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UPCLOSE 2025

AWAKENINGS FESTIVAL 2025

AWAKENINGS ADE 2025

"High octane selections of new promos, demos, and the next hekate VA"

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Hailing from the USA, Sara is a producer, audio engineer and DJ known for her dark, driving and divinely feminine brand of hard techno. Sara has quickly emerged as the most prominent artist in hard techno and one of the best DJ’s & producers in the space. 

Sara is an explosive presence on stage, consistently delivering thunderous, hammering sets that have won the hearts of techno fanatics the world over. In 2023, Sara sold out her x8 show headline N.America Tour, crushing sales at some of the leading venues in a matter of minutes, with 2024 tickets moving even faster.

Following her Boiler Room set at the 2023 Teletech Festival, Sara rose from strength to strength with her livestream becoming the 3rd highest streaming broadcast for Boiler Room in the past 2 years after Chase & Status and Fred Again. Since then, Sara has been in high demand across the globe with bookings for Timewarp, DGTL, Tomorrowland, Verknipt, Insomniac, Ritvales, Kappa, Exit Festival and many more.

As she moves confidently into 2024 Sara has become widely renown as the most in demand hard techno DJ in the world. She launched her x7 show All Night Long Tour with each show selling out, including her 3700 ticket Amsterdam event. She can also be credited with selling out a 9000 ticket
headline show in Bogotá, a Caverns Tennessee weekender and selling out back to back Knockdown Centre shows in NYC. But perhaps her most impressive accolade of her touring career to date came in the form of Tomorrowland’s request for her to be the first hard techno artist ever to play the mainstage in 2024!

Sara is an irrefutable powerhouse in the studio, deftly pushing herself to craft innovative sonic experiences that are, above all else, deliberate, witchy and unique. Her ability to create journeys through warped sound-design and distorted elements has become her signature. It is no surprise then that Sara’s tracks have earned her the accolade of being the no.1 best selling female producer in the beatport hard techno genre!

Sara’s success as a producer inspired her to launch her own imprint HEKATE, named after the Greek Goddess of witchcraft and wild places. The label serves as a vehicle that allows Sara to push her creative boundaries, delving deeper into the sonics and influences that inspire her most, as well as
promoting other like minded artists in Sara’s network and supporting the acts of tomorrow that Sara really believes in. The label has quickly risen into the top 5 best selling hard techno labels in the world, thanks to releases such as No Sleep, Riot and her 2023 breakout record Legacy that was accompanied by a mouthwatering music video! Not to mention, Sara has welcomed some of the scenes most exciting new talents to the label including, Charlie Sparks, Blk., Don Woezik, Godtripper, Alt8, Veseli, Alex Farell, and many more.

Sara’s ambition with her music is to help her audiences transcend into deep out-of-body experiences by providing a space for them to lose themselves in the realm she manifests. And with her social presence ever growing around a constant flow of shows and releases, it’s no surprise why Sara Landry is widely regarded as the standout talent in the Hard Techno scene.

Sara Landry's Socials links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saralandrydj/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saralandrydj
Twitter: https://twitter.com/saralandrydj
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@saralandrydj
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sara-landry-dj
Spotify: https://soundcloud.com/sara-landry-dj
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Awakenings Podcast S288 - Sara Landry

NOVAH is a female hard techno DJ and producer based in Antwerp, Belgium. With an international presence, she graces Europe's most prestigious DJ booths, leaving an indelible mark on the global
electronic music scene. 
Already making waves in the industry, Novah has released tracks with esteemed labels such as Taapion, No Mercy, Revised Records, and Teletech. Even more exciting releases are planned for this year.
This milestone is just the beginning, as she continues to work on upcoming releases that are set to captivate listeners.
NOVAH's artistry knows no boundaries as she fearlessly explores a diverse range of genres, seamlessly blending elements of acid, industrial, psy-trance, and hard techno. However, what truly sets her apart is her unmatched ability to harness energy and exercise precise control, evident in every performance she delivers.
Prepare to be taken on a captivating musical journey that defies expectations.

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/novah_music
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novah.music/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musicbynovah/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7qvjUtp2ccRD9AiDnukyFF?si=mw1mHJQRRxyEpi8s0Q-f3Q
Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/novah
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/artist/novah-be/1138766

Awakenings Podcast S326  - NOVAH

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Isaiah x Vromo - Upclose 2025

Alarico (live) - Upclose 2025

Cynthia Spiering - Upclose 2025

ANNĒ x SHDW - Upclose 2025

Cristian Varela x Marco Bailey - Upclose 2025

DJ Rush - Upclose 2025

999999999 - Awakenings Festival 2025

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Joyhauser - Awakenings Festival 2025

Freddy K - Awakenings Festival 2025

Reinier Zonneveld - Awakenings Festival 2025

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Mau P - Awakenings Festival 2025

Adam Beyer - Awakenings Festival 2025

Josh Baker & Rossi. - Awakenings Festival 2025

Nina Kraviz - Awakenings Festival 2025

Kettama - Awakenings Festival 2025

Sara Landry - Awakenings Festival 2025

DJ Gigola - Awakening Festival 2025

X CLUB. - Awakenings Festival 2025

Pan-Pot - Awakenings Festival 2025

Clara Cuvé - Awakenings Festival 2025

Joris Voorn - Awakenings Festival 2025

Hot Since 82 x Prunk - Awakenings Festival 2025

Carl Cox - Awakenings Festival 2025

"The question I’m most often asked is about “my sound.” As a versatile artist, it’s exciting to find myself moving between many different genres, but I’m happy to share this piece of work that best captures who I am musically. After a few years of searching, I feel like I’m finally planting myself within a soundscape that feels authentic and exciting. Driving percussive energy, playful acapellas, and hard grooves form the keystone of my sound".

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American-born, Berlin-based artist fumi is rapidly emerging as one of the most exciting new voices in the techno scene. Under the guise of her grandmother’s name, fumi’s eclectic selection and musical background bellows a playful rendition of old and new school techno, and comes together through quick, high energy mixing. 

As a member of 240 KM/H, fumi is not only influenced by the techno scene, but draws ideas from many other genres and bubbles, including jazz, hip hop, and R&B. With a dedication to the craft of track selection and mixing, the artist treats her setup as an instrument, composing new sounds through layering. Characterized by fast mixing and multi-deck construction, fumi’s sound is one of its own.

Social links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fumi.xoxo/
RA: https://ra.co/dj/fumi-de
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/fumixoxo

Awakenings Podcast S369 - Fumi

Rødhåd - Awakenings x Spectrum ADE 2025

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Azyr x Cloudy - Awakenings ADE 2025

Fadi Mohem x Rene Wise - Awakenings x Spectrum ADE 2025

Diffrent x LB aka LABAT - Awakenings ADE 2025

Janis Zielinski x Mischluft  - Awakenings ADE 2025

Adam Beyer - Awakenings x Drumcode ADE 2025

"I’ve selected my favorite tracks of the moment and blended them into a one-hour mix that perfectly defines my sound: fast, driving techno with trance-influenced melodies. With this mix, I wanted to take you on a journey, starting off accessible, gradually building tension, and finishing with high energy, leaving you hungry for more.
 
The mix also features my latest release No One Else on Exhale, as well as an unreleased track that shakes the dance floor every time I play it.
 
I’m incredibly honored to have this mix featured on the Awakenings Podcast. Thank you all so much for listening, you’re the best! And don’t forget to take this mix with you to the gym"

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VE/RA is one of techno’s most electrifying new talents, known for her high-energy sets and relentless, driving sound.
 
Her breakout moment came with Love & Peace, a collaboration with Rocketman that hit #1 on the Beatport Hype Charts and gained support from Charlotte de Witte, Amelie Lens, Adam Beyer, and more. Later on, she made her Drumcode debut with Can’t Get Enough, followed by Hypnotized on Codex, Dance Therapy on Filth On Acid, Shouldn't know on Arcane and No One Else on Exhale.
 
On stage, VE/RA has already played at Tomorrowland, EDC Mexico, Mysteryland, Parookaville, R2, Thuishaven, Ritter Butzke, and more.
 
With an unstoppable drive and a growing catalog of explosive releases, VE/RA is a name to watch in techno.
 
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veramusicofficial/
RA: https://nl.ra.co/dj/vera-nl
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/veramusic-official

Awakenings Podcast S377 - VE/RA

Funk Tribu - Awakenings Festival 2025

"This podcast is basically about me trying to put all of my current favorite tracks into a one hour mix while trying to maintain a clean and steady flow".

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JSPRV35’s sound is deeply rooted in the late ’90s and early 2000s.
A bold influence evident in his vinyl and digital DJ sets, which showcase groovy, loopy
old-school techno and electro.

The Dutch DJ and producer has carved out a distinctive style through his releases, channeling
the core elements of electronic music that inspire him most.

Known for his relentless, timeless, and dynamic approach, JSPRV35 delivers seamlessly blended,
high-energy mixes crafted for the dance floor. With releases on respected labels such as KEY
Vinyl, Token, and Tar Hallow, he also operates his own imprint, V35 Records, solidifying his
position in the scene.

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Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/v35jsprv35
RA: https://nl.ra.co/dj/jsprv35

Awakenings Podcast S379 - JSPRV35

"A full schranz podcast set showcasing my current musical direction through mostly unreleased material from artists that have been inspiring me recently. Fast and focused on intensity".

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Ornella is a Lisbon-based DJ and producer working at the uncompromising edge of contemporary techno. Her sets move fast and hit hard, grounded in schranz and driven by sustained physicality. Her artistic approach displays her innate capability to make fast paced and bold decisions every time she plays. Her aim is simple: to create moments that feel real, charged, and impossible to disengage from once they take hold of the dancefloor.

Her journey began in 2019, at a moment when she was unsure where to place herself, creatively or personally. From then on, she has looked to understand that feeling, to regain control over it, and ultimately, share it through both her production and music selection. She paid close attention to how energy and structure function within techno. As her identity sharpened, her focus shifted toward harder, more confrontational territory, influenced by figures like Kobosil and Klangkuenstler. What matters to her is not speed alone, but what continuous pressure can unlock emotionally charged moments.

Energy, tension, and introspection coexist in her sets. Ornella´s sound is built around direct, fast, heavy and honest creativity. Her intensity places sustained energy at the centre of the experience. When making music, her ideas usually begin on the dancefloor. Noticing reactions while playing, or moments shared while listening to other djs. In the studio, those impressions are translated instinctively. Her tracks allowed her to grow through repetition and feel, rather than being forced into rigid structures too early. Although still an up and comer, her releases have steadily marked her presence within the hard techno circuit. 
Live, Ornella is an expressive and adaptable performer. She has played at numerous major festivals and club shows around the world and will start a series of B2B performances with Kobosil and many other key figures in today's scene.

Ornella is smart in her decisions and definitive in her direction, committing fully once she steps into a space. Her sets are energetic and physical without tipping into excess, shaped by control rather than restraint. She allows emotion, tension and moments of introspection to surface openly, without softening the impact. The sound remains defiant and forward-moving, holding its ground while staying deeply human.

Upcoming highlight:
Upclose 2026 - B2B with Kobosil

Social links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ornella_luz/
RA: https://nl.ra.co/dj/ornella 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ornella-dj

Awakenings Podcast S380 - Ornella

Speedy J - Awakenings New Years 2025

ØTTA - Awakenings Festival 2025

"This set is a condensed journey through the different sound palettes I enjoy within techno,
moving from deep, minimalistic atmospheres into more uplifting club moments, while also
touching on broken rhythms and experimental sounds".

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Andy Martin is a Mexican Jamaican electronic artist known for blending sci-fi techno with Latin
Caribbean rhythms and a futuristic edge. His latest album, Antiguos Astronautas, explores the
intersection of techno and Native American futurism, earning strong support from the electronic
music community and receiving plays at iconic clubs such as Berghain and Fold, among
others.

With years of experience behind the decks, Andy has performed at leading venues around the
world, sharing stages with some of the most forward-thinking artists in contemporary club
music. His most recent release on the label Mole Audio was a collaboration with the legendary
Jamaican artist Lee “Scratch” Perry, one of the most influential figures in dub music and a key
force in shaping modern music culture.

Upcoming Releases:
25 March — EP — Animalia
23 April — EP — Nechto (the label recently changed its name to Techno)
8 May — EP — Third Room

Social links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/4ndym4rtin/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/andy-martin
Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/andymartin
Bandcamp: https://diasporaechoes.bandcamp.com/

Awakenings Podcast S381 - Andy Martin

"Funky rhythms at the start, rolling into deeper grooves, with a few unreleased tracks slipped in along the way :)!"

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Every weekend, a new dancefloor falls under the spell of Dr.G’s high‑energy tracks. His signature blend of hard groove, ghetto trance, and techno sets fire to clubs from Europe toAustraliaInspired by raw old-school underground vibes and the electric pulse of Brussels, Dr. G drafts sets that leave no room for breath, swinging rhythms and punchy melodies with groovy baselines, keeping the crowd on edge. 

Backed by heavyweights like Fumi, Biianco, Funk Tribu, Fenrick and Bad Boombox, his bangers have become secret weapons in venues and festival worldwide.With recent releases on Tribe, Sesh, HotMeal, and Polyamor, Dr.G builds from a deep sense of groove, shaping dynamic cuts that pull from a wide palette of sounds. 

Starting as a producer and evolving into a powerhouse behind the decks, he’s already stormed stages like Tomorrowland, Mondo Disko,Intercell, now setting sights on Awakenings, Verknipt, and beyond.

Get ready! No breaks. Just beats.

Recent highlights : 
Recent releases : Tribe, Sesh, Hot Meal, Polyamor 
Upcoming shows include support acts for Funk Tribu and KI/KI, Fuse, Verknipt Festival, Awakening Upclose, Teletech, Terminal V, Baum Festival 

Social links: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.g_wav 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/drgmusic 
Residents Advisor: https://fr.ra.co/dj/dr.g

Awakenings Podcast S382 - Dr. G

“For this recording I aimed for a deep and energetic driven set. I explored with a continuous and relentless path (sirat) which serves as a motif of constant presence throughout the set.” 

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With a meticulous vision and fierce determination, Thoms Traxx is an artist moving at the pinnacle of the Dutch techno scene. His intelligent and resourceful approach to his craft gained him a well-respected name in his city of birth, Amsterdam, where he played at places like De School, Radion, Awakenings, and RAUM. Over the course of the years, he became a critical figure of the ORPHIC rave organisation, curating events and fostering a close-tied community at the forefront of the city's underground movement. Both as an artist and a personality, he has been captivating dancers, bookers, and music professionals across both established and new generations. Moved by curiosity and vigour, Thoms Traxx is an ever-evolving force that can’t be missed out on. 

Highlights from last year:
First All Night long set for New Era Sessions at TILLATEC
First East-Asia Tour

Releases:
Thoms Traxx - Conjecture // Mould Audio - link

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Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/thomstraxx

Awakenings Podcast S383 - Thoms Traxx

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