C2C FESTIVAL XXII

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A.G. Cook is an artist, producer and songwriter known for reshaping the landscape of contemporary pop music. As the founder of influential record label PC Music, which announced in 2023 that it will be transitioning into an archival label, Cook has left an indelible mark on the fabric of the music industry. In recent years, Cook has been navigating unprecedented career highs such as co-writing and co-producing for icons like Beyoncé, and playing a pivotal role as Executive Producer in the commercial success of Charli XCX’s albums Number 1 Angel, Pop 2,and Charli.

With a career marked by wild experimentation and innovative production A. G. Cook continues to be a force at the forefront of pop’s evolution, and his next chapter promises to deliver sonic exploration and boundary-pushing creativity in quintessential Cook fashion.

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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.

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Belfast-born/London-based duo Bicep (Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson) are childhood friends who bonded over a shared love of dance music.

In the decades since first meeting, aged 8, Bicep have become one of the world’s most avidly appreciated curators and producers of electronic music. Signed to Ninja Tune in 2017, their self-titled debut album was released to universal acclaim later that year.

“Bicep” attained a Top 20 entry in the UK charts, garnering plaudits from the likes of Pitchfork, Resident Advisor and the Guardian, as well as a cover feature in Mixmag to add to that magazine’s gong for “Album of the Year”.

Debuting 2017, their Bicep Live show is now an infamous spectacle, renowned for its epic, immersive production and visuals from Black Box Echo’s Zak Norman.

In September 2023 they launched a new project called Chroma, a new AV DJ project with the collaboration of Zak Norman.

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Billy Woods is a rapper who defies easy categorization; he claims Washington D.C. as his hometown but has spent much of his life in New York City. He was born in the U.S. but spent much of his childhood in Africa and the West Indies, the second child of a Jamaican intellectual and a would-be Marxist revolutionary.

On the mic, Woods is no less of a conundrum, possessed of versatile flows and an ability to not only tackle topics other artists wouldn’t dream of, but also to bring unique perspectives to the familiar ones.

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DARKSIDE is an American rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2011 by Chilean electronic musician Nicolás Jaar and American multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington. Psychic met with critical acclaim upon release, with The New York Times labeling it “the soundtrack to a lost David Lynch sci-fi movie” and Pitchfork calling the album, “a declaration of psychedelic liberation.” The record was a springboard for the duo’s immersive and improvisatory live shows, which toured throughout the globe until a hiatus beginning in 2014.

Six years later, DARKSIDE resumed activity, releasing a second album, Spiral.

Today, the band has expanded to a trio, featuring Harrington, Jaar, and drummer Tlacael Esparza. In June 2023, DARKSIDE released Live From Spiral House, a set of recordings documenting rehearsals for the group’s return to the stage.

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Delroy Edwards Aka Brandon Avery Perlman is a musician and cutting edge record producer from Los Angeles California. Edwards unique production style has sparked a massive resurgence in raw lo fi dance music. In addition to His Releases  for LIES Records, Edwards Runs his own imprint LA Club Resource, A Label with a catalog ranging from Unreleased Chicago House Music to Underground Memphis Rap tapes as well as his own Music.

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evilgiane is a fixture among the New York music scene and beyond, whose presence and ethereal production style continue to bleed its influence into the mainstream Hip-Hop of today.

The Surf Gang founder consistently creates his very own melancholic yet menacing sound through his production, blending a unique combination of sounds from subgenres including drill, footwork, trance and trap. 2023 has served as a breakthrough year for evilgiane, with production credits on Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem’s »The Hillbillies«, as well as Earl Sweatshirt’s »Making the Band (Danity Kane)« – adding to the growing list of production credits for many of the modern greats including Playboi Carti, A$AP Rocky, Bktherula, Veeze, Babyxsosa, RealYungPhil and Black Kray. He was also recently a featured producer on PinkPantheress’ to hell with it (Remixes) compilation, reworking her track »Reason« into a stuttering, blissful rendition. In addition to his recent live dates with DJ Kenn, Sky Ferreira, Vegyn and Snow Strippers, evilgiane has also recently released his self-titled ambient tape and collaborated on projects with 454, Matt Ox, Serane and John Glacier this year. With the release of »BASIC« (feat. Anycia & Robb Bank$), evilgiane is has revealed another glimpse into his collaborative, boundary-pushing sonics.

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One of the most exciting DJs crossing rave genres effortlessly, Gabber Eleganza started as a curated digital archive which quickly flourished into a multifaceted project with connections to art, fashion, music and culture.

The aim of the project is to build up a bridge between the sonic landscape and aesthetic side of Hardcore and post-rave cultures and the contemporary culture through printed publications, music, installations and live performances.

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Artist, designer and musician based in Berlin, he is known as the founder and artistic director of the multidisciplinary platform and record label PAN.

In his artistic practice Kouligas draws inspiration from diverse sources, traditions, and various subcultures. He adapts those sources and relates them to contemporary life through an evolving experimentation with different media in multidimensional works through sound, visual and performance.

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Amaliah, a London-based DJ and producer, has rapidly become one of the city’s most thrilling artists. She manages her label, Borne Fruits, and hosts a monthly radio show on Rinse FM.

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Hessle Audio Showcase, a label founded by Ben Ufo, Pangaea and Pearson Sound in 2007, quickly established itself in the record market and rose to prominence with its monthly residency at London’s famous Fabric. With releases under the signatures of Martyn, TRG, Untold and of course Ramadanman, Hessle Audio soon took off, opening the doors to clubs such as Berghain and Cocoon.

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Olof Dreijer is a music producer, DJ, musician and member of the Swedish electronic pop group, The Knife. Olof has been pushing the borders of electronic music for two decades, trying to keep things fun and colourful.

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Even before the release of her debut project SHILOH: Lost For Words, Hackney-born rapper, producer and poet John Glacier has been a totemic force in London’s hallowed rap scene. Standout collaborations with the likes of Vegyn, Babyfather and LYAM instilled her promise, while her first project compounded it; a surreal, diaristic daydream through the inner-psyche of one of UK music’s most beguiling minds.

Alongside becoming the face of Daniel Lee’s first global campaign for Burberry and walking for Marine Serre at Fashion Week, Glacier also began to gain notoriety globally, working with in-demand NY production team Surf Gang on a spontaneous collaborative project, JGSG, last year.

With her star continuing to full ascent, John Glacier today announces her signing to Young Recordings (FKA twigs/The xx/Sampha) with ‘Money Shows’, the Eartheater-featuring first cut from a brand new EP, Like A Ribbon.

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, collecting 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 envelope, following instincts rather than stratagems. To do so he favors 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 brilliance, 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 for discovery that also defines his tireless search for music, making him one of those rare DJs that can effortlessly juxtapose efficacy, risk, and revelation. His all nighter 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 endeavors 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.

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John T. Gast’s output has been distributed through numerous releases; documented under various aliases. Focused on the visceral physicality of sound and its capacities to engulf and subvert, Gast’s projects include collaborations with Serafina Steer and Aase Nielsen, Copeland & Gast (with Lolina) and most recently DO U WANT TO MOVE BACK TO LONDON with Solomon Garçon. With early links to Hype Williams and its various off-shoots he has since had releases on labels like Blackest Ever Black, Planet Mu and Haunter Records. Recent productions orientate around the self-run label 5 GATE TEMPLE, which serves as a beacon in the fog for sounds akin.

International appearances include Meakusma Festival, Bourse De Commerce, Intonal Festival, Primavera Sound, Oil Club (PRC), Galeria Zé Dos Bois, Roter Salon, Wysing Arts Centre, Cafe OTO and more.
“4 Body Problem” is a collaboration with lighting designer Charlie Hope and premiered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in April, 2022.

Kali Malone composes with a clarity of vision. Her music is patient and focused, built on a foundation of evolving harmonic cycles that draw out latent emotional resonances; letting go of expectations of duration and breadth offers a space for reflection and contemplation. In her hands, experimental reinterpretations of centuries-old polyphonic compositional methods and historical tuning systems become portals to new ways of perceiving sound, structure, and introspection.

Malone’s music for pipe organ, choir, chamber music ensembles, and electroacoustic formats has quickly risen to international critical acclaim. She has performed extensively, presenting her music at Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Philharmonie de Paris, Venice Biennale, Radio France, Rockefeller Chapel, Grace Cathedral, The Southbank Center, Bozar, Schauspielhaus, Berghain, Unsound Festival, Berlin Atonal, and Kanal Pompidou amongst many other museums, contemporary art spaces, concert halls, churches, and festivals throughout Europe, North America, Japan and Australia. Her commissioned work and residencies include the Ina GRM, The Venice Biennale, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orgelpark, and Lafayette Anticipations. She has collaborated and performed with various artists, including Stephen O’Malley, Lucy Railton, Caterina Barbieri, Macadam Ensemble, Leila Bordreuil, and Drew McDowall.

Originally from Colorado, Malone relocated to Stockholm in 2012. She is currently based between Stockholm and Paris.

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Kode9 aka Steve Goodman is a DJ/Producer, artist and writer. He set up the record label Hyperdub in 2004, and in 2019 the sub label Flatlines to focus on audio essays and sonic fiction.

From 2017, he co-curated Hyperdub’s monthly event series Ø. His book ‘Sonic Warfare’ was published on MIT Press in 2010 and with AUDINT he co-edited the book Unsound: Undead for Urbanomic Press in 2019.

He has produced numerous installations, and his sound designs have also been presented as part of the Hyundai commission at the Tate Modern (2018) and the Barbican AI: More than Human in London (2019). He has recorded 3 albums, 2 with the late vocalist The Spaceape; Memories of Future (2006) and Black Sun (2010), and a solo album, Nothing(2015). He has compiled 4 DJ mix compilations, Dubstep Allstars vol.3 (Tempa 2006), DJ Kicks (K7 2011) and Rinse 22 (Rinse 2013), and in 2018, Fabric 100 with Burial. In addition to his record label Hyperdub, he has also released tracks on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label, Soul Jazz and Rinse and remixed Mr. Fingers, Lee Scratch Perry, the Junior Boys, Battles and Dabrye/MF Doom among others.

Guatemalan cellist and composer, Mabe Fratti released Se Ve Desde Aquí (It Is Seen From Here) on October 14, 2022, on Unheard of Hope. The album is a decisive shift away from Fratti’s most recent works, which were more enigmatic in tone. The rich, multi-layered arrangements heard on 2021’s acclaimed long player, Será que ahora podremos entendernos and collaborations such as Let’s Talk About The Weather with Malaria legend and Monika supremo Gudrun Gut, created a mystery around Fratti which reveal only certain aspects of this affable musician’s character. 

Mabe Fratti is always on the lookout for new ways to express herself and to reflect her surroundings, she sees this as a process of continual “sonic transformation”.

Mabe Fratti always enjoys working with others and Se Ve Desde Aquí is a record wholly informed by the collaborative process, whether holed up in WORM Sound Studios in Rotterdam, or at her home and in the Progreso Nacional studios, both in Mexico City.

Mace is the stage name of Italian DJ and producer Simone Benussi. In 2021, after nearly 20 years crafting beats for some of the most successful rappers in the Italian hip-hop scene and an intense career as a DJ, he released his first album, “OBE”. The album, which includes major guest artists, left an indelible mark on the Italian music scene, earning two platinum records. This year he released his new album “Maya” and he is set to debut an exclusive audio-visual show for C2C Festival: “Voodoo People”.

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Recorded in caves, crypts, and shopping centers, Mandy, Indiana’s debut album I’ve seen a way is everywhere at once: channeling the chaos that surrounds our everyday lives, their debut is an exquisitely rendered portrait that transcends genre into a expertly-executed vision that’s entirely new and adventurous.

A four-piece experimental noise band that formed out of the fertile Manchester scene.

Their first recordings emerged around 2019 culminating in 2021’s critically acclaimed “…” EP which saw the band draw early cosigns including a remix from Daniel Avery and support slots from the Horrors, Squid, and Gilla Band. The latter’s Daniel Fox mixed several of the tracks on debut album I’ve seen a way alongside Robin Stewart (Giant Swan) and the album was mastered by Heba Kedry (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bjork).

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Mica Levi is a musician and composer based in London. Recent solo releases include: H (2024), seventeenth april (2023) and skunk boi (2023). Recent ensemble works include North/South (2023), Episode in Camden (2023), and star star star (2022). Recent film scores include The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023), Zola (Janicza Bravo, 2020), Mangrove (Steve McQueen, 2020) and Memory Lost (Nan Goldin, 2019). They are a member of the groups CURL, Good Sad Happy Bad, Spresso and Tirzah.

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Nala Sinephro is a Caribbean-Belgian composer, producer and musician living in London. Her music blends meditative sounds, jazz sensibilities, folk and field recordings. Her musical practice is rooted in the study of frequency and geometry and guided by the premise that sound moves matter.

Nala Sinephro has spread throughout the UK jazz scene. In 2021 she joined the innovative roster of Warp Records and continues to weave her unique sound world.

Romy Madley Croft is a musician, songwriter and DJ.

First coming to prominence as a teenager as part of the influential London group The xx, Romy has followed in the footsteps of her xx bandmates Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith (aka Jamie xx) to carve out a hugely exciting solo career.

In 2020, she released her debut solo single “Lifetime” to widespread acclaim, followed by a collaboration with HAAi and Fred again.. (“Lights Out”) and her 2022 breakout single “Strong” which became Romy’s biggest solo single to date.

2023 will see the release of the highly anticipated debut album “Midair”, featuring production with Fred again.. and Stuart Price. Her next single “Enjoy Your Life” is a prime example of Romy’s “emotional music to dance to” and features the sampled vocals of the legendary Beverly Glenn-Copeland.

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Producer, performer and label director Sega Bodega – aka Salvador Navarrete – has built a reputation as one of the UK’s most innovative and precocious creative minds. His album Romeo, released in 2021, showcases an otherworldly production style that marked him out as a pioneer of the alternative and electronic world, and includes collaborations with Arca and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

In late 2022, Sega Bodega released the new single“Kepko”, followed by a remix of Björk’s “Ovule”. In early 2023, the artist released a single with Safety Trance (AKA DJ Cardopusher), “Arena!”.

He recently worked with Björk again, producing her latest single “Oral” a duet with Rosalía.

Shabaka’s work transcends conventional notions of genre and draws from a vast pallet of cultural influences. Whilst he’s undeniably a pioneering voice in the renaissance of British Jazz, his remit is much broader: he has also performed classical concertos with world-leading orchestras; led several hugely influential bands (Sons of Kemet, The Comet is Coming, Shabaka and The Ancestors) and has more recently released a critically lauded solo album. Afrikan Culture is a work of exceptional beauty and urgency, focussed around the eastern Asian instrument, the Shakuhachi, of which Shabaka is a major exponent.

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Snow strippers is a duo made up of members Tatiana Schwaninger and Graham Perez. They met in Florida in 2018 and began making music together towards the end of 2021, forming the band Snow Strippers. Graham had been producing music for years, while Tati had no previous experience making music before. They make electronic music that they want to listen to. They do all of their creative, visuals and merch independently. They run the band along with their label, Nice Bass Bro. Their third full length project, April Mixtape 3, dropped May 2023 on Surf Gang Records.

Sofia Kourtesis is a Peruvian-born, Berlin-based artist/producer/writer/DJ. She released her critically acclaimed EP Fresia Magdalena via Technicolour (Ninja Tune) in March 2021 following 2020’s breakout EP Sarita Colonia, which saw her tipped as a “One To Watch” by The Observer, featured on Emerging Artist lists from DJ Mag and Mixmag as well as “NME 100: Essential Emerging Artists for 2021”.

In the daring sonic fiction of JP López, the Medellín artist collides techno, Latin-influenced tribal, hyper-electronica, carefully crafted IDM, and cutting-edge dembow-bass technology in his productions and DJ sets with both intensity and precision.

Verraco is also one of the heads behind the groundbreaking TraTraTrax label, which has become a key platform for Latinx sound explorers in recent years. In 2020, he released his debut album, ‘Grial,’ which was described as “taking cues from the well-known legends of this style, but making it his own with subtle details and an outsider mentality.”

In the summer of 2023, he released the already-considered future classic Escándaloo EP on VOAM. Media outlets like Resident Advisor and Crack Magazine included the record in their EOY lists as one of the tracks of the year. In 2024, the Colombian artist made his debut on Bristol’s celebrated label Timedance with ‘Breathe… Godspeed.’ The EP was unanimously acclaimed by the press, including receiving the Pitchfork Best New Music tag. Renowned journalist Philip Sherburne described the record as “an essential record for the vanguard of dance.

Sabla and XIII are the co-founder of Gang Of Ducks, a multidisciplinary label which has been pushing boundaries for 11 years, championing forward-thinking artists. Sabla, whose music has graced Pensaments Sònics and he has collaborated with DK and Donato Dozzy to name a few, is devotely committed to the study of hypnotic sounds and polyrhythmics. Meanwhile XIII recently debut on Dutch label Knekelhuis with ‘Permanent Rain’, a concoction of mutant raga, neofolk, and Celtic fantasies which follow-ups his previous EP for C2C Festival’s imprint label, ‘Invrs Solaria’.

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Yaeji is NYC-via-Seoul artist, producer, vocalist and DJ, whose introspective, dance floor-ready tracks have made her a global icon occupying a space all her own. After breaking out with her 2017 debut EPs that featured singles “Raingurl” and “Drink I’m Sippin On,” the multifaceted artist featured on Charli XCX’s 2019 album Charli, has gone onto produce remixes for Dua Lipa, and Robyn, collaborate with the beloved Seoul-based polymath OHHYUK, sell out three headlining worldwide tours, and launch her bespoke lifestyle webstore JI-MART.