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  • Aquasella 2025: Back to the Prau

    Aquasella 2025: Back to the Prau

    By an embedded beat-seeker in Asturias

    There’s a certain electricity in the air as you approach Arriondas. It hums low under the rolling hills of Asturias, vibrates across the tall grasses, and echoes softly off the nearby mountains. That hum? It’s the sound of Aquasella awakening again.

    From August 14th to 17th, 2025, this sleepy green enclave in northern Spain will host one of the most respected—and beloved—electronic music festivals in Europe. But make no mistake: this isn’t just another techno gathering. Aquasella is a ritual, rooted in nature, community, and sound systems that shake the soul.

    A Lineup That Bends Space and Time

    Aquasella’s reputation didn’t build itself—it was forged across decades of carefully curated lineups that blend the foundations of techno with its most incendiary evolutions. And 2025 is no exception.

    This year’s programming reads like a pilgrimage map for beat disciples: Jeff Mills brings his cosmic precision and Detroit legacy; Ben Sims returns with his raw, high-octane groove work; DJ Rush, the hardtechno preacher, is ready to tear the earth open again.

    The festival also dives deep into fresh chemistry: Freddy K b2b The Lady Machine, a pairing as sharp as it is sensual. SPFDJ b2b SALOMÉ, expected to deliver a set as unhinged as it is unforgettable. Adriana López, Stacey Pullen, Rebekah, Joey Negro, and many others complete a weekend that promises everything from hypnotic minimalism to warehouse-era chaos.

    Where Nature Is the Main Stage

    One of Aquasella’s most unique powers lies not in its artists, but in its setting. The festival doesn’t take place in a concrete lot or a soulless enclosure—it breathes in a meadow. The locals call it el prau, a lush open field tucked between the Sella River and the surrounding hills of Cangas de Onís.

    Each morning, mist curls around tents like a waking serpent. In the afternoon, ravers lounge by the riverbanks, cooling their limbs and their minds in crisp mountain water. And at night? The forest watches silently as the air turns electric, beats punch the ground, and light rigs turn treetops into disco cathedrals.

    This isn’t just a festival you attend—it’s one you live inside.

    The Camp Life: Chaos in Community

    Camping at Aquasella is part survival, part ceremony. You arrive thinking you’ll pitch your tent neatly. Within hours, your gear is muddy, your neighbors are offering you sidra, and someone three rows down has set up a full DJ booth next to a grill.

    Showers? Scarce. Sinks? Questionable. Spirits? Sky-high.

    Everyone, from first-timers to returning warriors, knows that the real festival begins in the campsite. It’s where friendships are born, lovers meet, and after-hours sets blur into sunrise conversations. Expect to lose your voice, your schedule, and maybe your sandals—but find your people.

    Sound That Stays With You

    Aquasella’s sound design continues to impress. Every stage is crafted to suit its sonic mission: the Open Air stage delivers grand, cinematic techno; the La Real stage feels like a bunker club from Berlin airlifted into the Spanish countryside; and hidden corners pulse with surprises—ambient sets, vinyl-only sessions, spontaneous B2Bs.

    This isn’t a place of passive listening. It’s a space for full-body absorption. You feel each kick drum in your ribs. You watch lasers carve into fog. You dance in dirt, shoulder to shoulder with strangers who—within a few tracks—feel like family.

    Looking Ahead: Are You Coming?

    Aquasella 2025 isn’t something you read about. It’s something you answer. The call is already out, and the prau is waiting. Tickets are on sale, and they’re moving fast. Whether you’re a lover of blistering techno, silky house, or that undefinable energy that exists between trees and subwoofers, this is the place to be.

    Tickets for upcoming Aquasella 2025 event can be purchased at: compra tu abono-entrada – Aquasella

    Don’t wait until someone tells you how it went. Be the one telling the story.

  • Awakenings Festival 2025: All you need to know

    Awakenings Festival 2025: All you need to know

    Every summer, there’s a moment—usually around late June when the basslines start to echo across the green fields of Spaarnwoude, and you just know: Awakenings is near. For thousands of techno lovers, it’s more than a date on the calendar. It’s a ritual. A reunion. A rush.

    Awakenings Festival returns on June 28 & 29, 2025, and with it comes that unmistakable blend of pounding kick drums, smiling strangers, and endless energy under the Dutch sky. After 25 years of shaping the sound of the scene, this edition feels both like a celebration of its roots and a leap into the future.

    A Lineup That Speaks in Frequencies

    Let’s talk about the music because that’s why we go. The 2025 lineup is stacked, as always, with a perfect mix of legends, rebels, and rising stars. Amelie Lens is back (when isn’t she?), bringing her signature steamroller sets that somehow manage to feel both massive and intimate. Jeff Mills, the Wizard himself, is set to deliver another interstellar journey—expect machine soul and outer space minimalism.

    And of course, Adam Beyer returns to his spiritual home. His Drumcode sets on the Awakenings mainstage have become a tradition of their own—like techno Christmas, but sweatier.

    Dig a little deeper and you’ll find stages dedicated to more experimental corners of the genre. Richie Hawtin, Clara Cuvé, and Kobosil will dive deep into raw, industrial terrain, crafting sets made for strobe-drenched warehouses even when played under the summer sun. If you prefer melodies with your 4/4, Ben Böhmer and Mind Against are your ticket to euphoric breakdowns and wide-open emotional highs.

    We’re also watching new names break through the smoke: Ellen Alien brings high-BPM flashbacks to the rave glory days, and I Hate Models returns with his genre-melting sound, a chaotic blend of techno, electro, and emotional aggression that hits harder than ever.

    Spaarnwoude: Nature Meets Noise

    There’s something poetic about dancing to industrial-strength techno surrounded by trees and grass. The Spaarnwoude site, just a short ride from Amsterdam, has become synonymous with Awakenings, a perfect canvas where nature and technology collide.

    Expect massive LED towers, pyrotechnic bursts, laser storms, and teh best sound systems that make every hi-hat shimmer and every bass drop feel like it’s rewiring your brain. But there’s also space to breathe: cozy hideaways, shaded chill zones, open-air art installations, and food trucks that cater to everything from greasy cravings to clean, plant-based fuel.

    This contrast—between intensity and serenity, chaos and calm—is what makes Awakenings more than a festival. It’s a fully embodied experience. A place where you can lose yourself in the music, and somehow find a part of yourself in the process.

    Tickets

    If you’re thinking about going, don’t hesitate. Tickets are moving fast, and once they’re gone, they’re gone. You can still grab yours at awakenings.com/festival — with options for weekend passes, single-day adventures, and VIP upgrades for those who want a little extra comfort with their kicks.

    Awakenings Festival 2025 is a homecoming for the global techno community. Whether you come alone or with your full crew, whether it’s your tenth time or your very first, one thing’s for sure: once the music starts, and you feel that first wave of bass roll through your chest, you’ll remember exactly why you came.

    See you in the woods.

  • EXIT Festival 2025: Last updates & Tickets

    EXIT Festival 2025: Last updates & Tickets

    From 10 to 13 July 2025, EXIT Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary inside the walls of the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia. What began in the year 2000 as a student protest has become one of the most iconic music festivals in Europe. This edition, perhaps the most emotionally charged to date, was a vibrant tribute to the past and a bold declaration of its future.

    Set on the banks of the Danube, the fortress offered more than just a venue. Its labyrinthine passages, stone walls, and panoramic views created a multidimensional playground. By night, it transformed into a glowing citadel of music. By day, it remained a historical monument humming with anticipation.

    The festival hosted more than 40 stages and zones, each with its own identity. From the massive Gorki List Main Stage with capacity for 35,000 people to the legendary Dance Arena hidden deep in the fortress belly, every corner of Petrovaradin was pulsing with rhythm. There were spaces for trance, punk, trap, reggae, and experimental performance. No genre was left behind.

    This year’s lineup was as ambitious as the setting. On the main stage, global heavyweights like Tiësto, Eric Prydz, DJ Snake, and Loreen drew enormous crowds. They shared the spotlight with The Boomtown Rats, Hurts, and a reimagined version of the Sex Pistols led by Frank Carter. But the real magic happened deeper in the fortress, where techno royalty like Amelie Lens, Nina Kraviz, I Hate Models, Boris Brejcha, and Indira Paganotto b2b Sara Landry turned the underground into a pressure cooker of energy and sound.

    The Tesla Universe and Dance Arena stages brought pure euphoria. Thursday night exploded with a surprise Rebel Rave that included The Prodigy, Lorenzo Raganzini b2b Paolo Ferrara, and I Hate Models. Friday and Saturday kept the momentum alive with standout sets from Solomun and Boris Brejcha, while Eric Prydz’s cinematic set on the main stage felt like a moment suspended in time.

    EXIT’s beauty lies not just in its musical diversity, but in its commitment to community and cause. True to its activist origins, the 2025 edition openly supported student-led protests across Serbia. That stance drew tension with authorities, who responded by withdrawing state sponsorship and threatening the festival’s future on Serbian soil. Still, founder Dušan Kovačević made it clear that EXIT will go on—whether in Serbia or elsewhere.

    Infrastructurally, EXIT was polished but deeply respectful of its setting. Tunnels hosted intimate performances. Courtyards were transformed into workshops and art installations. Local vendors offered Serbian food and wine. Eco-initiatives, mental health corners, and cultural programming showed that this was more than a party—it was a living, breathing movement.

    The experience extended far beyond the music. Campers woke to sunrises over the Danube. Some paddled kayaks before heading to the fortress for afternoon DJ sets. Others stumbled upon punk bands blasting from hidden stages beneath stone arches or wandered into trance gardens glowing in twilight. EXIT is designed for both discovery and disorientation, and this edition mastered that balance.

    By the time the final beats echoed on Sunday morning, a collective feeling took hold. This was not just a festival marking 25 years. It was a reminder of what live music can mean—resistance, release, reunion. Petrovaradin had once again served not only as a fortress of stone, but as a fortress of culture.

    EXIT Festival 2025 was a triumph in every sense. It fused legacy with vision, music with meaning, and architecture with emotion. Whether or not it returns to Novi Sad next year, it has left a lasting imprint not just on the land, but on everyone who walked its ancient paths and danced under its skies.

    Tickets for EXIT Festival can be purchased through the official website, where you’ll find various options including full festival passes, one-day tickets, and VIP upgrades. Flexible payment plans are also available, making it easier to secure your spot at one of Europe’s most iconic festivals. Early booking is recommended, as EXIT regularly sells out due to its high demand and international appeal.