CELEBRATION OF LIFE

Akua is a Ghanian-American artist based in Brooklyn. Her practice as a DJ has developed throughout the years to uniquely encompass her passion for techno- not only as an apparatus for dance, but one of self discovery, community building and unrestricted knowledge. Akua has helped redefine the techno sound emerging form NYC through the multitude of her evocative, mind bending sets and exuberant mixing techniques.

From the clinic to the club.

Butchpm is a philosopher and DJ from Antwerp, known for their eclectic and dynamic sets. Their sound blends experimental techno, bass, breaks, and deconstructed club into danceable sets with deep basslines, driving rhythms, and bold, offbeat tracks. Butchpm not only energizes the dancefloor as a DJ but also shapes the nightlife scene as a promoter and co-founder of Female Boyfriends, a queer and FLINTA-focused club night.

Double P stands for music penetrating your mind. For Pascal, for Petrus, for piercing power, pioneering promises, platonic perversion. Music ranging from uplifting house to mind-blowing techno, exploring boundaries while reflecting the crowd. 

Meet Berlin's rising DJ sensation, Hanaby, renowned for her electrifying blend of African beats, Electro, and Deconstructed club sounds.With each set, Hanaby defies conventions, weaving together a sonic tapestry that mesmerizes audiences worldwide. Keep an ear out for her as she continues to push the boundaries of electronic music.

Ketia is an up-to-no-good self-assigned cyborg, with a keen ear for new and exciting music. Known for their infamous intimate invite-only kit ket events in Lisbon and one of the glitches behind the label and collective kaptcha, which launched the xenolith series: a compilation type of release gathering funds for CASA T, a local shelter for trans folx. Sonically, they’re easily enticed by syncopated drums and twisted rhythms, driven house with groove and breaks married with rave nostalgia. ketia thrives on genre-bending beats connected through vocal-infused tracks that allow for unique storytelling.

Zooey Gleaves p.k.a Lagoon Femshayma is a DJ  loved and renowned for his high-energy sets filled with samples and edits inspired by global club and pop culture. Lagoon has performed for brands such as Nike, Burberry, Lazy Oaf and Charles Jeffrey, and has been invited to play at cultural institutions such as Glastonbury’s Shangri La, the Tate Modern and the Southbank Centre.

makina! plays what the girlies* want and need. Europop, Queerpop, Hyperpop, Dariacore, Ghetto House, Girl EDM and whatever else makes a crowd of beautiful people go feral. She truly is a party starter for the girls, gays and theys that are into all kinds of genres with a hint of cunt.

Everything about Nene H reeks of the unexpected. The Turkish-born DJ has become a powerhouse of Berlin’s underground. She blazed a trail for SWANA, Muslim, queer and female representation. Her sets are the result of an all-consuming infatuation with music, filtered through the prodigal prowess for classical piano. She serves up truculent techno, Turkish-German Hiphop, and booty-bouncing ghetto-house.

NMSS (Nemesis) is an Afropean, Genderfluid artist born from the blend of French and Ivorian culture. This DJ/Producer based in Brussels proposes a rich universe oscillating between euphoric and dystopic atmospheres. NMSS always surprises the audience with their high energy sets, celebrating the role of Afro-descendant and queer communities in electronic music.

Rostgoed doesn't like to feel genre-d, and neither should you, so be ready for eclectic sets celebrating queerness in different sounds, somewhere between the sweet R&B & pop songs that reigned the charts in the nillies, nightcore and contemporary beats – hard to be soft, queer to be comforting, with staccato rhythms and reworked pop classics flowing in and out of each other. Anything goes, as long as it's moving — physically or emotionally.

The urge to move is at the core of Slim Soledad’s identity. Growing up in Brazil, Guarulhos, she was surrounded by music and dance from a young age; it wasn’t long before she was diving into São Paulo’s vibrant party scene and taking vogue classes and contemporary dance. Although now based in Paris, she organised some of São Paulo’s first trans-led parties as part of the Chernobyl collective (named for the insults her cofounder received online). This was also where she started to hone her style as a DJ: a fast-paced, intense mix of heavy techno, hard-edged baile funk, electro and Latino core. It's a formula many have since tried to copy, but few have equalled.

Veronika Deneuve used to visit all the very gay places. Those "come what may" places, where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life to get the feel of life from pop music and cocktails. Then Send In The Clowns came along with its siren song, to tempt her to madness. You knew all the while that her poignant smile was tinged with the sadness of a great love for euphoric house, hardgroove, eurodance, and some trance from time to time. And now she’s in to celebrate a lush life.