Lucinee
An electrical charge runs through everything Lucinee transmits. Her productions and DJ sets bristle with peak-time urgency — a rush of volatile synth-lines and thunderous drums wrangled from hardware exploration. These sparks can easily ignite huge spaces — festival arenas, the great techno institutions of the world — but they also carry subtlety and balance which looks for something deeper than the one- dimensional banger. From tweaked vocal cut-ups with hidden messages to slanted approaches to sound design, Lucinee’s style is marked out by a constant appetite for playful, ear-catching variables that disrupt the monotony of greyscale club music. Her respected position within the techno scene is well earned, having invested herself in the fundamentals of club culture on her way to holding down a long-standing residency at iconic Hamburg club PAL. This close connection with one space formed a foundation for her consistent presence on the scene, making notable appearances for Boiler Room in Warsaw and at Berghain’s fabled Säule along the way. Lucinee’s productions serve as a natural extension of her open approach to DJing— vibrant jams comfortably housed on labels from Berlin institution BPitch through to EXHALE and Union Trance Mission, just to name a few. The consistent forward motion of her tracks is reliably driven by booming kicks and hypnotic atmospherics, but the top end leaves space for many possibilities from finely chiseled rhythmic interference to submerged symphonic leads or alien, acidic frequencies. In her hands, the tenets of classic trance and techno are handled with an exacting poise, drawing on their immersive, psychoactive power to create a trip as subtle as it is impactful. Across all aspects of her creativity (which extends beyond music into visual art and fashion), Lucinee matches an inquisitive spirit with a dedicated work ethic. It’s precisely why she’s rightly recognised as an electrifying force in the contemporary techno scene.
+ NiZ (Moog Club)
Based in Barcelona for almost fifteen years and raised in Valencia in the 90s, NiZ offers a musical proposal based on the most forceful and danceable techno; frenetic and percussive rhythms; dark atmospheres, enveloping melodies and hypnotic vocals. A proposal clearly influenced by the Valencian scene that saw her grow. Although his record is extensive in subgenres and nuances, his musical selection never lacks techno classics and the most powerful trance of the 90s and 00s.
