To celebrate 10 years of AVA x BR, we’ve curated another solid programme of big b2bs, overdue debuts & more special moments. 

Welcoming: KI/KI, DJ Boring b2b salute, Special Request b2b ANZ, Narciss & more.

Narciss | AVA Festival 2024

Rinse FM Podcast

Club Heart Broken with Justin Jay - 18 October 2024

Club Heart Broken with Spacer Woman - 15 November 2024

the recording of my return to HÖR Berlin on 23th November 2024 – enjoy ✨

watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2chi_y8kPLw&t=811s

Mareike Bautz @ HÖR Berlin (23.11.2024)

Big feelings for big rooms with the Club Heart Broken founder.

Club Heart Broken is perhaps a misnomer. The party and label, founded in Cologne by MALUGI, may take its name from one of life's tougher emotions, but the vibe is all about unfettered, unadulterated joy. 

It's a state of mind its founder fully embodies—he's called himself the "happiest man in dance music." (We tried fact-checking this, but watching him perform seems proof enough.)

Club Heart Broken's motto is simple: a party should be fun. A "party for lovers, loners and losers," the crew also made up of ferrari rot, SURF 2 GLORY and fellow maximalist Marlon Hoffstadt, represent the sound of young Berlin in the 2020s, notorious as they are beloved. 

Since relocating from Cologne, the party has snapped the German's capital infamously serious techno stereotype with its anything-goes, unpretentious music policy. It's made him and Hoffstadt especially in-demand worldwide—queues used to extend out of the door of Watergate and across Oberbaumbrücke.

Musically, MALUGI is the most eclectic in the crew. His metaphorical record bag carries a lot of label material, from zingy Eurodance to upbeat pumpers, but also plenty of steppy, tuff UK bass music. Releases from Main Phase and Interplanetary Criminal, the likes of dubplate label ec2a, and even the odd Big Ang record pepper his sets, much of which you'll hear here.

MALUGI's RA Podcast is a window into the more house-y side of his sound. From bubbling garage to chunky chords, RA.981 is a testament to MALUGI's belief: the best parties should leave you grinning, not crying.

@malugienergy

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/981.

RA.981 MALUGI

Helena Lauwaert | Full set | Soenda Festival 2025

here is the recording of my bermuda stage closing set at Pâvoia Festival on sunday from 22-00.30h - please take me back! one of my favorite gigs ever <3

Mareike Bautz @ Pâvoia Festival 2025, Bermuda Closing

DJ HEARTSTRING taking over the Coast 2 Coast show this month. X-clusive!! 

https://www.instagram.com/djheartstring 


COAST 2 COAST with DJ HEARTSTRING @ The Lot Radio 06-26-2025

Diffrent @ Fusion Festival 2025 - Querfeld Closing

@HelenaLauwaert
Wildeburg Festival
July 11, 2025 - Helling 
Kraggenburg, Netherlands
www.wildeburg.nl

Helena Lauwaert - Wildeburg 2025

sunlight

✉️ mngmt: felipe@paintitblank.de
🌎 booking: diffrentteam@unitedtalent.com
🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 booking: diffrent@paintitblank.de

The German UKG prodigy, Diffrent, stormed the scene last year with his debut single 'Live And Direct', immediately landing into the crates of some of the most influential names on the circuit, such as Interplanetary Criminal, Malugi, Marlon Hoffstadt, Sarah Story, Chloé Caillet, Dr Dubplate, Narciss, Dom Dolla, and more, making waves with his unique and energetic take on the legendary UK sound, infused with his own modern groovy twist. Self-educated as a producer from a young age, the Southern German native, now based in Berlin, blends his love for Jungle, UKG, Breaks, and Bass Music with the influences of Germany's vibrant electronic music scene, crafting his own signature sound. Early 2024, Diffrent scored with 'A Little Closer', his anticipated debut on Marlon Hoffstadt & Malugi's fantastic imprint Club Heart Broken, an absolute viral future classic, gaining support from not only UKG heavyweights like Sammy Virji, Oppidan or Notion, but also breaking genre boundaries as a solid favourite of acclaimed radio hosts and the most influential selectors around the world. With exciting upcoming releases on Interplanetary Criminal's top imprint, ATW, and legendary labels like Time Is Now, Diffrent is undeniably one of the most exciting new names in the scene right now. With an expanding touring schedule and highly anticipated releases on the horizon, he's definitely one to watch for years to come!