Savage: The Haunted House

Irish born, Hanoi based techno DJ. After spending over ten years deeply immersed in the techno scene in Europe, Declan has recently made a goal of bringing heavy, industrial and fast techno to Hanoi and Vietnam. He is one of the key members of Sweet Tooth, a collective that hosted a series of illegal raves in Ireland but has now reassembled in northern Vietnam in July 2019. For over two years, Declan has also been one of the resident DJs of Hanoi's infamous drag queen night: Peach, where is expresses his passionate taste in Italo disco.

Originally from Lyon, he moved to Asia a few years ago and is now based in Hanoi. Inspired by a decade spent all around Europe exploring the different clubs and parties, he has developed a real talent to play an eclectic mixture of house, techno and world music over the years. This brought him to mix regularly in several venues and different parties in Hanoi lately Savage, Birdcage, Quest Festival, HRC, Le Soleil, Kobala.... Expect to be surprised by his ability to change the rhythm of the night by throwing solid tracks on the dance floor.

Rifain’s sound is powered by an experimentalism that twists and turns through varied genres with a consistency that cloaks it in its own unique nature. His approach is one of absorption and redefinition, elegantly mixing seemingly divergent elements to guide a dancefloor into deep, downbeat darkness or an opaque dreamscape before rousing it into primal collective movement through fresh tribal energy. All being told, his sound is hard for even him to describe, as it’s in constant flux and evolution, intuitively reflecting setting and situation and the influences that happen to be inspiring him. As its main booker and cofounder, Rifain is a key figure of Savage nightclub in Hanoi, which over the last few years has turned into a key node of Asia’s underground club circuit. He also runs his own monthly night at the club - Slow Beats Disco - which despite its name is less focused on a specific genre or bpm, but more on a collective intimacy and adventurous sonic exploration with delicacy at its core...

Steve Obi is a lover of anything that makes a dance floor move. A dj career that spans over 11 years has seen him play in all the top clubs in his hometown of Dublin and also more recently in Hanoi where he is now based. Steve is also avid vinyl collector, club night promoter and familiar name on the Irish festival circuit. Expect to hear sounds across a broad sonic spectrum ranging from classic disco, old skool 90's house and African grooves, to retro italo bangers, acid techno and everything in between.