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Since their first big break in 2012 the Adana Twins have established a sterling reputation, refining their sound constantly, pushing the boundaries of their musical ambition and evolving organically with the passage of time. Driven by a deep-seated desire to transmit emotion through electronic music, the German duo have been working together since 2006, merging Benjamin's love of hip-hop and Friso's passion for club music to produce a series of highly-regarded releases that form the foundation of their global success.

Their early triumphs led to bookings all over the world, delivering their unique musical vision to dance floors on every continent, with support from a wide range of dance music luminaries including Radio 1 legend Pete Tong, Solomun, Tale Of Us and many more.

Now firmly established within the underground electronic music scene, the Adana Twins are universally respected as label owners, A&Rs, producers, and inspiring DJs who love to play long marathon-sets.

London-based producer Ryan Lee West, better known under the name Rival Consoles, is notable for making synthesisers sound human and atmospheric. Over the course of a critically acclaimed fifteen-year career, his music has diversified from the challenging electronic output of his early EPs, to gradually becoming more conceptual and metamorphic with his albums.

In October 2022 Rival Consoles released his latest studio album Now Is on Erased Tapes, and is presenting it with a brand new unique performance that will take the form of an immersive audio-visual experience in which he will present material from across the last decade of his career and beyond. From deep ambient works to his unique version of techno, and traversing the vast spectrum in between, the show will be a long-form narrative of ideas, many heard live for the first time.

Meet Alice, also known as "biskuwi," a software engineer in past and now an electronic music producer and DJ hailing from Stockholm, Sweden. With a rich musical history spanning over 25 years, Alice's journey into the world of music began at the tender age of 7.

Over the years, she has graced the stages of prestigious festivals and clubs, including Germany's second-largest electronic music festival, SonneMond Sterne, as well as venues like Harry Klein, Ritter Butzke, and Södra Teatern, among others.

Her music has garnered support from some of the industry's most prominent DJs, including Solomun, Mathame, Kevin de Vries, Yotto, Lane8, Fideles, Binaryh, Matchy, 8Kays, Richie Hawtin, Moonwalk, Undercatt and many others. Additionally, her latest track, 'Termination,' reached No. 1 on the Beatport Melodic Techno Top 100 songs chart, showcasing her enduring influence and popularity.

Alice's music has also made its mark on various Spotify Editorial playlists, including Techno Bunker, Electronic Circus, Beats to Think To, Low Key Tech, Open Air, Beats of Tomorrow and Tunnel Vision solidifying her status as a trailblazing artist in the electronic music scene. Notably, she has graced the cover of the renowned "Electronic Rising" playlist four times further cementing her reputation as an artist on the rise.

Sam Aaron is a key figure in algorave movement. He defines, evaluates and manipulates code live. Harnessing the power of hand-coded algorithms he surfs deterministic random streams to improvise rhythmic and melodic techno structures to dance to.

Sam codes with Sonic Pi – free software he created used to teach coding in schools, making live coding music accessible to everyone.

Saskia is an artist, creative coder, interaction designer, visual designer and educator. My work focuses on structure, geometry and playfulness. A big part of her artistic practice is her ongoing daily art project that I started January 2015. Saskia explores and experiments with generative patterns and animations daily. You can follow her daily art on Tumblr, Ello, Twitter or Instagram.

Saskia creates both digital and physical works. From her daily digital artworks Saskia explores ways to make work physical with the use of digital fabrication. You can think of laser cut structures from wood, laser cut paper and printed designs.

Besides these graphical artworks, Saskia is interested in creating novel, tangible interfaces. Her research focuses on the cultural aspect of the interface, on the space between the human and the machine. Saskia is interested in exploring the affect of what certain interactions and interfaces have, both on the human and the machine. The goal is to create interactive installations that engage the user in playful ways to let them explore the machine and see the technology we are using daily in a different way.

Saskia Freeke has been a lecturer in Physical Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London and taught in visual design and supervised student projects at the University of the Arts Utrecht School for Games and Interaction.

At the moment she works on her own artistic practise and as a freelance interaction, visual designer and educator. Saskia is working on digital an physical projects, web and/or print, visual and interaction design, brand design, interactive product design, playful interactions. As well as organising events, giving workshops and talks in creative coding and interactive design.

Livecoder, music technologist, educator. creative coding for sound, visuals and algorithmic compositions. maxmsp, jitter, javascript, pd, p5.js, mercury.

Deep (and yes, it really is his name) started his DJing journey in a sweaty club in Berlin back in 2017, where he witnessed his growing obsession for electronic music tip over from hobby to worthwhile passion. Since then, he has traveled to some of the dustiest and lushest corners of the globe from his hometown Melbourne to the beaches of Bali, from Black Rock City to the Tankwa Karoo of South Africa, from the mountains of Sinai to the Red Sea and beyond living out this passion and transmitting elevating frequencies through his music. His musical selections are one of unabashed love of emotional, vocal melodies juxtapositioned to the deeper end of the sonic spectrum, while showing the influences of his musical upbringing in rock music and pop culture as well as occasionally giving us peeks into the music of his ancestors.

While the world slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, Deep managed to stay engaged in his passion for music. Since 2020, he is one of the curators of the Flow Sessions long-format mix series. He is also co-organiser, curator and "rave engineer" of boutique gatherings such as experience UTOPIA, as well as being involved in organizing Burner and underground gatherings in Berlin and Amsterdam (where he is based since 2020 in pursuit of his rather cosmic day job as a space engineer)

Wowa Effect aka Wowa Barssukov revives the art of creating music with knowledge and analog instruments. His unique tracks originate from a combination of retro synthesizers, drum machines, and samplers. He transcends mood into music, no exact recreation possible when playing live; all sounds originated by hand. His debut performances were underground raves and house parties in 2018. His musical knowledge is based on classical Russian music education. Growing up in Siberia in the ’90s, his childhood was filled with communism, the sense of upheaval, and the upcoming of an underground raver scene. He started his electronic music journey under the name ‘Limpfate’ in 2017 first by creating his tracks with Ableton Live, until growing bored of the unengaging production. He then discovered analog synthesizers and drum machines, which shaped the sound of the electronic music scene in the ’90s, and spent countless hours on mastering the complex devices. This art of performing allows Wowa to explore the vast horizon of electronic music. Therefore his sounds vary from ecstatic electro over the groovy house to deep techno. His tracks take the listeners on journeys through the unknown, full of surprising details.
When watching Wowa perform, you will notice a set of blinking lights, cables, and his straight face. When Wowa plays, it’s without exception, live. Wowa now lives in Berlin, close to the pulse of the original German techno scene with its renowned Berghain.

Alexandra Cárdenas, a visionary artist from Bogota, Colombia, seamlessly merges composition, programming, and improvisation in her live coding practice to create captivating experimental electronic music. Her artistic journey is driven by a fascination with the algorithmic behavior of music, exploring the limitless possibilities of musicality within code. As a core member of the international Live Coding and Algorave communities, she co-founded diverse TOPLAP nodes, including Toplap Mexico and Toplap Berlin. Enchanting audiences worldwide with her technical mastery and creative expression, Alexandra teaches and performs using the free, libre, and open-source live coding languages SuperCollider and TidalCycles.

Linalab is a musician, artist, educator and developer who combines modular synthesizers, DIY electronics and computers to make music and engage new audiences with sound technologies. In her set, Linalab uses analogue synthesizers and controls them with code, combining synthwave atmospheres with minimal polyrythms.

Ziv currently working at Wix.com as a software engineer in the very exciting Wix’s Data Science group. He is an open-source enthusiast, have a fetish for web performance, loves technology at its best when it's visual, and… mixing techno sounds at night!!

DJ Luc is co-founder and also a frequently booked DJ at L.A. DJs. He is a real musical jack-of-all-trades. Thanks to his years of experience behind the decks, he knows the classics and knows how to create the ideal mix between classic and new hits at every party.

Luc also has a passion for 90s music. He puts together everything that is “old school” with great love. He also doesn't mind half an hour of happy hardcore or even something heavier.

Roel Weerdenburg is a visual artist and sonic designer. During his study and after his graduation at Music & Technology, University of the Arts Utrecht, he has been focussing on the composition and performance of electronic music, the creation of sound and video and building audio/visual installations. Recurring techniques in his works are complex feedback systems, the exploration and exploitation of sonic and visual artefacts, combining obsolete hardware with modern technologies, and the spatial use of sound and video.

Roel’s composititons and performances focus on rhythm and the timbral developments of sound. While being drawn towards artificial and synthesized sounds, he also composed and performed (electro-)acoustic music. The audio/visual installations he creates mainly focus on the repurposing, adapting, re- and upcycling of old electronic equipment.

Compositions, installations and performances were presented at places like Ars Electronica, GOGBOT, Le Guess Who Festival, WORM Rotterdam, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Uncloud Festival, Bring Your Own Beamer, FAQ Festival, Pitch Festival and Amsterdam Dance Event.

Introducing The Darling, blending unpredictable UK with coding finesse. With a style that's as minimalistic as it is electrifying, she's the locomotive driving the dance floor into a craze, especially during peak-time. Infusing her sets with pounding drums, she unleashes a tidal wave of energy. Blending her skills as a developer with her badass beats, she delivers an experience that's anything but ordinary. Get ready for a night with a DJ who's as loco as she is innovative.

Jia-Rey (Gary) Chang is an artist, designer, researcher, and educator focusing on ‘space as a living being’ and immersive spatial Interaction Design. He received his architecture design Ph.D. in interactive architecture from the Hyperbody Lab at TU Delft, the Netherlands in 2018. He was an assistant professor in the Art & Design department, at the University of Delaware, USA (2018-2022) and currently a lecturer in the Medialab, the Queen's University Belfast, UK. His works cover the trans-disciplinary topics of creative coding, speculative/interactive/parametric design, AI, generative art/sound, and VR/projection immersive environment. More info: archgary.com

Dr. Yu Zhang has a background in fine arts and design. In her Ph.D. research, she investigates the theory and artistic practice of interactive technologies for public, large-scale installations. Over the past years, she has designed and researched interactive systems that respond to Everyday phenomena, environmental concerns, child-system interaction, online collaboration platforms, and uncertainty in data visualization. Yu has participated in various international art residencies in recent years, and her work has been exhibited at solo and group exhibitions, including Ars Electronica, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Impakt Festival, Dutch Design Week, Beijing Design Week, Mozilla Festival, and PACT Zollverein. As an educator, Yu’s teaching experience covers a broad range from traditional classrooms and workshops to design-led project-based learning activities. As a design researcher, she recently had papers published in prestigious conferences such as ISEA, CHI, and NordiCHI. Her book “Coding Art”, co-authored with Dr. Mathias Funk, was published by Apress/Springer in 2021. Its Japanese edition was released in June 2023, followed by the second edition in January 2024. Currently, Yu is working and living in the Netherlands.

Jack B. Du is an artist and researcher whose work explores the playful creative possibilities of computation. His ongoing project, Daily Sketches, comprises computational sketches crafted daily, where he endeavors to uncover meaning in the ordinary, discover the unexpected in simplicity, and find poetry within the algorithms. The 2022 compilation from this project was published in the proceedings of the International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI ‘23).

Jack’s work has been exhibited at venues like Shenzhen Design Week, Shanghai Science Expo, and Shanghai Education Expo in China, as well as the Sikka Art and Design Festival in the UAE, the React Summit and JSNation Conferences in the Netherlands, the ITP Winter Show in the US, among others. He has conducted workshops globally at DigitalFUTURES and Dubai Design Week, and delivered a featured presentation at Zaojiu in China.

Currently, he serves as an adjunct professor at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, teaching programming and machine learning as mediums for creative expression.

Freelance developer who's focused on 2D/3D graphics and motion for the web. Exploring the creative side of front-end development with WebGL, Shaders, Canvas, SVG, GSAP, Three.js, and other tools. Building both open-source demos and commercial projects.

Kerim Safa (b. 1985, Turkey) is a digital artist and musician based in the Netherlands. His body of work primarily comprises animations characterized by minimalist pixel aesthetics, drawing inspiration from the early days of computer graphics. Safa's artworks demonstrate a profound fascination with interconnected machinery, automated systems, and computer language. Despite their digital nature, each piece is meticulously handcrafted, reflecting Safa's deliberate approach and appreciation for the slower pace inherent in artisanal work. Occasionally, his creations incorporate musical elements or are conceived from musical ideas, exploring the symbiotic relationship between image and sound influenced by early visual music approaches. Safa's works have been featured in numerous global exhibitions and are found in the collections of countless enthusiasts.

Spencer Chang is an engineer, artist, and designer stewarding the internet towards a medium for intimacy, creativity, and solidarity. Their interdisciplinary and interdependent practice explores computing environments and infrastructure that honor the essential humanity in all technology while enabling people to make their own technological narratives. In their focus on infrastructural work, they continue the path laid by "maintenance art" to imagine, realize, and then maintain technological approaches that nurture interdependence and human agency. Their work has been featured by the de Young Museum, CultureHub, MIT Technology Review, and Frieze.

Creative coders, science enthusiasts and fresh Media Technology graduates Zoë Breed and Joyce den Hertog draw their inspiration from dance, natural phenomena and algorithms. With their interactive installations and digital artworks, Studio Zoice invites the audience to engage, play, immerse; fostering a deeper understanding of these phenomena.

Kofi Oduro(illestpreacha) is an award winning Experiential Storyteller that transforms sounds, images, data, words & code into experiences that nurtures discussion, reflection & interaction. He creates & designs through his decade plus involvement in performance, event and audiovisual production.

His artistic practice is an observation of the world around us that he puts into artworks for others to relate to or disagree with. Through Videography, Poetry and Creative Coding, He tries to highlight the realms of human performance and the human mind in different scenarios. These situations can be described as social, internal, or even biological, which we face in our everyday lives. Adding music and visuals often helps to perceive one's own feelings, and to highlight the different subtleties that make us human.

Varun Vachhar is a Toronto-based UI developer and generative artist. As a DX Engineer at Chromatic and a core Storybook contributor, he shapes the way developers build and test user interfaces. Varun's generative art explores the interplay of structure and fluidity, combining minimalist geometry with dynamic color and looping motion to reveal the inherent beauty of structured systems.