Buried in shadows and driven by the tension of East and West, She Past Away crafts a world where repetition and restraint conjure both trance and unease. In this conversation, the Turkish darkwave duo traces their journey from the underground pulse of Istanbul to the danceable melancholy of Disko Anksiyete, revealing how language, ritual, and cultural fracture shape their music.

In a time where identity is often packaged, flattened, and made palatable for algorithmic feeds, François X resists easy definition. Born between Corsica and Benin, shaped by sounds that stretch from the vinyl stacks of Fania Records to the raw pulse of Parisian club nights, his music is neither fusion nor collage. It’s something more elemental, a process of remembering, returning, resisting.

Berlin Atonal returns to Kraftwerk Berlin, Tresor, and OHM this August 2025 with a five-day program that transforms the city’s industrial core into an experimental laboratory for sound, image, and collective experience. This year marks the festival’s debut as part of the International Biennial Association, anchoring its position as a global platform for sonic and interdisciplinary avant-garde. It’s a return, but also a reinvention, driven by the same radical spirit that first pulsed through these concrete chambers in the early ’80s.

“My image is not a marketing trick or provocation,” says DJ and multidisciplinary artist CatMint when asked about the challenges she faces due to her body being the central part of her artistic practice.