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Abs8lute (Venus Club/Kluster)
ABS8LUTE is a French music activist and passionate digger. As a groove lover, she enjoys driving her public into exciting techno storms with hypnotic atmospheres and percussive sounds. Outside of the DJ booth, she works for a better representation of women in the industry by writing for music medias like Mixmag France, by animating talks and debates on inclusion for the Paris Electronic Week, and by creating the Vénus Club, a collective of women DJs that recently took by surprise the French electronic scene. Her unique take on rhythm led her to be on the same line up as Voiski, Mary Lake, Electric Rescue, ASEC and Hendrik van Boetzelaer, at Tresor with Laura BCR and at Berghain for a Klubnacht.
Dasha Rush (Fullpanda/Raster)
Dasha's work is so varied it's hard to describe, and has made such an indisputable mark on the global electronic scene.
We could mention her various releases under Raster, Sonic Groove or on her own FullPanda label, as well as more industrial collaborations with AnD (ADD) or much deeper ones with Lars Hemmerling under LADA, her 360° Aurora Cerebralis live A/V ..... Her universe and artistic spectrum are endless.
Dasha is also a master of the dancefloor, a maestra with her finger on the pulse, promising memorable flights of fancy at every turn.
Marco Shuttle
(Incensio/Spazio Disponibile)
Operating in the abstract regions of techno and coming from a visual (fashion) background, Marco Shuttle has carved out his own niche in recent years. Releasing on outlets such as Time To Express, The Bunker and Clone, and after on his own imprint Eerie... Marco Shuttle's journeying.
What ties his creative work together is a focus on abstract yet organic texture and the same thing defines his tightly woven DJ sets from Fabric to Berghain. His eclectic cerebral sound takes cues from jazz and musique concrete as much as it does from acid house and Detroit techno.
Early breakout records like his 'The Vox Attitude' have been followed up with other masterpiece albums as Systhema on Spazio Disponibile or more recently his more-focused acoustic Cobalt Desert Oasis.
Versatile Dj, each prestation of Marco is an ode to the technic, and to the diversity.
A.Silentio
(Sonoka Festival/Totem Rituel)
Shaking like a proton around the nucleus, A.Silentio puts the diversity of experience at the service of music. Festival director, co-founder of the Totem Rituel collective, stage manager, in charge of part of the artistic direction at the Château Perché Festival for several years, label manager, producer, hypnotic performer... The hats are many, but the end result is always unique: a journey for the legs and the mind.
GiGi FM (Bambe/Sea~rène)
Boldly versatile, GiGi FM’s selections have charmed bodies on dancefloors across Europe and beyond into states of ecstasy. Techno, bass, breaks and ambient all come to play when she’s in the booth. Propelling her audiences from carnal, bass-driven depths to a heady ambient trance in a matter of minutes, she commands the floor with her genre-defying spirit.
Having made a name for herself as a key player in the South London electronic music scene, she is now Berlin-based. GiGi continues to perform at strings of performances, in settings such as Berghain, Rural Japan, Draaimolen, Fabric, De School, Primavera, The Bunker New York, and Sustain Release.
Deeply influenced by astrology, philosophy and the cosmos; for GiGi, music is both a tool for expression and introspection. As a multi- hyphenate artist, she continues on her quest to push artistic boundaries and hold space for unique audience experiences. Whatever medium she may adopt, the result is a rich embodiment of the interconnectedness of sound, colour, movement and metaphysics.
MSJY(Femme Bass Mafia)
MSJY mines joy from the unlikely, manoeuvring through bass music’s exhilarating fissions with an infectious energy that carries through her work as a DJ, producer, and talented merchant of a digital soul under the Xades alias.
A nomadic energy fuels the Berlin-based artist’s craft, finding an honest home in any of her multi-disciplinary practices. Influenced by her mixed background, she absorbs influences with an open-mindedness that inspires a fascinating hybridization of global ideas. Encounter her playing a peak time DJ set day or night, delivering swooning vocal-led electronica pop, leading workshops for FLINTA identifying persons as a core member of the Femme Bass Mafia, or raving in the corner of any dark club; it’s clear in her remarkably varied output that there’s a binding commitment to music and uplifting the communities surrounding it.
Paula Koski (Soma Records)
From Finland and based in Berlin, Paula has made a name for herself in recent years, combining a sense of groove with a vision of psychedelia.
Paula’s talent for telling stories through her sets stems from her background as a journalist, during which she began her career as a DJ in the underground techno scene.
Her performances never cease to make their mark and have enabled her to lay down numerous tracks in such emblematic venues across Europe.
With a debut release on Soma Records and appearances at Berghain, Basement New York, and other key clubs in Europe and beyond, watch for Paula as she unites dance floors around the world
Sindh (Lowless/A.Biotic)
Founder of the Pan d'or festival, producer of genius and uncompromising live performer, Sindh, aka 9beats, is one of those artists whose musical exploration and curiosity are second to none.
After notable releases on Lowless and Cosmic Wave Records, Sindh's project has gradually established itself as a major force on the French deep and hypnotic scene, with missile-like releases recently on A.biotic, and previously on Valentino Mora's DO label.
Wild Aspect
(Traffic Bam/Kaometry)
He is one of those unclassifiable DJs whose musical culture is matched only by his mastery of the pitch. Inspired by cinematic techno flights as much as by bass music or minimal sounds, Wild Aspect has been plying his trade in DJ booths since 1995... and has shared them with some of the greatest: from Moritz Von Oswald to Karenn, via Fumiya Tanaka, Neel and Oscar Mulero.
3 decks lovers, we're delighted to welcome the conpadre to the Sonoka Festival, representing Team Kaometry and promising a dancefloor lesson in due form.
"Body & Soul" lovers, this one is for you.
Pierre Paris
(Sonoka Festival/Totem Rituel)
Clockwork precision and an unrivalled sense of groove. 15 years of treading the dancefloors of Europe have forged that damn smile's unrivalled sense of platinum: a finely honed touch from 33 to 45 rpm, in the service of sessions of rare diversity that have enabled him to groove alongside Jack de Marseille, Mike Parker, Mareena and Polygonia, to name but a few....100% XP, guaranteed GMO-free.
Sklaer (Metanoïa)
Sklaer is a DJ from France, based in Lyon. She provides a mesmerizing journey into deep and mental techno, with influences of breaks and idm.
Founder of the Metanoïa collective, she had the occasion to spread her sens of the music across mighty scene as Positive Education Festival, Le Sucre or for the Metaphore collective.
Syrob (One o One)
When he's not at the helm of his ZX-87 spaceship - currently orbiting Jupiter - this Interstellar Fugitive descends to Earth at 101 to shower us with his witchcraft. His ufological research has led him to one conclusion: the past is the future. Crazy about electro, new wave and Detroit techno, he has no master, yet he's the apostle of 3 deities: Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk and Jeff Mills. Founder, D.A. and resident of the legendary One O One for eleven years now, Syrob masters the dancefloor like few others, and unquestionably represents the diversity and experience of the Clermont-Ferrand scene. Thank you Boris for doing us the honor of representing local club culture, we're proud to welcome you to our first edition !
Zadig
(Construct ReForm /
Synchrophone/Tresor)
Zadig, or 30 years of integrity serving the French scene. Starting out in the hardcore scene, and after a few years moving closer to the techno movement in the 90s, Sylvain gradually made a name for himself with various projects and releases, before becoming a true inspiration on the French and international scene.
Boss of CONSTRUCT RE-FORM, representative of stables such as Pole Group, Tresor or Synchrophone, alter ego of Kern Space Adventures, literal maestro of groove and involved in multiple projects such as Unforseen Alliances... there's no shortage of arguments to predict a high-flying night.