SU 25 Closing Ceremony w/ AKA HEX(Aisha Devi & Slikback), Croatian Amor (DK), Born Erased (BG)

SU2025 CLOSING CEREMONY: Lineup: Croatian Amor (DK)(Posh Isolation) Born Erased (BG)(Amek Collective) AKA HEX (Aisha Devi & Slikback) SOFIA UNDERGROUND 2025 AND CLUB PAVE WELCOMES AKA HEX - a brand new collaboration between Slikback and Aïsha Devi. Devi has always used her music to look outward, beyond the confines of club music and the avant garde towards a space that’s less predictable and far more mysterious. She was born in Switzerland with Nepali Indigenous heritage, and her transversal identity has helped her navigate the underground as not just a producer and vocalist, but as a curator. Co-founding the Danse Noire imprint in 2013, she used that platform to launch her breakout EP ‘Hakken Dub / Throat Dub’, following it up with the labyrinthine ‘Of Matter and Spirit’ album in 2015. Devi’s interest in sonic alchemy and multi-dimensional expression was further developed on 2018’s ‘DNA Feelings’, coming to an overflowing head with last year’s enigmatic ‘Death Is Home’, which featured a collaboration with none other than Slikback. Born and raised in Nairobi, Slikback is one of the world’s most adventurous producers, taking elements from the wide spectrum of club, noise, ambient and rap music and forming them into a psychedelic lattice of high intensity sounds and emotions. He’s spent the last few years prolifically contributing to his canon via his Bandcamp stream, this year compiling the highlights into the frenetic double-LP ‘SLIKBACK’ – 22 tracks of future-facing, soundsystem-ready experimental club sounds that define his journey so far. Together, they synthesize their artistry as AKA HEX, welding kinetic, bass-heavy rhythms to zig-zagging, sci-fi tinged soundscapes and mutant vocals. It’s Devi’s most dancefloor-focused material in years, and Slikback’s most alien to date, bridging the chasm between avant-pop, experimental club and hallucinogenic ambience. Loke Rahbek (DK) joins the SU2025 Festival Programme with his project Croatian Armor. Since 2009 the co-founder of the now closing Danish record label & shop Posh Isolation has conquered the European electronic music scene with various projects (Damien Dubrovnik, Body Sculptures, Croatian Amor) and frequent collaborations with some of the biggest names in the northern alternative music scene. Croatian Amor realises a distinct and brilliant intimacy about the bracing pace and chronicles of the contemporary world. Hailing from Copenhagen, Rahbek operates the label Posh Isolation, a place of incubation for many artists from across Scandinavian experimental music, including many of his own collaborators. As Croatian Amor, Rahbek's most crucial and imaginative account is laid bare. His most recent works include the solo albums “Remember Rainbow Bridge” from 2022 and “A Part of You in Everything” from 2023 and a continuous flow of releases with longtime collaborators Scandinavian Star & Frederik Valentin. His newest album with Lust for Youth “All Worlds” is exhilarating, fantastical and a soundtrack for a cold summer. Croatian Amor has performed at festivals, venues and clubs such as, Berlin Atonal, Rewire, Mutek Mexico, Ephemera Festival, Roskilde, Click, Sydney Opera House, Berghain, Wide Awake Festival, Copenhagen Contemporary. For the official festival CLOSING CEREMONY, Croatian Amor will be joined on the stage by local legend of the underground scene, namely BORN ERASED - Angel Simitchiev (AMEK)’s most recent, mature and versatile project. design: Diana Bunkin