Emerging onto the scene in 2019 with the evocative "Introverted Stoner," Bel Cobain had an amazing 2025, gracing the stage of the BBC 6 Music Maida Vale session alongside Gilles Peterson and embarked on an extensive year-long tour, making memorable stops at The Great Escape, Glastonbury, We Out Here, Somerset House, Neon In Nature, as well as captivating audiences in so many other cities.

Héctor Oaks brings heat the old school way, as vetted by Bassiani to Berghain, Amnesia to Basement NY dancefloors on Friday, March 13.

Tuesday, March 17, sees temperamental outfit Humour hitting our stage – a band that couldn’t be proper noise because of their interest in hooks and catchy melodies, with local outfit Air Lines coming in as support.

On Thursday, March 19, aim+wall return with their residency, inviting two artists whose approach to electronic music moves between bass pressure, texture, and instinct.

So this is happening again - IAMX is back in Control on Friday, March 20, 2026. For those new to this, Chris Corner’s journey becoming IAMX has been theatrical, transcendent, and deeply personal. From his breakout with trip-hop icons Sneaker Pimps, and ultimately as the founder of IAMX, Corner has disrupted genre and bent gender through raw and unconventional art.

On Friday, March 20, the Berlin Room welcomes Cristi Cons, the classically trained local hero and co-founder of Amphia, known for his deeply textured sets, joined by Bucharest duo GAAP and their dubby, Detroit leaning house and techno flow.

On Wednesday, March 25, Mother’s Cake returns to Control - no safety nets, no brakes - and locals Midpoint come in full support. Formed in 2012, the band quickly carved out a reputation as a formidable live force, sharing stages with names like Deftones, Iggy Pop, Living Colour, Limp Bizkit, AC/DC, Wolfmother, Alice in Chains, and Deep Purple and more, tearing through continents

On March 27, we open the floor to a true dancer’s DJ. Young Marco has spent years digging through the outer edges of club music, absorbing its histories and hidden corners before shaping a sound that feels entirely his own.

Friday, April 3 marks the return of Berlin-based queer performance project SADO OPERA to Control. Fresh off the release of their new EP, Not Gay Enough, on Prins Thomas’ label, they come in eccentric, louder, and ready to stretch the room again.

Hip hop, house, spoken word, and rave collide in the hands of one wildly charismatic Mancunian - Antony Szmierek, live on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Noise, dark territories, and a double bill: A Place To Bury Strangers and Kontravoid return to Control on Wednesday, April 15. New York City’s A Place To Bury Strangers has been thrilling audiences for nearly two decades, fusing post-punk, noise-rock, shoegaze, psychedelia, and avant-garde energy in startling, unpredictable ways.

Friday, April 17, Dutch post-punk / crank-wave band Tramhaus returns to Romania, this time at Control. Known for their broad and ever-electrifying sound that reaches from shoegaze to punk rock, heralded for their live shows full or attitude

We've heard you so we're bringing Black Country, New Road for a second show in Control, on Friday, April 24. The British collective, named “the best band in the world” by The Quietus, emerged at the end of the last decade surfing the post-Brexit new wave.

On Sunday, April 26, Smag På Dig Selv hit Control, bringing one of Denmark’s most talked-about live shows into the room. The 3-piece punkjazz machine from Freetown Christiania has been pushing the boundaries of genre with their explosive fusion of acoustic techno, raw punk energy, and 90s-inspired dance music.

Winners of two Danish Music Awards Jazz in 2019 (New Artist of the Year and Composer of the Year), Svaneborg Kardyb are bringing their ever-evolving sound to the audience of Control on Thursday, May 7.