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All-round behind-the-scenes worker in nightlife and culture based in Amsterdam. Always drifting between clubs, theatres, festivals, labels, concert halls and a few weird basements. Always up in the middle of the night chatting & dancing. In love with the low end, the slow and the weird, with sad songs and weaving in and out of genres.


Hints @ Kiosk Radio 17.11.2025

In a liquid world, a distant voice calls out to the person of her life. Immersed in memories and echoes, the vibrations grow stronger with arpeggios and guitars, while time passes quickly in the background.
On this new song, I worked with my dear friend Analog Cut Moon. After many years, we've created something together again, and I'm happy to present it to you.
Let us know what you think in the comments.
Many thanks to Lina for the vocals.

Lyrics:
Lights up.
Echoes.
Deep falls.
Melodies.
Raindrops.
Crystals.
Hear your voice calls my name,
under the waves, sound travels fade.
Feel your skin like a kindly prayer,
beyond the blue your love embrace.
We sway, we play, we see, we feel.

The Blue

A rare, dance floor-focused DJ set from acclaimed audiovisual artist Max Cooper. He took over our SIREN stage at Waterworks 2025 with 90 minutes of big, stirring synths and booming techno.

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RA Live - Max Cooper - Waterworks 2025

Regular readers of tQ might remember that our friends at MUTEK helpfully had someone handy with a tape recorder to capture Factory Floor's comeback set at the 2024 edition of the festival. Well, we're happy to report that they've done done the same again, this time with one of our favourite collaborative duos – James Holden and Wacław Zimpel. The intense, beautiful and burbling set, with modular synths and saxophone dancing in all the bright ecstasy of a winter mountain stream, can be listened to on our Soundcloud below.  " i remember i really enjoyed this one, it was the first show we'd had for a little while and felt quite flowy, a nice connected feeling," reflected James Holden, and his musical partner agrees: "I really loved it," Wacław Zimpel says, "it's always quite amazing to play again after longer break. Breaks gives a room for new ideas to grow spontaneously." They both praise preceding sets by Yu Su and Valentina Magaletti for setting "a great vibe at the venue," as Zimpeł puts it. It came on top of a fine stay in Montreal for the festival. "We immersed ourselves in the local cuisine – poutine – and then climbed the big hill. at the top a guy with a fluorescent cargo bike and a poodle in (also fluorescent) ankle warmers turned up, pumping 90s house out of a Bluetooth speaker. We felt like we'd completed Canada, achievement unlocked."

James Holden & Wacław Zimpel live at MUTEK Montreal 2025

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Indian Wells & Maria Chiara Argirò - Nightfall Song

Rave Vibes, Riot Energy and Distorted Bass to blow your Mind! 💣 Don't miss it!

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Out There

This is when Donato Dozzy chose to work like an alchemist — taking 160 bpm, shaping and fusing them, letting dnb, jungle, riddims and other forms of madness slowly merge into a single, simmering element ✨ This set was recorded in Rome, Donato's hometown, at our opening season party at Lanificio.

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