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

rolling beats & driving sounds

6D. / PAL

booking@6d-collective.com

upcoming
03.10.24 Tohhnzimmer, Hamburg

past
13.09.25 Demorave, Gängeviertel
03.08.25 Lilli Escher
02.08.25 Festivalkult umsonst & draußen
20.06.25 Bunker Club, Kiel
09.05.25 Symbole at Off Location, Madrid
03.05.25 Gängeviertel, Hamburg
25.04.25 Südpol, Hamburg
15.01.25 Tresor New Faces, Berlin

19.12.24 SubSpace at Rote Flora, Hamburg
13.12.24 Mise en abyme at Fundbureau, Hamburg
06.12.24 6D. w/ Vincent Neumann at Hafenklang, Hamburg
29.11.24 Bunker Club, Kiel
09.11.24 6D. FLINTA-Edition, Hafenklang *
08.11.24 TAL at Luna, Kiel
18.10.24 6D. at Hafenklang, Hamburg *
12.10.24 Krise, Bremen
13.09.24 Fundbureau, Hamburg
07.09.24 Tohhnzimmer, Hamburg 
31.08.24 Demorave, Hamburg
26.07.24 Südpol, Hamburg
18.05.24 PAL concrete garden w/ Ben Klock
08.03.24 Symbole at Sala Viso, Madrid

29.12.23 PAL Closing w/ FJAAK
25.11.23 Rote Flora DANS x Mise en Abyme
03.11.23 9 years PAL, Hamburg *
18.10.23 RE:TOX w/ Rødhåd, PAL *
16.09.23 6D. w/ Blanka, PAL
15.07.23 PAL, Hamburg
23.06.23 Polyester Klub, Oldenburg
17.06.23 HyperTension, Kiel
03.06.23 Blimotif at Golden Pudel, Hamburg
20.05.23 Bunker Club, Kiel
17.05.23 Mise en Abyme at Gängeviertel, Hamburg
12.05.23 PAL, Hamburg
30.04.23 6D. at Uebel&Gefährlich 
25.02.23 Mancini, Lüneburg
18.02.23 Bunker Club, Kiel
28.01.23 DiePumpe, Kiel

10.12.22 Bunker Club, Kiel
26.11.22 RE:TOX, Fundbureau*
29.10.22 6D. w/ Arthur Robert, MS Stubnitz
21.10.22 Rundum.Club w/ Philippa Pacho, Turmzimmer
10.09.22 Bunker Club, Kiel
26.08.22 Übel&Gefährlich
20.08.22 RE:TOX x 6D. OpenAir, Hamburg
30.07.22 RE:TOX x 6D. OpenAir, Hamburg
20.05.22 Dunkle Vorahnung x Glocksee, Hannover
07.05.22 Ravelake x Buntes Haus, Celle

04.06.21 Lunatic Festival, Lüneburg

*b2b Danya

Manche sind In Verruf, andere In Furcht. Ich bin in Verzug.

IN VERZUG | DJ SACHBESCHÄDIGUNG | DJ SELBSTSABOTAGE | CONNY KRAMER

Vollständige Tracklists werden immer auf Instagram gepostet!

Hello to everyone, I'm just a music listener since I was born "1974"!!! Without music the world is wishy-washy.
I've done voice in a punk band called "Breakdown Brain" here on my land, but since invented Techno,
I follow the style with nails and teeths, thanks to Speedy J, Oscar Mulero, Chris Liebing, Plastikman, Ken Ishii, Emmanuel Top, Anthony Child, Fumiya Tanaka, Richard D. James, Autechre, OrbitalJeff Mills, Chris Knowles and all the Liberators, Guy McAffer, CJ Bolland, Green Velvet, UR, Laurent Hô, Miss Djax, N-Son-X, Daz Saund, A.Paul, DJPepo, D.A.V.E. The Drummer, FSOL, Hardfloor, Acid Junkies, Mário Roque, Jesus del Campo...
and many more...! You know what I'm talkin about!
I don't know why I never got into production and DJing, maybe one day (it's a project) ...
Thank you all for your work and good luck to everyone! Good job SoundCloud!
"LET THE MUSIC TAKE CONTROL!!!"
Thank you guys for the TECHNO I've been hearing here at SoundCloud and around the world with you ALL!!!

Sound Artist • DJ • Researcher

booking@danya.studio

Hamburg based (DE)
PAL / 6D. / Bunker Kiel

Upcoming '25:
12.04: Bunker - Kiel DE
25.04: Astron Club - Athens GR
02.05: Macadam - Nantes FR
09.05: Baalsaal - Hamburg DE
10.05: ://about blank - Berlin DE
20.06: Bunker- Kiel DE


Previous '25:
29.03: 6D. Showcase at NTSC - Hamburg DE
20.03: Subspace at Rote Flora - Hamburg DE
08.03: Werkshow7 at WERK - Hamburg DE
01.03: INTERSTATE at NTSC/PAL - Hamburg DE
22.02: ANIMA at Kreuzwerk - Berlin DE
31.01: CONNECT at Hafenklang - Hamburg DE
25.01: In Balance at Lokschuppen - Berlin DE
11.01: OXI Nacht at OXI - Berlin DE

Previous '24:
18.12: New Faces by OECUS at Tresor - Berlin DE
06.12: La Messe at Folklor Club - Lausanne CH
30.11: Interstate at NTSC/PAL - Hamburg DE
09.11: 6D. Flinta Edition at Hafenklang - Hamburg DE
30.10: MOLI2 at Bunker - Kiel DE
18.10: 6D. at Hafenklang - Hamburg DE
06.10: M.A.S. at Fitzroy - Berlin DE
21.09: Sektor Evolution - Dresden DE
14.09: La Maison at Moulin Rouge - Paris FR
24.08: Catharsis at Fvtvr - Paris FR
16.08: PAL night at Phoxxi - Hamburg DE
15.08: Livestream at Pattern - Berlin DE
02.08: ASW x Eindstation at Kabul À Gogo - Utrecht NL
13.07: Synergie at Weltspiele - Hannover DE
21.06: Filtr. at Scala - Brno CZ
20.06: Dusk at REX Club - Paris FR
15.06: Hyperfokus at MAW - Magdeburg DE
14.06: E:MOTIONS at ://about blank - Berlin DE
19.05: at Bunker Kiel - Kiel DE
16.05: Subspace at Rote Flora - Hamburg DE
10.05: The vanished events at Baalsaal - Hamburg DE
26.04: at Bunker Kiel - Kiel DE
19.04: 6D. at Hafenklang - Hamburg DE
13.04: HYPERFOKUS at Neue Welle - Leipzig DE
06.04: DUSK at Ostra Club - Nancy FR
23.03: Secret Location - Athens GR
01.03: BLUR at Secret Location - Paris FR
23.02: 6D.x Demorave at Hafenklang- Hamburg DE
21.02: Producer Showcase at Kunstbar - Hamburg DE
07.02: Tresor New Faces at Tresor - Berlin DE
27.01: PAL night at Phoxxi - Hamburg DE
06.01: All nighter at Bunker - Kiel DE

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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