Grounded is a festival of electronic music, critical thinking and activism, that addresses current social issues by combining the seemingly incompatible: deinstitutionalised theoretical debates, everyday social activism and progressive electronic club culture. Through debates, projections, presentations, music performances and hangouts – the baselines of which are equality irrespective of personal circumstances, solidarity with the weak and the autonomy to govern your own fate – the participants seek relevant, eligible and responsible answers to the contemporary challenges.
 
The first edition of the festival was held in 2015 with the theme Autonomy of migration. Theme in 2018 was Intimacy in the age of artificial intelligence, in 2019 Automation and Power, in 2020, in 2021 The State and last year Responsibility. 

2023 theme is Peace.

FEJZO DJ / Softskinson - is a deejay & producer from Ljubljana. He used to make flyers for half of the raves in Ljubljana, and then in the nightime, he played on the other half. His record collection is very colourful: he would play smooth italian dream house jams on a chill sunset party, or he would open for @SHXCXCHCXSH with some dark banging techno stompers under his S.S.S. alias. And he would play everything in between: his eclectic but focused sets are usually full of blissful house jewles, occasional flirting with mean techno, funky disco shit, groovy electro jams, old school rave slappers, acid house rarities… and all kinds of house actually: house is his favourite. He shared the stage with artists like Leon @vynehall, @glenn-astro, @fritswentink and many, many others. When he is not digging, designing, illustrating, deejaying and doing all sorts of peculiar shenanigans, he’s also producing beats and drumming for the band @ygthoughts, who released music for labels like @king_deluxe, @jazzzcabbage, @youngbloods and more.

Electronic mutiny based in Paris
@Polocorp + @djpeterpan
http://www.poloandpanmusic.com

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FRANCE - AEG PRESENTS
Geraldine Cayrou 

EUROPE (FR. Excl.) - WME Agency
James Simmons (live)
Matt Smith (dj sets)

US/CAN/MEX - UTA
Christian Bernhardt
Parker Glenn

BOOKING LATIN AMERICA - UTA
Carlos Abreu

For the last 12 years, the way that Detroit-based DJ Pontchartrain has approached music, is centered around two things - learning and sharing. The result has been an interesting change up from the status quo of what comes out of the motor city. Heavily funk-infused and sample-laden original productions, edits and reworks that border on brand new versions of the track, and sets that string together a wide array of sounds that all center around the idea that dancing and feeling music are the main goals.
 
What started off as a project for edits and DJ tools has turned into a rediscovery of the roots of dance music. This shift in the last few years has pushed him into the new opportunities with some of the greatest labels in disco and house realm, and interesting achievements across the globe.
 
Currently he serves as A&R for one of the most prominent edits labels in the world, Whiskey Disco, and for the house subsidiary, Lovedancing. In addition to curating these two outlets and putting out his own records on them as well, in the past few years alone he has released on over a dozen labels, including Kolour LTD, Rocksteady Disco, Delusions of Grandeur, Toy-Tonics, Soul-Clap Records, Masterworks Music and more. Output has been nothing short of consistent, hitting #1 chart positions on sites such as Juno, several times.
 
Wen it comes to performances Pontchartrain believes in the overarching goal of making people dance, and think in equal parts. From the time he brought the Detroit Children’s Choir on stage with him at Movement Festival to sing along, to the bold invocations of poetry and messages of love, the dancefloor is a temple when he’s on deck. A place to worship each other and the feeling of letting loose. Whatever sounds get you there; genre is second to the emotion.
 
Like many of the great Detroit artists he looks up to, there’s a humble blue collar aspect to his background as well. Pontch still works as a social worker directly with drug addicts getting back on their feet right here in the motor city. He volunteers with groups such as Give A Beat, LRNG, Girls Rock Detroit, local public libraries, and is now a volunteer and teacher at Spin Inc music production school. Music is truly a way of life, part of the greater idea of lifting each other up. His actions, sounds, and personality encompass this idea.
 
For booking inquiries, e-mail:
dustin@pontchartrain.us
 
Listen: SoundCloud.com/pontchartrain
Like: Facebook.com/pontchartrainmusic

The Silence at sea is OUT NOW:
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www.mixcloud.com/djaneMarta/

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