Special Event 02.10.26

Start: 2026-10-02T22:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-03T08:00:00+02:00
Location: Open Ground

Tickets 20€

Special Event

Fri.02.10.26

22:00–06:00

FREIFELD

YAYAcrew at Open Ground

Chute

Cologne

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CHUTE (@chute.cgn) will make sure that not only your ears will guide you to the dancefloor - the place where Lina has felt most at self. Forever thankful for these moments of body and music aligned, CHUTE invites you to flow, groove, move and shake some valuable body parts to a sound fluidly manoeuvring through a selection of Deep House, Breakbeat, UK Garage, Global Bass and experimental Polyrhythms - at times queer-feminist vocals sprinkled on top. CHUTE owns a playful approach to the art of mixing and aims for an empowering, energetic, if you need emotionally enthralling experience. Bring IT to the floor and take with you whatever you need.

Instagram, Soundcloud

Gîn Bali b2b no:elia

Wuppertal / Berlin

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Gîn Bali

Drawing from her classical guitar training and eclectic musical influences spanning RnB, HipHop, and Rock, Gîn seamlessly merges genres in her sets and productions. Her sonic palette knows no bounds, encompassing Bass, South American Techno, Jungle, Moombahton, HipHop, Classical, Deconstructed Club, Grime, Industrial, and Kurdish Pop.

Instagram, Soundcloud

no:elia

no:elia made her debut in the club scene in late 2022. With a background in hip hop, soul and R&B, she uses rhythm-based beats, UK Bass and percussive elements to energise her audiences. She leans towards artists whose backgrounds and lifestyles mirror her own ideals.

Instagram, Soundcloud

DJ Swisha

New York City

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Crate digging from both the internet and the archive, DJ Swisha’s sound is a high-energy, intertextual exploration of club music history — a playful fusion that cuts across aggressive footwork, Jersey club, soundcloud rap, house, jungle and techno, pulling these strands into a cohesive, dancefloor‐ready sound.

Instagram, Soundcloud

Alba

Munich

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it was only six years ago that ALBA went on to conquer the dj scene in nuernberg, her home town. aside from many dj gigs at many cultural city hotspots she also founded her own club night there: GOODIES. ALBA is now based in munich and works there part time as a music journalist and as a DJ. she plays gigs all over germany and has a monthly show at the community radio radio80000. ALBAs selection is diverse: her style goes from house to baile to bass to breakbeats to afro to baltimore club - but everything is always connected with and through hiphop/rnb, her musical heart and home. ALBAs energy behind the decks is impeccable and translates easy to her listeners.

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ANNEX

COSMO Club at Open Ground

A-Lo

Germany

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24/7 diggin’ into music cultures around the globe - at daytime she works as a music journalist and radio presenter, at night she becomes A-Lo behind the decks. A dj with a true passion and an mindbending range from bailefunk to guarachaton, neoperreo and various cumbia styles.

Instagram, Soundcloud

Daferwa

Cologne

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DJ, music-curator and host of the COSMO DJ Sessions – since two decades Daferwa has played global electronic music with a contemporary twist. With a keen sense of rhythmic diversity and cultural influences he unites the sounds of the transatlantic diaspora on the dancefloor.

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Dub Kimski

Cologne

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Best known for his intense and uplifting sets in the clubs of Cologne Uh-Young Kim interweaves funky riddims with deep grooves and timeless rave signals. Under the moniker Dub Kimski he traces dance music culture back to its origins in Jamaican studios and embraces its sonic offsprings from Detroit via London to Durban building up any floor into a blissful frenzy.

Instagram

Phillip Jondo

Cologne

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With co-signings from some of Europe’s most influential venues, platforms and labels, including Düsseldorf’s Salon des Amateurs and London’s NTS Radio, Cologne-based artist Phillip Jondo has garnered a reputation as a first-class DJ and producer since many years.

His debut EP Little Princess for Dekmantel (2021), featured knockout collaborations with Maxwell Sterling, DJ Plead and Moa Pillar. Jondo’s latest BISQU EP feat. Xzavier Stone and DJ Plead will be released via his own imprint SPA Recordings and treads a similarly weighty path. The label SPA was launched in 2018 by Jondo and his friends DJ Brom and Friday Dunard.

Since 2014 Phillip has been regularly hosting shows on NTS and inviting international guests to deliver forward thinking and creative selections. His sets cover everything from grime, house, footwork, jungle, rap, dancehall, R&B, disco to bass-heavy techno. Jondo’s passion for experimentation made him a unique selector, who has been able to seamlessly connect the dots between various styles through thoughtful layering and creative mixing skills.
With highlight shows including festivals and clubs like Draaimolen, Meakusma, Dekmantel, Dekmantel Selectors, Melt, Robert Johnson and De School, Jondo has presented his distinctive sound to a variety of audiences across Europe.

Instagram, Soundcloud

T.NO

Amsterdam

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Amsterdam-based DJ and producer T.NO blends his Surinamese roots with global club influences, crafting a distinctive sound driven by rhythm and energy.

Drawing from styles such as gqom, grime, kawina, bubbling, kuduro, and funk carioca, his sets and productions combine raw percussion with deep bass and dynamic flow. With releases on labels including Club Djembe and re:lax, T.NO is quickly establishing himself as one of Amsterdam’s most promising new talents. This rise has been picked up by DJ Mag recently, who tagged him as one of the artists to watch for 2026.

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A special collaboration between Open Ground and YAYA.

Annex: COSMO Club is back at Open Ground, this time again in the intimate and bass heavy setting of Annex. The clubnight of public radio station COSMO has ever since operated on the frontier of global dance music regularly introducing bubbling styles from the southern hemisphere for the first time to Germany. Be prepared for a night with the COSMO djs and their guests straight from the heart of innovative music communities worldwide full of suprises, new riddims and an unmatched energy on the dancefloor.

Admission 20 €