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Eighteen years. A lifetime in club years. On Friday, October 2, we mark the first night of our anniversary with Acid Arab, who are coming back in the Berlin Room after a jam-packed visit earlier this year that sold out in a jiffy. We're about to do it all over again, and this time it’s a celebration. Everyone's invited.
BERLIN ROOM [Sold Out, Tickets for Front Room ONLY Still Available]
ACID ARAB [FR]
For over a decade, Acid Arab have been carving out one of the most singular spaces in electronic music. Born from Parisian club culture and the constant exchange between diasporas, the collective treats machines and Arab, Middle Eastern, North African and Mediterranean voices, rhythms and modes as equals.
Releases on Versatile and albums on Crammed Discs share an instantly recognizable language. Over 600 performances worldwide, from Rex Club to Fabric, stand proof for the magic they bring on the dancefloor. With the new album Resonance and a soundtrack for Hassan Hajjaj's Philharmonie de Paris exhibition, they keep the Arabian Nights thread floating on.
They share a taste for the strange and the danceable. Nek moves through cosmic disco, alternative dance, electroclash, Balearic and driving beats, while Pauer brings layers of darkness from within, as a producer and DJ whose reckless experimentation hardened into genuine craft across Renate, Kater Blau, Virage Paris and his own Cabinet, Jetlagged and Jacked nights. Two Control residents and friends who love reading the room without sanding down its edges.
Sergiu D. is on visual artist duties for the night, so you know the game goes as strong as it gets.
FRONT ROOM
CĂLIN
A Control hertz team member since 2011, Călin is a traveler through electronic music with a soft spot for a good storyline. His selections build and build, lifting the room into an energetic frenzy.
The Italian-born Giuseppe Pericolo carries Chicago and Detroit in his heart while working as a civil engineer by day. Structure and rhythm merge, essentially.
digs through crates with no sense of time, pulling world grooves into collision with funk, electronic heat, punk and alternative. Retro-nostalgia that gets very real, with subtle hints of a tropical holiday.
TERRACE
GROUND CONTROL W/ LEO
Didn't catch our anniversary warm-up? Worry not, Leo's doing a re-run on the terrace, pushing new energy into the world's most beloved Britpop, indie and new wave evergreens, rounding up our first night of celebration.
Check our full anniversary programme.
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Tickets:
50 lei • Front Room & Terrace ONLY [No Access for Acid Arab & Berlin Room]