PENTOLA
Pentola is a versatile artist born in Puglia, Italy. He is a producer, DJ, and sound designer who entered the world of beatmaking through the art of sampling, exploring various genres including jazz, soul, hip-hop, and the more contemporary R&B.
His musical journey led him to delve into more electronic genres, drawing inspiration from the cosmic sounds of the American house music scene from the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2020, he released his first solo EP titled "Back Home" on the USA-based label "Calls and Puts Records."
In 2021, he joined the roster of Resilienza Records, with which he released his first tape album titled "Campionario."
Currently, he is a resident at various Italian radio stations and club organizations, including Radio Raheem, Touch The Wood Radio, Santeria Milano, and others.
COQUELICOT MAFILLE
Italian-French visual artist who lives and works in Milan. Growing up in the multicultural neighborhood of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, she draws inspiration from its various languages and facets. In Milan in the 1990s, she became involved in the Zulu Nation movement, later known as hip hop, alongside graffiti artists and breakdancers. During these formative years, she also frequented the world of skaters and social centers.
Born into a family of artists, she chose to pursue classical studies in high school and political studies at university. Traveling solo is a source of inspiration and knowledge that still fuels her artistic practice, which is expressed through various media such as embroidery, painting, writing, and sound recordings.
WRIGHT OF DERBY
Wright Of Derby, a Puglia-born DJ/producer hailing from Trani, made his mark in 2017 with early releases on Varius. His debut EP, "The Iron Force," dropped in 2020 through Lyon's Black Line Recordings. Renowned for his complex and intricate soundscapes, Wright Of Derby's sets are a constant exploration of frenetic loops, extended atmospheres, and progressive melodies. His signature style is an elegant fusion of dark and refined textures, seamlessly blending repetitive rhythms with electronic timbres.
FERRARI
Growing up in the province of Milan, he began playing the drums in post-punk bands at a young age. In parallel, in 2007, he embarked on his career as a DJ and producer, which led him to release music on some significant labels and perform at various parties across Italy and Europe. The Ferrari project encapsulates all his influences, ranging from space rock to ethnic music, with strong elements of house, trance, and cosmic disco.
rar3
rar3 shines as an up-and-coming luminary in the ever-evolving realm of techno. Hailing from the artistic hub of Milan, Italy, he has been meticulously crafting his multifaceted musical persona from an early juncture. With a remarkable track record of over 1 billion streaming credits on his productions, rar3 has earned a prominent position in the music industry, securing the #1 spot on the Billboard chart and the RIAA Gold award for selling over 500,000 records in the US.
With a discerning ear for the underground and a fearless approach to experimentation, his sonic identity results in a unique blend of mental, minimalistic, and high-energy techno. This distinctive sound is frequently marked by wicked melodies, mesmerizing rhythms, and an enigmatic aura of darkness.
rar3's odyssey through the realms of music stands as a testament to the power of passion and relentless innovation. As he continues to push the boundaries and explore new sonic dimensions of techno, his magnetic energy within the music world challenges the status quo of electronic dance music.
BLNK
Driven by his interest in different modes of artistic expression, BLNK began experimenting with sounds at the age of 15, experiencing many different musical styles over the years. His mixes mainly feature styles ranging from Deep Techno, Experimental, Ambient and abstract Techno sounds. In 2015 he started the Techno Empire project, with the purpose to spread techno culture across podcasts and info about new and old releases. In early 2023, with his friend Grievance, he starts ETEREA, an independent label focused on Hypnotic Techno, Ambient, and Experimental sounds.
"Even though we have our feet firmly planted on the earth, we feel a longing for heaven”
GRAMOPHONE
Vlad Alexandru, aka Gramophone, is a romanian born dj, music designer and vinyl collector. Polyhedric selector since 2008 that ranges from Jazz, Soul, Latin to House, Tech and Deep Minimal Music. Has made versatility its strong point. He performs both in underground and more classy situations, always remaining coherent and offering an essential but refined sound, with a Deep touch that distinguishes him.
Since 2016 his selection has been broadcast weekly on Radio Party Groove and he is a resident at Deus Cafè every Sunday where he offers a Chill listening set strictly on vinyl.
ELI ZEM
Eli Zem is a DJ/producer who hails from Genoa. He embarked on his musical journey in the early clubs of the Genoese scene. Influenced by vinyl and music dating back to the late 80s with electro/house beats, he later found his way to the techno sounds of the mid-90s. Over time, he gained experience in music production, leading him to establish his own label, "Romantic Music Show," where the female voice takes center stage. He is currently a resident at the Bonfim Club along with his group, Disordine.
CC2
Lorenzo Baiocchi, born in 1997, is a graphic designer and visual artist. During his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, he became interested in multimedia installations, emphasizing the relationship between nature and artificial elements, with a focus on the hardware components used. He also continues his graphic design career, experimenting with collage art, where he once again places emphasis on the materials used.
cc2, a Genoese DJ and promoter, is a resident of the Bonfim Club and a member of the Estravaganza collective. He ventured into DJing in 2021 and immediately started creating sets that are not very orthodox, spanning from Hip-Hop to Electro/Ghetto.
GOODBOI
Goodboi is a DJ and producer born in Romagna, specifically in Cesenatico, and has been living in Milan since 2018.
His style is characterized by percussion and breakbeat elements blending with the raw sounds of Detroit Techno, exploring the roots of dub and bass music to create a deep and energetic atmosphere.
Since 2013, he has been involved in organizing events for the club community on the Riviera, and since 2018, he has been active in Milan, where he performs and collaborates with various underground collectives and entities. He plays monthly for Radio Raheem with the show "The Session."
FABIO CUCCARI
Fabio Cuccari is the co-founder of the audiovisual collective Nostàlghia and has an EP released on the Diffuse Reality label under the alias Johann Drenn. His interests encompass ambient, sound experimentation, wave, and techno. He has a passion for music on black vinyl
CONQUASSO
Luigi Pezzulo, known as Conquasso, is a DJ and producer from Vitulazio (Caserta), born in 1990. He studied at the NUT Academy in Naples, specializing in new technologies for music production. In his sets, he combines broken rhythms and straight beats with ethnic, Italo, and electronic influences, creating a vision of dance as a collective ritual.
Since 2019, together with some friends, he has been organizing Wood & Connection, a party at the foot of Mount Maggiore in the high Casertano region. It's an immersive experience in sound and nature: a 12-hour open-air musical marathon with the intention of connecting people with each other and with the local area. As Gino Tonic, he is the founder of the Tonic Wax project, which focuses on funk, disco, and house, exclusively using vinyl.
He is also a member of the Altritalia collective. The project aims to pay tribute to the vast musical heritage left by figures that are almost forgotten today, present mainly in the collections of avid collectors. From the roots of Disco to Italo, passing through the most eccentric and unconventional Pop.
LASPIGA SUPERBA
Laspiga Superba was born in a picturesque wheat field in the high Casertano region back in '92. He embarked on his educational journey at the renowned Academy of Triccheballacche, earning a master's degree in Phenomenology of Popular Festivals. He is an expert connoisseur of inns in the lower Frusinate region. A DJ, musician, and groove researcher, he takes his format known as "I Grandi Insuccessi" on a journey to rediscover hidden Italian repertoire, offering the audience the opportunity to discover and appreciate songs that have not achieved mainstream success but may hold significant artistic value.
ULSA
After ten years of spreading bass music with the collective Distopia in clubs throughout Italy, since 2019, they have dedicated themselves to their solo project, remaining faithful to musical fusion. Their mixes are the result of nights spent finding the right connections between straight and broken, groovy and edgy. Ulsa immerses you in an energetic sonic tapestry where sounds and rhythms blend, warmed by the embrace of house music.
ALFONSVS
Alfonsvs has been blurring the lines separating House from Techno for the past 10 years. On his early days, he saw one of his tracks being chosen for a physical release on a compilation by the Portuguese label Extended Records, which saw the daylight in 2016. In 2017, after being the Portuguese artist hand-picked by Burn, the energy drink brand, for the now extinct Burn Residency program in Ibiza, he got the chance to travel and play around Europe with other artists from around the Globe, picked up by the Burn Residency panel, which was composed by Philipp Straub, Pete Tong, Luciano, Carl Cox, Seth Troxler and Loco Dice. The program consisted of several workshops, gigs in festivals such as Kappa FuturFestival and in iconic locations such as Space’s Club Museum in Ibiza, at Ibiza Sonica Radio, at IMS, among others.
Through the hands of Laurent Garnier, he released in 2019 on the enigmatic Cod3 Qr label, putting his name next to an incredible roster of artists, such as Agents of Time, Scan X, or even Laurent himself. Also in 2019, he started together with V.H.S. (Hayes Collective), the event series Future Perfect, where he devoted himself to bringing back techno events to his hometown, in Portugal.
With the help of local crews he managed to have special hand made decoration for each event, with local illustrators’ work being showcased in each flyer. This attention to detail was also seen on the line-ups he booked, joining international talent, such as Luke Slater, Freddy K, ø Phase, Fadi Mohem, among others, with Portuguese up-and-coming artists.
ADRIANA RUAS
For the ones paying more attention to the Portuguese scene, it is no secret that Adriana Ruas has been turning heads on the national circuit. Her lack of musical preconceptions and her open-minded approach, giving her the ability to adapt to any given situation, sustained with knowledge, on an almost obsessive level, of both House and Techno, are some of the reasons why Adriana Ruas is rapidly growing in popularity. Being a quite unpredictable artist in terms of musical direction during her DJ sets, Adriana is showing an incredible ability to bring people together.
Most recently, Adriana has been a key figure behind the Portuguese label Kokölò, helping out with the curation of the label’s releases and all the ins-n-outs of their events named “Ölò” and club takeovers, happening all over the north of Portugal. She already played with Fadi Mohem, Tijana T, Lone, Solar, Theo Kottis, Luigi Madonna, Deborah de Luca, Weval, Eclair Fifi, Paranoid London, Nastia, Parra for cuva, Ogazon.
F.U.R.O.
Vintage soul all around, Federica Messaggeri Salem, known as ZAREEN in art, is an italian-egyptian DJette with funky sounds and groovy rhythms, particularly fond of the french touch, old-school house, and the black music that defined the disco scene from the 70s to the 90s. In her musical selections, you can also hear tracks from the funky scene with Middle Eastern influences, reflecting her Egyptian origins. Her musical choices also include more recent pieces that nod to retro tones and dance moves.
HIROKO HACCI
Japanese DJ and singer-songwriter with a London background, has been living in Milan since 2009, and performs as the resident DJ at "Le Cannibale." Her wide variety of sounds used makes her a versatile artist, capable of fluidly transforming and evolving depending on the desired vibe for the evening. She is an integral part of the electro/pop music project Omnine with Gak Sato and a collaborating singer in Claudio Brioski and Andrea Barbieri's project Tamburi Neri.
JOHN DIRIMAT
Minimal Techno grooves, funky vibes, exotic feelings with a twist of esotericism. Sinhalese & Filipino, born and raised in Milano, Italy. When East & West cultures and philosophies are combined, the result is a unique melting pot of peculiar distinctive features, well spotted in life as in his music. John’s grown up in the 90’s with a strong love for the Hip-Hop street culture but at the same time he built un unstoppable interest in electronic music spending his whole lifetime in militancy in underground musical scenes. He is co-founder of “Rebus Collective” and part of the O.D.D. family in Milano.