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Action Bronson
Atlantic Recordings / New York - USA / Live
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A US rap behemoth with a talent as towering as his beard is bushy, Arian Asllani is one of the biggest names on today’s US hip-hop scene. Like a resolutely indie mash-up... -
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Agents of time
Obscura - Correspondant - Ellum / Bari - Italy / Live
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Despite the creative and technological innovations that are making collaboration work easier, three-piece acts are still something of a rarity in electronic music. Agents of Time provide an object lesson in the... -
Aïsha Devi
Danse Noire / Geneva - Switzerland / Live
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Artist selected by Insomnia as part of We are Europe. Repetitive, extremist, experimental and yet refreshingly accessible, Aisha Devi makes the sort of music that hits you like a sucker-punch to the stomach. The... -
Alessandro Cortini
Important Records - Hospital Productions / Berlin - Germany / Live
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A member of Nine Inch Nails since 2004, Alessandro Cortini has forged his way into the public conscious in his own right thanks to a series of collaborations with artists as far-removed... -
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Altin Gün
Les Disques Bongo Joe / Amsterdam - Netherlands / Live
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Meaning ‘golden age’ in Turkish, Altin Gün are prominent figures on the Anatolian rock scene, the moniker given to the 60s/70s psychedelic revival that is currently taking place in Istanbul. Formed by... -
Amelie Lens
Second State / Antwerp - Belgium / DJ Set
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Although still young, Amelie Lens is already well acquainted with the stars. In the matter of months that have passed since her meteoric rise to the summit of the charts – following... -
AMMAR 808 & The Maghreb United
Glitter Beat / Tunis - Tunisia / Live
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2018 is destined to be a year of emancipation for Arab music’s relationship with electronica. As well as the growing interest among western artists (led by Acid Arab) for North African and... -
Antal
Rush Hour / Amsterdam - Netherlands / DJ Set
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Playing B2B with Hunee. Antal has been around since the very beginning of the Rush Hour label. Twenty years down the line, and 400 releases later, the DJ still stands as a... -
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Avalon Emerson
Whities - Spectral Sound / Berlin - Germany / DJ Set
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Originally hailing from Arizona, and subsequently adopted by San Francisco and Berlin, back in 2009 Avalon Emerson appeared destined for a brilliant career in software development. A decade on, she has become... -
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AZF
Rinse France / Paris - France / DJ Set
Friday 11 May Nuit 303:00 - 05:00
Halle 2: curated in collaboration with Sónar as part of We are EuropeCOMPLET
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Curated in collaboration with Sónar as part of We are Europe. If there’s only space in your brain to recall one name on the French industrial techno scene in 2018, make sure that... -
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Bawrut
Hard Fist-Ransom Note / Madrid - Spain / DJ Set
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Curated in collaboration with Sónar as part of We are Europe. An Italian who has made a name for himself in Spain, Bawrut is one of a new generation of young artists who... -
Ben Frost
Bedroom Community - Mute / Reykjavik - Iceland / Live
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Curated in collaboration with Sónar as part of We are Europe. In collaboration with Marcel Weber / MFO Turning your back on sunny Melbourne to go and live in the world’s northern-most... -
Bicep
Feel My Bicep-Ninja tune / London - England / Live
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Back in 2007, as humble contributors to the ‘Feel My Bicep’ blog, it would have been hard for Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar to imagine that – a decade down the line... -
Binker and Moses
GearBox Records / London - England / Live
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Saxophone-drums duo Binker Golding and Moses Boyd – better known as Binker and Moses – are the latest darlings of the British jazz scene. But don’t be fooled by their youthful appearance;... -
BOBBIE*
Hambourg - Allemagne / DJ Set
Saturday 12 May Day 4 : A Day with Paula Temple18:00-20:00
Esplanade / Funktion One by Solution One AudioCOMPLET
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BOBBIE* – real name Moni Koever – is resident DJ at the HIGHLY RECOMMENDED nights at the PAL in Hamburg. The young DJ may not yet be splashed across Europe’s front pages,... -
Borusiade
Cómeme / Bucharest - Romania / Live
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Artist selected by Insomnia as part of We are Europe. Currently resident in Berlin, Borusiade is one of the most prominent female DJs to have emerged from the Romanian scene. She was given a... -
Bruxas
Dekmantel / Amsterdam - Netherlands / Live
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A side project of Jacco Gardner and Nic Mauscovic, Bruxas’ disco and house music is tinged with a tropical latino feel fuelled by South American percussion instruments, vintage synths and catchy bass... -
Caballero & JeanJass & Friends present High & Fines Herbes
Back in The Dayz - Universal / Brussels - Belgium / Live
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In the red corner, introducing Caballero: born in Barcelona, raised in Brussels, initiated in the ways of electronic music by Les Corbeaux. In the blue corner, introducing JeanJass: born in Charleroi,... -
Call Super
Houndstooth / London - England / DJ Set
Thursday 10 May Day 2 : A Day with Daniel AveryBio
Playing B2B with Objekt. In the sprawling landscape of electronic music, Call Super is still but a young shoot. But my, how he has grown. Five years on from the release of... -
Camion bazar
Camion Bazar / Paris - France / DJ Set
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A self-proclaimed ‘wandering festive shambles’, Camion Bazar occupies a unique place in the world of French dance music. Brought to life by the masterful Romain Play, who joyfully travels the country in... -
Chancha Via Circuito
Wonderwheel / Buenos Aires - Argentina / Live
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With over ten years of experimentations with South American music behind him, the sound of veteran Argentinean producer Pedro Canale – better known as Chancha Vía Circuito – marries cumbia rhythms and... -
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Charlotte Bendiks
Cómeme-Hivern Discs / Tromsø - Norway / DJ Set
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Curated in collaboration with Insomnia as part of We are Europe. Widely considered to be the most important DJ to have emerged from Tromsø in recent times, Charlotte Bendiks floats around Norway and Europe... -
Chilly Gonzales
Gentle Threat / Montreal, Canada / Live
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There is only one Chilly Gonzales. For nearly twenty years, armed with only his piano and his genius, this composer, producer, performer, pianist, singer and rapper has been breaking down musical boundaries.... -
Chloé
Lumière Noire / Paris - France / Live
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Chloé – Endless Revisions Live Chloé. Oh, Chloé. We could base an entire novel on those five letters, such has been the impact of her career. But let’s start from the top:... -
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Chris Menist
Paradise Bangkok / London - England / DJ Set
Friday 11 May Day 3 : A Day with Four TetBio
A journalist, musician and DJ, Chris Menist is revered by crate diggers the world over. He has compiled, over the course of spells spent living in Thailand, Yemen and Pakistan, a collection... -
Clémentine
Mellow Madness / Paris / France / DJ Set
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Constantly inspired by black music in all its forms, Clémentine will open the Closing Day line-up with her trademark pin-sharp blend of disco, soul, jazz and funk. Having recently moved to Paris,... -
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D.A.F. / Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft
Mute - Virgin / Dusseldorf - Germany / Live
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Here is what we had to say about DAF ahead of their last visit to Lyon, for Nuits Sonores 2004: “Created in 1978, Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft is formed of Robert Görl (music, drums... -
Daniel Avery
Phantasy / London - England / DJ Set
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The perennial “Prince of Techno” has been crowned king at last. And, judging by his Fabriclive66 set, his Drone Logic album, his DJ-Kicks mix and his Divided Love residency, it’s fair to... -
Dengue Dengue Dengue
Enchufada / Lima - Peru / Live
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Hailing from the Peruvian capital of Lima, Dengue Dengue Dengue are a duo of DJ-designer-producers who have brought their electro-psychedelic storm to venues everywhere from the Panorama Bar to Shanghaï. Largely... -
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Dj Lag
Goon Club All Stars / Durban - South Africa / Live
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A pioneer of – and ambassador for – gqom music, DJ Lag hails from the scene’s birthplace in the South African city of Durban. A sub-genre of house, gqom is a low-frequency,... -
DJ Nobu
Bitta / Chiba - Japan / DJ Set
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Originally hailing from Chiba in Japan, Bitta label founder DJ Nobu is a pioneer of his country’s techno scene. Following dabbles with the local punk, pop, dub and hardcore scenes, it was... -
Dj Okapi
Culture Of Soul / Johannesburg - South Africa / DJ Set
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DJ Okapi, a familiar name for all fans of South African music, is an artist of many guises: legend on the Johannesburg digging scene, indefatigable creative force behind the Afro-Synth blog (and,... -
Dj P
Turntableast / Lyon - France / DJ Set
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DJ P has an uncanny ability of turning any dancefloor into a blazing inferno. Those of you lucky enough to have witnessed what happens when this master settles in behind a pair... -
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DJ Stingray
Tresor / Detroit - USA / DJ Set
Saturday 12 May Day 4 : A Day with Paula Temple20:00-22:00
Esplanade / Funktion One by Solution One AudioCOMPLET
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Formerly DJ for the legendary duo Drexciya, DJ Stingray has been forging his way as a solo artist since James Stinson sadly passed away in 2002. Behind the decks, Sherard Ingram has... -
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Dollkraut band
Dischi Autunno / Amsterdam - Netherlands / Live
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Among a prolific array of producers and music groups in Amsterdam, Dollkraut stands out on a number of levels. Whether performing a DJ set or with a live band, Pascal Pinkert never... -
Dopplereffekt
Dataphysix Engineering - Rephlex / Detroit - USA / Live
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Artist selected by Insomnia as part of We are Europe. One half of Drexciya, Gerald Donald donned a white blouse and started scientifically and sonically experimenting in Detroit back in 1995. In his Dataphysix... -
Dr. Rubinstein
Berlin - Germany / DJ Set
Thursday 10 May Day 2 : A Day with Daniel AveryBio
Marina Rubinstein was born in Russia, raised in Tel Aviv, and now lives in Berlin. Somewhere along the way, halfway through a long night of partying, she had a revelation: that dance... -
Edward
Giegling / Berlin / Germany / DJ Set
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Gilles Aiken, a.k.a. Edward, is one of the most admired electronic artists on today’s Berlin scene. One of the leading lights of the Giegling label alongside Prince Of Denmark, Vril, Traumprinz and... -
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Femanyst
Sound Black Recordings / Berlin - Germany / DJ Set
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Femanyst is the techno alias used by Lady Blacktronica, an artist possessing of a deep house discography as extensive as it is inspired. And, although this San Francisco producer may be under... -
Fixmer / McCarthy
Planete Rouge / Lille - London / France - England / Live
Saturday 12 May Nuit 402:55 - 03:55
Halle 2: curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe
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Curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe. Revered by EBM fans for his work in the nineties as Nitzer Ebb, Douglas McCarthy ended that particular adventure to return to school... -
Floating Points
Eglo / Manchester - England / DJ Set
Friday 11 May Day 3 : A Day with Four TetBio
There are many producers who mix records, and plenty of DJs who produce music, but very few are as gifted in both disciplines as Floating Points. Over the course of a career... -
Folamour
Moonrise Hill Material - FHUO Records / Lyon - France / DJ Set
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If we had to choose the one artist who had the most dramatic impact on French house music in 2017, it would have to be Folamour. With his unique groove, his Japanese-inflected... -
Four Tet
Text Records / London - England / Live
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Twelve albums down, and having collaborated with dozens of artists as diverse as Coldplay, Burial, The XX, Nathan Fake and Omar Souleyman, the career of Kieran Hebden – a.k.a. Four Tet –... -
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G’boï & Jean Mi
La Chinerie / Lyon / France / DJ Set
Thursday 10 May Le Terminal x Tunnel Vision01:00 - 03:00
Le Terminal x Tunnel Vision - Unique stage
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The brains trust at the head of the La Chinerie label, organisers of the 69 La Trik nights and presenters of La Bac À Scrabs on Lyl Radio, G’Boï & Jean Mi... -
Gilb’r
Versatile/ Paris / France / DJ Set
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Gracy Hopkins
IXI / Paris - France / Live
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Don’t be fooled: in spite of appearances, Gracy Hopkins is not the latest big thing in US hip hop. He may well, however, be France’s answer to the very best of what... -
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HAAi
Coconut Beats / London - England / DJ Set
Thursday 10 May Day 2 : A Day with Daniel AveryBio
HAAi, real name Teneil Throssel, moved to Europe six years ago from her native Australia, where she had been a singer with the psychedelic rock group Dark Bells. Soon after her arrival,... -
Helena Hauff
Werk Discs - Ninja Tune - PAN / Hambourg - Germany / DJ Set
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Artist selected by Insomnia as part of We are Europe. Like all the finest dark techno ambassadors, Helena Hauff’s music is a full-frontal assault. But don’t say that she didn’t warn you: the German... -
Henry Wu
MCDE / Londres / Angleterre / DJ Set
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Kamaal Williams shot to recognition among jazz aficionados last year as one half of Yussef Kamaal, his thrilling side project alongside fellow Londoner Yussef Dayes. However, that success must not detract from... -
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Hunee
Rush Hour / Amsterdam - Netherlands / DJ Set
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Playing B2B with Antal. It’s hard to put Hunee’s exhilarating rise into words. Content for many years to stay in the shadows of the soulful house tracks he released on prestigious labels... -
I:Cube
Versatile / Paris-France / Live
Tuesday 08 May Day 1 : A Day with Jennifer CardiniBio
Despite a career spanning nearly 30 years, I:Cube remains largely unknown to the wider public. Yet his status at the forefront of the French electronic scene has long been beyond reproach. Cited... -
Ifriqiyya Électrique
Glitterbeat Records / Djerid - Tunisia / Live
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Having retreated to the heart of the Djerid desert in Tunisia for three whole years, the five members of Ifriqiyya Electrique eventually re-emerged with more than just a live set.A singular and... -
Il Est Vilaine
Kill The DJ-Dialect Recordings - Lumière Noire / Paris - France / Live
Saturday 12 May Nuit 422:45 - 23:40
Halle 2: curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe
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Curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe. Il Est Vilaine are a duo from Paris that sound like the prodigal lovechild of The Hacker and Canadian rock band Suuns. Armed... -
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Izabel
Lullabies for Insomniacs / Amsterdam - Netherlands / DJ Set
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Currently best known as the head of Lullabies for Insomniacs, an Amsterdam-based record label and digital platform, Australian Izabel Caligiore first cut her teeth at Radio 106.7 PBS FM in her native... -
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James Holden & The Animal Spirits
Border Community / London - England / Live
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At the very least, you could say that James Holden hasn’t rested on his laurels since his 2016 appearance at Nuits Sonores. The Londoner, who used the occasion to introduce his album... -
Jamie Tiller b2b Tako
Music From Memory / Amsterdam - Netherlands / DJ Set
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In the nebulous world of music reissues, it can seem an insurmountable challenge to stand out from the crowd and compete with labels that specialise exclusively in original releases. However, since 2013,... -
Javi Redondo
Mondo - Correspondant / Madrid - Spain / DJ Set
Tuesday 08 May Day 1 : A Day with Jennifer CardiniBio
No stranger to audiences at the Rex, Berghain and Fabric, Javi Redondo has long been a roving ambassador for a Spanish electronic scene whose identity he has done so much to shape.... -
Jennifer Cardini
Correspondant / Cologne - Germany / DJ Set
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Jennifer Cardini long since outgrew Pulp – the Parisian club where she first made her name – and set off on a mission to take her vision of house music to audiences... -
Job Jobse
Amsterdam - Netherlands / DJ Set
Tuesday 08 May Day 1 : A Day with Jennifer CardiniBio
Playing B2B with Jennifer Cardini. Job Jobse’s life has been the envy of many, ever since he first landed a work placement at Dixon and Âme’s Innervisions label. Since then, the Dutchman... -
Josey Rebelle
Rinse / London - England / DJ Set
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A regular at England’s biggest nights, starting with the very first Boiler Room in 2010, Josey Rebelle has also appeared at some of the highest profile clubs and festivals in Europe (including... -
Josh Cheon
Dark Entries / San Francisco - USA / Live
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Josh Cheon is perhaps best known as the founder and manager of Dark Entities, the label that has become the point of reference for diggers of sombre, electronic and 80s post-punk. Yet... -
Juliano
That Place Records / Lyon / France / DJ Set
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ambassador for the electronic scene back in his native Lyon. Manager of That Place Records and the veteran of countless sets at Le Sucre and Trésor, this prolific artist is known far... -
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Karen Gwyer
Don’t Be Afraid / London - England / Live
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Born in the south of the USA, brought up in a small town in Michigan, and currently residing in London, Karen Gwyer is a well-travelled artist with a penchant for ambient music,... -
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KiNK
Running Back/Macro / Sofia / Bulgarie / Live
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Tinkerman extraordinaire, genius producer, peerless DJ and aesthete par excellence, these short lines are simply not enough to even begin to do justice to the capabilities of Strahil Velchev, a.k.a. KiNK. Frenetically... -
Ko Shin Moon
Akuphone / Paris - France / Live
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Cosmopolitism, crossbreeding and transcendence: welcome to the artistic world of Ko Shin Moon. Formed in Paris by friends Axel Moon and Niko Shin, Ko Shin Moon is an ethno-musical and eclectic experiment... -
Kӣr
Drugstore / Belgrade - Serbia / Live
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Curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe. Belgrade’s electronic scene has recently been injected with renewed vigour and purpose by a handful of artist-activists. As the head of Drugstore, one... -
La Smala
Back in the Dayz - La Smalismoul / Brussels - Belgium / Live
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The spiritual successors of Lunatic, FF, Salif and Oxmo Puccino, La Smala is a rap crew from Brussels made up of F.L.O., Seyté, Senamo, Rizla, Shawn-h and DJ X-Men. Created in 2009... -
Lanark Artefax
Whities / Glasgow - Scotland / Live
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Glasgow-based literature graduate Lanark Artefax specialises in stunning, shimmering and sombre electro with a sting in its tail. Described by Resident Advisor as “like watching a beautifully shot film on a scratched... -
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Laurent Garnier
F Communications / Lourmarin / France / DJ Set
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While it may be easy to consider the figure of Laurent Garnier as a monument on the French electronic scene, he is not the type to sit around gathering dust. A producer... -
Lee Gamble
Hyperdub - UIQ - PAN / London - England / Live
Friday 11 May Nuit 301:45 - 02:45
Halle 2: curated in collaboration with Sónar as part of We are EuropeCOMPLET
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Curated in collaboration with Sónar as part of We are Europe. Many people have attempted to figure out Lee Gamble, trying in vein to mirror his musical meanderings through ambient, abstract, noise and... -
Leeon
Ediciones Danza Negra / Bogota / Colombie / DJ Set
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Enrique Leon is without doubt one of the most important figures on Bogota’s electronic music scene. A resident and promoter at Video Club, he is as adept at selecting the latest beats... -
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Lena Willikens
Cómeme / Cologne - Germany / DJ Set
Thursday 10 May Day 2 : A Day with Daniel AveryBio
Artist selected by Insomnia as part of We are Europe. Lena Willikens first cut her teeth in the world of electronic music during a five-year Friday night residency in the dark, sweaty surroundings of... -
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Les Fils de Jacob
Positive Education / Saint-Etienne - France / DJ Set
Saturday 12 May Nuit 421:30 - 22:30
Halle 2: curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe
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Curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe. Positive Education is without doubt the most rambunctious festival to have come out of France in recent years. Allying a psychedelic, post-punk aesthetic... -
Los Wembler’s de Iquitos
Barbes Records / Iquitos - Peru / Live
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Hailing from the Amazonian capital of Iquitos, it took 25 years for the five brothers that make up Los Wemblers to venture away from their homeland. Veritable legends in South America, and... -
Lunice
LuckyMe / Montréal - Canada / DJ Set
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Lunice is back, following a painfully long absence triggered by the disbanding of TNGHT in 2013. An exceptional trap music project launched the previous year with Hudson Mohawke, TNGHT became – in... -
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Maceo Plex
Ellum / Barcelona - Spain / DJ Set
Tuesday 08 May Day 1 : A Day with Jennifer CardiniBio
Following his Nuits Principales set in 2016 and a memorable appearance at the Closing Party in 2017, the love affair between Nuits Sonores and Maceo Plex is stronger than ever. Maceo Plex,... -
Maetrik
Cocoon Recordings-Audiomatique / Barcelona - Spain / Live
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Variously known as Maetrik, Mariel Ito. and Maceo Plex, the many faces of Eric Estornel faithfully reflect the artist’s diverse musical tastes. With a background that blends Cuban origins with spells living... -
Mafalda
Melodies International / London - England / DJ Set
Friday 11 May Day 3 : A Day with Four TetBio
Portuguese sensation Mafalda first started learning the language of Shakespeare at only 5 years of age, in order to translate the lyrics of her favourite Pet Shop Boys songs. These days based... -
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Moor Mother
Don Giovanni Records / Philadelphia - USA / Live
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For many, musician and poet Moor Mother is one of today’s finest exponents of “hardcore poetry”. However, she prefers to describe herself as an afro-futurist. Whatever the label, Moor Mother specialises in... -
Motor City Drum Ensemble
MCDE / Cologne / Allemagne / DJ Set
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He may still be in his early 30s, but Danilo Plessow is already a European house legend in his own right. A pillar of the disco revival that has been thriving now... -
Mozhgan
We Are Monsters / San Francisco - USA / DJ Set
Tuesday 08 May Day 1 : A Day with Jennifer CardiniBio
A California-based Iranian artist and DJ, Mozghan is the resident DJ at We Are Monsters, the San Francisco nights that she created in 2011. Her sets stand as an ode to her... -
Mr Fingers aka Larry Heard
Alleviated Records / Chicago - USA / Live
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Has there ever been a more influential house artist than Larry Heard? With his cohorts Robert Owens and Ron Wilson, the mythical ‘Mr Fingers’ produced a series of the greatest tracks in... -
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Not Waving
Diagonal / London - England / Live
Saturday 12 May Nuit 423:50 - 00:50
Halle 2: curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe
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Curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe. Born in Italy and currently residing in London, Alessio Natalizia’s musical journey included stops at punk and krautrock, before he eventually arrived at... -
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Objekt
Hessle Audio - PAN / Berlin - Germany / DJ Set
Thursday 10 May Day 2 : A Day with Daniel AveryBio
Playing B2B with Call Super. Objekt is an artist unlike any other. The Berlin-based Englishman is one of the most acclaimed DJs and producers of recent years. A renowned perfectionist, both in... -
Oceanic
Nous'klaer Audio/Amsterdam/ Pays-Bas / DJ Set
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Olaf Boswijk
Trouw / Amsterdam - Netherlands / DJ Set
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A legend of the Amsterdam nightlife scene, Olaf Boswijk is the man behind Trouw, the much-loved club that definitively closed its doors to the public in early 2015. Far from calling it... -
Or:la
Hotflush Recordings - Deep Sea Frequency / Liverpool - Angleterre / DJ Set
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Part of a new wave of DJs in England, OR:LA has breathed fresh life into Liverpool’s electronic scene. As both the organiser of the Meine Nacht nights on Merseyside and the co-founder... -
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Orpheu The Wizard
Red Light Radio / Amsterdam - Netherlands / DJ Set
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With one foot in Amsterdam and one on Platform 9 ¾, Orpheu the Wizard is the co-founder of Red Light Radio, the Netherlands’ very own Hogwarts School of Nightcraft. Orpheu is a... -
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Pablo Valentino
MCDE Recordings - Faces Records / Paris / France / DJ Set
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How best to describe Pablo Valentino? DJ or globetrotter? Perhaps the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Pablo mixes records with the same flair as he travels the world, searching for... -
Palms Trax
Dekmantel - Lobester Theremin / Berlin / Allemagne / DJ Set
Thursday 10 May Le Terminal x Tunnel Vision03:00 - 06:00
Le Terminal x Tunnel Vision - Unique stage
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The story of Palms Trax began as recently as 2013, when Jay Donaldson got a job at one of London’s premier record stores. Having discovered the classics of Chicago and Detroit house,... -
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Pan Daijing
PAN / Berlin - Germany / Live
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A Chinese performer and producer based in Berlin, Pan Daijing’s music is built around improvisation and shaped from personal experience. From her upbringing in a conservative Chinese family to her architectural and... -
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Parrish Smith
L.I.E.S. / Amsterdam - Netherlands / DJ Set
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An irrepressible figure on the post-punk new wave scene that has broken the monopoly of delicate electro in recent years, Parrish Smith delights in messing with the senses and breaking the rules.... -
Paula Temple
R&S - Noise Manifesto / Berlin - Germany / DJ Set
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For over 15 years Paula Temple has been pursuing her own unique musical path. As a self-confessed noisician living in Berlin, she specialises in a noisy, phantasmagoric techno sound, where the dial... -
Pearson Sound
Hessle Audio / London – England / DJ Set
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David Kennedy – a.k.a. Pearson Sound – is the co-founder of Hessle Audio; surely enough of an introduction on its own. However, despite the efforts involved in managing one of the UK’s... -
Peggy Gou
Rekids - Technicolour / Berlin - Germany / DJ Set
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Peggy Gou’s artistic journey would be enough to impress even the most hardened of electro veterans. Having studied in London and started out as a producer on the Rekids label, the Korean’s... -
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Raymonde
Zèbres / Lyon - France / Live
Friday 11 May Nuit 321:45 - 22:45
Halle 2: curated in collaboration with Sónar as part of We are EuropeCOMPLET
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Curated in collaboration with Sónar as part of We are Europe. The name Raymonde is never far from conversations about the French underground. The founder of cassette label Mus Joutra, Thibaut de Raymond... -
Rebekah
CLR - Soma / Birmingham - England / DJ Set
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Ten long years went by between Rebekah’s debut release on Criminal Records, Toad in a Hole, and the appearance of her first album on Soma, 2017’s Fear Paralysis. However, it was by... -
Red Axes
I'm A Cliché - Correspondant / Tel Aviv - Israel / Live
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Artist selected by Insomnia as part of We are Europe. Without doubt, the Israeli electronic scene has enjoyed a period of unprecedented development in recent years. And neither can it be denied that the... -
Richard Foe
Good Block / London - England / DJ Set
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It’s safe to say that Richard Foe knows London like the back of his hand. Presently the resident DJ at Good Block, he has been known to organise events at Brilliant Corners,... -
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Rone
Infiné / Paris - France / Live
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In a world where the delicacy of melody is sometimes forced to play second fiddle to the brutality of machines, Rone is content to forge a solo path, using sound to map... -
rRoxymore
Don’t Be Afraid / Berlin - Allemagne / DJ Set
Saturday 12 May Day 4 : A Day with Paula Temple15:00-18:00
Esplanade / Funktion One by Solution One AudioCOMPLET
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Having enjoyed spells living in Paris, Tobago and Montpellier, before eventually settling in Berlin, French producer rRoxymore was already well acquainted with the world’s dancefloors when she made her stage debut in... -
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Seth Troxler
Visionquest / Berlin / Germany / DJ Set
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Seth Troxler – DJ, world famous producer and co-founder of the avant-garde label VisionQuest – has made astonishing progress throughout his career. A Detroit native living in Berlin, he is well-known amongst... -
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Skatebård
Digitalo Enterprise / Bergen - Norway / DJ Set
Tuesday 08 May Day 1 : A Day with Jennifer CardiniBio
Artist selected by Insomnia as part of We are Europe. Bård Aasen Lødemel, a.k.a. Skatebård, is an iconic figure from the second generation of Norwegian disco producers, and a natural successor to Bjorn Torse,... -
SØS Gunver Ryberg
Noise Manifesto / Copenhagen – Denmark / Live
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Raw and industrial, wild and sensitive, SØS Gunver Ryberg’s music – comprising two albums and a split EP with Aisha Devi, Rrose and Paula Temple since 2014 – is closer to sound... -
Stakhan
Terminal Club - Tunnel Vision / Lyon / France / DJ Set
Thursday 10 May Le Terminal x Tunnel Vision00:00 - 01:00
Le Terminal x Tunnel Vision - Unique stage
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Simon Girard aka Stakhan is the booker of Terminal Club in Lyon and party promoter of the well-known ‘Tunnel Vision’ parties. He is the curator of the Planère Noire radio show series... -
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The Hacker
ZONE - Minimal Wave - Dark Entries - Cititrax / Grenoble / France / DJ Set
Saturday 12 May Nuit 400:50 - 02:40
Halle 2: curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe
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Curated in collaboration with Resonate as part of We are Europe. Since the early 90s, Michel Amato aka The Hacker has been one of French electro scene’s most stylish, but also most discreet, figures.... -
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Tijana T
20:44 / Belgrade / Serbia / DJ Set
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A renowned music journalist, peerless DJ, singer, producer and ambassador for Exit festival, Tijana T has been collecting titles ever since she started promoting electronic music. But we could quite easily add... -
Tropic Of Cancer
Blackest Ever Black / Los Angeles - USA / Live
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Elegant, sombre and magnetic, Camella Lobo’s music is like a ship serenely cutting through the choppy waters of darkwave, ambient and drone pop. A leading figure on the underground scene, everything she... -
Trypheme
Central Processing Unit / Lyon - France / Live
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Influenced by the pop side of electronic music, Tryphème produces an hybrid music made of hazy melodies and percussive rhythms. Her musical universe is a slight mix of Electro, Synthwave and Shoegaze,... -
Tshegue
Ekleroshock / Paris - France / Live
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One of last year’s brightest electronic discoveries, Tshegue are a duo made up of Nicolas Dacunha and Faty Sy Savanet, a Kinshasa-born singer who moved to the Parisian suburbs when she was... -
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Underground Kaoz: Kerri Chandler & Jeremy Underground
Chicago - USA / Paris - France / DJ Set
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When news came through that Kerri Chandler, the deep house legend from Chicago, had joined forces with Parisian DJ Jeremy Underground, it always felt like a perfect fit. The latter is, after... -
Usé
Born Bad Records - Headwar / Paris / France / Live
Friday 11 May Nuit 323:00 - 23:45
Halle 2: curated in collaboration with Sónar as part of We are EuropeCOMPLET
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Artisan d’un nouveau son, entre noise, indus et tribal, Nicolas Belvalette, aka Usé, expérimente sans relâche les nouvelles formes de distorsions sonores afin d’en faire émerger des ondes brutes, captivantes, en hommage... -
Voilaaa Soundsystem
Favorite Recordings / Lyon - France / Live
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The Voilaaa Soundsystem is a traditional soundsystem experience in its purest form. A roaving band of DJs, MCs and live sets, the project is masterminded by hyperactive Lyon-based producer Patchworks, who has... -
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