{ "version": "2026.2.4", "disclaimer": "Unofficial fan-made artist notes for Waking Life 2026. Not affiliated with festival organizers.", "officialSite": "https://wakinglife.pt/", "artists": { "2JACK4U": { "bio": "Lisbon duo of DIY acid-techno producers and live performers (Acid Mary aka Rubina and Jack Drop aka Andrรฉ), celebrating the analog sound with spontaneous, improvised hardware sets.", "tags": [ "Acid techno", "live hardware" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/2jack4u", "sourceLabel": "ra + bandcamp + soundcloud", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/2jack4u", "country": "Portugal", "countryCode": "PT", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น", "isLive": true }, "69db presents Wave Arising": { "bio": "Founding member of Spiral Tribe and R-Zac, co-founder of Network 23 Recordings and a key innovator of the 90s Hardtec/Tribe scenes. Pushing live-improvised hard techno since 1991; recent project 'Wave Arising' blends ambient, tribal, experimental and hard techno, named one of the standout performances at Dekmantel 2024 by Resident Advisor.", "tags": [ "Hardtec", "free tekno", "hard techno", "improvised live" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/69db/biography", "sourceLabel": "ra + sp23 + klsbookings", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/69db/biography", "country": "UK", "countryCode": "GB", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง", "isLive": true }, "Alan Braxe": { "bio": "French producer and DJ associated with the late-1990s French touch sound; co-creator of Stardust's 'Music Sounds Better With You' and founder of Vulture Music.", "tags": [ "French house", "filter house", "disco house" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Alan%20Braxe", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: high)", "country": "France", "countryCode": "FR", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท", "isLive": false }, "Aleksi Perรคlรค": { "bio": "Finnish electronic composer and producer known for the Colundi sequence, intricate microtonal or frequency-based melodic systems, and a vast catalogue of crystalline techno experiments.", "tags": [ "Colundi", "braindance", "techno", "generative electronics" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Aleksi%20Per%C3%A4l%C3%A4", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: high)", "country": "Finland", "countryCode": "FI", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ", "isLive": true }, "Alexandre Centeio": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Alexandre%20Centeio", "isLive": true }, "Alexi Perรคlรค": { "bio": "Ambient drone from astral vibrations.", "tags": [ "Colundi", "ambient", "techno", "braindance" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Alexi%20Per%C3%A4l%C3%A4", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "Finland", "countryCode": "FI", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ" }, "Alton Miller": { "bio": "Detroit producer, percussionist and DJ connected to the city's early house and techno history, known for warm, soulful, rhythmically rich deep house.", "tags": [ "Detroit house", "deep house", "soulful techno" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Alton%20Miller", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: high)", "country": "USA", "countryCode": "US", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ", "isLive": false }, "Amelia Holt": { "bio": "New York-based DJ and NTS resident known for agile, atmospheric sets that connect techno, breaks, electro and leftfield club music.", "tags": [ "Leftfield club", "techno", "breaks", "experimental dance music" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Amelia%20Holt", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: medium)", "country": "USA", "countryCode": "US", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ", "isLive": false }, "Andrรฉs Zacco": { "bio": "Argentinian producer and DJ associated with detailed, rolling techno and minimal forms, with releases on labels such as Ilian Tape and Greener.", "tags": [ "Techno", "minimal techno", "deep techno" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Andr%C3%A9s%20Zacco", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: high)", "country": "Argentina", "countryCode": "AR", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท", "isLive": false }, "Ani Zakareishvili": { "bio": "Georgian DJ and producer connected to Tbilisi's underground club scene, with sets that move through techno, electro and sharp-edged experimental dance music.", "tags": [ "Techno", "electro", "experimental club" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Ani%20Zakareishvili", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: medium)", "country": "Georgia", "countryCode": "GE", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช", "isLive": true }, "Arrogance Arrogance": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Arrogance%20Arrogance", "isLive": false }, "Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou": { "bio": "Southern Moroccan desert. Gnawa as living memory. Stories of slavery, migration, spiritual endurance carried in a woman's voice that could crack stone. Desert blues meets trance-state invocation.", "tags": [ "Gnawa", "desert blues", "trance" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Asmaa%20Hamzaoui%20Bnat%20Timbouktou", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "Morocco", "countryCode": "MA", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ" }, "Ata Kak": { "bio": "Ghanaian vocal acrobatics. Syllable-bender. Smile-generator since '94. Discovered on Awesome Tapes from Africa. Sounds like surfing on pure sunshine.", "tags": [ "Hiplife", "highlife", "electronic pop", "Ghanaian dance music" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Ata%20Kak", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "Ghana", "countryCode": "GH", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ" }, "BASHKKA": { "bio": "Munich-born DJ and producer of Turkish heritage, shaped by a decade in New York's ballroom scene. Blitz Club resident and Panorama Bar regular; debut EP 'Maktub' (2023).", "tags": [ "Techno", "house", "ballroom" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/bashkka/biography", "sourceLabel": "ra + web", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/bashkka/biography", "country": "Germany", "countryCode": "DE", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช", "isLive": false }, "Billi": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Billi", "isLive": false }, "Birds & Tapes": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Birds%20Tapes", "isLive": true }, "Bonga": { "bio": "Icon of Angolan music.", "tags": [ "Semba", "Angolan music", "folk" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Bonga", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "Angola", "countryCode": "AO", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด" }, "Carmen Villain": { "bio": "Carmen Villain is the recording project of Carmen Hillestad, a Norwegian-Mexican artist known for hazy ambient, dubwise electronics, woodwinds and spacious experimental composition.", "tags": [ "Ambient", "dub", "fourth-world electronics", "experimental" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Carmen%20Villain", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: high)", "country": "Norway", "countryCode": "NO", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด", "isLive": true }, "Carrier & Gavsborg": { "bio": "Carrier is the dub-influenced bass project of producer Guy Brewer; Gavsborg is co-founder of the Equiknoxx crew, known for off-kilter experimental dancehall.", "tags": [ "Dub", "bass", "experimental dancehall" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/events/2069229", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: medium)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/events/2069229", "country": "UK / Jamaica", "countryCode": "GB/JM", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง", "isLive": true }, "Cassy": { "bio": "DJ, producer and vocalist raised between Vienna and the UK, with a long history at Panorama Bar and clubs worldwide; a respected deep house and techno voice for two decades.", "tags": [ "House", "minimal", "techno" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/cassy", "sourceLabel": "model_knowledge (artist identity corroborated by second research pass)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/cassy", "country": "Austria", "countryCode": "AT", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น", "isLive": false }, "CCL": { "bio": "Seattle-raised, Berlin-based DJ known for mind-bending, genre-fluid bass-led sets that move between breaks, dub and trippy club music.", "tags": [ "Bass", "leftfield club", "breaks", "psychedelic techno" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/ccl", "sourceLabel": "model_knowledge (genre framing corroborated by second research pass)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/ccl", "country": "USA", "countryCode": "US", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ", "isLive": false }, "Charlemagne Palestine, Oren Ambarchi & Daniel O'Sullivan present KKAARREENNIINNAA": { "bio": "One of the founders of the NYC school of minimalism music reimagines his 1997 meditative performance Karenina. Colourful consonance swelling until you can't tell where the room ends and your bloodstream begins.", "tags": [ "Minimalism", "drone", "experimental composition" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Charlemagne%20Palestine", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "USA / Australia / UK", "countryCode": "US/AU/GB", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ" }, "Coco Maria": { "bio": "Selectora and radio host from Monterrey, based in Amsterdam. Hosts 'Club Coco' on NTS, specialising in Brazilian, Latin American and Caribbean wax.", "tags": [ "Brazilian", "Latin", "Caribbean selections" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/cocomaria", "sourceLabel": "ra + official site (corroborated by both passes)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/cocomaria", "country": "Mexico", "countryCode": "MX", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ", "isLive": false }, "Colleen presents Libres Antes del Final": { "bio": "Moog Matriarch-led pulse work by Colleen, with immersive, ripple-like synth movement.", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Colleen%20Libres%20Antes%20del%20Final", "sourceLabel": "Waking Life 2026 program booklet" }, "Cosmo": { "bio": "Hyojin Min, a rising DJ from Seoul (active since 2017, BBCB resident) now based in Germany and aligned with the Giegling label. Dreamy, gleaming sets criss-crossing psychedelic disco, minimal acid and meandering '90s techno, mostly below 125 BPM; made her production debut with the aqueous house/techno EP 'JIN 09'.", "tags": [ "House", "Balearic techno", "minimal acid", "psychedelic disco" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/cosmo-kr", "sourceLabel": "festival organizer confirmation + provided RA bio", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/cosmo-kr", "country": "South Korea", "countryCode": "KR", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท", "isLive": false }, "Dana Kuehr": { "bio": "Chicago-born DJ and producer, now based in Brussels. Sundaze resident; released the acclaimed 'Basic Moves 18' double EP and appears on Die Orakel. Rugged electro with wiggly basslines.", "tags": [ "Electro", "bass", "IDM-leaning club" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Dana%20Kuehr", "sourceLabel": "ra + web (confirmed by both passes)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.horstartsandmusic.com/programme/dana-kuehr", "country": "USA", "countryCode": "US", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ", "isLive": false }, "Dasha Rush": { "bio": "Artist based between Berlin and Paris, running Fullpanda Records. Moves between stripped-down techno and poetic ambient/AV performances (Raster-Noton releases).", "tags": [ "Techno", "ambient", "experimental electronic" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/dasharush", "sourceLabel": "model_knowledge + ra (corroborated by second research pass)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/dasharush", "country": "Russia", "countryCode": "RU", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ", "isLive": false }, "Decius": { "bio": "\"This so fucking tough. On first listen, I got that feeling you get when you've been driving through the pitch black desert, finally hearing the bass echoing in the distance, and you make a big turn which may actually just be a cliff, but instead ends at a rave with people going off, lasers beaming between the dunes, and you know you're in for a wild night.\" - the greatest bandcamp review we ever read.", "tags": [ "Acid house", "industrial dance", "sleazy club music" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Decius", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "UK", "countryCode": "GB", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง" }, "Devon Rexi": { "bio": "Amsterdam-based group around Nicolini (drums/vocals) and Nushin Naini (bass/vocals): motorik kraut-rock mentality with dub-laden physicality and playful experimentation. Part of the South Of North scene.", "country": "Netherlands", "countryCode": "NL", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ", "tags": [ "Dub / kraut-rock / post-punk / psych-funk (live band)" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://earth-agency.com/artist/devon-rexi/", "sourceLabel": "ra + label/agency pages (confirmed by both passes)", "sourceUrl": "https://earth-agency.com/artist/devon-rexi/" }, "Dj Caring": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Dj%20Caring", "isLive": false }, "Dj Godfather": { "bio": "Detroit legend Brian Jeffries, pioneering ghettotech specialist. High-octane turntablism fusing electro, Miami bass and booty house; runs Databass Records.", "tags": [ "Ghettotech", "Detroit electro", "booty" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/djgodfather", "sourceLabel": "model_knowledge + ra (confirmed by both passes)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/djgodfather", "country": "USA", "countryCode": "US", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ", "isLive": true }, "Dj Marcelle": { "bio": "DJ Marcelle / Another Nice Mess (Marcelle van Hoof): a fearless, playful pioneer who DJs and produces on three turntables at once, layering environmental sounds, heavy bass, post-punk, dub, weird hip hop and new African dance music. Releases on Klangbad (Faust) and Jahmoni.", "tags": [ "Three-turntable plunderphonics", "bass", "African dance", "leftfield club" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Dj%20Marcelle", "sourceLabel": "ade + bandcamp + glamcult + rateyourmusic", "sourceUrl": "https://www.anothernicemess.com/", "country": "Netherlands", "countryCode": "NL", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ", "isLive": false }, "DJ Trystero": { "bio": "DJ from the Kansai scene known for deep, unpredictable vinyl sets; a favorite in the international minimal circuit.", "tags": [ "Minimal", "dubby leftfield club" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/djtrystero", "sourceLabel": "ra (Japan explicit per second pass)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/djtrystero", "country": "Japan", "countryCode": "JP", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต", "isLive": false }, "Djrum": { "bio": "London producer and turntablist Felix Manuel, celebrated for emotional, genre-fluid productions and virtuosic three-deck vinyl sets. Releases on Houndstooth. An exploratory improvised live set featuring bespoke instruments made here by the lake.", "tags": [ "Bass", "jungle", "techno", "ambient", "jazz-inflected electronic", "Bass music", "jazz-inflected electronics", "breakbeat", "experimental" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/djrum", "sourceLabel": "model_knowledge + ra (confirmed by both passes)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/djrum", "country": "UK", "countryCode": "GB", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง", "isLive": false }, "Drama": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Drama", "isLive": false }, "DVDE": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=DVDE", "isLive": false }, "e l e m e n t a l": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=e%20l%20e%20m%20e%20n%20t%20a%20l", "isLive": false }, "e/tape": { "bio": "Sound researcher. Deep thinker. Local fixture. Colours his worlds lush, ethereal, diffused. Soft edges to hold onto as the sun comes up.", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=e%2Ftape", "sourceLabel": "program image" }, "Eduardo de la Calle": { "bio": "Madrid-based producer and DJ with a vast hardware-driven catalogue ranging from lush soundscapes to deep, hypnotic techno (Cadenza, Analog Solutions).", "tags": [ "Techno", "deep house", "IDM-leaning electronics" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/eduardodelacalle", "sourceLabel": "model_knowledge + ra/bandcamp (confirmed by both passes)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/eduardodelacalle", "country": "Spain", "countryCode": "ES", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ", "isLive": true }, "Edward": { "bio": "Gilles Aiken, Berlin DJ and producer making shadowy club tracks with a surrealistic, cosmic edge - house and techno echoing Brian Eno, Robert Fripp and Conny Plank (whom he has remixed). A mainstay of Berlin's WHITE label and Weimar's Giegling crew; latest album 'Into A Better Future'.", "tags": [ "House", "techno", "kraut-inflected electronica" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/edward", "sourceLabel": "festival organizer confirmation + provided bio", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/edward", "country": "Germany", "countryCode": "DE", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช", "isLive": true }, "Edward & Konstantin": { "bio": "Gilles Aiken, Berlin DJ and producer making shadowy club tracks with a surrealistic, cosmic edge - house and techno echoing Brian Eno, Robert Fripp and Conny Plank (whom he has remixed). A mainstay of Berlin's WHITE label and Weimar's Giegling crew; latest album 'Into A Better Future'.", "tags": [ "House", "techno", "kraut-inflected electronica" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/edward", "sourceLabel": "festival organizer confirmation + provided bio", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/edward", "country": "Germany", "countryCode": "DE", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช", "isLive": false }, "Elli": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Elli", "isLive": false }, "Flo Masse": { "bio": "DJ who came up through Rio de Janeiro's scene and is now based in Barcelona, with French-Brazilian roots. Energetic vinyl sets weaving house, acid and trance, informed by a drummer's sense of groove; founded the Pulso label.", "tags": [ "House", "acid", "breakbeat", "trance (vinyl)" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Flo%20Masse", "sourceLabel": "web + soundcloud (Brazil corroborated by both passes)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.catalanarts.cat/en/events/flo-masse/", "country": "Brazil", "countryCode": "BR", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท", "isLive": false }, "Forรงa Maior": { "bio": "Two men. A 400-year-old Portuguese farm where revolution was once plotted. Out came not gunpowder but a saxophone stitched into a tapestry both delicate & intense.", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=For%C3%A7a%20Maior", "sourceLabel": "program image" }, "Haruka": { "bio": "Tokyo-based DJ, resident of the legendary Future Terror parties alongside DJ Nobu and a leading figure in Japan's dance music scene; deep, spiraling techno sets.", "tags": [ "Psychedelic", "hypnotic techno" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/haruka", "sourceLabel": "ra (Tokyo base and psychedelic-techno framing explicit per second pass)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/haruka", "country": "Japan", "countryCode": "JP", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต", "isLive": false }, "Heith & Tarawangawelas present Duori": { "bio": "Born in jaipong clubs at 2am, cigarettes dying in ashtrays, someone muttering about ghosts. A friendship stretched across twelve time zones. The distance itself became the music.", "tags": [ "Experimental electronics", "jaipongan", "ritual percussion", "electroacoustic" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Heith%20Tarawangawelas%20present%20Duori", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "Italy / Indonesia", "countryCode": "IT/ID", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น" }, "HHY & The Kampala Unit": { "bio": "Brass voltage. Mutant Electronics. Deep soundsystem pressure. Steam. Served Kampala hot. Tastes like nothing you've ever heard.", "tags": [ "Mutant brass", "dub", "soundsystem", "experimental electronics" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=HHY%20The%20Kampala%20Unit", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "Portugal / Uganda", "countryCode": "PT/UG", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น" }, "Holy Tongue": { "bio": "Psychedelic, free-form, high energy, spiritual dub-dance music.", "tags": [ "Psychedelic dub", "post-punk", "spiritual jazz", "dance music" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Holy%20Tongue", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "UK", "countryCode": "GB", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง" }, "Hugo Sanchez": { "bio": "", "tags": [], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Hugo%20Sanchez", "isLive": false }, "I:Cube": { "bio": "Nicolas Chaix records as I:Cube, a long-running French producer on Versatile Records whose work spans deep house, electro, disco mutations and cinematic electronics.", "tags": [ "French house", "deep house", "electro", "leftfield disco" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=I%3ACube", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: high)", "country": "France", "countryCode": "FR", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท", "isLive": true }, "Jan Jelinek": { "bio": "German electronic musician whose work as Jan Jelinek, Farben and Gramm helped define a warm, crackling strand of minimal electronics, sample-based ambient and dub-techno abstraction.", "tags": [ "Minimal electronics", "glitch", "dub techno", "ambient" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Jan%20Jelinek", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: high)", "country": "Germany", "countryCode": "DE", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช", "isLive": true }, "Jane Fitz": { "bio": "London DJ with 30+ years behind the decks, beloved for long-form, subtly psychedelic all-vinyl journeys. Co-runs Night Moves and Dream Bags parties.", "tags": [ "Deep house", "trippy techno" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/janefitz", "sourceLabel": "model_knowledge + ra (confirmed by both passes)", "sourceUrl": "https://ra.co/dj/janefitz", "country": "UK", "countryCode": "GB", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง", "isLive": false }, "Jichael Mackson": { "bio": "German producer known for playful, melodic minimal house and microhouse with a dubby, late-night touch.", "tags": [ "Minimal house", "microhouse", "dubby techno" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=Jichael%20Mackson", "sourceLabel": "AI knowledge (confidence: high)", "country": "Germany", "countryCode": "DE", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช", "isLive": true }, "John McEntire & Sam Prekop": { "bio": "Thirty years defining post-rock's skeleton. Tonight they shed skin. Rhythm-driven electronica and modular pieces so precise they make you want to dance and meditate simultaneously. Sit still. Move. Both at once.", "tags": [ "Post-rock", "modular electronics", "experimental pop", "improvisation" ], "labels": [], "festivals": [], "residentAdvisorUrl": "https://ra.co/search?search=John%20McEntire%20Sam%20Prekop", "sourceLabel": "program image + AI knowledge (genre/country confidence: high)", "country": "USA", "countryCode": "US", "flag": "๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ" }, "Joshua Serafin & Mario Barrantes Espinoza w/ Fake Moss": { "bio": "Fractured Divinities meets Relics meets Maxhete. 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