Paradigm x ZEEZOUT

Carista is more than just a DJ. The Utrecht native has also captivated the world with her talents as a music producer and curator. She has the sensational ability to take listeners on intriguing journeys, effortlessly weaving through genres, she ignites smiles and the desire to dance. Her raw energy and soul-stirring selections have been showcased at her monthly show on London-based online community radio station NTS and dancefloors worldwide. She has turned the heads of music lovers and tastemakers as her BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix was nominated for 2020’s Mix of the Year and was followed by a stellar 6 month residency at the station in 2021. Whilst ensuring to remain in touch with her fan base during these challenging past few years, she continues to make significant contributions to the music community by being herself at all times.

Certifiably one of the most revered underground DJs of the Netherlands, Job Veerman, better known as Identified Patient, has made a name for himself as an otherworldly storyteller. His leftfield mixes take the listener on a white-knuckle ride of twists and turns, with no genre, tempo, or mood off-limits. The Amsterdam-based artist made his ascension with some of Rotterdam's finest imprints, all the while filling dance floors across the country and throughout Europe. His style fuses raw aesthetics with unrivaled, relentless energy which he translates into his productions as fluidly as his DJ sets.

Interplanetary Criminal is a pioneering DJ, producer and co-head of the independent label ATW Records. The Manchester-born producer first debuted in 2016 and since then has released a string of rave-ready singles and EPs on up-and-coming labels like E-Beamz and Kalahari Oyster Cult. Over time he's cultivated his UKG sound, turning heads in even the furthest corners of the globe. In 2022, Interplanetary Criminal scored a UK number-one with one of the year's most inescapable tunes B.O.T.A. in collaboration with Eliza Rose and last year, he released his first longer-form project All Thru The Night via legendary UK Garage label Locked On Records.

ISAbella is one of the leading figures of the Barcelona club scene, but her reach goes far beyond the DJ booth. A co-founder of celebrated LGBTQ+ party, platform and collective MARICAS, she’s become a veritable icon within the city’s queer community while carving out space for dancers of all stripes and backgrounds to find connection, both on and off the dancefloor

If dance floors were underwater, Oceanic would be a modern-day siren. As both a DJ and a producer - often releasing tracks on family label Nous'klaer - he creates immersive and shape- shifting environments in which boundaries dissolve. Like tides, the musical experiences Oceanic creates feel driven forces bigger than the sum of their parts, pushing towards new and unknown frontiers. Oceanic’s focus is on bringing people together to foster collective energy and experience joy together.

OK Williams fearlessly keeps the dance floor on its toes. The London DJ is known for her high energy club sets which masterfully travel through genres -freeform blends of bassy floor busting tracks live alongside blissful synth-heavy house, with techno, jungle and electro also weaved into the mix. Everything Williams plays is intentional and shining with personality.

DJ, producer and HAMAM Nights host, Sedef Adasï has built her reputation not only on being one of Germany’s best selectors in electronic club music, but also on staying true to building and fostering local communities. One of Augsburg’s 300k citizens, the daughter to Turkish-Albanian parents has long prioritised the concept of staying true to ones home. Her-self, sticking to her South German home town in favour of migrating to the big city.

The Amsterdam-based DJ and producer Caim surprises every time with rare finds from the nineties and zeroes, from techno to trance and from breakbeat to house. With residencies at Mood, the Tribe and Breakfast Club, whilst running his own label Lonely Planets Records, Mark Peeters is known for his notoriously deep and long (after-hours) sets. In the studio, Caim produces organic techno and stripped-down house with a touch of trance.

Whether he’s inspiring dancers from the DJ booth or broadcasting on the radio, Pieter Jansen is a familiar face on Amsterdam’s thriving underground electronic music scene. Over the past few years, Pieter launched two imprints: yeyeh (short for “You’re Everything You’ve Ever Heard”), a lovingly curated outlet for intriguing, engaging, and inspiring music both old and new; and ninih, the night to yeyeh’s day, an imprint focused on rather rhythmical, club-ready sounds. Through these outputs, Pieter alternately puts out unreleased music by producers from the past (the 90s/00s) while also shedding light onto producers of today.

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As a DJ, club founder, programmer and record label head, Jetti has pushed electronic music of the highest calibre through her adopted city for well over a decade. You’ll struggle to find any name more synonymous with Rotterdam’s underground scene. A musical fanatic from an early age, she’s developed an almost encyclopaedic knowledge that runs as deep as it is wide. From evenings spent with her dad in smoky jazz cafés to teenage electroclash phases, and I-F induced italo obsessions, she’s passionate about it all. A born programmer that was always destined to share her love for music in all its forms.

Brought up in Rostock (GER), now based in his second home town of Groningen (NL), OOST resident RDVSK loves fusing organic and psychedelic tunes and inorganic gritty textures at a variety of tempos into a potent sonic potion. The premise is simple - creating a captivating collective dancefloor experience with solely the sound at its heart is the goal for every set.

Sarkawt Hamad is a DJ whose sets strike a rare balance: they are melodic and grooving narratives that activate a dancefloor’s collective body, but also press the dancer to really listen, to hear a wild range of textures, timbres, bliss and grit. With a fully-rounded sound ranging from leftfield- and dub-techno to sparkling house to breakbeat-derived bumpers, the sum total is a kind of sublime – both eerie and blissful, alien and loving.

Guido has been making moves in the Amsterdam scene over the last couple of years with his well-thought out selections. Next to playing his sexy and groove-driven sets at the likes of IsBurning, Festimi and Radio Radio, he also works at Bar Pamela, an iconic queer bar in the city of Amsterdam, where he’s responsible for programming the night slots alongside Carlos Valdes.