The festival disembarks at Ifema with a poster focused on the ‘techno’ hedonistic
This Wednesday, the eve of the commemoration of the 40 years of the Spanish Constitution, the Ifema exhibition centre in the Field of Nations hosts one of the biggest celebrations of electronic music, 2018 in Madrid. The festival DGTL -which until now had offices in Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile and Barcelona, spain – disembark in the capital with a poster focused on the sector’s hard-techno hedonist.
Without a headlining above the others, the first edition of DGTL in Madrid is a trip through the great cathedrals of the electronic world. The first stop is Detroit, the place where arose the techno, of the hand of Robert Hood, important name of the label Underground Resistance from 30 years ago.
From there, to Berlin and its most popular nightclub, Berghain, the DJ German Len Faki. Another leap ocean and you will find yourself in New York and the clubs LGBTI, where it was styled the legend of The Black Madonna, a powerful disc jockey-known in Spain for her sessions in the Sonar festival.
back in Germany, DJ Koze represents the tradition of minimal at the beginning of the century exploded with the label Kompakt. And in the middle of both continents, the union of canadian Matthew Jonson and the teutons’âme.
But this path does not ignore what is happening in each one of the countries that welcomes DGTL. In the case of the madrid edition, John Talabot from barcelona tops the Spanish representation, which complete Damian Schwartz, Javi Redondo or Vane Madrid. In total, almost nine hours of loops and drums from 22: 00 until past six in the morning.
According to the organization, “DGTL is an experience full of discovery, inspiration, and constant surprise.” “Through music, art, and production, cautivamos visitors and we keep wanting to go for more. Throughout the year we seek the latest technological innovations and advances that we have been impressed to create a memorable experience. We constantly strive to maintain the balance among the leading names in the field of art and music, with the most recent discoveries, and other local treasures that we think are interesting”, they assure.
One of the hallmarks of the festival is its concern for sustainability, to the point that your goal is to get to 2020 to be a musical event that generates zero waste. In the madrid edition, the gastronomic services will be vegetarian, organic waste is converted into compost that is spread out among the farmers of the region and remove straws and plastic cups, single-use.
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