CTM Festival 2024 - Sustain

Kicking off the night will be beatmaker Irish 40Hurtz, who is joined by the full-throated holler of wordsmith Hazey Haze, painting pictures of the peaks and troughs of Irish life by a distinct and proud Limerick accent.

Armed with self-built controllers as they dive into and disrupt the crowd, the high-intensity live duo FITNESSS feat Lung combine into a suspenseful sonic assault of high-precision sound design and raw intense vocals, coursing with the distilled rage and sorrow of a decimated Los Angeles.

Appearing with a live AV show crafted from his latest concept album Syntheism, experimental bass producer EPROM dives deep into ultra-digitalized soundscapes, chirurgic sound design and erratic showers of breakbeats, paying homage to acid, dubstep, drum'n'bass, breakcore, and many other genres, albeit with the always recognizable EPROM touch. Syntheism is titled after the belief of spiritual atheism, reflecting the producer’s wish to connect more deeply and meaningfully with other human beings.

GASH Collective is a source of innovation on the more uncompromising strands of Irish underground music while focusing on supporting female, trans, queer, non-binary, and other underrepresented people in music production through parties, workshops and other collaborations. A CTM x transmediale club night at Säule shines light on some of the initiative’s key figures, opening with Baptist Goth, who appears live as a fusion of an emo trap idol and a Catholic saint. ALYXIS deepens the groove with a dark and bassy live AV set that might include interjections from a reassuring chatbot voice and housey pop edits. DJ sets from the collective’s co-founders ELLLL and Lolz span abstract experimentalism, fragmented rhythms, and bass-heavy club bangers, while GASH collective regulars and avid record collectors Eliza and Maeve O’Neill will close with a wide-ranging set drawing on electro, ebm, techno, and acid.