Archives: Artists

(BC/NO) (LIVE) 2026 Mattin is an artist, musician and theorist from Bilbao, based in Tromsø and Berlin. Working with noise, improvisation, performance and theory, he explores how collective situations can expose, and potentially rupture, the forms of alienation that structure everyday life. Recently, his work has turned to smartphones, feedback and networked communication, hijacking technologies…

(UK) (DJ) 2026 Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S.) was established in the summer of 2018 with the intention of bringing together a community of queer, trans and non-binary Black people and People of colour involved in art, sound and radical activism. Following in the legacies of sound system culture they wanted to learn, build and…

(GL/Sá) (LIVE) 2026 VARNA GL (Varna Marianne Nielsen) founder of Qilaat.org, is an Indigenous Greenlandic artist, composer, and traditional drum dancer who bridges the ancient Inuit heritage with modern electronic music. Rooted in East Greenland, she dedicates her life to reviving the ancient practices of drum dancing and drumsinging. While preserving and practicing these traditional arts, she blends her vocals…

(ZA) (DJ) 2026 Imago Dèi is an Afrocentric multidisciplinary creative, DJ, storyteller, and poet whose sound is rooted in emotion, nostalgia, and human connection. Drawing inspiration from everyday life and lived experiences, her sets blend rhythm, atmosphere, and storytelling to create immersive moments that invite you to feel, remember, and see the world in colour.…

DO/PR/DE/SÁ (LIVE) 2026 𝙋𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝, 𝙋𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙣, 𝙋𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖 is an original artistic creation commissioned by three festivals—Elevate, Insomnia, and Le Guess Who?—as part of TIMES (The Independent Movement for Electronic Scenes). AGF, Kelman Duran, Kianí del Valle & Theresa BaumgartnerJoined in Tromsø by flutist Marianne Sihvonen & drummer Jakop Janssønn Sound and voice travel, as humans have…

(LKA/NO) (LIVE) 2026 Pierced through the flesh of their ancestry, carrying the Eelam-Tamil struggle over their head, while being pulled by the sonic summoning of their displaced land, காவடி (pronounced Kavadi) situates you amidst temples, by the sea and through the villages of the north. This devotional ceremony unfolds in a rhythmical and spacious crossing…

(DK) (LIVE) 2026 – Avi is a Danish, Tromsø-based upcoming sound artist, working in the cross-section between harsh digital textures and faded melodic pieces. By reworking field recordings and raw data, Avi creates brain tickling rhythmic structures and soothing musical soundscapes. Avi is presented through the Cloud: Exit programme. Cloud: Exit is a part of…

(no) (LIVE) 2026 DUDA is the electronic playground of Tromsø-based singer Guro Utne Salvesen. Blending folksinging, classical vocal techniques, and freer forms of expression, DUDA builds music from old song fragments, traditional folk tunes and her own texts and melodies. With the voice at its centre, DUDA sits somewhere between song, sound art and whatever…

(FI) (DJ) 2026 Illyana’s experimental, genre-fluid dj sets travel through dark soundscapes, eerie bangers and multilayered emotions. They have a passion for storytelling and colliding unexpected elements into a unique musical universe. Besides djing, Illyana has been an active player in their hometown Oulu’s scene for the last 20 years: producing music, multidisclipinary events, wearable…

(US) (LIVE) 2026 Since 1994 Terrence Dixon is widely known for his experimental approach to Detroit Techno. He has been on some of the most prestigious electronic music labels such as Metroplex, Tresor, Rush Hour, Axis, Delsin, 30 drop, minimaldetroitaudio (mda) and Trip just to name a few, He also has rare appearances on Slam…