Terminal V

Dutch producer and DJ APHØTIC has moved fast since his first rave in 2019. He bought a mixer soon after, production followed closely behind and now he has an audience that's streamed his music millions of times worldwide. The name comes from the aphotic zone, the stretch of ocean sunlight never reaches, and it fits the music: aggressive, dark and relentlessly quick. In our interview, he talks abou...

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ACOR was just 14 when he travelled to Belgrade alone for his first 999999999 show, and that sense of fearlessness has carried him to where he is now - one of the most talked-about names at the harder end of European techno. Working entirely without formal training, the Novi Sad producer has built a sound that fuses acid, schranz and raw industrial texture into something abrasive and inescapably la...

Music, for SERA J., is a state of mind - a means of interaction, inspiration and creation, not simply a career. Born Dimitrios Serasidis in Thessaloniki, Greece, and shaped by the Detroit techno lineage, he's spent over a decade building driving, detail-rich productions that fuse hardgroove intensity with hypnotic depth and landing releases on Mutual Rytm, Life in Patterns and Projekts along the w...

Melbourne-based Nik Kastel is the latest in a long and impressive line of exciting techno exports from down under. The DJ, producer and live act has taken his high-intensity sound from the underground clubs of Melbourne to HÖR Berlin, our own Terminal V and many more hotspots festivals across Europe. With releases on Exetra, Reload and DSR Digital and millions of plays already behind him, Nik has...

Homegrown rising star ASLØ is blazing a trail with sets that are fast, heavy and full of surprises. There’s always a playful side to what she does, with her seriously energetic mix of hard techno, acid and big rave energy often punctuated by the odd nostalgic curveball. She’s also known for creating tracks using an array of outboard gear, giving her productions an extra raw and authentic edge. ASL...

The Naarm/Melbourne production line keeps on turning out essential new talent, with artists continuing to push the groovier end of the dance spectrum forwards. The latest to make their mark around the world, having established themselves back home, are Brodie Johnson and Alex Garces, aka 6 SENSE. They play with a driving momentum and restlessness that has seen them impress at venues across Austral...

Terminal V was the first festival that GALLØ ever went to, and was the first place he heard one of his own tracks being played. Back in April, he played for the first time and opened one of the main stages in a way that truly announced his arrival on the scene. Since then, he has played all across the UK and Europe and continues to be a favourite artist of EXHALE boss Amelie Lens, who released his...

Zurich-born, self-taught and self-made, Jasmin Fumagalli aka Jazzy, has never chased trends, and it shows. From underground raves to genre-fluid sets spanning hard techno, harderstyles and trap, her sound - and her striking stage presence - is built entirely on instinct rather than imitation. With releases coming via Zentryc Records and a relentless 2026 tour schedule taking in Tomorrowland, Cream...

KLOUD is a perfect alias for an artist whose take on hard techno has an ominous presence that looms larger over any dance floor he plays. The enigmatic American shares very little personal detail online, instead offering up only his cinematic blend of techno, electro and industrial-tinged house, all wrapped in the mystique of his masked persona. This summer, he joins us at Terminal V Croatia, wher...

Hot outside, isn't it? As it happens, that's exactly how Lithuania-born EMILIJA likes it. The fearless hard house selector deals exclusively in sounds that make you sweat physically and emotionally. Whether dropping deep cuts or high-impact tools, she comes at things from a cheeky, provocative angle, drops in plenty of energetic outbursts and soundtracks a fantasy world free from all inhibitions a...

Dr. G is on a roll. The Brussels-based artist has weaponised grooves not just to blow up dance floors, but as a way to stir up emotions. He plays hard and fast but always with meaning and a signature bass sound that unites everything he does. Though he wears his 90s and 00s influences on his sleeve, they get folded into contemporary sound designs that have taken him all across Europe and Australia...

Kara Okay is all about serving up sonic treats that bring joy. Importantly, though, the Dutchman knows you can have too much of a good thing, so he has learned to balance the ups with the downs, the light with the dark. The self-confessed optimist pulls his pianos, vocals and rushes of euphoria from across a spectrum of house, trance and garage, often with hints of 90s nostalgia, and can count the...

Baron Von Trax is part of the Australian new wave, but what makes him unique is the joy and emotion he brings to harder dance sounds. His tracks are always luminous and uplifting, rich in melody and packed with inescapable emotion that swells the heart while his drums get the pulse rising. In this interview, the Melbourne man admits he wants his music to be accessible and credits his classical pia...

Liverpool’s MXGN belongs to a new generation who have come up through the internet age but don't live online. Instead, he's been locked in the studio since his mid-teens and refining a sound that hits with brutal peak-time force but still carries musicality beneath the beats. Raised on Tomorrowland videos before buying his first decks aged nine, he has now racked up millions of streams, released o...

Aberdeen's Vivace are forging a sound that is unbound by rules, history or pretence. They have an eclectic range of tastes and influences and pull from all of it when cooking up heat in both the booth and the studio. Trance euphoria, speed garage bump and the hardness of techno all collide with hints of musical nostalgia that bring the fun. The pair only started working together in early 2024 and...

Rising fast out of Sydney’s north-west, Efesian is armed with techno weaponry built from pummelling kicks, jungle-leaning percussion and flashes of ‘90s trance euphoria. He's already had a Beatport #1 with 'Can’t Be Stopped', and been backed by heavyweights like Carl Cox, Klangkuenstler, FJAAK, Joris Voorn and HI-LO, so he is another one of Australia’s closely watched hard techno exports. Now step...

Mirage is a new school disruptor from Ghent. The young DJ and producer has been digging deep into the roots of hard house, UKG and piano house for years and is now rewriting it with his own perspective. It's seen his sound hold back home but also increasingly around Europe, where he plays fast but with control, emotion and narrative. More recently, he's founded his own platform, 32Jumpstreet, as a...

Belgian DJ ROW1 is riding the crest of a new wave of hard dance talent that is emerging from Europe’s underground. Still early in his journey but already shaping things with a distinct identity, his approach leans into intensity, emotion and instinct, but always with unstoppable momentum. This year, he has continued to play live and serve up his own tunes: they're bold and bouncy and, he says in t...

Hanover's Arman John is at the sharp end of the hard techno scene as both a DJ and producer. He heads up Phased Records but also releases on labels like Obscuur and Ismus, often with elements of Euro dance and trance sitting next to his love of acid, bouncy beats and alluring vocal hooks that keep his tracks emotionally as well as physically charged up. Fresh off finishing a Master's degree in Sci...

If you’ve spent any time in Europe’s underground dance circuit over the past decade, you'll have surely heard of Tjade. Amsterdam-born and floor-focused, he’s always defining his own brand of high-energy dancefloor music and blurring the lines between uplifting prog house and early trance. His tracks have blown up on cult labels like Bordello a Parigi, DGTL and Correspondant, and he also heads up...

Melbourne’s JOKESONYOU is riding a serious wave right now. The Aussie is carving his own lane in the new-school trance and hard techno crossover with razor-sharp melodies and chest-rattling bass. Backed by heavy hitters from KI/KI to I Hate Models, and with releases landing on labels like Polyamor, Klubbkontrol, and Onyx Berlin, his momentum feels unstoppable heading into the New Year. Fresh off a...

Gent-based DJ Alycia Bezgo is moving fast and loud through the European underground. Armed with a fierce blend of hard groove, techno and trance, she channels the euphoric pulse of the ’90s into something sharp and unmistakably her own. Fresh off a dream-like set at Terminal V where she went b2b with Jokesonyou and lit up the Drumheads floor with turbo-charged trance, Alycia is proving she’s more...

Ben Gold has been a trance and dance heavyweight for more than a decade. He is a hugely prolific artist with hundreds of tunes to his name, millions of streams and close ties to the definitive Armada Music. His forward thinking sound blends emotionally wrought melodies, heart tugging vocals and blazing grooves that sit right at the forefront of the current scene.

Yasmin Regisford is a rising force in Paris’s electronic scene, known for her bold selections and high-energy performances. After transitioning from a career in fashion to music in 2023, she quickly established her sound through dynamic, driving sets blending techno with trance-infused emotion. 2025 marks a defining year for Yasmin. Following the release of her debut EP Chroma, she performed at Bo...