In an atmosphere charged with raw energy and a lingering sense of the mystical, LOST Music Festival (the acronym of Labyrinth Original Soundtrack) unfolds as a collective ritual. The labyrinth is more than a backdrop, it breathes, listens, and responds, becoming a living conduit for sound. To step inside is to surrender: to be unbalanced, inspired, and gently undone. LOST doesn’t just invite you to get lost, it dares you to lose direction, abandon the map, and embrace the thrill of drifting into the unknown. Nestled in the lush Emilia-Romagna countryside, this seven-hectare green cathedral transforms every turn into an unexpected echo for all the artists in the lineup. In its short but impactful history, Lost Music Festival has consistently championed contemporary creativity through a carefully curated mix of Italian and international artists, including VARG2TM, Amnesia Scanner, Marina Herlop, The Bug, Eartheater, Doon Kanda, and Gabber Eleganza. Each year, this approach transforms a singular location into a living experience of the mystical, the esoteric, and the unknown. As the bamboo forest awaits to frame for this immersive experience, the strong prevalence in the lineup of live performances over DJ sets is confirmed by an urgency for sonic experimentation, one of the cornerstones of the festival.

The list of the first announcement features Abdullah Miniawy who presents The Evens, Rahma: a whispered invocation through wind in which flute tones and distant bird calls attempt to open an isolated marble door. From this atmospheric threshold, African-American Sound Recordings dives into shadow and sonic abstraction, followed by Forma Norte and ángela, who entwine guitars, strings, and voice into a collaborative choral ritual. Disruption arrives with HAGVA (CP1 and Not Mass), the Milanese duo known for tearing through rhythm and form with chaotic transcendence. After the rupture, a haze settles. Hesaitix returns with Santarosae, a thick, spectral journey painted in the uncanny. Klein destabilised further with sets that blend noise, hip-hop, urban surveillance, and humour, always at the edge of performance and provocation. Loidis shifts the mood with a deep dive into dub techno, microhouse, and house while Lyra Pramuk brings a mystical, genre-defying vocal spectrum to the stage. mu tate & NEXCYIA merge dubbed-out psychedelia with textured soundscapes, blurring the lines between otherness, memory, and belonging. Safety Trance sharpens the edges with a dark live fusion of IDM, jungle, industrial, and leftfield reggaeton. Newly formed in Berlin, Takkak Takkak (Shigeru Ishihara and J. Mo’ong Santoso Pribadi) collide their screwball production and junk-instrumental styles in an idiosyncratic exploration of sound. Tristwch Y Fenywod, a queer women trio project from Leeds, brings through Welsh-language gothic folk-rock a serie of torbid electronic textures.