Dekmantel Festival 2026 - Friday

James Holden

British techno sorcerer and psychedelic shaman james holden is a man of many talents: zeitgeist-defining label boss, trend-setting producer, hugely in-demand monster remixer, and last but by no means least, he can count himself amongst that very modern..

Surgeon

Surgeon has been at the forefront of UK techno since 1994.

Kuniyuki

Kuniyuki Takahashi is a sound designer and producer who is based and works in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Satoshi Tomiie

Satoshi Tomiie has been a pioneering and driving force

within the global electronic music community since the early

days of house music.

DJ Sprinkles

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Actress

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Carl Craig

Dancefloor experimentalist and top Detroit techno producer Carl Craig has few equals in terms of the artistry, influence, and diversity of his recordings.

Beste Hira

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Bitter Babe

Miami based Dj from Bogotá-Colombia

Blasha & Allatt

Meat Free, Vault Sessions & Frixxxion Residents.

Cari Lekebusch

Cari Lekebusch is a Stockholm-based sound architect alongsides other Swedish Techno profiles like Adam Beyer, Joel Mull, Alexi Delano and Jesper Dahlbäck. He has borne many pseudonyms over the course of his illustrious career to date including Fred, Mr..

Christian AB

Part of Berlin's vinyl-loving community, AB's selections do the talking.

Dax J

A global pillar of the techno scene, continuously pushing the underground forward

Dekmantel Soundsystem

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Dino Sabatini

Italian-born producer Dino Sabatini is an artist whose strong body of work has helped to develop his local scene, and redefine what it means to work with electronic music in the 21st century

Luigi Tozzi

Over the last few years Luigi Tozzi has been calmly making a name for himself as one of Europe’s go-to DJs for his distinct brand of techno that draws both from ambient music as well as from the club.

Dr. Rubinstein

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Ellen Allien

DJ, musician, label manager and creative all-rounder – Ellen Allien has carved out her own space in all these roles, creating a unique universe.

Efdemin

Efdemin is a mainstay of techno's days and nights. Berliner by choice he holds a residency at Berghain and operates his label naïf.

Polygonia

Infectious texture grooves.

FJAAK

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Francois K

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Suze Ijó

Immersed in music from a young age, Suze Ijó's path inevitably led her into the world of song and dance. The Rotterdam native found herself drawn to dancing and collecting records; a passion that notched up a level after she became a First Floor member.

Gabrielle Kwarteng

In an era of everything at once, Gabrielle Kwarteng is a DJ who weaves stories for the dancefloor that often look to the past, while always focusing on possible futures.

Garçon

co-runs amenthia recordings together with Agonis

Sybil

Sybil is a storyteller, her sets bring listeners along on exciting voyages through the imagination. At the core of Sybil’s mystical selections is an emotional depth, textural clarity and a sense of space.

Identified Patient

Electronics from Identified Patient for you

James Massiah

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Lord Tusk

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Juan Atkins

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Jyoty

Established as the voice of Saturday morning on Rinse FM over the past six years, Jyoty's inimitable skill as an interviewer and musical selector has won her a loyal following the world over.

Katatonic Silentio

Sound artist, live performer, DJ and independent researcher in sonic and media cultures.

livwutang

Liv is a NYC-based DJ.

mad miran

Genres are disturbing. I play vibes,

Quest

Music has always been a big part of Quest’s life, from learning the bass in Church, then progressing to the piano and guitar in his early teens. Since then Quest has become an integral member of Anti-Social and Mala’s Deep Medi imprint, alongside close..

Mike Parker

Mike Parker’s experimental and ritualistic approach sets him apart from the rest and in a time of over-saturation he is still one of those few artists whose sound you can spot in a heartbeat.

Nala Brown

The Rotterdam born, raised and based DJ Nala Brown has been cultivating a sound that explores different genres.

Rick Nicolini

DJ at @DOKU.

Minimal // Microhouse.

Nídia

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NIKS

NIKS is an inimitable self-taught producer and DJ, steadily rising and making waves organically and powerfully. Not only a pillar in the community for championing the underground, but a staple and integral part of contemporary dance music.

Objekt

Objekt is a Berlin-based DJ and producer.

Olof Dreijer

The Knife is Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson. They are based in Stockholm, Sweden and have made music together since 1999, released on their own label Rabid Records.

RHR

Brazilian DJ & producer

Skrillex

Sonny Moore aka Skrillex is a record producer, DJ, musician, singer & songwriter from Los Angeles who has won 8 Grammy Awards, been named MTV’s Electronic Dance Music Artist of the Year & holds the record for most Grammys won by an electronic artist.

Ron Trent

DJ/Producer Ron Trent, rooted in the dance music world for over 35 years is largely regarded for producing and playing an eclectic range of music. Raised in Chicago's early underground music scene in the 1980s, which transitioned from Disco into House..

Rozaly

Rozaly is an upcoming sonic practitioner & researcher, curator, and DJ from Curaçao. His practice aims to break the boundaries and stigmas surrounding Caribbean musical expressions by researching and expanding on his own identity search.

Ryan Elliott

Detroit born - Berlin based DJ, producer, and label owner of Faith Beat. Resident DJ at Berghain / Panorama Bar.

SHERELLE

SHERELLE is the champion of high speed dance music who has led a new generation of club kids to tempos of 160bpm and beyond.

Skin On Skin

Speedy J

Together with Laurent Garnier, Aphex Twin and Richie Hawtin, Rotterdam’s Speedy J helped define Techno since 1991 with albums like Ginger, G Spot, Public Energy No. 1 and Loudboxer – spearheading labels like Plus 8, Novamute and Warp.

His latest proje..

Sugar Free

Sugar Free is a Madrid-based producer and DJ.

T.NO

T.NO is an Amsterdam based producer and DJ

Underground Resistance

Underground Resistance manifesto

Dekmantel Festival 2026 - Friday

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