Valrik - live mixes

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Recorded at Lava, KulturHuset Stockholm for the 303 Day 2025 (03-03-2025)

Valrik @ Kulturhuset Stockholm (03-03-2025) | 303.DAY

Sonoluma Festival x Den Anden Side set recorded in Copenhagen, 02/05-25.

Valrik @ Sonoluma Festival x Den Anden Side (02/05-25)

Kubben Sessions x Lava Kulturhuset set recorded in Stockholm, 16/05-25

Valrik @ Kubben Sessions x  Lava Kulturhuset(16/05-25)

For episode 72 we present Valrik! 
Born in Greece in 2001 and currently based in Stockholm, Valrik is making his own path in the electronic music scene, mixing trippy, groovy, and psychedelic techno and emotional trance. He likes building sets that take listeners on a journey that shifts from atmospheric darkness to high-energy movement, making them dance, trip out, and get lost in trance. An evolving figure in the techno scene, Valrik has a vision of deeper dancefloor experiences, stronger techno culture education and connection. Over the past months, he has performed, among others, at Copenhagen’s Den Anden Side, Sonoluma Festival, and curated Kubben Sessions, a mini series of event-broadcasts in collaboration with Lava Kulturhuset in Stockholm.

"This set was recorded recently in my studio at Kulturhuset, right in the center of Stockholm. It’s inspired by a recent gig I played here, which resonated a lot with the crowd and gave me a loooot of energy. It’s fun, trancey, and packed with some of my favourite tracks and sounds, including gems from artists I really admire. Meant to be played loud and to transmit strong, uplifting energy. Enjoy!"

Interview with Valrik: 

Q: What made you start DJing?
A: I hadn’t really listened to techno seriously until I went to my first rave in Athens some years ago, and it was love at first sight. I fell in love with the energy of the rave, the human interactions, the compliments and love you give and receive. But what gave me literal chills was seeing the DJs manipulate the mood of the crowd. Realizing that the DJ is the one shifting the whole energy still feels like pure magic to me. Less than a month after this rave, I bought a small Numark controller and became bedroom DJ. Over the past year I’ve realised this is my true calling and I’m steadily stepping it up.

Q: Describe your style in three words?
A: high-energy, trippy, emotional

Q: Your best set in 2024/2025?
A: A few weeks ago I played a closing set at Spice99 in Stockholm. The room got so packed you could barely breathe and I played a high-energy, bouncy mix of techno and trance. The energy exchange with the crowd was unreal! I’m still emotional thinking about it.

Q: Your favourite track right now?
A: Tough question! But I have to say Tibetan Monks by BEC. I’d been waiting for this one to drop for over a year, as it was getting played by some of my favourite artists. Now that it’s finally out, it always brings crazy energy to the crowd when it lands.

Q: A track you never get tired of?
A: Cherrymoon Trax - The House Of House (Bonzai Records, 1994) Legendary trance anthem, euphoric and melancholic at the same time. It’s the perfect closing track, and every time I play it, it brings that pure 90s rave energy you can really feel.

Q: A hidden gem in Stockholm you’d like to share
A: The newly reopened Spice99 for sure. It’s fresh, different, and already gaining a lot of attention. It has my respect for bringing something new to Stockholm’s saturated scene.

Q: Stockholm DJ you want to highlight
A: I have to mention the world-renowned Peder Mannerfelt, a DJ and producer who, in my opinion, is so boundary-pushing and experimental that he easily takes you out of your comfort zone when it comes to electronic music. His sound is intense, dynamic, and I feel like he’s almost more famous abroad than in Sweden.
And as we say in Greece, “If you don’t praise your own house, it will fall down and crush you,” so I also want to highlight my good friend Flora, very talented hardgroove DJ who’s definitely one to watch.
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/djvalrik/
SC: https://soundcloud.com/valrik

Malmö Techno Tales Episode 72 - Valrik

live @ Trädgården Season Finale (Växthuset) 13/09-2025

I don’t really like 1h sets because I find it harder to tell a nice story with around 20 tracks only, but I love this one so much! This was my outtake for a competition for which I got disqualified (without my mix ever being listened to) because I sent an invalid set link… So that’s now your early Christmas present. From me to you, with love! 💜

Valrik - Invalid Link

Valrik (he/him)

Born in Greece and currently based in Stockholm, Valrik is making his own path in the electronic music scene. His sound is a mix of trippy, groovy, experimental, and psychedelic techno and trance. For him, mixing is storytelling, always building sets that are atmospheric and high in energy. An evolving figure in the techno scene, Valrik is the founder of Stockholm-based collective a.sense, with a vision of deeper dancefloor experiences, stronger techno culture education, and real connection.

About his set for Faggotry set, he states:

'This set was recorded at the end of October in Stockholm. The winter darkness is slowly falling over the city, and my mood is getting darker as well. This is clearly reflected in this mix, which is dark and atmospheric. It starts slow and gradually pulls you in deeper, until it becomes more playful, always keeping the mood trippy. My love for Nina (Kraviz, obviously) is loud and clear in this set. Through her and her label трип recordings, I discovered the sounds that resonate with me across the whole spectrum of electronic music. In this mix, I’m not only blending her own productions but also tracks from trip, as well as music by artists I’ve come to love through it, like Alex Wilcox, Bjarki, and Matvey Schetinkin.'

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https://instagram.com/djvalrik

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