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Impossibly Distant, Impossibly Close / Ambient Synergy Across Space

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In the ambient and experimental music world, collaboration often transcends physical proximity. This is certainly true for Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri, two artists known for sculpting sonic environments that are both vast and intimately detailed. Their joint album, Impossibly Distant, Impossibly Close, explores the dynamic interplay between remoteness and closeness, both thematically and sonically.

Sing in me, Muse / Lyra Pramuk

Music | Interview
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.

Breaking the Mask / DeathbyRomy

Music | Interview
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.

Road to Whole Festival / 2025

Music | Spotlight
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.

Movement Is the Message / A chat with Sam Quealy

Music | Interview
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.

Road to Stone Festival / 2025

Music | Highlights
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

Music | Spotlight
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

Music | Spotlight
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

Music | Spotlight
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

Music | Spotlight
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.

Tokyo Terror / A talk with Lith Li

Music | Interview
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

Music | Interview
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.