Our favorite sets from Stone Techno
Benjamin Damage
This was our first Stone Techno, and the best festivals reward you for wandering in without a plan. The first reward came early, in the Salzlager, where Benjamin Damage opened our Friday.
He was the first artist Modeselektor signed to 50 Weapons, and he has burrowed deeper into techno ever since without losing his roots. He plays entirely on hardware, no computer, reshaping tracks live until they answer the room, hard-hitting kicks driving under melodic, anthemic highs and dark, industrial lows, the rave, jungle and 90s house he grew up on still humming underneath.
And we caught him at the right moment: 2026 brings a full EP on The Third Room, the collective behind Stone Techno itself. Start with his 052 mix, restless and hardware-built.
052Akua
The best back-to-backs blur the line between two artists until you cannot tell where one ends and the other begins. Akua brought exactly that to the Salzlager, patient and quietly in control beside Henning Baer.
Ghanaian-American and Brooklyn-raised, Akua cut her teeth on the floors we grew up on, Basement and Nowadays, before the bookings went global and a move to Berlin opened the next chapter. She is now one of the clearest names in American machine funk.
Her sets pull the machine techno of Detroit, Chicago and New York into the present tense, raw and mechanical. Her live set for Fuse in Brussels is where it lands hardest.
Live at Fuse, BrusselsHenning Baer
On the other side of that Salzlager back-to-back stood Henning Baer. Next to Akua's machine funk, his weight and instinct locked with her groove into one patient, unbroken current.
Henning Baer came up the long way, from working the counter at Hardwax to his own records on its shelves, from the Berghain floor to its booth. He co-founded Grounded Theory in 2009, now a Berlin institution, and runs his own MANHIGH label, playing like the record obsessive he is: techno at the center, forward UK and experimental edges around it.
For the range, his BPitch podcast: a live opening set that moves from ambient stillness to a hard, driving floor.
BPitch 065AMORAL
Friday at the Eisbahn belonged to AMORAL. A resident of Amsterdam's Eerste Communie parties, she plays techno that rolls and lifts at once, melodic and euphoric over a bassline that never lets up.
We caught her again on Saturday night, back to back with Alarico in the Grand Hall, and it turned into one of the highlights of the weekend. Curated by London's FOLD, the room was flawless: the sound system, the atmosphere, the vibe, all of it dialed, a packed floor moving as one.
Her three hours at RSO.Berlin give that sound room to breathe: a long, deep set that rolls and turns hypnotic without ever losing its vibrancy.
3HRS at RSO.BerlinAlarico
Friday at the Eisbahn was Alarico's to shape. His Curation Series programme ran the whole stage, ABS8LUTE, Amotik b2b Lea Occhi, Toru Ikemoto and AMORAL, before he closed it live and back to back with Yanamaste, one of the weekend's most circled pairings.
Alarico is a restless kind of music lover. The Milan DJ and producer, one half of Funk Assault with Chlär and boss of the Katana Records vinyl label, keeps testing the edges of techno with fast, kinky grooves that run hard and hypnotic, an instinct fed as much by hip-hop and Japanese culture as by the floor.
His set from RIFT's Abandoned Warehouse night with Mutual Rytm is that sound with the lights off: fast, kinky and hypnotic, warehouse techno at full pressure.
Abandoned WarehouseYanamaste
If the Alarico b2b was the most anticipated set on our list, it also became one of the best. Yanamaste laced it with his signature percussive grooves and high-energy clap patterns, hypnotic and physical, more than living up to the billing.
Born Irakli Danelia in the Georgian seaside town of Batumi and a KHIDI resident since 2017, he builds a raw, twisting sound around oxidized chimes and a punchy 909 kick, most of it played live on modular gear.
His Yanamaste Invites set at ADE is that intensity on his own terms: driving and hypnotic, relentless from the first record.
Yanamaste Invites, ADE 2025Sons Of Hidden
Few names sat higher on our list than Sons Of Hidden, and his Saturday live set at Koksofen-Batterie earned it. The Colombian producer builds hypnotic techno on a bed of tribal rhythm and Andean storytelling, organic textures folded into modern production, atmosphere and narrative moving as one.
He runs the techno label Mammboh Rhythms, and his Vault Sessions live set captures it: fast and groove-driven, hardware techno with Andean rhythm threaded underneath, roots showing.
Vault Sessions 186Freddy K
Freddy K didn't just play Stone Techno, he shaped part of it. On Saturday his Curation Series programme ran the whole Koksofen-Batterie stage, Jin Synth, Toobris, Sons Of Hidden and Ogazón b2b Quelza, before he closed it himself, unhurried and completely in command. Later that night we caught him again in the Grand Hall, back to back with Ogazón, in a room FOLD had curated to perfection: the space, the sound and the vibe all handled beautifully.
Freddy K has been a fixture of techno since the early nineties, Roman by birth and Berliner since 2009, a vinyl lifer to the core. As head of KEY Vinyl he still champions raw, unfiltered sound with a no-nonsense ethos, and across his intense, extended vinyl-only sets, he simply cannot disappoint you.
For the range, his Reclaim Your City set: trippy grooves that beam you to unknown dimensions one moment, hard-hitting tools the next, an ode to the diversity that binds the scene.
Reclaim Your City 454Marcal
Marcal was another name we'd circled, and his back-to-back with Neel at the Werksschwimmbad delivered. A leading figure in South America's electronic scene, the Goiânia producer has a rare feel for groove, building meticulous loops that hold a room for long stretches. Beside Neel, who releases his music on Spazio Disponibile, that shared patience made the set click.
Intense groove, intelligent rhythms, intricate patterns and hypnotic soundscapes are the pillars of Marcal's sound. His club tracks are built to pull a floor into a trance and then combust, commanded with fearless swagger.
His Reclaim Your City set summons his boundary-pushing best, a mind-bending ride through raucous sine waves and brooding, reverb-soaked space, techno pushed to its edge.
Reclaim Your City 657Neel
Beside Marcal stood Neel, the ideal counterweight. Where Marcal drove, Neel opened up space, threading atmosphere and restraint through the b2b so the tension never broke, only deepened.
Neel is Giuseppe Tillieci, an Italian producer and mastering engineer as respected behind the desk as in the booth, his Enisslab studio a go-to for the scene. Co-founder of Spazio Disponibile with Donato Dozzy and one half of Voices From The Lake, he's renowned for hypnotic, ambient-infused techno built on patience and depth.
His HATE podcast is that instinct at length: atmospheric, hypnotic, in no rush to arrive.
HATE Podcast 256VNNN.
VNNN. is an Essen native and longtime Third Room resident, and much of his weekend went into making sure the festival ran smoothly. That made his Saturday opening of the Grand Hall his own moment to let go: three hot, trance-like hours, the crowd locked in from the first record, the start of what became our favorite night of the entire weekend.
His live recording for The Third Room is the full shape on record: a slow, hypnotic start that accelerates into rougher, house-tinged techno and holds its charge to the end.
Third Room x FuseOgazón
Ogazón and Freddy K in the Grand Hall was a meeting of equals, two vinyl obsessives who trust the records to do the talking. The Berlin-based Luxembourgish selector refuses to pick a lane, threading percussive techno through stripped-down house, and the pair locked into an effortless back-to-back, her warmth alongside the intensity of his legacy.
For the full picture, her set at Houghton, the non-stop 72-hour festival the Gottwood crew run in a lush Norfolk woodland: groovy and propulsive, vinyl-led and unbothered by genre lines.
Live at Houghton 2025BASHKKA
We started our Sunday in the Salzlager with BASHKKA and Magda, two selectors who chose contrast over consistency. Munich-born and a fierce advocate for queer dancefloors, BASHKKA plays a sultry, hypnotic, driving take on house, streaked with acid and never far from techno or electro. Alongside Magda the set stayed playful and unpredictable, alive to the room.
Her Dekmantel mix homes in on that groove: seductive, hypnotic, full of selection flair, moving through classic Chicago, bouncy old-school and deep, indulgent lows.
Dekmantel Mix 508Magda
Magda was the calm to BASHKKA's spark, the two going back to back in the Salzlager to open our Sunday. The Poland-born, Detroit-raised veteran came up through Richie Hawtin's Minus and co-founded Items & Things, and decades on she still plays minimal techno like no one else: patient, unhurried, layering odd records into intricate patchwork sets that move without ever rushing. Their chemistry let curiosity lead every turn.
Her CircoLoco Radio mix is that calm at work: patient and textured, minimal techno layered with unexpected records into a quietly thrilling set.
CircoLoco Radio 424D.Dan
D.Dan and Rene Wise turned the Eisbahn into one of Sunday's defining rooms. Based in Berlin and a resident of Mala Junta, D.Dan plays revved-up, high-BPM techno anchored in the music's classic roots. What we loved most were the unexpected rhythmic detours, moments with a subtle hip-hop swagger that dissolved back into rolling techno without ever losing the thread.
His RA.994 podcast shows the discipline: pulsing, layered techno reduced to its essentials, loops woven into hypnotic momentum, with just enough sweetness to keep it human.
RA.994Rene Wise
One great set could have been enough; Rene Wise gave us two. Born in Brighton and now based in Lisbon, Andrew Shobeiri makes what he calls body music: groovy, loopy, dark and hypnotic, with a jungle-like snap under the kick, released on labels like Mord and Token. The first came at the Eisbahn, back to back with D.Dan.
We closed the whole weekend with him again, beside Rødhåd at the Mischanlage. It was our first time in the space, hosted by Delirium & Gitter, and they got it exactly right: a striking, unfamiliar room that felt like the festival carried on, the sound and the vibe pitched to perfection.
His all-night live recording for LUST is the deep end: hypnotic, rhythm-driven, paced across hours.
LUST All Night LongThe Lady Machine
The Lady Machine was one of the sets we anticipated most, and she gave us two of our favorites of the weekend. Camila Milieme was born in Rio and now works out of Berlin, where she holds residencies at Pornceptual and Laster Club, and she plays vinyl only, an intense, powerful strain of techno that never eases its grip. Her Werksschwimmbad show was already a highlight before an absolutely divine b2b with D-Leria at the Mischanlage that night.
Her Bassiani set is that energy bottled: rapid-fire basslines and rampant grooves fused to deep low-end, all built on the ageless Detroit techno at the genre's foundation.
Bassiani Podcast 266D-Leria
D-Leria played Stone Techno twice over the weekend. Giuseppe Scaccia opened with a live set at the Eisbahn on Saturday before returning to close things out on Sunday night, and he builds a set like a slow journey: hypnotic, tribal techno that drifts into avant-garde territory before settling somewhere quietly emotional.
He closed at the Mischanlage beside The Lady Machine, a back-to-back where the hand-offs simply disappeared. Delirium & Gitter had dialed the room in completely, and the pair delivered one of the most immersive stretches of the weekend, less an ending than a final chapter.
His Awakenings podcast traces that arc: tribal and hypnotic, then bass-heavy, then a melodic ambient finale.
Awakenings Podcast S354Rødhåd
Every festival deserves a fitting ending, and ours came at the Mischanlage, where Rødhåd joined Rene Wise to close out Stone Techno. Born and raised in East Berlin, Mike Bierbach co-founded Dystopian and has spent years shaping the city's techno, his sound dubby and multi-layered, almost cinematic, drawn to both darkness and beauty. It was expansive and deeply felt, the perfect way to leave Zollverein: one last floor, one last sunrise, and a reminder of why we will be back.
His Boiler Room set from Glitch Festival in sun-kissed Malta is all momentum: smashers from the get-go, moving through the hard and heavy into the atmospheric and energetic.
Rødhåd at Glitch FestivalThe carousel
Sources
### Shared event — Stone Techno Festival 2026 (Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany · Jul 10-12) - Dates / venue — https://ra.co/news/84196 : "Taking place from July 10th through 12th"; "Stone Techno Festival will again take place at Zeche Zollverein, a former coal mining complex that's a UNESCO World Heritage site." Organizer https://www.stone-techno.com/ : "10 – 12 July 2026", "UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein Essen". - Lineup (all featured artists appear in the roster) — https://ra.co/news/84196 and the official A-Z lineup https://www.stone-techno.com/news/stf26-full-line-up-tickets.html. - Curation Series (Alarico + Freddy K are two of six 2026 curators) — https://ra.co/news/84196 : "the Curation Series for 2026, which consists of six artists—Alarico, D.Dan, GiGi FM, Freddy K, Verraco and Oscar Mulero—each curating a 12-hour programme..." - (Reused verbatim from the July 6 report README, which carries the full quote set for Alarico, Yanamaste, Freddy K, Sons Of Hidden.)
### Benjamin Damage (Swansea / Berlin) — Salzlager · Friday - Origin / Berlin / Modeselektor + 50 Weapons — https://crackmagazine.net/article/news/benjamin-damage/ : "Berlin-via-Swansea techno producer," "drawn to the city from his previous home of London." Modeselektor discovered him (via the 2010 Venom & Damage single) "leading to an affiliation with their 50 Weapons label." His album with Doc Daneeka (They!Live) — "a grip on the dancefloor can be transferred to making an 'album' worthy of the name." - All-hardware live setup / performs live, reacts to a crowd — https://crackmagazine.net/article/news/benjamin-damage/ : "It always helps to have physical things to work with. As much as anything, it helps you understand how these sounds are made." "You can extend it and change it and put filters on, it really gives you freedom to react to a crowd." - Influences (rave, jungle, 90s house) — https://meaww.com/benjamin-damage-welsh-dj-producer-live-set-real-performance-exclusive-interview : article describes "his influences drawn from UK underground, rave, jungle, and 90s house." - Featured set — https://soundcloud.com/benjamindamage/052-1 : oEmbed title "052 by BenjaminDamage", on his OWN account (self-attributed mix). Artwork artworks-000065586978-8154ym-t500x500.jpg. - Owner-attested framing (the crew's own experience, no external source needed): this was the Mondaysover crew's FIRST Stone Techno, and Benjamin Damage was a new discovery for them (one they plan to explore further). The opener slide carries the story's frame — "going with the flow" / discovering new artists at festivals — and the remaining slides continue chronologically as one narrative in the order the crew saw the sets. - "First artist Modeselektor signed to 50 Weapons" — OWNER-CONFIRMED (owner stated it as fact 2026-07; RA bio also states it but RA is 403 to WebFetch). Now on slide p2. - Melodic-anthem vs dark-industrial range — RA bio (via search, page 403 to fetch): "balancing melodic anthems against dark, industrial-tinged efforts"; corroborated by the fetched Crack facts on his live/hardware craft. On slide p2. - "Hard-hitting kicks" — owner-attested (the crew heard the set; a standard techno descriptor consistent with his hardware/industrial sound). On slide p2. - Owner-supplied bio (from his press/RA bio, provided by owner 2026-07; corroborates the fetched Crack facts): "Playing live on an all hardware setup with no computer, Benjamin has performed all over the world to some of the most revered techno institutions and festivals." + "2026 brings a new collaboration with Third Room. He will be releasing a full EP at the same time as performing again in the legendary Stone Techno Festival in Essen." → slide p2 uses "hardware only, no computer" + "revered techno institutions"; p3 uses the 2026 Third Room EP tied to this Stone Techno performance. (The Third Room is the collective behind Stone Techno, verified in the VNNN sources below.)
### Akua (Ghanaian-American, NYC → Berlin) — Salzlager · Friday (b2b Henning Baer) - Origin / base — Awakenings/RA/Truants describe her as Ghanaian-American, LA-raised, a Brooklyn/NYC fixture since 2015, recently moved to Berlin. ⚠️ CORRECTION: an earlier draft said "originally from New York" — she is Ghanaian-American (raised LA, NYC scene), so copy says "a fixture of New York's clubs" not "from New York." - Sound — Fuse Brussels set description (oembed, https://soundcloud.com/fusebrussels/akua-recorded-live-at-fuse-300525): "a fierce blend of 90s-inspired techno, acid basslines, twisted bleeps, and relentless machinal funk... evoking Detroit and Midwest techno's deconstructed roughness and the continuum of rave culture." - Featured set — same URL: "Akua ― Recorded Live at Fuse (30.05.25)" on the Fuse Brussels official account (host-attributed). Art artworks-2Uz2qtBPdbd9fvSv-L0z5uA-t500x500.jpg. - Owner-supplied bio (provided by owner 2026-07; corroborates agent's RA/Awakenings research): "Originally rooted in the Brooklyn underground, she built her reputation playing at Basement and Nowadays before her work began reaching the global circuit — Berghain, Dekmantel, Movement Detroit, FUSE Brussels and Draaimolen among them." + "Akua's sets are a living archive of techno's most vital strains — Detroit, Chicago, New York... She draws on 90s techno, acid and industrial, but her approach is never nostalgic. The energy is raw and mechanised, rooted in the revolutionary spirit of Underground Resistance and Robert Hood." → slide p2 (Basement/Nowadays = the NYC crew's home clubs) + p3 (living archive, UR/Robert Hood, sets-as-events).
### Henning Baer (Berlin) — Salzlager · Friday (b2b Akua) - Base / Grounded Theory (⚠️ party series + booking agency, NOT a label) — https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/en/artists-speakers/henning-baer/9460/ : "Founder and resident of the esteemed Grounded Theory party and booking agency." https://www.vice.com/en/article/henning-baer-fighting-the-dogs-exclusive-stream/ : "senior resident of Berlin's long-running party and booking agency Grounded Theory." - His actual label = MANHIGH Recordings — https://www.vice.com/en/article/henning-baer-fighting-the-dogs-exclusive-stream/ : "launch his own imprint, MANHIGH Recordings." - Sound — https://www.kozzmozz.com/artists/henning-baer : "Baer's techno is raw, dirty, and uncompromising, with an immersive energy." Reframed on slide toward the eclectic-but-techno-rooted curation the owner bio describes (see below). - Owner-supplied bio (provided by owner 2026-07; extends the fetched sources): "As the resident DJ of Grounded Theory, one of its founders, curator of its celebrated events..." (→ "co-founded" on slide). Grounded Theory "since its beginning in 2009... an institution of artistic nightlife," philosophy "combines music from different eras and areas, remaining rooted in techno while shedding light on... forward UK music, experimental electronics, and underground techno names from across the globe." Hardwax arc: "transported him from the counter to the shelves of Hardwax." Berghain: "from the floor to the booth of Berghain in regular appearances." Own MANHIGH imprint (agent-verified via Vice); prior releases "Sonic Groove, K209," recent EP on "Taanstaafl Planet" (kept off-slide except MANHIGH). → slide p2 (Hardwax/Berghain arc + co-founded GT 2009 + MANHIGH + eclectic techno-rooted sound). - Featured set — https://soundcloud.com/bpitch-control/bpitch065-henningbaer (oembed): "BPITCH 065 - Henning Baer" on BPitch official account (host-attributed). Desc: "This is a live recording from the opening set Henning Baer played on May 30 at Laster Madrid. From ambient to a driving dancefloor." Art artworks-1vPWAlIUyFhyNGGb-hfTLMw-t500x500.jpg.
### AMORAL (Amsterdam) — Eisbahn · Friday (also b2b Alarico, Sat night Grand Hall) - Name / base / queer / she-her — https://trifec.one/amoral/ : "AMORAL, real name Amber van Zadelhoff, is a DJ based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands." https://www.awakenings.com/en/artists/amoral/185191/ : "AMORAL is an Amsterdam based DJ in which she identifies herself as queer." - Eerste Communie = RESIDENT (not founder; sources conflict on founder, Blitz names MARRØN) — https://dekmantelfestival.com/artists/amoral-2 : "she runs the clubbers' favourite event series Eerste Communie, where she is also a resident." Copy says "resident." - Sound (hard-groove techno, uptempo/rolling/euphoric) — https://www.awakenings.com/en/artists/amoral/185191/ : "Her sound is uptempo with driving melodic rhythms in combination with a rolling baseline." https://dekmantelfestival.com/artists/amoral-2 : "endlessly rolling and vibrant, with a euphoric undertone." https://trifec.one/amoral/ : "known for her hard groove techno music, blending melodic rhythms with a rolling bassline." Eerste Communie = "series of events in Amsterdam with focus on rolling and up tempo techno," music-and-community-first. On slide p1. - Real name kept OFF slide by owner preference (2026-07). Slide names her only as AMORAL. - Grand Hall Saturday-night b2b with Alarico + FOLD credit = OWNER-ATTESTED (the crew was there): FOLD curated the Grand Hall (sound system, atmosphere, vibe); the AMORAL x Alarico b2b was one of the weekend's highlights. (Same Grand Hall night VNNN opened; to avoid triple-claiming, VNNN = "set the tone for our favorite night," AMORAL = FOLD credit + "one of the highlights," Alarico slide to be trimmed off the repeat.) On slide p2. - Featured set — https://soundcloud.com/amoralish/amoral-3hrs-tilt-x-heisss-rsoberlin-28042024 (oembed): "AMORAL 3HRS | TILT X HEISSS | RSO.BERLIN" on her OWN account (self-attributed). Art artworks-gIopJPjb3AYAT9OX-prl8sA-t500x500.jpg. (RSO.Berlin = a room suited to a long 3-hour set: owner-attested framing.)
### Alarico (Milan) — Eisbahn · Friday (curated the stage; b2b Yanamaste) - Reused from the July 6 report README (Alarico Zucchi, Milan, Funk Assault w/ Chlär, Katana Records vinyl label, fast hypnotic hardgroove, Stone Techno Curation Series curator). All verbatim sources there. - Curated the ENTIRE Eisbahn stage on Friday (his Curation Series 12-hour programme) — verified via the Curation Series (RA: Alarico one of six 2026 curators) + owner-supplied festival timetable image showing the Eisbahn Friday bill: ABS8LUTE, Amotik b2b Lea Occhi, Toru Ikemoto (live), AMORAL, and Alarico & Yanamaste (live, asterisked = curator). Slide names AMORAL + Amotik + his closing Yanamaste b2b. AMORAL was on his curated stage (ties the Friday Eisbahn slides). - Sound enhancement — owner-supplied bio (2026-07): "Alarico continues to position himself as a unique music lover, continuing to explore the depths and possibilities of sound. He stands for continuously pushing boundaries and stirring this attitude with his background of Hip Hop and Japanese culture. Known for fast paced rhythms and kinky grooves." → slide p2 (hip-hop + Japanese-culture roots, boundary-pushing, fast-paced/kinky grooves). Ties to Katana Records (Japanese naming). - Grand Hall Sat-night b2b with AMORAL: the superlative ("favorite night") now lives ONLY on AMORAL's slide (FOLD credit) to avoid triple-claiming (VNNN + AMORAL + Alarico). Dropped from Alarico's slide. - Featured set — https://soundcloud.com/sly-001/alarico-rift : official title "ALARICO | Abandoned warehouse [RIFT invites Mutual Rytm]" (owner-supplied; the SLY re-upload titled it "Alarico - RIFT - 04/06/26"). Slide set-line = "Abandoned Warehouse"; blurb notes the RIFT/Mutual Rytm association. ⚠️ OWNER-ATTESTED: personal re-upload account (sly-001), NOT self/host-attributed → bootleg/playability risk (kept by owner choice). Clean fallback = Awakenings Upclose 2025. Art artworks-r5HJDuZ0wh03ynA5-R2vsXQ-t500x500.jpg.
### Sons Of Hidden (Medellín) — Koksofen-Batterie · Saturday - Reused from July 6 report README (Colombian, Medellín, analog hardware, polyrhythmic hardgroove, Mammboh Rhythms label). NEW set this post — https://soundcloud.com/vault-sessions-collective/vault-sessions-186-sons-of-hidden-live (oembed): "Vault Sessions #186 - Sons Of Hidden (Live)" on Vault Sessions | Vault Records (host-attributed). Art artworks-cv2ncOu07Hc9XKrp-VhSaoQ-t500x500.jpg. - ⚠️ PRONOUN: owner attended the set and says Sons Of Hidden is ONE person, not a group → slide uses HE/HIS ("the Colombian producer"). Overrides press that framed it as a project/duo (July6 sources variously named Durcheinander/Toxic Friend or Serge André); owner's on-the-ground observation is authoritative for the live act. "He runs Mammboh Rhythms" kept (label may be co-curated per sources, but singular framing per owner). - Sound + framing — owner-supplied bio (2026-07): "blend hypnotic techno with tribal rhythms and immersive South American storytelling... draws from Andean landscapes, spiritual rituals, and tribal rhythms... organic elements [with] modern production, shaping a strong rhythmic experience." → slide p1 (hypnotic techno + tribal rhythm + Andean storytelling, organic-meets-modern). "Fast, groove-driven" set tempo = owner-attested (the live set). On slide p2. - Owner edits: label rendered as "techno label Mammboh Rhythms" (dropped "Andean" descriptor per owner). Planet X membership + spring vinyl/digital release (owner-supplied) intentionally kept OFF the slide per owner choice.
### Freddy K (Rome / Berlin) — Koksofen-Batterie · Saturday (also b2b Ogazón Sat night) - Reused from July 6 report README (Rome→Berlin since 2009, vinyl lifer, KEY Vinyl, Elettronica Romana w/ early Donato Dozzy + Giorgio Gigli, Berghain closer, Stone Techno curator). Real name (Alessio Armeni) REMOVED from slide per owner (2026-07). - Curated the Koksofen-Batterie stage on SATURDAY (Curation Series programme): verified via Curation Series (RA) + owner-supplied timetable image naming his bill — Jin Synth, Toobris, Sons Of Hidden (live), Ogazón b2b Quelza, Freddy K (close). All named on slide p1. (Ogazón appears twice in p1 — b2b Quelza on this stage + b2b Freddy K in the Grand Hall Sat night; she played both, kept per owner.) - Marathon-set hours (10/14/16) dropped per owner. Final slide P2 (owner pick) further trims to a KEY-Vinyl focus: Elettronica Romana + Donato Dozzy/Giorgio Gigli and the marathon/Berghain-closer detail are all OFF the slide now (still verified in July6 README if wanted back). - KEY Vinyl ethos — owner-supplied image text (2026-07): "As the head of KEY Vinyl, he continues to champion raw, unfiltered sounds with a pure, no-nonsense ethos. Expect intense, extended vinyl-only sets crafted strictly for the dancefloor." → slide p2. "He cannot disappoint you" = owner voice/attested. - Grand Hall Sat-night b2b with Ogazón = FOLD-curated room — OWNER-ATTESTED (crew was there): "FOLD did a phenomenal job with the space, sound, and vibe." (FOLD credit also on AMORAL's slide for the same night; phrased differently on each per owner request.) On slide p1. - Featured set — https://soundcloud.com/reclaim-your-city/reclaim-your-city-454-freddy-k (host-attributed, RYC). Art artworks-iAJdDGLahp5XFnYi-ppK3jQ-t500x500.jpg. - P3 (range/diversity) — RYC 454 oembed description: "his set is an ode to the reigning diversity that binds us as a scene. From trippy grooves set to beam you up to unknown dimensions to full-fledged hard-hitting tools." → slide p3 (owner-highlighted; supersedes the earlier "hard, stripped-down" framing).
### Marcal (Goiânia, Brazil → Porto) — Werksschwimmbad · Saturday (b2b Neel) - ⚠️ CORRECTION: draft said "Portuguese." He is BRAZILIAN, based in Porto. https://www.awakenings.com/en/artists/marcal/364664/ : "Hailing from Goiânia, Brazil, Marcal is a rare bright light." https://rekids.bandcamp.com/album/reduction-pt-1 : "Brazilian producer Marcal." (Porto base: RYC oembed "Porto-based Brazilian producer Marcal"; set79 "Porto's Marcal.") - Spazio Disponibile tie — https://spaziodisponibile.bandcamp.com/album/nature-of-the-future : his EP "Nature of the Future" on Spazio Nero, the Spazio Disponibile side-branch (Donato Dozzy + Neel's imprint). - Sound — RYC oembed (https://soundcloud.com/reclaim-your-city/reclaim-your-city-657-marcal): "rugged, trance-inducing techno... warehouse-ready sound, blending raucous sine waves with brooding atmospheres." Featured set = that RYC 657 (host-attributed). Art artworks-pRr5dnHDPJba55q6-cJYvvA-t500x500.jpg. - P3 (set) — RYC 657 oembed description: "Marcal takes us on a mind-bending ride down raucous sine-scapes and brooding, verbed-out atmospheres, constantly pushing the envelope of techno... a mix that summons the very finest of Marcal's boundary-pushing vision and killer knack for crafting memorable and emancipatory floor narratives." → slide p3 (paraphrased: raucous sine waves, brooding reverb-soaked space, boundary-pushing, techno pushed to its edge). - Owner-supplied bio (2026-07): "Hailing from the city of Goiania, Brazil, Marcal has emerged as a leading figure in South America's electronic music landscape... his keen sensitivity to groove, designing meticulous loops that keep listeners interested for extensive periods." + sound signature "intense groove, intelligent rhythms, complex patterns, and hypnotic soundscapes... hypnosis-inducing... club material." → slide p1 (leading South American figure, groove sensitivity, meticulous loops) + p2 (the four signature elements, hypnosis/trance, commanding delivery). "Another one we'd circled" ties to Sons Of Hidden (both high on the crew's list) — owner-attested. The Marcal↔Neel b2b "why it worked" = shared groove/loop patience + label kinship (Marcal releases on Neel's Spazio Disponibile / Spazio Nero).
### Neel (Rome, Italy) — Werksschwimmbad · Saturday (b2b Marcal) - Italian / producer + mastering engineer — https://cmky.org/act/neel/ : "Italian producer Neel (Giuseppe Tillieci)." https://www.circleof.live/neel : "the mastermind behind Enisslab Studio, a mastering and mixing studio." - Spazio Disponibile co-founder + Voices From The Lake — https://djmag.com/features/how-voices-lake-reshaped-ambient-techno-donato-dozzy-neel-interview : "the label they co-founded together, Spazio Disponibile." https://www.innerspaces.it/artists/neel/ : "performing and recording under the name Voices From The Lake, has evolved to the co-management of the Spazio Disponibile label." - Sound — https://www.innerspaces.it/artists/neel/ : "blend rhythm and texture with techno and atmosphere." "Renowned for his hypnotic, ambient-infused techno" = owner-supplied descriptor (2026-07), consistent with the fetched atmospheric/textural sources. On slide p2. Featured set = https://soundcloud.com/hatemusic/neel-hate-podcast-256 (host-attributed, HATE). Art artworks-C0mEqq5jLYhorJDN-t5DKVQ-t500x500.jpg. - b2b with Marcal: Neel's slide frames his side (atmospheric counterweight to Marcal's drive); the Spazio Disponibile label-kinship "why it worked" lives on Marcal's slide to avoid repeating it on both.
### VNNN. (Essen, Germany) — Grand Hall · Saturday Night - Name / base = Essen — https://crackmagazine.net/article/long-reads/selections-vnnn/ : "VNNN. is the moniker of Almedin Alibegovic, based in Essen, Germany." (Draft "based in Germany" under-specified → Essen.) - The Third Room resident (= the collective behind Stone Techno) — https://crackmagazine.net/article/long-reads/selections-vnnn/ : "long-time resident at The Third Room – the label, studio and event series behind Stone Techno." - Sound = hypnotic techno + breaks/electronica — same Crack: "kinetic techno, brooding trap-beats and hypnotic electronica"; DJing "a deep, hypnotic and mesmerizing atmosphere, then gradually moves into a faster pace." - Featured set — https://soundcloud.com/vnnntechno/vnnn-recorded-live-at-fuse-210924-the-third-room-x-fuse : "VNNN. –– Recorded Live at Fuse (21/09/24) | The Third Room x Fuse" on his OWN account (vnnntechno → self-attributed). Art artworks-0CXz1Mcq7V0C9gr5-yeGjUg-t500x500.jpg. (Owner-supplied; supersedes the earlier T3R Hyperspace pick. FOLD-curated Grand Hall = owner-attested; kept off-slide, framed via The Third Room.) - Grand Hall opening framing — owner-supplied VNNN Instagram quote (2026-07): "The only moment I could actually let go was my three hours opening the grand hall on Saturday. Those three hours were a trip. Hot, trance-like, and the crowd was fully there with me." → slide p1 (PARAPHRASED, not quoted, per owner: worked the weekend running the festival via Third Room, the Grand Hall open was his one release; hot/trance-like/crowd-with-him). "Had a hand in running the festival all weekend" = owner-attested inference from the quote + his Third Room residency (T3R = the collective behind Stone Techno). Real name (Almedin Alibegovic) + the breaks/brooding-electronica sound descriptor dropped from p1 per owner's chosen variation.
### Ogazón (Luxembourg → Berlin) — Grand Hall · Saturday Night (b2b Freddy K) - ⚠️ CORRECTION: draft said "born in Denmark." She is LUXEMBOURGISH. https://hoer.live/artist/ogazon/ : "Ogazón is a Berlin-based DJ and selector of Spanish and Luxembourgish descent." https://www.numeronetherlands.com/motion-sound/inconversationwithogazon : "The elegant Luxembourgish selector, Ogazón" / "Berlin-based and Amsterdam-raised." - Vinyl-only + techno/house — https://djmag.com/features/recognise-096-ogazon : "this vinyl-only DJ"; "spins percussive, pulsating sets" and "plays stripped-down, groovy house records with equal deftness, refusing to pigeon hole her sound." She/her throughout. - Featured set — https://soundcloud.com/houghton-festival/recorded-at-hougthon-ogazon (oembed): "Recorded at Hougthon - Ogazón (2025)" on Houghton Festival official account (host-attributed). Art artworks-ypnHd39O0F4nycVA-yyVSqQ-t500x500.jpg. - Houghton context — owner-supplied (2026-07): "Produced by the team behind Gottwood, this utopian electronic retreat is a non-stop 72-hour party in a lush woodland estate" (Norfolk countryside). → slide p2 (Gottwood crew, 72-hour, Norfolk woodland). Well-known: Houghton IS the Gottwood team's Norfolk festival. - Owner-supplied bio (2026-07): "Ogazón is an artist that truly embodies the spirit of the music she plays... she pours herself totally into her performances... equally adept at presenting both house and techno, often rendering the perceived boundary between them non-existent." → informs slide p1 (house/techno boundary dissolved, vinyl selector). PARAPHRASED, not lifted. - ⚠️ PEER FRAMING: the Grand Hall b2b with Freddy K is framed as a MEETING OF EQUALS (per owner: earlier "takes nerve / held her own" drafts read as underdog/lower-status and were rejected). Ogazón is an established Berlin selector (Marcel Dettmann agency, Panorama Bar regular, vinyl-only). "Her warmth alongside the intensity of his legacy." On slide p1.
### BASHKKA (Munich) — Salzlager · Sunday (b2b Magda) - Munich-born / queer advocate / house DNA — Dekmantel oembed (https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/dekmantel-mix-508-bashkka): "The Munich-born artist is an advocate for the social and political power of electronic music and is a proud advocate of queer culture. Next to her residency at Amsterdam's Raum and Blitz Club in her hometown of Munich... her own 'sensual, hypnotic and driving' house music DNA." - Featured set = that Dekmantel Mix 508 (host-attributed). Art artworks-m0fknz34cnnZa9Rq-FVzX0g-t500x500.jpg. - "Acid" + "sultry" descriptors = owner-attested (the crew heard the set; consistent with her verified "sensual, hypnotic and driving" house DNA, acid being a natural adjacent element). "We started our Sunday with them" framing (not "Sunday belonged to") per owner. On slide p1.
### Magda (Poland → Detroit) — Salzlager · Sunday (b2b BASHKKA) - Origin / Minus / Hawtin — https://www.dbartists.net/artist/magda/ : "Born in Poland and raised in Detroit"; "In 1998... she joined Minus and began touring the world as Richie Hawtin's opening DJ." - Items & Things (co-run) — same: "running the long-standing and successful Items & Things imprint with Marc Houle and Troy Pierce." - Sound — same: "a knack for bringing tracks together in unexpected ways." (Avoided "minimal pioneer" — her own Dazed quote rejects the minimal tag; and current base unverified so not stated.) - Featured set — https://soundcloud.com/circolocoibizaofficial/circoloco-radio-424-magda (host-attributed, CircoLoco). Art artworks-QTNvSboiuwsud6yf-6TPC2w-t500x500.jpg.
### D.Dan (Berlin) — Eisbahn · Sunday (b2b Rene Wise) - Base / Mala Junta / high-BPM hypnotic — RA oembed (https://soundcloud.com/resident-advisor/ra-994-d-dan): "the revered Mala Junta resident"; "the Berlin-based artist and Mala Junta resident is an ambassador for a sound... strongly anchored in the classic roots of techno. His productions, like his mixes, are revved-up takes on the hypnotic wormholes... (and high BPM)." - Hip-hop-swagger rhythmic detours = owner-attested (the crew's on-the-ground impression of the set). Featured set — SWITCHED BACK (owner 2026-07) to https://soundcloud.com/resident-advisor/ra-994-d-dan : "RA.994 D.Dan" on the Resident Advisor official account (host-attributed — an attribution upgrade over the earlier personal-account ARTE upload). Art artworks-jBzJ3kiHupU382qQ-e0xlwA-t500x500.jpg. - P2 (set/sound) — RA.994 feature (owner-supplied, Resident Advisor): "Waves of pulsing, layered techno from the revered Mala Junta resident... latticeworks of loops and layered percussion... reduced, controlled approach... his RA Podcast finds room for sweetness (the intermittent peal of an open clap, the steady ripening of a chord) while ultimately emphasising the beauty of function and form over flair." Also: Seattle origin + psych-rock/shoegaze (Cocteau Twins) influence, labels Mutant Future + summerpup, and RA.994 spotlights Roll Dann + Marcal. → slide p2 (paraphrased; kept off-slide: Seattle/shoegaze, unless added to p1 later). - ⚠️ STAGE NOTE: the owner's structured set-list said "D.Dan b2b Rene Wise @ Eisbahn"; a later prose draft said "Salzlager." Using EISBAHN (the explicit stage assignment). Confirm with owner if wrong.
### Rene Wise (Brighton → Lisbon) — Eisbahn · Sunday (b2b D.Dan; also b2b Rødhåd Sun night) - ⚠️ CORRECTION: base = Lisbon, NOT Berlin/London. https://groove.de/2024/05/07/rene-wise-wenn-der-loop-was-taugt-darf-er-sich-nicht-aendern/ : real name Andrew Shobeiri, "Since the pandemic, Rene Wise... has lived in Portugal... Lisbon." Origin Brighton — https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/introducing/rene-wise/ : "I'm from the sunny seaside town that is Brighton, UK." - Labels Mord + Token — https://mord.bandcamp.com/track/smashing-around ; https://tokenrecords.bandcamp.com/track/rough-rider. - Sound — Attack Magazine: "dark, hypnotic, jungle-like rhythms"; "my sound is real body music." Groove: techno "some call 'groovy' or 'loopy'." Featured set = LUST All Night Long live recording (host-attributed). Art artworks-egnphz5x3LtIHWrM-ffVrKA-t500x500.jpg. - Mischanlage Sun-night close (b2b Rødhåd) = OWNER-ATTESTED (crew was there): hosted by Delirium & Gitter, the crew's first time at the venue, a unique space that felt like a continuation of Stone Techno, sound + vibe "perfect." (Parallel to FOLD/Grand Hall on the Saturday slides.) On slide p2. Restructured to 3 paras: p1 = who + Eisbahn/D.Dan set, p2 = Mischanlage/Delirium & Gitter close, p3 = LUST set.
### The Lady Machine (Rio → Berlin) — Werksschwimmbad · Sunday (also b2b D-Leria Sun night) - Name / origin / vinyl — Bassiani oembed (https://soundcloud.com/bassiani/bassiani-invites-the-lady-machine-podcast-266): "Born in Rio, based in Berlin, Camila Milieme developed an ear for techno at a young age... her first gig at the fresh age of 21, and at the famed Bunker 94 in São Paulo... Her vinyl sets were, are, contagious and brimming with rapid-fire basslines." - Featured set = that Bassiani Podcast 266 (host-attributed). Art artworks-OJSK4Btk0gf0bCjH-xrOpBw-t500x500.jpg. - P2 (set) — Bassiani oembed continues: "Her vinyl sets were, are, contagious and brimming with rapid-fire basslines, relying heavily on the type of techno à la Detroit that has been so foundational to the genre without aging a day. This recent number's a cut from her live set at Bassiani in mid April; rampant grooves and low-end layers picked, welded together." → slide p2 (paraphrased). - Owner-supplied/attested (2026-07): residencies at Pornceptual AND Laster Club (Berlin); vinyl-only DJ; "intense, powerful" techno. The Mischanlage Sun-night b2b with D-Leria = "absolutely divine," one of the crew's FAVORITE + most-ANTICIPATED sets of the weekend (owner-attested; same Delirium & Gitter-hosted Mischanlage as the Rene Wise/Rødhåd close). ⚠️ Freddy-K comparison INTENTIONALLY NOT on slide (owner: don't say "female version of Freddy K" — diminishing; conveyed instead as her own intense/powerful vinyl techno). On slide p1.
### D-Leria (Italy) — Mischanlage · Sunday Night (b2b The Lady Machine) - Name / sound — Awakenings oembed (https://soundcloud.com/awakenings/awakenings-podcast-s354-d-leria): "Giuseppe Scaccia also known as D-Leria"; "starting with hypnotic, tribal techno, he gradually builds up the tempo, diving into more avant-garde territories with touches of bass music, and closing with a deeply emotional ambient-melodic finale." - Featured set = that Awakenings Podcast S354 (host-attributed). Art artworks-04bSVbHVpqeaigsK-FYxozA-t500x500.jpg. - PRONOUN: HE/HIM — Awakenings names D-Leria as "Giuseppe Scaccia" (male name, he/him); owner confirmed "he is correct" (2026-07). - Owner-attested (2026-07): played TWICE — a LIVE set at the Eisbahn on Saturday + the Sunday-night Mischanlage b2b with The Lady Machine (that b2b = "absolutely divine," one of the most immersive stretches of the weekend). Mischanlage hosted by Delirium & Gitter (same as Rene Wise's close; phrased differently on each slide to avoid echo). On slide p1/p2.
### Rødhåd (East Berlin) — Mischanlage · Sunday Night (b2b Rene Wise) — the closer - Name / origin / Dystopian — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B8dh%C3%A5d : "Mike Bierbach... a German techno music producer and DJ, living in Berlin"; "born and grew up in East Berlin"; "In 2009, he co-founded Dystopian, a series of parties that turned into a record label." - Sound — https://groove.de/2017/10/17/rodhad-klangmensch-und-techno-spurenleser-dystopian/ : "Sein dubbiger, vielschichtiger, fast schon filmischer Sound" (dubby, multi-layered, almost cinematic) + techno's "Düsterheit und Schönheit" (darkness and beauty). (Draft "stretch tension across hours" not verbatim → framed as "expansive.") - Featured set — https://soundcloud.com/platform/rodhad-glitch-festival (oembed): "RØDHÅD | Glitch Festival" on Boiler Room account (host-attributed). Art artworks-6xPzxtgYbhMIo5rM-C2F9lg-t500x500.jpg. - P2 (set) — owner-supplied Glitch Festival description: "smashers from the get-go that takes us through the hard and heavy, to the atmospheric and energetic in sun-kissed malta for glitch festival." → slide p2 (paraphrased). Note: this Glitch set skews harder/more energetic than his cinematic Dystopian sound in p1 (kept as range, per owner).
