@varg, Swedish producer and co-founder of @northernelectronics, is known for his anti-techno punk approach towards the heavily techno-focused scene he is a big part of. @varg easily connects dots between field recording, pianists, rappers, painters, poets, german shepherds, old tapes and his IPad apps. Whether playing DMs from Chloe Wise to the throbbing beats and splashing champagne at @herrensauna or wondering among imaginary woods on stage with @annamelina, @varg is hungry for experiments and immune to taking himself too seriously. In our borshch #2, @varg appeared with FLORA as a co-curator of @berlinatonal 2018.  

For his borshch mix dedicated to our current Sound Mind theme, @varg was drawing inspiration from "his teenage years, wanting to die and stuffing himself with benzos." In our current print issue we tried to prove that though from the early age our ears are conditioned for contentment and pleasant sounds, contentment does not lead to enlightenment. And here comes @varg: never willing to please, always eager to confront.

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Borshch is a magazine for electronic music on and beyond the dancefloor. Founded in Berlin in 2017, it’s a space to provoke open dialogues and challenge established ideas about making, listening, and dancing to music. Through physical and digital formats, Borshch discusses the artistic, social, and political impact of electronic music on contemporary culture in and outside the club settings. The print edition of the magazine is published biannually.