Bota By Night

MANUKA HONEY

Bringing chaos, sensuality and ecstatic movement to her productions, in just a few years Manuka Honey has assembled a tight catalogue of EPs, remixes and singles that harness the energy of Latin American and Caribbean dance sounds, infusing them into radically new structures. DJ, producer, multi-disciplinary artist and professional astrologer, Marissa Malik is driven by the complex alchemy of the dancefloor and refers as often to experimental sounds as to cumbia or Dominican dembow. Manuka Honey's dreamlike world is full of jagged, psychedelic synths, bouncy bass and slamming percussion. Performing everywhere from the Dutch festival Rewire to Berlin's Panorama Bar, she imbues the kinetic sounds of the diaspora with a stormy, industrial pressure. 

WUTANGU

Dakar based since 2022, DJ,curator & resident on Oroko- an independant radio based in Ghana- Wutangu has honored her art blending african, american & uk electronic music without adhering to conventions. Of Angolan & Congolese heritage, she has showcased her DJ skills at prominent events such as the NYEGE NYEGE Festival in Uganda, the Bushman Festival in Ivory Coast, Electrafrique in Senegal as well as numerous venues across Europe! Now, she returns, poised to make waves in your city !

SOTE

Ata Ebtekar, better known as Sote, is an electronic music composer and sound artist based in Tehran, Iran. His love of rich sounds and textures is embodied in diverse avenues such as hardcore club sounds, collaborations between acoustic (traditional) and electronic instruments, and solo experimental electronics - making Ebtekar an artist equally at home in concert halls, galleries or clubs. Over the past three decades, he has released on labels such as Warp, Sub Rosa, Morphine, Diagonal and Opal Tapes. "Ministry of Tall Tales, released last February, is a composition of electronic music that reflects on the hyperbolic orchestrations of current political and social events. Expertly employing the cold, indifferent mechanisms of modern production software, Sote explores crucial notions such as misinformation, biased mental states, sectarianism, corruption and, ultimately, fear. Rewarding music for those who appreciate passionate storytelling, a sense of vastness and synthesizers. 

GEM&I

Yasmina Tayoub aka GEM&I is a dancer, choreographer and DJ living in Brussels. She is a resident of Lyl Radio, whose show is named after her beloved Lilith, where she and her guests explore their passions and secrets through music and poetry. Also a resident of Kiosk Radio, and very active on the Brussels music scene, she can be found criss-crossing the horizons of her multiple loves: GEM&I sails between Dream'n'Bass, jungle, trip-hop, ethereal dream pop and other syncopated odysseys where she has fun playing with rhythms. 

LAZERGAZER

Every club-goer in the Netherlands knows LazerGazer, whose bass-heavy club sets at venues such as Kanaal 40 and Garage Noord have earned her a reputation as one of the leading bookers on the Amsterdam scene. Damascus-born DJ and visual artist LazerGazer seamlessly weaves sonic patches, fluctuating between bass, percussion, breaks, electro and everything in between, translating all genres through an experimental filter.

LazerGazer has been on the rise in recent years, playing at venues such as Rewire Festival, De School in Amsterdam, Ankali in Prague and the Lente Kabinet Festival. With a creative approach to mixing and selection that's hard to predict; from classic house and British garage to contemporary club and bass music, LazerGaze's selections, through their morphing rhythms and melodic sensibilities, often honour her Syrian origins while remaining immensely current. 

MAOUPA MAZZOCCHETTI

French composer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist based in Brussels, Maoupa Mazzocchetti operates in the electronic sphere like a free electron. Drawing on varied, sophisticated and incredibly lively sounds, with each new project the Frenchman takes us on a journey into new sonic realms, constantly oscillating in his musical approach. Constant experimentation has made Maoupa Mazzocchetti a key figure on the electronic music scene, and he has already played at a number of legendary venues including the Berghain, Boiler Room, Unsound and NTS.

His latest EP, ‘Cilicio’, released at the end of March, sees Mazzocchetti venture into reggaeton sounds with brio, without forgetting his usual sonic explorations. The result is music that's even more upbeat than usual, and one that's sure to get the crowd going.

TOUMBA

Producer and DJ from Amman in Jordan, Toumba, whose real name is Yazan Zyadat, is one of the most promising emerging talents on today's dance scene. His music is characterised by powerful, elusive beats, enriched by influences deeply rooted in his Jordanian roots and the use of many musical innovations specific to his region, making Toumba a versatile talent.

The projects he released in 2023 bear witness to this, with three EPs in particular. ‘Petals’ explores the Levantine microtonality, ‘Janoob’ (which means south in Arabic) is characterised by darker, more futuristic sounds, and ‘For Palestine’ contains previously unreleased tracks, all proceeds from which will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestine. 

PEENOISE

Gilles Vandecaveye-Pinoy and Cesar De Sutter-Pinoy have been making music together since childhood. Their music is disturbing and catastrophic, but also warm and infectious. The band's experimentation and fresh, playful search for a sound all their own allows the uniqueness of their music to emerge very prominently.

Following the release of a self-released EP in 2017 and a deserved win in the Belgian Sound Track music competition, the brothers returned to the studio to record a debut album ‘Forevergem’ (2020) and now return with the fruit of three years' work entitled “Straight Lines, Strange People”. An album that could be the soundtrack to a futuristic-baroque film that doesn't yet exist. To make it, the brothers retreated from the city and their comfort zone to dark forests, green fields and snowy peaks. In this album, humour, darkness and surrealism coexist. They have gone even further in their research and experimentation, creating music that is almost entirely instrumental. Only occasionally does a human voice appear, reflecting on life in a poetic way. The result is disturbing, strange and moving all at once. 

SALENTA + TOPU

Topu and Salenta met in 2018 at a mutual friend's house in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Their connection was instantaneous: although the duo didn't record with the intention of releasing the music they produced, the very first session they played together eventually found its way onto an album. Moon Set, Moon Rise' (2021) emanates a serene feeling, born of discreet improvisation sessions that have evolved into a suite of delicate, subtly lo-fi instrumentals for cello and piano. The keys tiptoe through the space at times, and pirouette ecstatically at others. The cello provides a sonic backbone that shimmers like amber. The two artists, along with their community of friends and fellow musicians, see music as a means of healing. Topu and Salenta hope that listeners will feel the peace and liberation they have experienced in creating these songs.

CS + KREME

CS + Kreme are Conrad Standish and Sam Karmel, two Australians who make slow, hallucinatory music.

In recent years, CS + Kreme have released a series of disparate records on like-minded labels: Total Stasis, Wichelroede, Efficient Space, Reel Torque and The Trilogy Tapes. In 2022, they released their latest contribution to The Trilogy Tapes in the form of a new album, Orange, which Boomkat described as "brilliantly incomparable". Orange is a remarkably different record, made up of shimmering rhythm and invocative vocals. The album is profoundly original, as if the duo had started from scratch, charting a different course into the unknown.

Transcending style and space, CS + Kreme do not follow a musical philosophy, but rather a fluid practice. Drawn like moths to the liminal state, they write slow, meditative 'horizontal music' that draws on heavy dub processing, radical post-punk and chamber ambiences. In 2023, they are writing new material and preparing for a new series of European concerts, including at the prestigious Bourse de Commerce in Paris and the Rewire Festival in The Hague.