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.

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.

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.