Paradigm festival

Audrey Danza is a Swiss DJ, producer, and label head of Proxima, as well as a resident at Motel Campo. With an instinct for sculpting immersive, psychedelic soundscapes, she channels the full emotional breadth of electronic music into both her performances and productions. Her DJ sets weave shadowy textures with a raw, magnetic energy—navigating effortlessly through contrasting emotional states. Her debut EP Flora Formulas received widespread praise, laying the foundation for a production style rooted in storytelling and sonic exploration. With numerous projects on the horizon, Audrey continues to blur the lines between DJ, producer, and curator. Whether lighting up iconic venues like Panorama Bar, Circoloco, Robert Johnson, and Fabric, or festivals such as Nuits Sonores and Pitch Music & Arts, or making music in the studio, she crafts experiences designed to linger—subtle in their power and rich in feeling.

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Ben Sims is one of techno’s most exciting talents - a DJ who has stayed true to the genre’s funk, groove and electronic fused origins whilst continuing to embrace and nurture its development over the past 25 odd years. As a DJ, Sims commands your attention, both visually and musically with anything from 3 to 5 decks running near constantly and hands, faders, effects and EQs a blur as tunes overlap to create a dense and quickly evolving collage of sound.

Carista is more than just a DJ. The Utrecht native has also captivated the world with her talents as a music producer and curator. She has the sensational ability to take listeners on intriguing journeys, effortlessly weaving through genres, she ignites smiles and the desire to dance.  Her raw energy and soul-stirring selections have been showcased at her monthly show on London-based online community radio station NTS and dance-floors worldwide. She has already played countless prestigious venues and festivals in the world such as Fabric, Nitsa, DeSchool, Lofi, Lowlands, Dekmantel, Pitch in Melbourne, Australia and AVA in Belfast, Ireland we are sure that Carista is well on her way to becoming a household name. She has turned the heads of music lovers and taste makers as her BBCRadio1EssentialMix was nominated for 2020’s Mix of the Year and was followed by a stellar 6 month residency at the station in 2021.Whilst ensuring to remain in touch with her fan base during these challenging past few years, she continues to make significant contributions to the music community by being herself at all times.

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Founder of Berlin based collective Femme Bass Mafia - Dangermami is a pivotal part of Berlin’s new generation of artists and crews, helping shape the rising selectors of the city's bass scene and catering to her community of femme DJs. Known for her love of extensive 140-170 mixing explorations, Dangermami elevates energies with her trippy sounds & polyrhythmic rollers in every set, playfully fusing classic UK sounds to modern bass music, blending dubstep, drum and bass, or footwork. The past years have seen the bass angel go global, blessing booths across the world from Europe to Asia, freshly coming off the back of an India tour. Not only gigs at Horst, Outlook or CTM Festival & clubs around Europe like Open Ground, De School or Berghain’s Saule, but also both of her residencies at Refuge Worldwide & SO Berlin with her FBM crew have served to establish her as one to watch.

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Gautham Garg, better known as Decoder, is a Dallas based producer/DJ specializing in the realm of sci-fi & deep techno. His music personifies his forward thinking ideas as well as his cultural roots, making for a blend of retrofuturistic soundscapes and experimental shades of electronic music.

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DJ, producer and singer Elias Mazian is a firm fixture of the club circuit in Amsterdam and beyond. His DJ sets are never predictable, with house music forming a base to deviate from into all manner of unexpected sounds, be it jungle, techno or a classic pop song. The former Trouw and De School resident is refreshingly unafraid to share his sensitive side on the emotional journeys that form his dj sets, productions and radio shows.

Katia Curie is a DJ and producer originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, and now based in Vienna. With a classical music background and years spent in her hometown’s underground scene, she has found a space for herself in electronic music, drawing from the energy of the ’90s and early 2000s while embracing the modern. Her sets are dynamic and fluid, mixing mystery with deep, rolling rhythms and occasional breaks. Sometimes dark, sometimes more uplifting, her music takes listeners on a journey that shifts in tone and mood, depending on the energy of the moment. Moving seamlessly between vinyl and digital, Katia creates immersive experiences on the dance floor that reflect her diverse influences and her ability to read the space.

Krista Bourgeois, a Rotterdam-based industrial hardcore techno live modular artist from the US, delivers an abrasive and unapologetic sound drenched in corrosive grit. Her experimental approach merges industrial soundscapes, dystopian textures, and unrelenting percussion with analog warmth. With each composition and live performance, Krista explores the boundaries of the genre, infusing it with the raw power and versatility of modular synthesis.

Mathew Jonson is one of electronic music’s most distinctive voices – often copied but impossible to imitate. Known for his raw, analogue, and alive performances, he shapes synthesisers and drum machines into unforgettable journeys, making every show unique. Since debuting in 2001 on ITISWHATITIS Recordings, he has released on Perlon, Kompakt, M_nus, and Cocoon, with classics like "Marionette" and "Decompression". Twice voted Best International Producer in Germany’s Groove Magazine and featured on the covers of DJ Mag, Groove, and Synmag, Jonson’s reputation is cemented worldwide. His two solo albums, "Agents Of Time" (2010) and "Her Blurry Pictures" (2013), remain touchstones, with a third in progress in Lisbon. In 2026, alongside touring, he will launch the 5th Freedom Engine Academy.

Quelza (real name Léo Naït Aïssa), was born at the end of the 90s in the Parisian suburbs.  Lulled in the arts since his childhood, his connection with music is made at an early age. But it’s in 2013 that he made his first encounter with the Parisian electronic scene which inspired him to start producing his own tracks.  Quelza is assiduous when it comes to his music – his releases on labels like Mord Records, Palinoia, 47, Hayes Collective and others, push an unorthodox crystal clarity and cinematic sound design that has become his signature as an artist – which, combined with his unique DJ sets, has earned him a spot at some of the most prestigious clubs in Berlin (where he is currently based) and abroad, such as: Berghain, Tresor, Fabric London, Awakenings, Dekmantel, Ratherlost, Bassiani and several more.

Ryan Elliott, a Detroit-born DJ who found his groove in Berlin, has spent two decades deftly merging diverse artistic realms. Holding residencies at Berghain, Panorama Bar and Robert Johnson in Offenbach, he defies genre constraints, seamlessly blending techno and house. Through his label Faith Beat, established in 2019, Elliott curates music that is both playable and unpredictable, reflecting his DJ roots, production skills, and passion for collecting records.