Sigh Song for little Ravers
Friday, 19.9
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Bang Goes
DJ Bang Goes is a Zurich-based techno producer and DJ since the earliest days of the Swiss techno scene, where he has been active since the early nineties. His various productions on Bruchstücke Records, Stattmusik, GS and WasWotsch are mostly lively and the playful-groovy kind of minimal and tech house. His mixing technique is unique and drivingly humorous. His style is varying, but sexy and always positively pumping. He is also a member of the cult live duo «Die galoppierende Zuversicht» and is known for his driving and spooky live acts at home and abroad. He has also worked for many years as a sound designer and musician in the Swiss film scene and since 1999 he runs the renowned recording studio Zentralton GmbH, which also operates as a label for radio plays in collaboration with Dr Lüdi (Andres Lutz). He works for Open Broadcast as a musiceditor for electronic music and created all the jingles and station IDs for the popular DAB+ radio station.
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Fabulus
Fabulus has been deeply connected to electronic music for more than two decades. Her journey began with minimal house – characterized by stripped-back beats and a lasting love for vinyl, which continues to shape her sets today. Whether digital or analog, Fabulus moves fluidly between formats and moods. As an integral part of Zurich’s club culture and resident DJ at Club Kauz, she brings her energy to the scene not only behind the decks but also through her passion for organizing events. Fabulus stands for openness, punchy grooves, and a finely tuned sense of musical dramaturgy. Whatever the hour – warm-up, peak, or afterhour – she plays with an intuitive feel for the dancefloor.
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Jimi Tenor
Jimi Tenor is a Finnish composer and musician. He had done more than 15 solo albums and many collaboration albums where he is the main composer. Collaborations with: UMO Heslinki Jazz Orchestra, Tony Allen, Edward Vesala, Kabukabu, Freestyle Man, Jori Hulkkonen, Nicole Willis, Timmion Records (Soul Investigators), Maurice Fulton, Khan Of Finland, Lary 7, DJ Sotofett.
Having disbanded Jimi Tenor And His Shamans, the artist embarked on a solo career in the early 1990s, recording his debut work “Sahkomies” on rudimentary equipment in a small New York apartment. The album was released in 1994 on the Finnish imprint Sahko that also issued Tenor’s sophomore work “Europa” a year later, expanding on the ideas articulated on the first disc.
On the back of a game-changing performance at the Love Parade in Berlin, Jimi Tenor scored his first hit with “Take Me Baby”, entering the charts and signing a deal with the seminal electronic label Warp Records. The three Warp albums – “Intervision” (1997), “Organism” (1999) and “Out Of Nowhere” (2000) – were touchstones in the electronic club music scene of the period. Efortlessly blending jazz, synthesizer sounds, Afrobeats and drum machine dubs, Jimi Tenor created a distinctive sound which he himself rewired and renewed. Not that his compositions were overly academic, on the contrary – they often resembled free-flowing, sporadic sketches, with an infectiously irrepressible touch of the absurd.
As a soloist Jimi Tenor has appeared mostly as a flute player, sometimes also saxophone. Some guest appearances: Nightmares on Wax, Malla, Dalindeo.
Jimi started his career in Jimi Tenor & His Shamans playing industrial music. The group was inspired by the Italian futurist Luigi Russolo, Japanese drumming ensembles and industrial noise music.
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Kalabrese
kalabrese is one of the more glittering characters in zurichs music scene and mingling at the frontline as dj, producer and as co-owner of the legendary club zukunf. through his very own style as a producer sacha winkler caused a stir outside of switzerland. kalabrese debut album «rumpelzirkus» is a great piece of music. it rumbles and works the funk organically and song oriented and recevied good reviews in the independent dance-scene all around the world in 1997. the 2nd album “independent dancer” came out in may 2013 more and more you can hear the signature of kalabrese sound and his unique songwriting with vocals of him self and guest singers (khan from berlin, sarah palin from zurich). “independent dancer” is a journey into different world, very lightfull and positiv and allways funky. radiostations like kcrw in america or sonica ibiza played regulary times songs of the independent dancer album. spotify playlists with plays over 10millions and over 250k-regular members helped also to spread kalabreses non-perfect dance groove in the last year all over the planet. In the middle of the Pandemic kalabrese finds his way back to ease, regaining the rumpelfunk and finalized two new albums. “let love rumpel part 1” and “let love rumpel part 2”. its a marvelously light, warm dance. the music goes to the hip and to the heart and automatically we start to dance. from the very first bars it’s clear, that kalabrese developed his very own signature sound which feels like coming home and diving into the rumpel universe again. not to be missed, there is underton of sadness; delightfully melancholic. kalabrese and his rumpelorchestra is a great stage experience for clubs and festival. over the years the band perfomed regulary and built a base for their extendend hypnotic live-sound. the fantastic players with bass, synths, horns and the funky livedrums of kalabrese himself and his punky-moody-voice on top find a deeper connection to the audience. the band can go for a long improvisation and bring it jazzy, funky and let the rumpel-tribe celebrated. kalabrese played with his band 2022 for garbicz festival for an enthusiastic international crowd. the summer ended with rockin the sunset fort the letten-river fest in zurich with over 1000 people and performing the complet crowded kirchplatz-stage for the winterthurer musikfestwochen.
kalabrese was currently spinning records in mexico, argentina, urugay, chile and is resident of papaya playa in tulum and yuyu in mexico city. his tour ended end of january 2024 with a fantastic b2b in new york with acid pauli. kalaspatz will beginn in march with the work on a new album with the titel “golden hour”.
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Kampire
“a scene-leading DJ who can connect the dots between the past, present and future of African club music.”
Resident AdvisorAmong East Africa's most exciting DJs and a core member of Kampala's Nyege Nyege collective, Kampire’s vibrant bass-heavy sets have transported her to bring the best of Ugandan party culture to clubs & festivals across the world. In October 2021 Kampire joined BBC Radio 1’s as one of their esteemed “Residency” host DJs, giving her an even bigger platform for showcasing the best new music from across the diaspora. Her monthly NTS Radio Residency has continued to see Kampire shine a light on other DJs & artists from Africa and the diaspora. The recent “A Dancefloor in Ndola” compilation curated for Strut Records, saw Kampire return to her roots and bring together a range of different East and Southern African genres from Congolese rumba and soukous to 1980s township bubblegum and the rich guitar-led sounds of Zambian kalindula. Kampire also shines the spotlight on many incredible women in African music from the 80s, including Congolese legends like Pembey Sheiro, Feza Shamamba and Princesse Mansia M’bila to V-Mash and Di Groovy Girls from South Africa.
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Residency
NTS Radio Residency
A Dancefloor in NdolaPhotography: Martin Kharumwa
Styling: Bobby Kolade
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Molekühl
molekühl is a Zurich-based artist whose name reflects her complex and interconnected musical identity. Active for many years as a vinyl DJ, musician, and event organizer, music has been her language since early childhood — a constant companion that now shapes her artistic voice.
When she performs at club nights, molekühl takes listeners on a journey through her favorite vinyl selections, ranging from classic techno and trance to bass-heavy sounds and experimental genres. Her sets are marked by a strong narrative flow, analogue warmth, and a touch of nostalgia. Whether behind the decks or performing live, her multifaceted approach to sound has brought her to clubs and festivals across Switzerland and beyond, including appearances at Fusion Festival and Kater Blau.
Much like the molecular structures that inspired her name, molekühl’s diverse musical facets are intertwined within her.
soundcloud.com/mirjmusic
youtube.com/live/_ON7wuF1T9s
instagram.com/_molekuehl/Foto @ Tobias Siebrecht
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Playlove
Playlove, Les Belles de Nuit, Zürich
Galaxies of Sound. The speakers are the canvas onto which Vienna-born Playlove has been projecting her colours and shapes into the universe since 1999. Blue basslines make the voice coils glow red with joy, shimmering acid lines like UFOs glide through the atmosphere and loop in delight! Hi-hats explode like fireworks, sparkling in every hue, propelling the airy, driving groove of her sets. Meandering melodic loops orbit like planets around the central star – the pulsar – which dictates the unwavering timing of a mighty rhythm. Sonic shrapnel, like stardust, condenses into luminous clouds, from which, at the break, tones rain in ultraviolet and infrared, unfurling metallic rainbows over the dancefloor.
Text: ©styro2000
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Sintič & MRZ
Sintič & MRZ have been playing their way into the hearts of dancers in this city for around seven years. Just watching them makes you want to dance. They are colourful and unpredictable and that is exactly what makes them special. Moritz is very playful with a tendency to a beautiful form of crazyness; Sinta on the other hand likes to hit aces, and this preferably double-handed. Both of them mostly look prettyhappy at work, which transmits to the audience.
Label of MRZ and friends: soundcloud.com/waswotsch
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Willie Oboe
Take a trip with DJ Willie Oboe! House and out there techno from different eras with one of the legends of the Scandinavian scene. DJ Willie Oboe has been dj’ing house, acid, and electronic dance music since the early 90s, usually playing underground rave parties. First as DJ Zwarre, then Villa Åbo and most recently DJ Willie Oboe. His often deep and bent productions have been released on labels like his own Börft Records label (founded back in 1987), Lux Rec, Noise In My Head, Butter Sessions and iDEAL. He is also running the always experimental and reliable Börft Records label and is producing funky techno and synth as FRAK, amongst other projects. These days DJ Willie Oboe rarely makes public dj sets.
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Azu Tiwaline
Azu Tiwaline is an artist creating new worlds for us all to hear and see each other within. Conjuring a sense of cosmic belonging within life’s maelstrom, her music is an extension of her being transformed into abundant rhythmical energy – beloved for her wonderful ability to channel vast inner realms into the outward joys of dance & movement.
With an extraordinary musical vision firmly rooted in the freeing kinetics of Soundsystem psychedelia, her vibrations bring vivid influence from the El Djerid desert & her Tunisian heritage into communication with the transcendent spatial awareness of dub and the grooving, dynamic exuberance of techno. Uniting these spellbinding elements into an alchemic synthesis, she conducts Saharan frequencies into eclectic, entrancing rhythms with a nimble & profound elegance – contrasting microcosms of light & darkness immersed in mercurial depths, ecstatic percussive intonations, & the breathtaking enchantment of bass weight pressure.
It’s within this expansive palate that Azu can weave entire multiverses of sensation together – establishing herself as one of the most exciting entities in a groundbreaking zone of contemporary electronic producers, while invoking a bewitching sonic experience that is uniquely all her own.
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Alex Dallas
Alex Dallas is a renowned Swiss DJ and cultural figure who has played worldwide, bringing his signature sound to clubs across the globe. As co-founder of Zurich’s iconic Club Zukunft, he has deeply influenced the local and international electronic scene. He also heads the respected music label Drumpoet Community, known for its deep and forward-thinking releases. Dallas was a driving force behind legendary venues like Dachkantine, Cabaret, and Kauz, shaping Zurich’s underground nightlife. With decades of global experience, his artistic vision continues to inspire Switzerland’s vibrant cultural and music landscape.
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Brvna
Brvna is a DJ and multimedia artist from Zurich. In club settings, she interweaves music from different genres into a common thread. Her sets build musical architectures of distorted acid basses, edgy and complex rhythms with energetic house, and pulsating basslines – forming deep, atmospheric structures – sound for dark and foggy basements.
Brvna was co-organiser of the Ziischtigsklub (Bar Nordbrücke), where carefully curated music was played at intimate dance evenings.
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Eli Verveine
Eli Verveine is a DJ, live artist and producer at the height of her powers.
As a DJ, Eli Verveine is widely respected for her ability to build her own dancefloor wherever she is in the world. Always engaged with the crowd, Eli sees communication as integral to the art of DJing: whether it’s warm-up, peak-time or after-hours, she captures the collective energy and applies just the right doses of drama and restraint until every dancer is locked into a unified groove. Eli’s versatile blend of genres and moods has brought her to some of the most iconic stages around, from the clubs Bassiani, Panoramabar, Fabric and Closer to the festivals Garbicz, Rainbow Disco Club, Waking Life, and delivering the prestigious closing set at Organik Festival in Taiwan. She has a B2B project, Among Trees, with Andrey Pushkarev.
As a live performer, Eli Verveine collaborates with Berlin-based DJ/musician Gwenan on the experimental live project Gin & Tonic. With a setup combining modular synthesis, drum machines, effects pedals and more, the duo tease variegated musical textures out of extended improvisations. This open-ended approach, grounded in close listening and a strong mutual understanding between the two, leads to intriguing musical dialogues in which the machines do the talking. Performances have included Garbicz and Waking Life festivals, and specialist listening events including their own dedicated Aether series in Berlin, co-founded with ISH.
As a producer, Eli Verveine’s discography stretches back to the Ness EP (2012) on Tardis Records, the label she runs with Oscar Schubaq. In 2023, she released the track ‘Morning Dub’, on a VA from Chateau Chépère, and ‘Reverie’, a track resulting from a project with school children in Basel. Eli has been having a lot of fun in the studio, so we can expect more solo material on the way.
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Marylou
Marylou grew up on the shores of the south west of France, between Soundsystem culture and surf. She studied painting and cinema, which still influences all of her work and way of mixing her sound scenarios. But it’s once in Paris that she became the nerdy head on the dance floor and started to write for music and organise parties, Bastion, and collect records. She became an in-demand artwork maker for labels such as Jamal Moss Mathematics, Kassem Mosse Ominira or Youth. She went from advising her friends in their studios to the desks in a short time and became a resident a Rinse France, where she crafted her style and then played in the best curated clubs Paris had to offer: Concrete, La Machine, La Station, Silencio. She moved to Berlin 5 years ago, assisting Rabih Beaini for his label Morphine, and then helped him build his now worldwide renowned Morphine Raum, Mecca for improv music artists to record and play live. Her sound is much tainted by all these influences, from auteur cinema to painting, from improv and noise to her love for dance.
ra.co/dj/marylou
nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/mary-lou-15th-september-2023
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Mental Groove
Mental Groove, a pioneer of electronic music in Switzerland since 1988, has contributed to the rise of techno as a DJ, promoter, producer, and record store owner. He now counts over 500 releases across labels such as Mental Groove, WRWTFWW, and Musique Pour La Danse.
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Miles Atmospheric
One of the true unsung heroes of UK techno, Miles Sagnia aka Miles Atmospheric is as much a mesmerising presence behind the DJ booth as he is in the studio. Through his richly emotive releases, he weaves seamless stories out of the deepest house to the most spacious techno. He is equally at home going deep on his own Atmospheric Existence label, or sending out uniquely soulful techno missives for labels such as Applied Rhythmic Technology, Firescope or Detroit’s Aesthetic Audio.
“Infusing hard-hitting techno with a seam of soul isn’t an easy thing to do. Yet in the hands of Miles Sagnia aka Miles Atmospheric, I’ve come to expect it from every set.”
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Move D
Move D, aka David Moufang, is one of modern electronic musicʼs most beloved souls with a long and varied musical history with roots in the 60s and 70s jazz, psychedelic, rock, soul and early electronica. Making his first appearance on vinyl as part of a school bands competition in 1983, it was only another four years before he started toying with the medium as a DJ, playing funk, soul, hip-hop, and proto-house. In the 90s things began to move fast with the inception of his Source Records imprint, early productions (including the debut Move D LP ʼKunststoffʼ – Source Records, 1994) and the beginnings of a 26 album relationship with a closefriend, the late Pete Namlook. Since then, Moufang has become an unassuming heavyweight in house music as a producer for countless forward-thinking labels, a collaborator and a truly original selector. His discography is long and impressive and holds releases on a broad variety of labels such as Source, Modern Love, Workshop, Smallville, Warp, Running Back, Uzuri and Electric Minds among others plus collaborations and involvements in projects like Magic Mountain High (w. Juju & Jordash) and Reagenz (w. Jonah Sharp). Not one to slack off, his live and DJ performances have been on par with (if not superior to) his studio work, pulling from all corners of his diverse catalog to create an experience that attacks the hips and head in equal measure. His releases touch on house conventions but are delivered in his inimitable style, leaving everyone – from long-time fans to the uninitiated – with their jaws on the floor and their hands in the air.
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Princess P
It’s in the nature of things, that working in a recordshop, trains the knowledge of music. After all, access to a seemingly never-ending pool of new releases, new editions and purchased collections forms the ideal basis for continually developing and refining one’s own taste in music. If you listen and look at Princess P, who lives in Bern, at her work behind the turntables, it quickly becomes clear that she has enjoyed an excellent (listening) education: for years she worked for Plattfon Records in Basel, one of the pearls of swiss recordstores, and helped shape the store’s musical agenda in buying and selling.
Accordingly, she selects records in every context with aplomb, surprise and flexibility, which bear witness to her genre-independent expertise: whether at zurich’s club institution Zukunft, Elysia in Basel or during the Montreux Jazz Festival. Aware of the musical foundations of the past, but always firmly anchored in the here and now and eagerly awaiting what comes next. Her DJ sets are based on savoury house with a touch of indie and techno. And, as anyone with an adventurous disposition knows, the detour is often rewarded with a more beautiful view off the beaten track.
Since 2020 Princess P runs together with Cio from Spezialmaterial a monthly sheduled Residency on Mutant Radio Tiblisi. They mostly play Music atside the Dancefloor.
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Snur
Dancing to electronic music illuminated my darkened soul in the early ’90s – like a religious revelation. Back when this culture had no World Heritage label and thrived under the radar of justice and commerce, celebrating its wildest era, freed from social norms, my manga fins plowed through bass-flooded basements and muddy puddles in abandoned gravel pits. The dancefloor has remained my holiest place ever since – subversive, powerful, and infused with love. As a vinyl DJ, my musical selection is limited. I find the ideal path together with my crowd. Their bodies and expressions are my guides through the energy patterns in the room. The magic within feels unlimited, like a journey through infinity.
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Steevio & Suzybee
Steevio has been making electronic music since 1983 from electro through hard techno, to his current jazz infused, bass driven, machine funk improvisations on his modular synth. His curations include The Sidewalk the UKs first breakdance club (1983>) and for 20 years, Freerotation Festival, Wales alongside partner Suzybee. He’s released on such labels as Roost, Torque, Mindtours, Wisdom Teeth, Firescope, Hushlamb, Clock Poets, Wake Up!, Circle of Live, Sol Asylum, Eye Shadow, Smorgasbord, UntilMyHeartStops, has jammed and released with Move D, Soulphiction, JuJu & Jordash, Sebastian Mullaert, Mathew Jonson, Dorisburg, Peverelist etc. Steevio has been jamming live with his partner visual artist Suzybee for the last 20 years at prestigious clubs and events worldwide such as Berghain, Fuse, Concrete, De School, Lux, Radion, Closer, Femmmm, Bloc, Freedom, Weather, Mutek, Neopop, Dimensions, Houghton, Draaimolen.
Suzybee is an artist, animator and VJ. She co-founded the Mindtours label and is co-organiser of the Freerotation Festival with Steevio. As a traditionally trained artist, Suzybee hand-draws her animations. She mixes them live with abstract layers and effects in Resolume, to produce beautiful moving images, synched to Steevio’s music. Her deep care for our planet and its ecology has inspired many of her animations, envisioning a harmony between humans, nature and all Beings. Suzybee and Steevio’s live AV performance is unique. It is a perfectly synched fusion of positive and soulful music and imagery, performed by two artists who are dedicated to dance music and its message of empathy.
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Tom Ellis
A core member and resident of the Freerotation Festival, Tom Ellis has been releasing funk & jazz inspired house & techno since 2003. Born in the small town of Dolgellau, North Wales in the early 80s, he began learning guitar around the age of 13. With a Dad involved in the Free Party scene, and an older brother who was already DJing at the local parties, he was inspired to move more electronic music with his close friend, Leif. More recently, Tom has moved on to full hardware based live sets, with performances at clubs such as Concrete (Paris) and Contact (Tokyo). As he continues to perform live, and play DJ sets of his own productions around the world, he’s reignited a love for playing with other musicians with his new live project, Soulstatejazz, which features fellow Freerotation resident Mark Hand on Keys, alongside live Tenor Saxophone by Michiel Renger and others. Tom appears on Logistic Records, Archipel, Morris Audio, Good Ratio Music, Classic Music, Philpot, Moon Harbour, Leap, Telegraph, Black Key Records, Eye4Eye, Floppy Funk, Flumo, Supremus Records, Hartchef Discos, Minibar, Highgrade, Klamauk, Som Bom and many more. His discography continues to grow.
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XDB
XDB is Kosta Athanassiadis – German-born with Greek roots, raised in Göttingen, where he began DJing in the early ’90s and founded the Metrolux label in 2006. His first releases, like the ‘Jackintosh EP’ and ‘Descap EP’, caught attention for their dub techno elements, but his sound quickly proved resistant to easy categorisation. A vinyl collector since childhood, he’s been spinning records since 1993, building a reputation through club and festival appearances worldwide. Kosta’s DJ sets are rooted in selection rather than flash – spanning the full spectrum of quality electronic music, always putting the tracks first. Known for his understated style and preference for a 3-deck setup, his mixes have earned ‘Mix of the Day’ status on Resident Advisor. His long-running relationship with Freerotation in Wales started in 2010 and cemented his place among like-minded artists who let the music speak for itself. He’s a regular at respected festivals like Houghton, Waking Life and Lighthouse, given time to craft immersive sets. Production-wise, Kosta favours quality over quantity, with releases on Sistrum, Ferox and Dial Records, including his 2020 debut album Inspiron. With over 30 years behind the decks and gigs in 35+ countries, he remains refreshingly low-key, letting pure talent and deep musical knowledge define his career.
XDB Waking Life Portugal
XDB Boiler Room Performances
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Critical Ass
Critical Ass is a (peace) mooovement, which intends to create global togetherness for like-minded people based on joy, dancing, and an openness for cultural diversity. Critical Ass understands critical thinking as the basis of self-empowerment, and thus as one of its core values. Critical Ass organises international dance flashmobs introducing diverse music and dance styles from around the globe to keep your ass in shape (in order to resist). Get physical, stay critical! ❤ d
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SAMPLE ONLY
You read of dancers in delirium, of glamour and collapse, of beauty flickering and abysses glowing. The words slide into sound, the lines turn into steps, and through the old palace hotel a river of voices and bass flows, carrying us deep into the night. Expect sensual journeys through sound, spaces and words.
(SAMPLE ONLY is hosted by Kaspar Weiss, Lisa Wolf & Jacob Jensen)
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Sigh Song for little Ravers
Soundperformance by Talaya Schmid – Sigh Song for little Ravers is a collective soundscape that invites you to breathe, hum, and sigh together. Sighing is a vital, emotional, and bodily expression. Sighs of contentment, exhaustion, relief, frustration, or pleasure weave into a shared melody. Infused with healing water from local mountain springs and accompanied by an electronic soundscape by Fabulus, the performance culminates in a communal sigh-chorus, an ephemeral moment of togetherness beyond language, gender, and boundaries – as opening to a magical weekend of play, rave and love!