Nocturne 4

Steeped in the unruly energy of New York’s underground scene, Cry unites the creative visions of artists Kilbourne and Relaxer. For their Canadian debut, the duo perform a hard-hitting fusion of experimental techno and punk-tinged noise, delivering a body-rattling surge of gritty texture and abrasive low-end force.

In BRUXISMO, El Ángel Exterminador & Anastasiia Vorobiova unfold a visceral seven-part mystic-horror narrative exploring technological encroachment, surveillance, and structural violence inflicting wounds upon the spiritual and psychic realms and becoming incarnations through the body. Drawing from their Mexican and Ukrainian folk heritages, the piece blends real-time visuals, a hybrid use of digital and analogue techniques, electromagnetic coils and the live processing of both voice and an experimental instrument crafted from bones, teeth, metal and stone to conjure an intuitive vision of a future shaped by collective resistance and liberation.

Using her body as a point of departure, Evicshen restructures sonic meaning through experimentation with self-made electronics and unconventional materials. Sound, form, and sense bend in her live corporeal explorations, inviting viewers to unpack and reinterpret their relationship with the material possibilities for creating sound.

Violent Magic Orchestra journey from the cosmos to unleash sensory mayhem at MUTEK’s Nocturne 4 event. With their volatile blend of black metal, trance, and gabber, the Japanese hardcore collective incites dancefloor chaos with implosive pounding rhythms, strobe-saturated visuals, and blistering vocals thrashes.

Alan Harman returns synth-pop to its origins: no backing tracks, no computers, just analogue synthesizers, drum machines and his voice. Inspired by early new wave demos, he draws on feelings of isolation, alienation, and withdrawal, crafting dark, romantic dance music for smoke-filled rooms.

Hybrid musical structures and prehispanic instrumentation form the sonic core of con secuencias’ bass-driven club explorations. In the world premiere of (An)ecumene time, airy whistle pierces and hypnotic percussion converge with moody Latin rhythms and live electronic processing, accompanied by otherworldly visuals from Milo Reinhardt.

Well-versed in the intricacies of modular synthesis, M Salaciak builds his raw, uncompromising hardware sets around gritty rolling rhythms, hypnotic techno loops, and dense sonic distortions that accumulate slowly. Instability and forward motion drive his sound, creating an energetic and evolving experience rooted in rhythmic intensity and physicality.