017 - DANYA

(interview below)
Danya is a Germany-based DJ, producer, and member of the 6D. collective with residencies at PAL (Hamburg) and Bunker Club (Kiel). Since her debut EP Self Destructive Mechanism (2023), she has released on labels such as Nyxii, Kluster, and Sine Space 7, with her first solo vinyl Sonata (2024) circulating in DJs’ record bags worldwide. She has performed across Europe in clubs such as Tresor (Berlin), Rex Club (Paris), and PAL (Hamburg). Beyond her music, she is engaged in neuroscience research, working at the crossroads of sound, perception, and the brain.

INTERVIEW
How do you balance your identity as a researcher and your identity as an artist — do they blend, or do you keep them separate worlds?

They definitely blend. My work in neuroscience constantly shapes how I think about sound, rhythm, and perception, and I can’t really separate that from what I do as an artist. I am now building a project where these worlds meet more explicitly. My vision is a platform or environment where neuroscience and sound art directly inform each other. That intersection is what excites me the most.

If someone listened to one of your sets or tracks with no context, what would you want them to feel or understand about you?

I’d want them to feel like there’s thought behind every sound, even if they don’t know the story. I try to make tracks that move and evolve, so that people can get lost in them. Even without context, it’s important to me that the music communicates some energy and emotion. I’d like people to sense curiosity and exploration. And ideally, to leave them a little inspired or reflective.

What do you wish the techno scene would talk about more openly?

I think we need to have a more honest conversation about the culture itself. The very culture that claims to empower us is still built on dynamics that endanger us. Harassment and abuse are still happening behind the scenes, and a lot of it gets quietly ignored. It’s time to question the framework we’ve accepted. I’d love to see us reset a little, put the community and the values back at the center, and open the door to more diverse and respectful voices.

@its_danya
Artwork by Janu Krohm

6D. Podcast 017 - Danya

He saw the light of day in 1984. Electronic music started to interest him since elementary school (around 1999). At that time he tried his first mixes on the Traktor DJ Studio software which he uses in a newer version until now.
His inspiration was a group of people from Standa from the city of Bratislava which included names like Toky aka Rumenige, Loktibrada, Hu, Peal, Monoid, Mayla, Benco and many other great DJs who play incredibly great and powerful club techno.
From foreign DJs he is inspired by names like Oscar Mulero, Takaaki Itoh, Surgeon, Regis, Christian Wunsch, Reeko.

Techno event & podcast series made in Hamburg.

New podcast episode every 6th of the month. 
No likes, no plays, just music. 

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- Events -

Upcoming:
13.09. GÄNGEVIERTEL

Past:

29.03.25 6D. w/ ISABEL SOTO // NTSC a division of [PAL]
31.01.25 CONNECT w/ blipmotif & neogen

06.12.24 6D. w/ VINCENT NEUMANN // HAFENKLANG
09.11.24 6D. FLINTA Edition w/ MARINA GEORGE // HAFENKLANG
18.10.24 6D. w/ USAW live & JAN GOERTZ // HAFENKLANG
31.08.24 DEMORAVE 6D. x NEOGEN
14.06.24 6D. // HAFENKLANG HAMBURG
19.04.24 DEMORAVE x 6D. x DANS // HAFENKLANG
23.02.24 DEMORAVE x 6D. // HAFENKLANG

20.09.23 RE:TOX w/ RØDHÅD // PAL 
16.09.23 6D. w/ BLANKA // PAL
30.04.23 6D. w/ LYRIC // TURMZIMMER
 17.03.23 RE:TOX w/ LEA OCCHI & INTROVERSION // MOIRÉ

29.10.22 6D. w/ ARTHUR ROBERT // MS STUBNITZ HAMBURG 
24.09.22 RE:TOX w/ VIL // FUNDBUREAU HAMBURG
25.06.22 RE:TOX w/ IGNEZ // FUNDBUREAU HAMBURG

*RE:TOX curated with 6D.

- Residents -

DANYA (6D. / PAL / Bunker Kiel)
GRØMM (6D. / PAL)
SIX DIMENSIONS (6D. / PAL)

Soundcloud artworks by Janu Krohm

Est. 2019