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Ferropolis Reimagined / WHOLE Festival 2025

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From July 18–21, Ferropolis hosted the seventh edition of WHOLE Festival, a leading gathering of queer electronic culture in Europe. Under the theme ‘WHOLE New World,’ the post-industrial site transformed into four days of music, intimacy, and collective care.

The Pulse We Shared / Stone Festival

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In the heart of Essen, amidst the remnants of an industrial past and the vibrant energy of the present, Stone Techno Festival organised by The Third Room collective took place. This event is more than just music; it’s a collective ritual blending history, technology, and underground culture. Three intense days in a place steeped in memory, where every beat tells a story and every sound becomes part of a unique experience

Ritual Sound and Sonic Communion / LOST Music Festival

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Between the 4th and 6th July 2025, LOST Music Festival returned to the Labirinto della Masone, the world’s largest bamboo labyrinth, for three days of experimental electronic music, communal dreaming, and immersive rituals.

Terraforma Exo / 2025

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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.

Hope and Fear / WGT 2025

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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.

Road to Whole Festival / 2025

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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.

Road to Stone Festival / 2025

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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.

Road to Dekmantel / 2025

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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.

Upclose 2025 and the New Rave Intimacy

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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.

Road to Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2025

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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.

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.

Road to Awakenings Upclose / 2025

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Upclose Festival returns to Spaarnwoude-Park on May 17-18, 2025, for its second edition, bringing together a carefully selected mix of artists shaping the sound of today’s electronic music.