Rifain, Techa & Shandon

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.

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...

Sharing my digs with those who want to listen.

Carrying a solid background in Serbian scene by appearing in the local reference EXIT festival and being resident DJ for Club Tunnel Novi Sad, Techa always brings his powerful and colorful music by selecting old school techno, house and electro tracks. He tries to take the audience on a new intergalactic journey every time.