As co-founder of the itinerant Grid collective and its agile offshoot label Lieftuig, Vers has carved out a niche with his keen instinct for unorthodox selections and mind-bending club rhythms. His mixes are meticulous yet freewheeling, darting between genres with ease and avoiding easy classification. Whether digging deep into dub techno or snapping up to 170 bpm organic drum & bass, Vers plays with the control of a DJ well- versed in both mood and momentum.
Al Wootton has been a key figure of the UK underground music scene since the late 2000s, retiring his previous moniker in 2019 he moved towards producing more minimal, dub influenced leftfield techno records and psychedelic percussion tracks on his own label TRULE and on labels such as Sahko, Livity Sound, Optimo Trax, Berceuse Heroique and Zam Zam Sounds.
As a DJ both in clubs and his radio residencies on Kiosk Radio and Rinse FM, Al’s selections are extremely broad, but with decades of experience in the booth he effortlessly ties these many strands together. His live performances consist of reinterpreting his tracks using the mixer as an instrument to bring a psychedelic, ritualistic, percussive slant to minimal electronics and a sub-heavy dub sound system approach.
Tash LC is a London-based DJ, radio host, and music collector known for blending global club music from Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America with Afro-disaporic genres like Soukous and Merengue. She is the founder of the Club Yeke club night and record label, which spotlights artists from the Global South diaspora. Tash LC has hosted residencies on major radio stations and is a current presenter on NTS Radio known for her vibrant and eclectic style of music Expect Soukous, Cumbia, Champeta, Dancehall, Chutney Soca, Salsa and more gems to warm you up this Winter. 100% good vibes, all night long.
Many artists find comfort staking their claim to a scene or genre, but leaving specifics behind and embracing the grey areas between strands of electronic music has helped Emily Jeanne emerge as one of the shining lights of dance music’s new guard.
In fact, it’s those grey areas that Jeanne has always felt comfortable in. Historically a refuge for outliers in search of the esoteric, in 2024 dance music finds itself at a crossroads where maintaining a sense of the individual is harder than ever. Emily’s authentic approach to production and Djing, that pits broken beats in amongst more direct, dance floor material, IDM and Ambient derivatives can be seen as a direct reflection of the artist’s ever-shifting interior – and her comfort with a plural and undefined personal identity.
Belgian DJ and producer Sensu is based in Luxembourg and has been DJing for over 25 years, cherishing an eclectic and experimental touch to things. As a producer, his work has been published by labels such as Youth, Meandyou, and Meakusma. A Sensu DJ set is a descent into experimental and eclectic moods and modes, combining a variety of genres into an at times extremely minimalist, at times very melismatic amalgam, bordering on industrial, avant-garde, electronica, ambient, and more. When playing live, he walks a similar path, focused on experimental club sounds and beyond.
Oliver Hyde-Mobbs aka 'MOBBS' is London based with his most recent release on the legendary Modern Love record label, and has been a long running NTS Radio resident.
Lutto Lento is Lubomir Grzelak, a sound artist, composer, music producer, and DJ. Known for his idiosyncratic productions and eclectic sets that break barriers between genres, he has steadily built a reputation for adventurous electronic music that resists easy categorization. Beyond records, he composes for theatre, film, and contemporary dance, weaving diverse influences into a distinctive sonic language.
ojoo is a Brussels-based, Moroccan-born musician, selector and organiser whose work hits where sound, politics and community collide, all shaped by mighty physical bass weight.
They’re part of Psst, an intersectional feminist collective, and co-builder of the Pssound System, a fully DIY rig built from the ground up by and for marginalised genders. Not a flex, but an act of resistance. Plywood, wires, community.
ojoo doesn’t play music to pay homage, they live it, twist it, and push it to rupture. Every set is a terrain of pressure: political, sonic, personal.
Freifeld:
Between dub techno, drum & bass and global club rhythms — navigating the space between structure and freedom, where dub pressure meets percussion ritual and Afro-diasporic heat melts into deep, mind-expanding electronics.
Belgium’s Kiosk Radio & Meakusma Festival head east on December 6th, connecting their extended family at Open Ground. Including shuttle service from Brussels/Eupen to Wuppertal and back!
Kiosk Radio is a Brussels community web radio broadcasting 24/7 from the heart of the city’s historic Parc Royal. A meeting point in the Belgian capital where different communities overlap, with music as their common ground. This night is part of the “Kiosk Tour”, a series of seven club nights, livestreams, and concerts around the world.
Annex:
Experimental electronics, industrial edges and deep bass pressure — a night shifting between abstraction and rhythm, structure and collapse. From avant-garde club sound to physical bass weight, sound becomes movement, resistance and release.
Eupen’s Meakusma Festival has been described as “guaranteed encounters with the unexpected and brilliant”. For over 20 years, a devoted audience has gathered in Eupen in search of sounds and experiences they wouldn’t find anywhere else. At Open Ground, Meakusma celebrates the release of Lutto Lento’s 2568 EP, featuring a remix by guest Mobbs.
Open Ground stands for originality, independence, and open-mindedness. Whoever you are, whatever your background - join us to experience sound-system culture in an inclusive, respectful club environment.
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