Highlights of this year’s lineup include the likes of Subtronics, who is returning for the first time since 2019. Zeds Dead is making their WAKAAN Festival debut this year for a solo set as well as the first-ever Zeds Dead b2b Liquid Stranger set. Freddy Todd and Of The Trees will be performing as their collaborative BLAAP project. An official 1985 Music takeover will feature label head Alix Perez, along with Torcha, Hyroglifics, and Monty. Barclay Crenshaw is returning after electrifying performances the last two years that helped cement his resurgence as a bass music icon. The duo of jordnmoody and Ujuu will be on stage together as FLORA. As founder of WAKAAN, Liquid Stranger himself is also performing three exclusive sets, including a throwback set with a list of not-yet-announced friends.

There is more to WAKAAN than just the music. The festival features a diverse array of workshops, ranging from such topics as health and wellness to music production. The grounds of Mulberry Mountain are scattered with art installations, merch vendors, games, and more. In particular, this year features the return of Soul Spin Art Gallery, where fans can create their very own custom vinyl records that will be kept on the mountain for years to come.

In the past years that I’ve attended WAKAAN, the crowd energy has been unreal. There is a real, concerted effort on the part of these festival-goers to make friends and inspire each other. I’ve told my life story to a stranger on the way to a Port-a-Potty. I’ve always left with more trinkets than I arrived with. I’ve been handed hors d’oeuvres from people passing by mid-headliner. I’ve played Super Smash Brothers and watched Adventure Time on a screen in the middle of the forest. The sense of community that this festival has is something to behold, and I hope everyone gets to at least once.

If you’d like to purchase a ticket to the festival, you can do so on WAKAAN’s website. Be sure to follow them on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook for more information. In the meantime, you can peep the full festival lineup below!

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Distorted strands of vocals resonate amid steely thrusts of echoing percussion as the track bridles an arrhythmic tempo. A brief audible reticence unleashes a sinewy fiber of synths that wavers seamlessly along the length of the track.

Cut straight from the earliest pages of the SHADES catalog, ‘Chiron’ is cohesive in nature and execution, and a terrific segue deeper into the dark minds of EPROM & Alix Perez, check out the full track below!

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Their latest collaborative song, ‘Creepin,” is off their upcoming EP, Night of the Dreadless Angel. As the name suggests, the song feels like it inches towards you like a massive swarm of angry insects, then makes no hesitation in unleashing some low-down, gritty bass for the rest of its entirety. Combined with the use of half-time cuts, heavy distortion, and all-around filth, you can’t help but feel it overwhelm you and reverberate through your body as you embrace the lowest of frequencies. The track even feels like it has the slightest hint of riddim embedded deep within it.

The EP itself is set to be released on March 24th, and is available for pre-order on Bandcamp. In the meantime, check out ‘Creepin” below!

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