Road to Lost Music Festival / 2025

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It is within this living metaphor breathing through its lush greenery, a creation of the visionary publisher and collector Franco Maria Ricci, that the fourth edition of LOST Music Festival takes place between the 4th and 6th of July 2025.

High Off The Glass / Jesse Draxler x Trace Amount

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High Off The Glass” is a new industrial track from Jesse Draxler and TRACE AMOUNT, released via Federal Prisoner. Blending sound and visual art, the project continues Draxler’s audio/visual series—with the exclusive premier of the video here on Nasty.

Tokyo Terror / A talk with Lith Li

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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.

Ahead of Upclose / A chat with MARRØN

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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.

Rewire the Chaos / A chat with FJAAK

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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.

Orchestra in the Dark / Halle am Berghain

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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.

Voce / A New Frequency in Milan

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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.

Sonic Alchemy / Enrico Sangiuliano

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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.

The Devil Is Real / King Dude

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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.

Healing Ceremony / Heilung

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Live report from the healing Ceremony by nordic forces Heilung, performed in Milan on the 27 April. Words and photography by Marco Giuliano.

Ahead of Upclose / Beste Hira

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Ahead of her much-anticipated appearance at Awakenings Upclose 2025, where she’ll share the booth with Georgian artist Yanamaste, she reflects on roots, catharsis, cultural resistance, and that wild, beautiful madness we call music.

The Era of the Demons / Nastiya Kai

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Genreless, restless, and raw—Nastiya Kai doesn’t follow trends, she sheds skins. From dark diaries to sonic rebirths, she’s rewriting what it means to create from chaos.