1994-20-sarah-farina-remix Sarah Farina - Back It Up | Label: Paloma Records https://palomarec.bandcamp.com/track/back-it-up Sarah Farina & LUZ1E - BMO | Label: none/such https://none-such.bandcamp.com/track/bmo • 2020 • Little Dragon - Hold On (Sarah Farina Remix) | Label: Self-released https://sarahfarina.bandcamp.com/track/little-dragon-hold-on-sarah-farina-remix Billie Eilish - Not My Responsibility (Sarah Farina Remix) | Label: Self-released https://sarahfarina.bandcamp.com/track/billie-eilish-not-my-responsiblilty-sarah-farina-remix Sarah Farina | Title: Get It Girl | Label: Raiders Records https://raiders.bandcamp.com/track/get-it-gurl Madame Gandhi | Title: See Me Thru (Sarah Farina Remix) | Label: Madame Gandhi LLC https://soundcloud.com/madamegandhi/see-me-thru-sarah-farina-1 • 2019 • Modeselektor feat. Flohio
 | Title: Wealth (Sarah Farina Remix)
 | Label: Monkeytown Records
 https://soundcloud.com/modeselektor/wealth-sarah-farina-remix • 2018 • Sarah Farina & Yo van Lenz | Title: Peace Dub | Label: Monkeytown Records https://modeselektor.bandcamp.com/track/sarah-farina-yo-van-lenz-peace-dub • 2016 • Sarah Farina, Dbridge & Kabuki
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| Label: Self-released https://soundcloud.com/sarahfarina/who-da-coldest

So good he is known only by his first name, Serge is the man responsible for large swathes of the best electronic music out there thanks to his Clone empire. A store in Rotterdam as well as a whole network of labels, he A&Rs everything from classic hou.. So good he is known only by his first name, Serge is the man responsible for large swathes of the best electronic music out there thanks to his Clone empire. A store in Rotterdam as well as a whole network of labels, he A&Rs everything from classic house to banging basement tracks to seminal electro from the most respected names in the scene.​ Spinning records in the Lowlands since the late 80s, Clone bossman Serge comes at this game from the point of view of a DJ, rather than producer. When he started out, it was the norm for residents to play all evening in their clubs, spinning a wide array of music from any genre -just so long as it got people dancing- and it is those formative experiences which mark him out as the revered selector he is. If form is temporary and class is permanent, given Serge’s ongoing contribution to the worlds of house, Italo disco, electro and techno with Clone over the last 25 years, he is surely as classy as they come. Serge’s unquestionably keen ear has always kept Clone ahead of the curve, and the records he picks out to deploy in one of his learned, trend-defying DJ sets stand out, regardless of genre or style, and it is for that reason that this man is being picked up by a whole new generation.

Special Request is the new rugged alias for house and techno stalwart Paul Woolford. Inspired by the unruly conventions of UK pirate radio stations, this project captures the raw energy and diversity of the illegal airwaves and uses this as a springboard of inspiration for a series of heavyweight productions that span from murky house through darkside techno to chaotic eye-of-the-storm hardcore/jungle tear-outs. The end results are incendiary.

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A versatile DJ with hidden depths and surprising power. Transcending our body and minds through dance rituals is what comes naturally to me. Amsterdam-based devotee Van Anh is a DJ pur sang with over a decade of experience to her name, making her the respected artist we get to enjoy today. Her love for digging, selecting, and mixing oozes through every vessel of her body. The name 'Van Anh', which translates to 'clouds', fits her way of mixing like a glove, allowing her to resonate with the sound waves of her liking. Very much like clouds, her sound takes on multiple shapes and forms, varying from deep ethereal ambient to hard, uncompromising techno. Never monolithic, what makes listening to Van Anh so enjoyable is the intricate way of combining all these sounds, bridging music from the past and the present. Played / upcoming events: Berghain (DE), De School, Vault Sessions, Awakenings, Parallel Festival (SE), Breakfast Club Amsterdam, Garage Noord, Dour Festival (BE)

WaxFiend has over 2 decades in the game, being notorious for his energised sets blending HipHop, Dancehall, Reggae and more! “WaxFiend the champion you see!”, A sample that is heard frequently throughout WaxFiend’s notorious sets. For over a decade this DJ from Amsterdam quickly became one of Europe’s most sought after and respected DJ’s. Combining music from genres like HipHop, Dancehall, Afrobeat, House, Soul, R&B and more he curates a unique sound that captivates worldwide audiences in the clubs, and on the radio and the internet! Currently he is the resident dj @ Encore, Amsterdam’s leading weekly clubnight, and has regular clubnights all over Europe all year around. Summertime means festival season and the past years WaxFiend has played at an impressive wide range of music festivals. From massive festivals like Lowlands and Amsterdam Open Air to boutique festivals like Best Kept Secret and Into The Great Wide Open, his versatile sound resonates everywhere! Praised for preserving the art of the mixtape, WaxFiend track record in this field is impressive. What started as a street hustle, has eventually helped launch the careers of some of Holland’s biggest rappers like Opposites and Kempi! He went on to do official projects with international Dancehall superstars and in 2018 he became the first dutch DJ who mixed an official album (Ronnie Flex - Nori) that hit the nr.1 position on the album charts and earned a golden plaque. Over the years he has opened (arena)shows for artists like Rihanna, Young Thug, Kaytranada, SBTRKT, Kehlani, Sean Paul and many more. He has been nominated for several awards including ‘Best DJ’ at the Dutch MOBO Awards and has won ‘Best Mixtape’ & ‘Best Party’. Behind the scenes he is active as the driving force behind 2 of Holland’s most respected platforms; Jamrock and Encore. Jamrock is known globally as Amsterdam’s #1 Dancehall/Reggae event. Since 2005 Jamrock organises events in Holland’s top venue’s and an annual festival. In 2012 he and DJ Prime founded Encore which is currently Holland’s biggest weekly clubnight, entertaining more than 1000 guest's every week! In 2020 he started programming shows and nightlife in Paradiso, one of our countries most respected music venue’s. Always focussing on what’s next WaxFiend is currently focussing on creating a bigger platform for South African electronic music in Amsterdam. His Tribes and Ziongate events are currently the biggest celebrations of these sounds and he has brought some of SA’s most prolific artist’s to Amsterdam already. Focused and dedicated to his job as a DJ, event producer and music ambassador the future is exciting! Ronnie Flex - Nori Kempi - Mixtape 2.1 WaxFiend, Dave Nunes & Saint Ronil - Etema Dave Nunes, WaxFiend, Saint Ronil, Yung Dada, Chamos - Atlantis

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Amsterdam based DJ and producer that also runs his Safe Trip label. There was a time when Marco Sterk a.k.a. Young Marco’s talents as a DJ and producer were among Amsterdam’s best-kept secrets. For well over a decade, he plied his trade, largely unheralded, on the city’s underground dance music scene. It was here, via several now infamous residencies, that he learnt his craft, gaining a reputation for ballsy, genre-defying eclecticism, playing sets that joined the dots between everything from tropical rhythms, afro gems and quirky Middle Eastern disco, to lost proto-house, throbbing techno and industrial-strength jack-tracks. These days, the Dutchman’s talents are widely known around the World. His position as a crate digger, record collector and infamous party-starter now guarantees a packed schedule of gigs in Europe, North America and beyond. His passion for working a dancefloor with “strange music” and “unclassics” is renowned, and it’s this that makes his sets so special. This humid, off-kilter obsession with the inspired and unusual has become a hallmark of Marco’s music, too. Once a key part of the Rush Hour family – the legendary Amsterdam label releasing a number of his early singles – in 2011 he made his debut on Lovefingers’ highly regarded ESP Institute label. His first two EPs for the label set out his now-trademark style, and won support from the likes of Dixon and James Murphy, amongst others, along the way. It’s perhaps unsurprising that a string of remix requests followed, leading to now classic reworks for the likes of Heatsick, Joakim, Francis Bebey and Soft Rocks. His 2013 remix of Tony G’s “Dreams”, a killer chunk of blissful new age deep house, became one of the most in-demand and sought after records of that year. At the tail end of 2015, the best of these remixes were gathered together on Sorry For The Late Reply, the first release on Marco’s freshly minted Safe Trip imprint. 2014 saw the release of his most accomplished studio work to date, the superb debut album Biology on ESP Institute. Wonderfully picturesque, melodious, humid and glassy-eyed, it received rave reviews and confirmed his status as one of electronic music’s truly unique voices. The same year also saw the release of Clouds, a magical collaborative fulllength written and produced in a weekend with Italian ambient pioneer Gigi Masin and British artist Jonny Nash. Credited to Gaussian Curve and released by Amsterdam’s Music From Memory label, it was the unfeasibly beautiful sound of three like-minded musicians working towards a shared goal. In 2017, Marco is as busy as ever. He’ll be hitting the road April onwards with Gaussian Curve for a handful of live dates around the world in support of their second album The Distance, while his contribution to Dekmantel’s series of crate-digging compilations, Selectors, is due to hit in March. His own label – Safe Trip – will be picking up steam with a string of releases that explore electronic music in many different directions. As usual, you’ll also find him spreading his love of weird, wonderful and eccentric music in basements, warehouses and clubs the world over.