The Salon des Amateurs residents are here to take you on a trip

Few DJs are as widely acclaimed at digging for obscure, mystical music as Lena Willikens and Vladimir Ivkovic. Both made their name at the infamous Düsseldorf club Salon des Amateurs, an intimate space that has incubated many respected artists exploring sonic outer limits, from freaky minimal wave and off-kilter industrial to Fourth World flights of fantasy and jazz-inflected expressions.

Willikens has managed to steer her esoteric tastes towards wonderfully unconventional strains of dance music, setting a trend for slow, transcendental beats draped in surreal atmospheres. It’s no wonder she’s also aligned with Matias Aguayo’s Comeme label, as well as curating the Selectors 005 compilation for Dekmantel in 2018.

Vladimir Ivkovic has equally carved a niche that affords him extended set times at respected festivals from Dekmantel and Terraforma to Meakusma and Sustain Release, weaving from strung out ambience to curious pockets of groove with elegance and surprise in equal measure.

As well as Willikens and Ivkovic heading up the Studio X Floor, the event will also feature Akuma No Numa. This trio consists of Compuma, Dr Nishimura and Awano, three artists with steadily rising reputations thanks to their profound musical knowledge and leftfield selections.