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ZW-5 Fünf Jahre Zentralwäscherei
Fünf Jahre Zentralwäscherei. Noch immer da und längst nicht fertig!
Was als Provisorium begann, ist in fünf Jahren zu einem festen Bestandteil der kantonalen und nationalen Kulturszene gewachsen – ohne dass wir dabei unsere Grundhaltung an der Garderobe abgegeben haben. Wir bewegen uns weiterhin dort, wo es interessant und manchmal etwas kompliziert wird: zwischen Institution und DIY, Renommee und Experiment, zwischen Konzertsaal, Club, Restaurant, Werkstatt, Treffpunkt und Raum für Ideen, die anderswo vielleicht keinen Platz finden. Vom 17. bis 22. November 2026 feiern wir die fünfte Ausgabe unseres jährlichen Jubiläumsfestivals. Während fünf Festivaltagen und einer langen Nacht wird das Haus spartenübergreifend bespielt, umgebaut und durchgeschüttelt, um zu testen, wie viel Festival in ein ehemaliges Wäschereigebäude passt.
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ZW-5 Five Years of the Zentralwäscherei
Five years of the Zentralwäscherei. Still going strong and far from finished!
What began as a temporary arrangement has, in five years, grown into an integral part of the cantonal and national cultural scene – without us ever having to compromise our core ethos. We continue to operate where things get interesting – and sometimes a little complicated: between institution and DIY, reputation and experimentation; between concert hall, club, restaurant, workshop, meeting place and a space for ideas that might not find a home elsewhere. From 17 to 22 November 2026, we’ll be celebrating the fifth edition of our annual anniversary festival. Over five days of the festival and one long night, the building will be brought to life across different art forms, transformed and shaken up to test just how much festival can fit into a former laundry building.
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Long Weekend Pass are for the Thursday, Friday and Saturday only. With the *Long Weekend Pass x Merch you can pick and choose Merch up to CHF 60.
People with Status S/N/F, Sans-papier can get free tickets at the box office.
ZW is best reached by public transport, the closest Tram and Bus Station is Schiffbau and closest train reaches station Hardbrücke.
We do not have public parking options.
The venue is accessible with wheel chairs.
During every day of the festival fog machines will be used. Strobe and other flashy lights might be used as well most probably Tuesday (Halle), Friday (Halle) and Saturday (BR).
ZW has an awareness concept and a trained awareness team present Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
If you have concerns/access questions/needs please contact us at > care@zentralwaescherei.space!
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Tuesday w/ Holy Tongue and Angelfightrrr
Live in Halle
LISTEN — Opening Night in Halle
We kick off five years of ZW with a night dedicated to sound in all its forms. The big Halle becomes the space of a collective experience, where brass meets electronics, rhythms turn into rituals, and familiar structures dissolve into something unexpected.
Zurich-based trumpeter and composer Angelfightrrr takes us on an echoing journey, feverishly exploring acoustic improvisation, feedback and drones. Holy Tongue deepen the trip into hypnotic territory as we finally get to welcome them to ZW, presenting their latest album, Basilikum. Weaving dub, ritual percussion, post-punk and psychedelic textures into an immersive, body-moving experience; with no fixed boundaries and no allegiance to genre, their work embraces movement, texture and collective energy. The result is immersive, transportive music that shifts between meditation and propulsion, intimacy and scale, always evolving in the moment.
An opening ceremony just like ZW: exploratory, open-ended and sometimes loud. Come listen closely, feel the pulse and let the festival begin.
Holy Tongue
Holy Tongue are a trio composed of Valentina Magaletti (Moin), Susumu Mukai (Vanishing Twin) and Al Wootton. Accomplished musicians in their own right, they create expansive rhythmic music that moves freely through dub, trance, post-punk, free improvisation and cinematic psychedelia. Such a dynamic energy and force is mapped across a trilogy of critically acclaimed EPs, their debut album Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare and their collaborative album with dub-pioneer Shackleton.
They announce their sophomore album, Basilikum, on 29th of July, with the single Coca. The trio recorded a series of improvisations in the Swiss Alps and London. Built on the foundation of vintage drum machines and instinctive interplay they created compositions where no stylistic borders apply. The record melts and the musicians’ instruments synergise, with a rawness added with featured vocals from collaborator and experimental vocalist Dali de Saint Paul on two tracks. The record is out via AD 93 on September 25th. Dub techniques meet ritual percussion, hypnotic pulse and vast Popol Vuh-esque landscapes. Drawing equally from popular music, experimental traditions and spontaneous interaction, the trio treats playing, recording, editing and transformation as part of the same creative act. Sounds emerge, dissolve and reappear in new forms, creating a music that is both deeply physical and endlessly open. With no fixed boundaries and no allegiance to genre, their work embraces movement, texture and collective energy. The result is immersive, transportive music that shifts between meditation and propulsion, intimacy and scale, always evolving in the moment.
Angelfightrrr
Angelfightrrr is a trumpeter and composer based in Zurich. Their latest project leans on improvisational trumpet studies as well as the deconstruction and blend of brass and electronic textures: a performance that reaches from acoustic improvisation to intense clustering of feedbacks, drones and overlaying patterns. Angelfightrrr aims to create a feverish experience, whose pulse echoes both an alarm and a release.
Visit Angelfightrrr's official website
WEDNESDAY - FOOD & BINGO
THE GREAT ZW COOK OFF HOSTED BY MANIC PIXXIES
TASTE - Food is an integral part of ZW. We serve lunch, self-baked cakes and a diverse range of easy bites in the evening. For this year edition, we decided to turn our traditional food in Halle Wednesday into a cooking competition.
Two teams. Four courses. Eight dishes. One ultimate title.
On Wednesday the 18th of November Team Lilac and Team Artichoke, each consisting of 4 fearless units of cooks, will battle for the title across four courses - serving up eight dishes in total.
The team that receives the most votes will take home all the glory, but also a selection of goodies from KW’s special épicerie, like lime salts and special ferments. Anything to keep cooking!
And don’t worry, the voting doesn't stop there. The public will be able to select their all time favorite dish and our lovely hosts the Manic Pixxies will hand out some superlative awards.
The event is free to attend, but if you'd like to taste the dishes and join the tasting, can grab a ticket in advance to guarantee food and help us figure out how many serving we need to prepare.
Winebar by Paul Blume from Zürich
The Idendity of the cooks will be posted on our social media channels two weeks before the event!
ZW-Bingo
19:05 Sharp!
Kleine Wäscherei, große Gefühle!
There might be laughter, there might be tears.
Incredible prizes – such as skipping the queue at TILT – second-hand treasures and special food from the cook off!
You’re also welcome to bring a prize of your own! Something that’s gathering dust at home but could shine in a different space. Bring hope, bring friends, bring gifts. We’ll take care of the rest.
Thursday w/ a Slapping workshop, a Talk, Movement Practice and a Performance
Thursday - FEEL
On Thursday we meet to finally find a place to put all the feelings: in our bodies, in conversation and most importantly in each other's company.
To kick the evening off, we start with a slap. In a hands-on workshop, we practise feminist self-empowerment and self-defence, learn to hold our ground under stress, and find out what a proper «Flättere gegen das Patriarchat» is all about. Open to all genders, bodies and levels of experience.
Then we turn to care: Who does it, where does it happen, and what would it take to organise it together instead of leaving it to overstretched institutions? With the Care Strike on the horizon, a panel of guests explore and show what different infrastructures of care can look like and how we can all organize ourselves together.
Later, we let the body lead. Movement Practice is a guided improvisation session with live music, spoken cues and plenty of space to follow sensation instead of intention. Expect a protected but unconventional setting where musicians and movers listen and respond to one another.
And as the night winds down, we’ll wake up one last time to end with a very special performance. We’re not saying more yet, but you’ll want to stay until the end.
Slapping Workshop with Luisa: A Slap into the face of Patriarchy
This workshop focuses on feminist self-empowerment and practical self-defence. We’ll practise how to land a proper slap, learn to function under pressure and assert ourselves physically against others. Whatever my identity, body or experience is. Open to all genders.
With and by the legendary Luisa Ricar.
ZW-TalkIN*: Infrastructures of care
In this Panel we want to invite you to think, exchange and dream about different forms of care and the question of how we can think about and organise care beyond conventional & institutionalised structures. How can we consciously shape, organise and practise care collectively? With the big care strike coming up next year, this Panel is the perfect Warm-Up.
At the Panel we’ll have Ethel Baraona Pohl (they/them) representing «Care.». Lea Whitcher (she/her), the mother and inventor of «Care City», Anais Treadwell (she/her) from «Inaya» and lastly Shannon Hughes, who is part of «One Of A Million» festival. Bringing it all together we have Ra Fankhauser (they/them) who’s doing the moderation. What a great fucking round, if we may say so.
The Panel will be held in english.
Movement Practice
In “Movement-Practice” we explore together how we can shape space with our bodies. We create different landscapes with our movements and enter a state in which we give free rein to our impulses. It’s about letting go of our usual functional movements, shifting our limbs and perceiving gravity, tension, space, warmth, impulses, air and sounds and bringing them into an unexpected context.
Alexandra Bachzetsis
In her new solo performance Rush(es), Alexandra Bachzetsis situates the Self within autofiction, autoeroticism and autodocumentation. Envisioned as an introspective journey, the performance challenges taboos of behavior and explores the commodified nature of desire as it is both constructed and deconstructed by the dancing body.
Rush(es) is characterised by rapid transformations that push the body to its limits, reflecting pleasure, joy, solitude, anxiety through the intense physicality of the performer. In the process of corporeal metamorphosis, Bachzetsis navigates her body so that it ceases to be human and morphs into something else – an animal, an object, a tool.
In this solo performance, the audience is invited to perceive, examine and experience these physical transformations as a reflection of the collective consciousness. Rush(es) thus aims to evoke intuitive, immediate responses to music, space, text, and the actions of the body, taking both performer and audience into a heightened state of awareness and transformation.
Friday - Come as much as you are
COME AS MUCH AS YOU ARE
WATCH - You have never seen a show like this!
Where is all your muchness? Have you also adapted to the game?
Do you know the feeling of slowly but surely being carved into a little capitalist minion, moving only in the controllable spectrum while being told you are free? - but only if you can adapt.
Come as much as you are is an evening where you take a seat, drink, look, dance, talk and walk in the mind of an individual that wonders…discover different aspects of the brain and humanity.
Where is our muchness? Shouldn’t we dare to be much muchier together?
There will be fiery burlesque, a rollerblading securita, a bendy situationship and many more performative layers.
Not a Show, but a Show. Come as much as you are and be a part of a brain.
The more the muchier.
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Organised by ZW in big collaboration with THE AGENTS:
THE AGENTS: We, Yasha & Stella, founded this thing about two years ago, operating as management, backbone coaching and production-team. Our background is in the Theatre-Kleinkunst-szene and after working together for several years we decided to take a step into bringing our visions to life. We wanted to build this agency supporting small artists beyond the paperwork, to be able to take part in their creative process and building a network within and beyond THE AGENTS. For several years we are Co-curating the openstage and show “That’s Finta*tainment” with Jane Mumford. In December 2025 we produced the Co-Production from That’s Finta*tainment x Brigade Brut - “FEST DER HIEBE”, Together with - and on site, here at ZW. In our Management we are working with Yüksel Esen, Jovana Nikic, Johannes R. Millius, Moët Liechti and Vera Hiltbrunner.
Fabienne Hadorn
After earning her business diploma in 1994, she completed her acting studies at the ZHDK in 1998. Since then, she has worked as a freelance actress, singer, director, comedian, and writer. In 1999, she co-founded the theater group Kolypan with Gustavo Nanez and has worked as an actress and comedian at venues including Theater Basel, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Theater Kanton Zürich, the Zurich Opera House, and Casinotheater Winterthur, as well as in TV and radio productions and in feature films such as “Tatort” (8 episodes with the Lucerne team), “Die göttliche Ordnung,” and “Zwingli” .
She currently appears as a comedian on SRF’s “Die Sendung des Monats” and this year directed “Fun Fatale,” SRF’s first all-female comedy series.
She has been touring with her solo show series “Kaboom Room” since 2023. In recent years, she has also increasingly worked as a director.
Her most recent theater works include: “Boss/y – A Feminist Song Recital” (acting, TOBS/Theater Freiburg/Sophiensääle Berlin), “Goliath Show” (director, Theater Fleisch und Pappe, nominated for the Swiss Comedy Award Ensemble 26), and “Dragon Love” (co-director, Lea Whitcher). For Einfach Zürich, she has also been leading the city tour “Heureka – Zurich Simply Invented” since 2023. She got awarded as “Outstanding Actress” in 2014 and with the 2018 Comedy Awards Ensemble Prize for “Bundesordner” (director)
Foto: Tabea Guhl
Misty Lotus
Mystical and Powerful Burlesque
Voted Top 10 performers of mainland Europe since 2020, 21st Century Burlesque
Headliner of multiple shows and festivals including Strasbourg Burlesque Festival, Bohemian Burlesque Festival, Oslo Burlesque Festival, Malta Burlesque Festival... and more!
Full-time burlesque professional since 2017
Misty Lotus is an exciting and thrilling Indo-Swiss burlesque artist and fire eater, based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Her varied repertoire of acts have bewitched audiences from Las Vegas to Thailand. A master at embodying fierce femme sensuality, she leaves a true impact on each an every audience member, inspiring confidence to be unapologetically themselves. She is a powerhouse of sensation and emotion, combining statement acts with visually striking costumes.
She has toured the world, performing in 3 continents and 18 countries.
M&M
M&M—Micaela Castrillo Vargas and Marius Cavin—are a contemporary circus duo who met while studying at the Academy for Circus and Performance Art (Fontys) in the Netherlands. Drawing on their diverse artistic backgrounds and disciplines, they developed a shared movement language that combines acrobatics, aerial art, diabolo, partnering, dance, and performance. Micaela, born in Bolivia and raised in Chile, works as an aerial artist and movement artist. Her work moves between physicality, poetry, and political expression, exploring themes such as identity, belonging, and transformation. Marius, born and raised in Basel, combines diabolo and acrobatics with a clown-like stage presence. Humor is a central tool in his artistic work.
As M&M, these different worlds come together. Together, they develop humorous, poetic, and physical works in which the circus is understood not only as a spectacular discipline but also as a language for interpersonal relationships, emotions, and social issues. Their pieces seek a balance between lightness and depth and aim above all to do one thing: touch people, make them laugh, and inspire them to reflect.
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M&M, Micaela Castrillo Vargas und Marius Cavin, sind ein zeitgenössisches Zirkusduo, das sich während ihres Studiums an der Academy for Circus and Performance Art (Fontys) in den Niederlanden kennenlernte. Aus ihren unterschiedlichen künstlerischen Hintergründen und Disziplinen entwickelte sich eine gemeinsame Bewegungssprache, die Akrobatik, Luftartistik, Diabolo, Partnering, Tanz und Performance miteinander verbindet.
Micaela, geboren in Bolivien und aufgewachsen in Chile, arbeitet als Luftartistin und Bewegungskünstlerin. Ihre Arbeit bewegt sich zwischen Körperlichkeit, Poesie und politischem Ausdruck und setzt sich mit Themen wie Identität, Zugehörigkeit und Transformation auseinander. Marius, in Basel geboren und aufgewachsen, verbindet Diabolo und Akrobatik mit einer clownesken Bühnenpräsenz. Humor ist dabei ein zentrales Werkzeug seiner künstlerischen Arbeit. Als M&M treffen diese unterschiedlichen Welten aufeinander. Gemeinsam entwickeln sie humorvolle, poetische und körperliche Arbeiten, in denen Zirkus nicht nur als spektakuläre Disziplin, sondern als Sprache für zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen, Emotionen und gesellschaftliche Fragen verstanden wird. Ihre Stücke suchen die Balance zwischen Leichtigkeit und Tiefe und wollen vor allem eines: Menschen berühren, zum Lachen bringen und zum Nachdenken anregen.
Rica
Drawing on neobaroque aesthetics of the Río de la Plata region and Buenos Aires, the performance explores monstrosity, transformation, excess, and unstable identities. A body partially enveloped in handmade latex extensions continuously shifts between human, object, and creature, proposing queer forms of becoming that resist fixed categories.
Nick
28, self-taught creative, artist, tattooist, obsession with curtains, ducks and cute things. member of zähringer collective. Nick loves Love and improvising life.
Vogel im Wein by Andreea Gwerder
Inspired by myths, stories, and imagery we weave around birds and the rituals of the table, the fountain "Vogel im Wein" came into being. It draws the guest toward itself, inviting them to dip its beak into their glass until it is filled slowly once more. The sweet drink circulates, seeking to refiesh all of us who are so heavily burdened. As if in a trance, spirits are lifted, and for a brief moment the guests are made to feel as though they can fly.
SHARLYN
Sharlyn is moving through music and performance, writing and theatre, gardening and building, cooking delicious brazilian rice (per week, at least twice), teaching and accompaning children with special needs. she is a member of collective zähringer, hoster of events and legend of life.
VIKTORY NOX
The most tolerated Ausländer shaking up the Swiss drag scene with theatrical gender bending excellence, meet VIKTORY ! A powerhouse of Latin culture wrapped in bold, graphic vibes, they are here to serve you Brazilian energy with a dash of cartoonish, painted perfection. VIKTORY is not a Drag Queen or a Drag King but a Drag Artist. This creature is a walking, dancing love letter to every Brazilian who packed a suitcase and brought their dreams across the ocean. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
KIRA VAN EIJSDEN
Kira van Eijsden is an artist, performer and arts educator. Her work brings together feminist perspectives with a wide range of media and artistic forms. She challenges patriarchal structures while exploring spaces, ways of engaging and encounters with audiences – true to her motto: mixed feelings, mixed media.
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Kira van Eijsden ist Künstlerin, Performerin und Vermittlerin. In ihrer Arbeit verbindet sie feministische Perspektiven mit verschiedenen Medien und Formen. Sie hinterfragt patriarchale Strukturen und erkundet Räume, Zugänge und Begegnungen mit dem Publikum – getreu dem Motto: mixed feelings, mixed media.
Rave Karaoke
Late-night euphoria.
Bass pumping like ecstasy.
All the best ones sound like longing.
What is love? If not karaoke.
Pump up the jam at Kleinwäscherei.
Be absolutely unhinged, or at least freed from desire.
We want your soul, your hands in the air, and your deeply questionable falsetto on Gypsy Woman.
House classics, Club anthems, Rave bangers and absolutely no vocal training whatsoever.
Because in the end, the Music Sounds Better With You.
SATUR-DAY
SCHLARAFFENLAND
TOUCH - Before the long night begins, we build. This open crafting and play day is for little ones and grown-ups alike. Using cardboard, wood, and other materials, participants create sculptures, games, small spaces, or things that don’t yet have a name. The focus isn’t on the finished product, but on experimenting together. What takes shape during the day isn’t packed away; it stays in the space and becomes part of the scenography for the night.
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Bevor die lange Nacht beginnt, wird gebaut. Der offene Crafting- und Play-Day richtet sich an die Kleinen ebenso wie an die Grossen. Aus Karton, Holz und weiteren Materialien entstehen Skulpturen, Spiele, kleine Räume oder Dinge, für die es noch keinen Namen gibt. Nicht das fertige Werk steht im Mittelpunkt, sondern das gemeinsame Ausprobieren. Was tagsüber entsteht, wird nicht weggeräumt, sondern bleibt im Raum und wird Teil der Szenografie für die Nacht.
A tour of the ZWZ with the Raumbörse
What is ZW ? What is ZWZ ? What is the Josef-Areal ?
A tour of the Zwischennutzung with the Raumbörse
The temporary use of the former Zentralwäscherei facility is to be extended until 2035. If the final funds of use of the areal will be submitted to voters later this year, the temporary use of the space was reconducted last month by the City Council.
ZW is part of ZWZ, and we know that this is confusing sometimes. Our Verein, Zentralwäschrei, is an alternative cultural center at the Ground Floor of the ZWZ. It has a restaurant/bar, and two other rooms that offer a diverse program, but the ZWZ building does not stop at ZW, and many other associations and creatives are also in the building.
So, what does this Zwischennutzung actually entail? Raumbörse, which is the organ of the city that oversees the areal, will give a tour through the building through exciting studios such as the Bitwäscherei, Recreazz, and many more.
Meeting at 16:00 next to the bar in the Kleinwäscherei (restaurant)
https://www.raumboerse-zh.ch/
SATUR-NIGHT (Tilt)
Tilt #50
RAVE - Tilt is a transdisciplinary night happening once a month at ZW. Tilt involves all rooms of our venue and offers DJ sets, live music, performances and experiences.
By a stroke of luck, the 50th edition of Tilt falls during our 5-year anniversary festival.
With Domka Yaene, Article15, Ohjeelo, Denearis, Mukuna, Mad Miran, Sepehr, Bex, Elsa, ENSVRL, Phrex and Nidor ft. Néové.
Doors 20:30
Start 21:00
until around 12 on Sunday
Domka Yaene (live)
Live!
Domka Yaene is a romantic idea, a poetic positition, a broken soul, ein Erfahrender, a delusional romantic and a music duo - their first EP 'Late Check Out' will be released soon.
Article15 (live)
Congo, 1960: The South Kasaï region declares secession. Its constitution consists of only 14 articles. The state is overwhelmed, and thousands of civilians are massacred. From this disaster emerges an expression that becomes common parlance: "Article 15 ».
In other words : Make do
Paris, 2024: Performer Wilfried Luzele (Lova Lova) teams up with electronic producer GRIGRI (Gargäntua). Two sorcerers, one spell: The raw energy of Kinshasa’s streets delivered with unrelenting ferocity, mirroring the political violence that inspired the name of this new duo, weaving Lingala and French together in a voice both powerful and roughened by the harsh truths it conveys. Could they have really wished for better allies than the grimacing synthesizers of Gargäntua's dark mage to set the dancefloor ablaze ?
Some will see a new face of rap, bruised by the harsh reality of the streets of Kinshasa, like a dark opera tinged with witchcraft. Others will think of a turning point in electronic music, embodied like never before: sweaty and gritty, radical and defiant.
In the end, no one will be entirely right, and no one will be entirely wrong. But everyone will dance.
Ohjeelo
Ohjeelo, Paris-based DJ and producer, navigates between Afro-Caribbean music, bass, club and what moves between and around these genres. Her sonic proposition extends through her residencies on Rinse France and Oroko Radio, her “Bougé Cho” nights, and the curation of her label T.I.G.
credits (@frayser)
DENEARIS
DENEARIS brings every crowd to life with her unique blend of Jungle, Jersey, and bass-heavy edits. Her sets are energetic, unpredictable, and full of attitude – moving seamlessly from dancehall or baile funk to electronic experiments, always with a global sound and playful spirit. Rooted in the Bern clu
Mukuna
Over the course of almost a decade, Mukuna has become a significant presence in the Basel dance music scene.
As a producer, Mukuna’s music draws from early childhood experiences learning Senegalese drums to map out connections to his own musical heritage. Percussive rhythms continue to form the core of his practice, across his work with Somatic Rituals, the label he co-founded in 2017, and on compilations from Behuá Icára, ClubCultureCH and Electronic Beats.
His DJ style, refined through his residency at the iconic Elysia club in Basel, blends a diverse range of polyrhythmic sounds, never shying away from surprising the crowd. Time spent in Amsterdam further strengthened Mukuna’s bonds with the European club scene, with performances at De School, Garage Noord, kanaal40, and Rotterdam’s POING CLUB, plus streams with Future Intel and Dekmantel.
Always connecting the dots between global sounds and local scenes, Mukuna continues pushing definitions of club music into new and exciting territories
mad miran
Thriving on unpredictability, whether at a festival or an intimate club, mad miran’s connection to rave culture and unique blend of electronic beats guarantee a mesmerizing performance every time, marking her as one of the most exciting DJs to watch.
She electrifies the Dutch underground scene with her dynamic mastery over the decks, now resonating from her new base in Barcelona. Quoting Miran, “Genres are disturbing, I play vibes,” she expertly weaves diverse sounds into compelling, energetic narratives that keep the dance floor alive and guessing. Miran’s skills have brought her to stages worldwide, from a curated Boiler Room session to her solo debut at Dekmantel 2022, as well as other highly respected festivals like Primavera, Houghton, Draaimolen and Waking Life.
Sepehr (live)
Sepehr is an Iranian-American live act, DJ, and sonic maverick based in New York City. The Bay area native is an electronic music pariah who enjoys disintegrating
and destroying dance music tropes through bizarre and wonderful sound potions. These auditory libations have been released on labels like Dark Entries, Planet Euphorique, Osare Editions and Steffi’s Klakson label.
His DJ sets move from enchanted steppers and psychedelic-but-not-boring techno, to haute electro, aphrodisiac acid and freaky jakbeat music. In late 2017 he began performing live PA sets, sonically ranging from potent drum cocktails to psychedelic and oxygenated soundscapes. Sepehr is the label head of Shaytoon Records, an imprint focused on Middle Eastern underground electronic music.
Bex
BEX is a Zurich-based DJ deeply rooted in the city’s alternative music scene.
Her sets are driven by curiosity and intuition— Digging obscure rythms and unexpected turns and blends genres with ease. With BEX no two moments feel the same and thats whats makes her sets so exciting.
As a selector of unconventional paths and hidden gems, host of vierzmr, and co-founder and curator of okok temporary space, she continues to contribute to Zurich’s evolving cultural landscape.
ELSA
Elsa, hailing from Basel, discovered her love for electronic music early on. While studying music at school, she started experimenting with digital production. She later joined the collective and label SchanzeAcht, helping to organize parties in Basel and releasing her first EP with the label in 2022.
Since then, Elsa has played across Switzerland and had first gigs in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Her productions have landed on labels like Punctuality, Pressure Dome, and Haws, and she has also been featured on platforms such as the Mudd Show and GIMIC. In 2026, she and her brother launched delikat., a label and party series.
ENSVRL
A creative shapeshifter, her work bridges sound and somatics, with offerings spanning introspective deep-listening workshops and sauna sound baths to high-energy, peak-time club catharses and closing sets. Her approach is versatile, driven by a fascination with the human experience and a love of inner excavation and connection through shared sonic experiences.
phrex
phrex doesn‘t like bios — but he certainly likes collective madness on a dancefloor that includes all people beyond normcore, expressing their true being and who refuse to give away our culture to be digested and shat out by hypercapitalism.
also, he runs dubtopia, co-runs midilux, involved with radio bollwerk and is tirelessly in the studio building tunes for the damned.
Nidor ft. Néové (live)
Behind “Nidor feat Néové” lies a single artist with two complementary identities. This dual project embodies the meeting of two musical worlds: on one side, Néové, his hip-hop and rap project, where it all began; on the other, Nidor, his electronic project, primarily influenced by soundsystem culture and encompassing both music production and DJing.
Néové was born out of an early passion for hip-hop and rap, which he discovered at the age of 14. Inspired by these rhythmic and lyrical influences, the artist began producing music, writing his first lyrics, and developing his own distinctive voice. Today, this project allows him to explore critical perspectives on global politics through deep, atmospheric productions, where lyrics and sound come together as one.
A few years later, his older sister introduced him to the club scene, opening the door to a whole new world. This encounter with electronic music, heavy bass, soundsystems, and the energy of the dancefloor gave birth to Nidor. While Néové explores introspection and messages, Nidor draws his strength from the raw power of soundsystems and the physicality of music.
Today, these two worlds no longer stand apart — they merge. “Nidor feat Néové” becomes a meeting point between rap and electronic music, lyrics and production, introspection and club energy.
The live set that emerges from this fusion is an invitation to close your eyes and let yourself be carried away.
Projet Wipeout (live)
Wipeout, definition: the art of falling well… In surfing, a wipeout happens when you lose control of your board on a wave, fall, and let yourself be swept away by the force of the current.
This idea lies at the heart of the project’s philosophy, where taking risks and embracing the unexpected become the very driving forces of musical creation. Born in Geneva, Projet Wipeout is a collective of around 80 musicians from different backgrounds and musical worlds, brought together to celebrate music in its most vibrant form: improvisation and live performance. Every concert brings a completely new line-up of musicians, creating a unique and spontaneous musical experience. Blending genres, sounds and individual influences, each formation explores uncharted sonic territory. On stage, the musicians listen, respond and feed off each other’s energy, letting themselves be carried by the crowd. The result is an organic, one-of-a-kind moment of creation that exists only in the here and now.
Gradient Pluto Takeover
Gradient takes over Pluto with a floor focused on the slower and more exploratory sides of electronic music. Gradient All Stars move through ambient, breaks, dub techno and leftfield sounds, offering a calmer introspective counterpoint to the dancefloors.
Lineup:
xaos
zoy4abit
ser4f
silvv3rr
akhlut
cybermonk
vintsch [S-171]
ZW All-Stars
Halle will also taken over by yours truly ambient, experimental in-house shenanigans. A broad selection of works from and around ZW musicians.
