Sonic Acts 2017

Progress Bar at Paradiso

Fri 24 Feb

23:00 - 05:00

Paradiso

10 / 12,50

Performances

The only political party you can dance to, Progress Bar is a regular night for cutting-edge thinking and dancing, showcasing urgent sounds and voices in underground club culture. The special Sonic Acts Festival edition on Friday 24 February features avant-garde DJs and producers performing in the two halls of Paradiso, while the installation Bruxist Mirror IV by designer Sam Rolfes can be xperienced in the basement. With Evian Christ, Adamn Killa, An Ni, Coucou Chloé, DJ Earl, DJ Marfox, God Colony + Flohio, Juha, Kamixlo, Killavesi, Klein, Le1f, Lyzza, My Sword, Nidia Minaj, Organ Tapes, Sam Rolfes, Uli K, Wartone and Yon Eta. STROBE WARNING: Some performances may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Discretion is advised.

ARTISTS/SPEAKERS

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Adamn Killa is a 19-year-old rapper from Chicago’s South Side. Adamn's music is characterised by unconventional, sullen rhymes and pristine synthetic instrumentals.

Adamn Killa

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

An Ni is an Estonian DJ, currently based in Netherlands, Her sonic palette is genre fluid, embracing raw and hard hitting percussions.

An Ni

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Coucou Chloé is French composer and vocalist, who offers spine-tingling sensuality for the club, undercut by a poisonous vein of menace in songs like lead-single skin like sin.

Coucou Chloé

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

DJ Earl entered the musical world in 2005 by means of dance battles. He participates local parties in rollerskating rinks, building up his unfailing knowledge of this culture.

DJ Earl

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

DJ Marfox is a downright urban, suburban and ghetto legend in Lisbon, as well as a renowned name on a worldwide network of dedicated seekers of new developments in electronic dance music.

DJ Marfox

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Evian Christ is a producer, DJ and songwriter from Ellesmere Port. He is signed to Tri Angle Records. His music is described as deconstructionist, mixing trance with dark industrial beats.

Evian Christ

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

In 2017 God Colony and Flohio are taking their friendship and constant collaboration out of the studio and into the club.

Flohio

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

In 2017 God Colony and Flohio are taking their friendship and constant collaboration out of the studio and into the club.

God Colony

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Progress Bar founder Juha plays new internet dance music. Since 2014, Juha has been artistic director of Lighthouse in Brighton, uniting the worlds of culture and technology.

Juha

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Kamixlo's music lies at the riveting, emergent edge of grime, reggateon and experimental bass dimensions. The London-located producer's Demonico EP with Visionist's Codes X PAN marked out bold, unique...

Kamixlo

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Just out of high school, Chicago rapper Killavesi has already released a handful of quality tracks on Soundcloud, weaving her jaunty flow through an array of glittery, luxurious beats produced by the ...

Killavesi

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

South London based musician Klein is an artist who’s neoteric vision has seen her quickly become one of the UK’s most intriguing and unpinnable producers and performers.

Klein

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

In a world full of rappers claiming to be one of a kind, Le1f (born Khalif Diouf) is a real deal original, a fascinatingly complicated personality full of seeming contractions.

Le1f

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Lyzza is a promising young DJ and producer who is currently on the rise from within the scene in Amsterdam. Being born and raised in Brazil she combines her Brazilian roots through baile funk mixed wi...

Lyzza

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Lyon based My Sword has impressed over the past few years with unusual tracks, all of which blur the lines between original composition, bootleg and blend.

My Sword

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Nídia Minaj's Danger, her first physical record - and quickly sold out - released on Príncipe last year, is an outstanding & powerful collection of tracks, her own fiercely distinct aesthetic voice.

Nidia Minaj

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Organ Tapes is a producer, singer and DJ raised in Shanghai and currently living in London. Organ Tapes makes emotion-driven music that reflects himself and the people, places and fictions that compri...

Organ Tapes

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Sam Rolfes is a Chicago and New York based mixed-format digital artist and director. Using the human body as a mark making device and underlying structure, he crafts diffusive psychosexual worlds that...

Sam Rolfes

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Uli K is a London-based singer, producer and member of the collective of artists called Bala Club.

Uli K

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Wartone is a Manchester-born DJ and feature of Amsterdam’s underground club scene, presenting a series of DIY parties. He has released music on Wasabi Tapes, while tracks have appeared in mixes by T...

Wartone

Fri 24 Feb

Paradiso

Yon Eta has a maximalist approach regarding sound while consciously striving to limit the options in the production process of his music.

Yon Eta