Terraforma Exo / 2025
An environmental art festival returns in 2025, weaving sound ecology, urban landscapes, and the delicate interplay between humans and nature into a living sonic ecosystem.
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/by Editor NastyHope and Fear / WGT 2025
Leipzig once again became a sanctuary for the beautifully strange and the defiantly different, hosting the Wave-Gotik Treffen 2025. Here our annual report with some images of the beautiful people and our favorite bands who made this edition one to remember.
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/by adminEchoes Under the Skin / Madwoman
MADWOMAN is a presence, part instinct, part ritual. She sketches tracks in moments of emotional chaos, paints to ground herself, and finds energy in unexpected places like American football.
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/by Editor NastySilhouettes of Sound / Kate Miao
Raised on metal riffs and post-punk distortion, sharpened by the architecture of code, and softened by surrealist brushstrokes, Kate Miao—the Copenhagen-based DJ, label head, and creative technologist—moves through sound like static on silk: sharp, sensual, and unpredictable. Under the banners of Miao Music and Unlinked Recordings, she sculpts multidimensional spaces where techno, trance, and ambient dreamwork glitch, collide, and are reborn. Between control and collapse, between the logic of systems and the chaos of art, her sets become emotional architectures—her parties, living organisms.
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/by Editor NastySing in me, Muse / Lyra Pramuk
Shaped by ancient, primordial tones, Lyra Pramuk’s music is a pluralistic blend of philosophical and theological structures, each deeply embedded in her sonic practice.
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/by Editor NastyBreaking the Mask / DeathbyRomy
Raised amid the sun-drenched illusions and hard realities of Los Angeles, Romy channels the city’s beauty and brutality through an uncompromising lens, revealing the many versions of herself that have survived and evolved.
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/by Editor NastyRoad to Whole Festival / 2025
Returning for its seventh edition, WHOLE Festival lands once again in the surreal open-air museum of Ferropolis, a post-industrial landmark turned queer utopia. From July 18 to 21, the iron giants of Gräfenhainichen will host one of Europe’s most celebrated queer electronic festivals — a temporary zone of music, resistance, and embodied freedom.
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/by Editor NastyAge of Venera / EMILIJA
Emilija is no stranger to the shadows of the dancefloor. A bold presence in the techno scene, she weaves together sound, style, and a raw feminine force that refuses to be boxed in. On the occasion of launching her new party series "Age of Venera" we hacked into her mindset to explore the deeper vision behind the project—ritual, rebellion, divine rage, and the sensual chaos of becoming. This isn’t just nightlife. It’s initiation. Add to this an exclusive shoot by the Nasty Creative team—Marco Giuliano behind the lens and Anca Macavei on styling — capturing Emilija in her raw, neo-Venus element.
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/by adminMovement Is the Message / A chat with Sam Quealy
Her world is built on distortion—of genre, gender, glamour. Raised in Australia, based in Paris, shaped by club nights, theatre stages, and a deep obsession with movement, Quealy merges hyperpop, techno, and raw performance into something that’s part spectacle, part exorcism.
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/by Editor NastyRoad to Stone Festival / 2025
Bridging industrial heritage with forward-thinking electronic music, Stone Techno Festival will take place from July 11 to 13 with a renewed vision. Set once again within the monumental backdrop of Zollverein in Essen—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—this unique event continues to intertwine the cultural memory of the Ruhr area with the evolving language of contemporary club music.
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/by Editor NastyRoad to Dekmantel / 2025
Dekmantel returns to Amsterdam from July 30 to August 3 for its 11th edition. After last year’s extended celebration, the festival shifts back to its original format—shorter, more concise, but still packed with heavy hitters and fresh talent.
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/by Editor NastyUpclose 2025 and the New Rave Intimacy
In the green heart of Spaarnwoude, the 2025 edition of Upclose proved that, in the swirling sea of summer festivals, it’s still possible to do something essential: cut the excess. Eliminate the distance. Put the human back at the center.
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/by Editor NastyRoad to Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2025
Every year goths from all over the World re-unite in Leipzig, Germany, for the most important music festival dedicated to dark, industrial and post-punk sub-cultures. We will be there to give you our live impressions from the festival; can’t wait to see you all among the dusky crowd.
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/by adminRoad to Lost Music Festival / 2025
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.
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/by Editor NastyHigh Off The Glass / Jesse Draxler x Trace Amount
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.
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/by Editor NastyTokyo 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.
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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.
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/by Editor NastyRewire 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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/by Editor NastyHealing Ceremony / Heilung
Live report from the healing Ceremony by nordic forces Heilung, performed in Milan on the 27 April. Words and photography by Marco Giuliano.
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/by adminAhead of Upclose / Beste Hira
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.
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/by Editor NastyThe Era of the Demons / Nastiya Kai
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.
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/by Editor NastySound as Confession / A talk with David Castellani
Italian-born, LA-forged, and now based in Lisbon, David Castellani is a producer, live performer, and the mind behind the Noetic label, a platform known for its modular-driven techno and immersive sonic storytelling.
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/by Editor NastyBeneath the Lights / A talk with Indira Paganotto
From underground beginnings to headlining global festivals, Indira Paganotto’s journey through the world of psy-techno has been shaped by a relentless drive to create a space where music transcends and connects people on a deeper level.
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/by Editor NastyMargins of the Pulse / A conversation with Lacchesi
Rooted in rhythm but guided by instinct, his journey from classical instruments to the sweat-soaked ritual of the dancefloor has been less a shift than a slow unfolding. His sound doesn’t shout, it lingers. It builds. It breathes. And when it hits, it doesn’t ask for permission.
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