Mirage
Through surreal filters, the familiar turns strange and style becomes sensation. Mirage is a study in visual dissonance, where elegance floats just beyond reach. Photographed by Wanjin.
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/by Editor NastyWhat Is The New Shining ? / Drift Studio
Studio Drift is a multidisciplinary team of artists with the drive to fuse the mechanisms of nature with those of innovation.
Art&Culture | Interview
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/by Editor NastyUnwind after the rave | Amsterdam
A grounded, post-party narrative. Our curated selection of special places that balance natural calm, raw aesthetics, or quiet healing.
Art&Culture | Places
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/by adminTokyo Terror / A talk with Lith Li
Lith Li approaches music as both a tool for transformation and a space for resistance. Exploring themes of societal change, human psyche, and the power of self-expression, Lith Li's work challenges conventions while offering a new kind of liberation on and off the dance floor.
Music | Interview
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/by Editor NastyTimeless Moment
A series suspended between stillness and motion that plays with perception, capturing the body in fragments, sometimes blurred, sometimes sharp, always deliberate. Photographed by Nicolas Larriere.
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/by Editor NastyFeral drive
A collision of desire and danger, Theo-Paul Dufour captures the thrill of the night where leather hearts ride fast, flirt hard, and never look back.
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/by Editor NastyAhead of Upclose / A chat with MARRØN
In the pulsating world of techno, few artists infuse rhythm with roots like MARRØN. Drawing from his rich Surinamese heritage and the unyielding spirit of the Maroon people, he transforms dance floors into spaces of remembrance, resistance, and radical joy. Ahead of his much-anticipated appearance at Upclose 2025, he continues to push boundaries through projects like NDYUKA, his storytelling podcast series, and Eerste Communie, the Sunday ritual that redefined Amsterdam’s party culture, he doesn’t just play music — he reclaims history, challenges norms, and amplifies voices often left unheard.
Music | Interview
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/by Editor NastyThe Art of the In-Between / Liminal Spaces
Empty malls, silent corridors, abandoned childhood haunts – these are the liminal spaces that haunt our collective imagination, evoking a curious mix of longing and unease.
Art&Culture | Spotlight
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/by Editor NastyMidnight at Palais with Jenna Marvin
For its Fashion-Z finale, Palais Galliera became a surreal dance floor as Jenna Marvin and Jenys debuted a motion-responsive instrument, blending fashion, sound, and performance in a one-night-only spectacle.
Art&Culture | Spotlight
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/by Editor NastyEden
A dreamlike escape into an ethereal garden, unfolding within a raw concrete world. This story by Morrigan Rawson captures beauty in its purest, most untamed form.
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/by adminRewire the Chaos / A chat with FJAAK
Broken glass. Strobe scars. Bass shaking the bones of an abandoned forest. FJAAK came up on raw instinct—hacked gear, illegal raves, no sleep, no plan B. Before the bookings, before the Boiler Rooms, it was just a basement in Spandau and the thrill of noise with nowhere to go but louder. Now they’re closing Berghain for 11 hours, running a label that’s more like a syndicate, and still building everything by hand. This isn’t a nostalgia act. It’s muscle memory. It’s resistance through rhythm. Spandau20, the Berlin-based collective label rooted in underground rave culture, celebrates its 10th VA with 10 tracks from its co-founders—each one a reflection of the label’s raw, percussive, hardware-driven ethos. To mark the occasion, we sat down with FJAAK for a a deep dive.
Music | Interview
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/by Editor NastyThe Grandeur of Nothingness / Thierry De Cordier
Thierry De Cordier—artist and philosopher—searches, through his seemingly monochrome paintings, for what he calls the “grandeur of nothingness.”
Art&Culture | Interview
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/by Editor NastyHot girls are reading all about it
Because books don’t scroll. They swallow you. They ask for time, attention, thought—three things we’ve been told are too much to give. But the girls are reclaiming it. The ones with good eyeliner, sharp minds, and zero patience for bullshit. They’re not just reading—they’re reprogramming.
Art&Culture | Words
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/by Editor NastyOrchestra in the Dark / Halle am Berghain
Berlin’s sacred temple of techno, Berghain, is no stranger to seismic shifts in sound. But this spring, the former power plant’s brutalist walls will resonate with a different kind of electricity: a new orchestra series, launching an unprecedented dialogue between classical instrumentation and radical space. The inaugural event takes place on May 16th, conducted by Berlin-based conductor and composer Avi Caspi.
Art&Culture | Spotlight
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/by Editor NastyPost-Y2K / Gen Z’s Decoding of a Failed Future
Think: low-rise meets war-ready. It's Y2K reloaded by a generation raised on climate doom, algorithmic selfhood, and permanent crisis. A cyberpunk dress code for the end of the world.
Fashion | Spotlight
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/by Editor NastyVoce / A New Frequency in Milan
On May 13, Triennale Milano opens Voce—a new space dedicated entirely to listening, sound, and audio experimentation. Housed inside the iconic Palazzo dell’Arte, Voce is born in the bones of the legendary Old Fashion nightclub, this 300-square-meter chamber trades sweat and strobe for spatial sonics and sensory reprogramming.
Music | Spotlight
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/by Editor NastyActias Dubernardi
From my earliest memories to the present, dreams have woven a vivid tapestry through my life.
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/by Editor NastyBecoming the demon woman
Through the veils of time, a forbidden legacy unfolds—one where woman does not fall but rises, draped in the shadow she was once taught to fear. Fashion by Iris Yang.
Fashion | Spotlight
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/by Editor NastyAll In A Days Walk
Between suburbia and dreamscape, she walks chasing the promise of clarity in a world that keeps labeling every step. A meditation on solitude, saturation, and the strange romance of getting lost. Photographed Rosie Bell.
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/by Editor NastySonic Alchemy / Enrico Sangiuliano
Our latest music cover story features Enrico Sangiuliano — a visionary reshaping techno through intention and emotional depth. In a world chasing speed and noise, he turns toward silence, presence, and evolution. From underground raves to concept-driven projects like NINETOZERO and immersive SOLO nights, Sangiuliano crafts sonic journeys that transcend the dancefloor, blending ambient textures, field recordings, and razor-sharp beats into narratives that feel profoundly human.
Music | Interview
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/by Editor NastyValeriia
Shaped by shadow and silence, this story follows a figure suspended in between. Draped forms and hollow light trace a quiet ritual of becoming. A vision by Cesare Fraticelli, styled and embodied by Valeriia Karaman.
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/by Editor NastyThe Devil Is Real / King Dude
TJ Cowgill of King Dude partners with Justin Pittney in a project that marks a shift toward deeper collaboration and shared creative vision. Rooted in years of mutual respect this music collaboration explores new sonic landscapes, challenging both their artistic limits and the listener’s expectations.
Music | Spotlight
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/by Editor NastySoundscapes vol.12 / Silent Servant
Organised emotional response to isolation, selected by the American techno DJ and producer John Juan Mendez aka Silent Servant.
Music | Soundscapes
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/by adminPhase Fatale / The last everything
In conversation with one of our favorite techno innovators among the broad spectrum of dystopian, industrial-laden electronics. We have met Berghain & Khidi resident, Phase Fatale, in Milan to briefly take some pictures before his gig at Tempio del Futuro Perduto.
Music | Soundscapes
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/by adminSoundscapes vol.59 / Front 242
“The music is just a sample of what I like to listen to at this time, because it just came out or it is something older I wanted to experience again.” The EBM/Electro pioneers here presenting their most refined and eclectic selection of hidden gems, welcome to Front242 paradise.
Music | Soundscapes
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