C2C FESTIVAL 2026

Arca, Alejandra Ghersi, carves a blazing path through the zeitgeist: musician, diva, philosopher, fashion plate, party girl, technologist, Ghersi – a Latin chanteuse nonbinary trans woman. Her liquid nature has allowed to work for Björk, Kanye, and FKA twigs; composed for Museum of Modern Art and a retro gaming console; DJed Frank Ocean’s PREP+ party; and performed at a Burberry runway show for Riccardo Tisci. Arca the beatmaker grabbed the attention in 2012 with the ‘Stretch’ 1 & 2 EPs, her mischievous mind reverse-engineering contemporary pop and re-coding it in her own image. In 2019 she debuted at The Shed with ‘Mutant:Faith’, the four-night performance piece that transformed her body into an instrument in ways never been tried before. Her Grammy-nominated 2020 album ‘KiCK’ i is a hologram holding all of her musical identities in a state of simultaneous superimposition. Released the following year, ‘KiCK II’ to IIIII, represents the evolution of the shapeshifting musical worldbuilding of Arca’s identities. This year marks her return to C2C Festival in Turin after 2 years.

There are few artists on the planet as influential and original as The Avalanches. Their debut album ‘Since I Left You’ laid a global footprint for collaborative sampology in the 21st century.

With over 1 million album sales and 700 Million streams, the group’s mark on popular culture has expanded across two more acclaimed LPs “Wildflower” and “We Will Always Love You”, coveted collectables & a legion of fans spanning the globe. In 2024 the band featured on Jamie XXs acclaimed “In Waves” album with collaboration “All You Children”.

Bladeblanc & Giesse brings together two distinct forces in electronic music. Bladeblanc is Tamara Stasiuk, a Bergamo native channeling heavy bass culture and sludge-inspired rhythms. Giesse is the groove-forward, hypnotic alias of Umbrian producer Stefano Galli, also known as Ssiege.

This performance is part of Hundebiss showcase.

Carl Stone is a pioneer of live computer music and has been using computers as a performance instrument since 1986. Born in California, he studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney, and has worked almost exclusively in electroacoustic music since 1972. Often regarded as one of the leading figures in sampling and contemporary electronic composition, Stone has performed worldwide across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and the Near East. His work focuses on real-time sonic transformation and dense, immersive sound environments.

Chanel Beads, the project centred on Shane Lavers, emerges as a key figure of the New York DIY scene,  whose intersecting influences meet in an intimate, psychotropic art pop. Since his first few singles and EP’s, he has incorporated into his music the scrappy sonic imagery of post-punk, the gripping sentimentality of pop tunes, and the spectral artifice of electronic music. In 2024 he released his first album ‘Your Day Will Come’, where he continues to craft unique and unconventional song structures that build into transcendental climaxes. He will make his Italian debut at this edition of C2C Festival.

Chuquimamani-Condori is a Pakajaqueño Aymara artist born in California’s Inland Empire. The folding of past and present, indigenous and American, is a feature across her work which fuses traditional drum and ceremonial music with vivid synths, warped folk melodies, dense noise and fragments of pop music. For more than a decade, they have been one of the leading figures in the electronic underground scene, and recently awarded a Silver Lion at Venice Biennale Musica. Following last year’s memorable performance alongside brother Joshua Chuquimia Crampton as Los Thuthanaka, in 2026 Chuquimamani-Condori will come back to Turin as DJ E, delivering a boundary-liquefying DJ set that combines sonic cacophony, astonishing emotional vulnerability, and a raw overload of textures. An unpredictable set which liquidates the distinction between tradition and futurity, chaos and communion.

Christelle Oyiri, aka Crystallmess, is a Franco-Guadalupian-Ivorian multidisciplinary artist: 

music producer, DJ, writer and performer. She grew up in the world of clubbing, her sonic world moving from percussive zouk to dancehall and then onto afro-trance and Detroit techno. She is a resident at NTS Radio and part of the roster of SHAPE artists. In 2018 she self-released her debut EP ‘Mere Noises’, followed a year later with a collaborative EP on PAN Records. This is Crystallmess first appearance since 2023 at C2C Festival in Turin.

Eli Wewentxu is a Mapuche artist from PLC – Temuco, Gülumapu (Wallmapu), in present-day south-central Chile. He trained as a violinist from an early age and later studied music performance with a focus on violin and chamber music across Latin America and Europe. His artistic practice spans improvisation, composition, video, and educational work, including workshops for children in rural schools in Wallmapu. His research explores new ways of listening, shaped by a personal narrative rooted in his cultural identity and the territory of resistance to which he belongs.

This performance is part of Other People showcase.

Elias Rønnenfelt is a Danish musician and poet, known as the lead singer and lyricist of Iceage, following an exceptionally prolific 2025 that saw the release of both his second solo album “Speak Daggers” and a collaborative record with Vegyn and Dean Blunt “LUCRE”; Rønnenfelt has established himself as a powerful creative force, known for his introspective lyrics, emotive vocal delivery, and compelling live performances.

Fake Samo is the Santiago-based project operating on the border between experimental electronics, exploratory jazz and live composition. Since late 2023, together with Mika Martini, he has been part of the duo Brakhage, with whom he released their debut album “Bocetos, Diarios y Sonidos 2” in 2024.

This performance is part of Other People showcase.

FRONTE VIOLETA is a São Paulo-based duo formed by multidisciplinary artist Anelena Toku and musician/sound artist Carla Boregas. Since 2015, they have been creating immersive and multisensory works that combine experimental electronic and electroacoustic music with performance, video, installation and site-specific practices.

This performance is part of Other People showcase.

Grouper is a recording and performing project by Liz Harris. She is known for minimalist, atmospheric recordings that blend ambient, drone, and folk influences with soft vocals and lo-fi textures. She has released material on her own label and other independent labels since 2005. Grouper released the critically acclaimed “Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill” in 2008, followed by six more records, including a two-part album, “A I A”, and the piano-led album “Ruins”. Her twelfth album, “Shade”, was released in 2021.

Headache is the introspective project of London producer Joe Thornalley, also known as Vegyn. Compared to Vegyn’s sharper, more structured electronic work, Headache is softer and more atmospheric, built from ambient textures, glitchy fragments, and trip-hop-inspired ideas. Its lyrics, written by Francis Hornsby Clark, are performed using AI-generated voices, adding an uncanny, detached feel that blurs emotion and artificiality. Released mainly via PLZ Make It Ruins, the project is known for its hazy mood and quietly emotional impact.

Joanne Robertson is a British musician and painter based in Glasgow. She has collaborated with artists like Dean Blunt on ‘Black Metal 2’, and Sidsel Meineche Hansen on ‘Alien Baby’ among others. Following a few critically acclaimed records like “Painting Stupid Girls” (2020) and ‘Blue Car’ (2023), in 2025 she published her new solo album ‘Blurrr’, one of last year’s most surprising releases. A deep and intimate collection of songs, carefully crafted as a haunting and spellbinding strain of folk music punctuated by poetic lyrics.

American singer and songwriter Kelela, has established herself as one of the most refined and forward thinking voices in contemporary R&B. Crafting a unique sonic and aesthetic vanguard, blending intricate, experimental beats with her ethereal vocals, Kelela straddles the frequencies of both R&B and dance music to create a genre-defining style of deconstructed club music. Following the critically acclaimed ‘Raven’ in 2023 and last years’ ‘In The Blue Light’, she is set to return to C2C Festival in Turin for the first time since 2014.

Joseph Kamaru, aka KMRU, is a Nairobi-born, Berlin-based sound artist whose work is grounded on the discourse of field recording, noise, and sound art. His work posits expanded listening cultures of sonic thoughts and sound practices, a proposition to consider and reflect on auditory cultures beyond the norms. He has earned international acclaim from his performances and his profound releases on labels like Editions Mego, Subtext, Seil Records and his own imprint OFNOT. This year KMRU will publish his second release on Edition Mego, “Kin” (following on from the classic 2020 release “Peel”) and he is set to perform live at C2C Festival in October.

Kode9 (Steve Goodman), DJ, producer, and founder of Hyperdub and RP Boo (Kavain Space), a pioneer of Chicago footwork, are key figures in contemporary electronic music. Together they bring a dialogue between the experimental sound of the UK scene and the raw rhythmic energy of Chicago-born genre footwork, bridging club culture, sonic innovation, and futuristic approaches to music.

Raised in Harlem and based in Brooklyn, 21-year-old artist Liim blends hip-hop, soul, and alternative soundscapes into a raw, reflective coming-of-age sound. Co-signed by Tyler, The Creator, praised by Pitchfork, and having already modeled for Gucci and Supreme, Liim effortlessly bridges the worlds of music, fashion, and art. His 17-track debut album, “Liim Lasalle Loves You” (out now via THREE TIMES LOUDER), explores the emotional complexities of youth and shifting relationships, anchored by the sunny, synth-driven single “For The Both Of Us.” Wise beyond his years but deeply rooted in his NYC heritage, Liim is one of the most exciting new voices in music.

Marina Herlop is a Catalan composer, vocalist, and pianist whose work fuses classical training with experimental electronic production. After her early albums “Nanook” and “Babasha”, she reinvented her sound with 2022’s “Pripyat” on PAN, exploring complex vocal techniques and influences ranging from Carnatic music to abstract electronic composition.

In 2023 she followed with “Nekkuja”, further expanding her distinctive sonic language.

ML Buch is a Copenhagen-based composer, producer, guitarist, and vocalist. Following her debut EP “Fleshy” (2017), she released the critically acclaimed album “Skinned” in 2020 on Danish imprint Anyines. Her second full-length record, “Suntub” (2023), is a 15-track double album released on the cult label 15 love. Her compositional practice approaches music in an almost architectural way. Sound material is generated through immersive playing and assembling processes, allowing space for chance and intuition to shape the final work. In her live performances, both solo and in group formations, she explores the intersection of 7-string electric guitars in open tunings with synthesizers and electronic experimentation.

Nexus is the project born from the union of artists B4mba and Mooki6, both members of the Barcelona-based Pan-African multidisciplinary “Jokkoo collective.” This collaboration is their answer to a collapsing, chaotic world and a tribute to what connects them and their community through the noise and confusion. Rooted in the pulse of ancestral rhythms and the weight of deep, dark frequencies, their sound draws from punk, industrial, dancehall, noise, and trap.Their music explores the tension between darkness and illumination, a raw scream of rage, charged with emotion, memory, and urgency.

This performance is part of Hundebiss showcase.

French vocalist, producer and composer Oklou has established herself as one of the most promising artists of her generation, collaborating with names like Flume, Mura Masa, Pomme and Flavien Berger, and remixing stars including Dua Lipa and Angèle (‘Fever’), Caroline Polachek (‘Door’) and A.G. Cook (‘Being Harsh’). In 2025 she published her first solo album, ‘choke enough’, a record that has earned cult status for its blend of ethereal pop, Y2K references, and baroque-tinged atmospheres. A musical journey imagined as a reflection on the very status of the artist, between assumed ambient sounds and rhythms that are more reminiscent of club energy. 

Swedish singer, songwriter, producer and icon Robyn has shaped the pop sound for more than three decades. After the era-defining ‘Body Talk’ trilogy in the early 2010s and the 2018 club music-oriented ‘Honey’, the generational pop icon will release her ninth studio album, ‘Sexistential’, out next March on Young. Self-defined as the most ecstatic record that she has ever made, Robyn embarks on a musical journey that is both emphatic and punchy, defiant about both emotional and biological pleasure, need and softness. Marking one of the decade’s most anticipated comebacks, ‘Sexistential’ will be performed at C2C Festival 2026 for Robyn’s only Italian date for this year.

Shygirl (Blane Muise) is an English rapper, DJ, singer, and composer, and co-founder of the label and collective Nuxxe. Her music blends grime, deconstructed club, industrial hip-hop, and hip house, with strong connections to the hyperpop scene.She rose to prominence through collaborations with artists such as Sega Bodega, Arca, and SOPHIE, and has received support from figures including Rihanna. Her releases include the EPs “Cruel Practice” and “Alias”, and her debut album “Nymph”. Raised in South London near Blackheath, Shygirl is known for her boundary-pushing approach to experimental pop and club music, as well as her acclaimed audiovisual projects and performances.

Smerz is the Norwegian duo of Henriette Motzfeldt and Catharina Stoltenberg, based in Oslo and Copenhagen. Their sophomore album Big city life was released on May 23 via Danish label Escho. Blending classical composition, computer music, and pop, their sound explores themes of apathy, love, and dreams through a lens of “girly existentialism.”

Their discography includes the acclaimed debut Believer (XL Recordings), EPs Have fun and Okey, the pop project ALLINA, and the choral work Tidligere den dagen with GAEA. Known for boundary-pushing performances at venues like Tate Modern, Berghain, and C2C Festival, Smerz continue to create immersive, genre-defying sonic worlds.

Caserta-born producer, Talpah, crafts abrasive, dissonant soundscapes situated somewhere between post-club and trap.

This performance is part of Hundebiss showcase.

A truly legendary figure, Washington D.C. born and Chicago raised, Theo Parrish is the American visionary who has left an indelible mark on the sound of Detroit house and remains a key voice for Black music in its many forms. Through the years he developed a deeply eclectic, genre-defying style that has made him a singular force in electronic music. Known for his refusal to conform to conventional DJ sets, Parrish seamlessly weaves together raw house, soul, jazz, funk, African rhythms, and experimental sounds into extended, unpredictable journeys that honor dance music’s roots while continuously pushing its boundaries. As one of house music’s most uncompromising and visionary selectors, he is expected to deliver an extended set at this year’s C2C Festival, showcasing the breadth of his range and distinctive ability to build fully realised sonic narratives.

Filipino-American producer, singer and songwriter April Harper Grey started making music as underscores in middle school alone in her bedroom, noodling around on GarageBand and trying to make something no one has heard before. Crafting intelligent, guitar-packed electronic pop with shades of post-punk and dubstep, underscores has gained wide recognition after her official debut album ‘fishmonger’ in 2021. Independent since the project’s inception, underscores signed to Mom+Pop last year. She also debuted ‘Count of three (You can eat $#@!)’ – co-written with Dylan Brady (of 100 Gecs), Cashmere Cat and Benny Blanco. She’s also produced music for Alice Longyu Gao, glaive, Whethan, and renforshort. C2C Festival 2026 will host underscores’ Italian debut.

Visible Cloaks is the project of Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile, two musicians based in the Pacific Northwest working at the intersection of composition, sound design, and environmental music. Their work spans recordings, live A/V performances, installations, and collaborations with artists such as Miyako Koda, Motion Graphics, and Yoshio Ojima. Across formats, they explore digital representation, imagined spaces, and fragmented futurist aesthetics through immersive sound.  Doran and Carlile are fresh from the release of their third album “Paradessence” via RVNG Intl.

The American musician and composer, Wendy Eisenberg, has spent the past decade as a fixture of independent music and an artist of inspired multiplicity. As a singer-songwriter, improviser, and virtuoso guitarist, the coordinates of their artistry are ever-shifting, from art-rock to jazz to blistering free improv and eloquent folk. On catalog highlights including 2020’s “Auto” and the 2024 free-jazz sprawler “Viewfinder”, they’ve made a signature of ambition. Her new self-titled album, released on 3 April via Joyful Noise Recordings, marks a new peak in her expressive maturity and has already emerged as one of the year’s standout songwriter records.

Yung Lean and Bladee are two household names in the cloud rap scene. Starting from Soundcloud, and now performing onto the world’s top stages, they both share the same drive to find new unexplored paths in music. They’ve collaborated for well over a decade, becoming mainstays of the scene in Sweden, and now the world. For the past 15 years Bladee with the Drain Gang crew (Thaiboy Digital, Ecco2k and producer Whitearmor) have created a new wave of uncanny and immensely influential, highly unclassifiable type of music, while Yung Lean has become a global phenomenon with viral hits like ‘Ginseng Strip 2002’ and collaboration with artist such as FKA Twigs, Skrillex and Travis Scott. But it was only in 2024 that these two joined forces on the album ‘Psykos’ (Swedish for “psychosis”). A tale about the deep bonds and friendships, blending their trademark hyperpop beats and sounds heavily inspired by post punk and alt rock. Yung Lean and Bladee, will perform together in Italy for the first time at C2C Festival 2026.