John Talabot occupies a fairly unique position in the current electronic landscape. A space he has carved himself by staying true to an artistic vision that is broad in its scope and specific in its convictions. His open minded approach to making, collecti ng and playing music allows him to be just as comfortable on the main stage of a great summer festival as in a small local club, earning the following of both the occasional fan and the demanding connoisseur along the way. Today, he keeps pushing the envel ope, following instincts rather than stratagems. To do so he favours a continuous dialogue with like - minded artists. His alliance with Axel Boman in Talaboman has just birthed a new label and his Lost Scripts duo with Pional keeps delivering sparkles of br illiance, but those are just two of the several joint projects he currently has in play. Some might be announced soon, some might never see the light of day, but most important: they keep ideas flowing. A need of discovery that also defines his tireless se arch of music, making him one of those rare DJs that can effortlessly juxtapose efficacy, risk and revelation. His allnighter sets are hard to forget, with notable examples in venues and festivals such as Sónar, Pickle Factory, Moog or the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in Glasgow. Moreover playing music, his curational endeavours keep expanding, having commissioned stages in festivals such as Primavera Sound or Nuits Sonores or bringing his Hivern Discs label's nights to clubs around Europe. In many ways , his work with the label epitomises his understanding of music: rigorous and committed, but constantly dynamic and open to the unexpected. Because if John Talabot has made something clear over the last decade, is that growth always comes from the will to keep exploring. Having just joined an agency like futura, with which it shares so many affinities, can only mean that new paths are ready to be crossed.

Dek­man­tel Soundsys­tem is firm­ly estab­lished as a bench­mark of high qual­i­ty musi­cal enjoy­ment in more ways than one. Spear­head­ed by Casper Tiel­rooij, Dek­man­tel are respon­si­ble for a revered under­ground label, a much loved three day fes­ti­val and last but not least as a per­form­ing DJ that cov­er many dif­fer­ent bases. Dek­man­tel Soundsys­tem, which sees Casper dig deep into his record col­lec­tion and play mes­mer­ic dj-sets that are ful­ly of seduc­tive sur­pris­es and groovy gems, offers a taste­ful and 360 degree take on elec­tron­ic music that has tru­ly helped put the Nether­lands and its scene on the map in recent years.

Spacejams is Yohann Jamsandekar, who cut his teeth mixing music as a part of Mumbai’s infamous, long running party crew Milkman. He is currently their resident DJ for the Milkman party series which has seen him open for the likes of Optimo, Helena Hauff, DJ Stingray and many others. His wide-ranging selections and mercurial mixing style lead to raucous, high energy sets that can be relied on to ignite the dancefloor. To anyone familiar with his jacked-up taste in music, this should come as a little surprise. He could make you break dance, brain dance or just end up giving you a good old fashioned body massage.