🚨 BALANCE CROATIA FESTIVAL 2026 🚨
Thursday 6th August - Monday 10th August 2026

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Lineup

Adam Freeland
Aera
Alex Banks 
Alex O’Rion
Amonita
Andrologic 
Anthony Pappa 
Atish 
Aubrey Fry
Carina Lawrence
Chicola 
Cristina Tosio
D-Nox 
Danny Howells*
Danny Tenaglia 
Dave Seaman
DJ Ruby 
Dmitry Molosh
Dobar House 
Dowden 
Eichenbaum 
Eli Nissan 
Elliot Moriarty
Emi Galvan
Ezequiel Arias
Gai Barone 
GMJ & Matter
Graziano Raffa 
Guy J 
Guy Mantzur 
Henry Saiz 
Hernan Cattaneo 
Hicky & Kalo
Hyunji-A
James Zabiela
Jamie Stevens
Jeremy Olander
Jerpa 
Jody Barr
Jody Wisternoff 
Joe Miller
John 00 Fleming 
John Cosani
John Digweed* 
Kabi 
Kamilo Sanclemente 
Karl Pilbrow 
Kasey Taylor
Khen
Lee Burridge
Lemon
Lloyd Barwood
Lost Desert 
Lost Miracle (Sebastien Leger & Roy Rosenfeld)
Mai Lawson 
Marcelo Vasami 
Mariano Mellino
Marko Felinger 
Marsh 
Martin Fredes
Martin Roth 
Matthew Sona 
Maze 28 
Mike Rish 
Miss Melera
Nick Stoynoff 
Nick Varon 
Nick Warren
Nicolas Rada
Patrice Baumel
Petar Dundov
Peter Makto
Pole Folder 
Powel 
Rocio Portillo
Sasha
Simon Vuarambon 
Simply City 
Spencer Brown
Stereo Underground 
Tim Green 
Tonaco 
Zankee Gulati 

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Iconic electronic compilation series & music imprint

Est. 2000

Flying the flag for ‘quality independent electronic music’, born and bred on a national and global scale in their homebase of Australia and beyond, Balance Music have been at the very forefront of underground house music since its inception, expertly guided by experienced director Tom Pandzic. Their revered Balance Mix Series (Established in 2000) has seen the likes of Max Cooper, James Zabiela, Kolsch, Hernan Cattaneo, Henry Saiz, Danny Tenaglia, Deetron, Joris Voorn, Patrice Baumel, James Holden, Agoria, Phil K (R.I.P.), and more step up to the plate for one of the most essential collections across the entirety of the electronica spectrum, whilst Balance Series, their showcase for expressive tech, progressive and wider variations of house music, is a focal point of the sound. The latter has nurtured top-drawer releases from quality artists encompassing a plethora of upcoming and established acts. As the brand continues to grow exponentially, their ever-expansive popularity shows no signs of letting up. - Juno

Here to help you find the tunes that matter in your life

Believe the Hype 

Bless Up

The Minimal Wave label was founded by Veronica Vasicka in 2005 to create a network for synth wave enthusiasts and promote 80s electronic music via an online archive and vinyl releases. The label specializes in high-quality vinyl pressings of electronic artists from all over the world. Our sub-label Cititrax focuses on modern and experimental electronic dance music. Aside from limited edition vinyl releases, both labels' catalogs are available digitally as well.

The common thread that links everyone involved in Life and Death is something beyond just their specific talents. 

Founded in 2010 as an Italian record label and event brand, Manfredi Romano’s Life and Death curates soulful dance music with a post-rock aesthetic.

GUNS is a Turkish, Austrian, Londoner who started working with music just over two years ago, but who’s life has always revolved around it. A qualified architect and designer, she left her former career in March 2020 (nothing creates change quite like a global pandemic) and began pursuing her love of music on Twitch. Guns grew and honed her skills live on stream and quickly amassed a large and loyal following known as Dysfam.

A classically trained pianist since the age of 5, GUNS now crafts bass heavy sets focusing on dubstep, trap, DNB, and UKG with blending both her backgrounds through featuring Middle Eastern and classical European sounds, while adding a unique live element through playing the piano.

Through live streaming her whole journey she is developing unique story that for the first time, allows a viewer to see the process from start to finish.

Hey, Gareth here, I'm a graphic designer who start designing for clubs, parties, and labels in the late 90s. Back then, mix CDs were the holy grail of both design and music. I loved them.

But I wasn't the only one, mix cds were the soundtracks of our nights, our days, our afterparties and lives, for everyone. Yet in today's internet age, the art form has been lost (or just changed) to 2-3 hour online mixes and streaming videos, which just don't create the same magic your CD collection did. Just 60 minutes of music and incredible artwork.

The Classic Mix CD Series celebrates these discs, their soundtrack, their box art and your memories. We hope you enjoy it.

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Also, we try to help you find and buy them again by sharing Discogs links on all featured CDs and or direct links to labels where possible.

* We fully support labels and artists. If any disc creates a copyrighting issue let me know and it will be immediately removed. 

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About Gareth:
Digital creative type, gamer, music lover and occasional DJ. Currently living between Dubai & Seoul after setting sail from Sunderland in 2010. As a young designer, club and music culture was the driving force for his work, producing artwork for local club nights and record labels in the North East of England. In particular, DJ mix cds and their packaging were always his 'holy grail of design', especially those from Renaissance, Global Underground and Good Looking Records. It's a pleasure to share these discs back with people and they still influence our tastes to this day. 

For any CD recommendations, bookings, mixes or feedback you can catch me as @asapgareth on Instagram. Or you can check our my design work at www.acid.works

Matthew ‘Bushwacka’ B, a percussionist in the London School Symphony Orchestra who was converted into a member of the infamous Rat Pack after a warehouse party in ’88, has been DJing for over 30 years now. From that first Acid House experience Matthew quickly started playing all over London, holding residencies at four of the most famous clubs in town by the time he was 18 years old. From London the gigs spread countrywide, doing up to 8 shows a weekend, and then into Europe and the USA by 1992.
 
It was via a mutual friend Mr C that Layo & Bushwacka! first met, whilst Matthew was working at his studio, and by the mid 90s the two had started writing music together. Over a decade later, the partnership has yielded three artist albums, three mix albums, internationally renowned club residencies and a superb record label. 

By 1999 they’d already composed their debut album, ‘Low Life’, released on End Recordings, the label spawned by The End. The album announced the arrival of the duo as a force in electronic music, with a record that brought together electro, house and breakbeat fused with blues, dub and downtempo, all underpinned and informed by their collective experience of underground culture. This inclusive and open minded approach to sound became the blueprint for their future work.

Their sophomore album followed in 2002, this time released on the mighty XL Recordings. Entitled ‘Night Works’, the record featured their unforgettable top ten hit ‘Love Story’, and took their sound onto a bigger and broader canvas, charting all over the in the process. The accompanying live show brought further acclaim with stunning shows from Homelands to Sonar, whilst their famous DJ sets had now garnered residencies at some of the world’s finest clubs including Space in Ibiza, Warung in Brasil and of course The End in London. While this explosion was happening, Matthew was also achieving huge solo success with his remixes for Depeche Mode, his bootleg of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean, and getting phone calls from Madonna wanting him to work on her music. It was a crazy time. 

Their End residency, known as All Night Long, became one of the capital’s most revered nights with Layo & Bushwacka! taking the club through an edifying tour-de-force of electronic music.
 
When The End closed its doors for the last time in 2009, Layo and Bushwacka! started the Shake It brand and threw amazing warehouse parties all over London, booking Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Laurent Garnier and many other friends, and created dancefloor destruction for 4 years. The parties were legendary, the energy incredible.


Layo & Bushwacka!’s reputation as two of the world’s foremost DJ duos is rock solid. Four artist albums have proven them remarkably talented producers, capable of mixing styles, tempos and genres to create enduring and engaging electronic music. Their trio of mix albums and international club residencies have shown they are masters of the turntables, sonic connoisseurs who can guide a dance floor on an epic journey through the many facets of their sound. Their label Olmeto meanwhile has become a bastion for quality, a label that, much like its figureheads, has become a rubber stamped seal of class, and many of their vinyl only releases have become sought after rarities.
 
In 2013 Bushwacka! took some time out to focus on his solo Just Be project, recording on Crosstown Rebels, Get Physical and Intec, while Layo created a new empire in Soho, of world class restaurants, applying his magic touch to everything he does. Five years later, Bushwacka! started touring and recording again under his original name, only on select shows and keeping it special for the fans, old and new.

Irish Dj and producer living in London, making breaks, techno, garage, house and electronica.

The Feeling EP was released on Labyrinth Records in 2022, followed by a remix for Hardt Antoine's 'Awa Power'.

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