Irazema H.Vera
Irazema H. Vera is a sound engineer, music producer, sound artist, researcher and activist from Peru. Her work revolves around memory, music and territory. As a researcher, she focuses on sound studies and the climate crisis, and on auditives epistemologies in historic and contemporary Peruvian music culture. As a sound director, she has participated in audiovisual initiatives (documentary and podcast) focused on conservation and memory, the relationship of communities with their territory and the destigmatization of communities in conflict zones. During her work documenting the Aimara protest in Lima, she became an important bridge to ensure respect for human rights. Her sound work has elements of traditions from the Puno highlands where she has her cultural heritage and has been featured on SONODOC, Radio Alhara in Palestine, RRFM in Holland and Común Radio in Peru.
Ollin Miranda (Dub Jam High)
Artist, documentarian, and new media filmmaker focused on cinematic and sound practices within social and contemporary art. He has worked both in Mexico and abroad on the creation of pieces and installations. He collaborated with the Laboratorio Arte Alameda in the Príamo Lozada archive and in the production of exhibitions and festivals. At the Fundación Alumnos47, he participated in the audiovisual area and in the production of the Tonelada project, which activated a collection of 8,600 vinyl records. Currently, he is a member of the Dub Jam High collective, influenced by Mexican sound system culture, European sound systems, and urban sound systems from South America and the Caribbean.
María Huerta
María Huerta is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans installation, sculpture, sound, drawing, literature, digital media, UI/UX design, and site-specific interventions. Their work explores the relationships between living beings, memory, and social narratives, focusing on geological listening as the intersection of technology and transdimensional existence, aiming for socio-environmental regeneration. A graduate of Industrial Design from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), María has participated in programs like PARAC and Art Reviews at the Adolfo Prieto School. They have collaborated on the independent publication “The Islands Also Move: Art, Politics, and Territory” and received the PECDA Nuevo León 2023 art grant. Their work has been exhibited in solo and group shows across Mexico and Latin America.
GG Albuquerque
GG Albuquerque is a journalist, music critic, and PhD in Communications Studies. His research has focused on Afro-diasporic and Global South electronic music. He is the co-director of the feature film “Terror Mandelão,” an experimental documentary about São Paulo’s funk bruxaria scene and DJ K, which premiered in 2024 at the Tiradentes International Film Festival in Brazil. Since 2015, he’s been editing the blog and page Volume Morto and is a co-founder of Embrazado, a journalistic project dedicated to the musical cultures of Brazilian favelas. He’s also the screenwriter of Spotify’s documentary on bregafunk music and was a member of the Official Jury at the Tiradentes Film Festival and the Super Jury at the Multishow Awards. He has written for outlets such as Vice Brasil, Bandcamp, KondZilla, UOL, Jornal do Commercio, Suplemento Pernambuco, and many others. In 2023, he was recognized with the Vozes 30 award, which highlights initiatives that illuminate the future of Brazilian communication.
Felipe Maia
Felipe Maia is a Brazilian journalist, ethnomusicologist, and DJ who covers popular music and digital technologies in the Global South. He is a PhD candidate at Université Paris Nanterre, researching Brazilian vehicular sound systems known as paredões. His work has appeared in media outlets such as The Guardian, Folha de S. Paulo, Mixmag, Resident Advisor, Remezcla, and others. He is also a resident DJ on Rinse France with BAÏLE, a radio show focused on showcasing baile funk as a club music genre, and curated the NTS album “Funk.BR – São Paulo”.
David Puente
There are journalists who chase stories, and then there are stories that chase journalists and capture their interest. David is a Barcelona-based journalist who has been pursued by the phenomenon of “Minitecas” for over a decade. In 2013, he met with several Venezuelan friends exiled in Barcelona to understand what minitecas were, and the conversation resulted in a journalistic research.
Phran
Fran Mejía is a Venezuelan DJ and producer based in Barcelona, blending techno, electro, and rave with dark tropical rhythms. As one half of Dos Ritmos, he has released music on Klasse Wrecks, Best Effort, and Hivern Discs, among others. He co-runs the labels Vimana and ACA, supporting underground Venezuelan sounds. Passionate about his roots, he co-produced the zine Logos of the Venezuelan Minitecas and performed “Vimana Discplay” at Sónar Festival. Formerly known as Pacheko, his music explores Bass and Latin rhythms and has been featured by DJs like Nick León and Leon Vynehall.
Parzubanil
Parzubanil is a peruvian artist hailing from Lima, Peru. His project is
committed to the exploration of global rhythms through the lens of
electronic music: punchy dancefloor-focused tracks, perfect
dembowlical launchpad and 4/4 rhythmic intensity. He’s carefully
influenced by finesse oldschool house latino, dembowlistic/tribalistic
techno, latino progressive, technoid-reggaeton and grained ambient.
Pedro Oliveira
Pedro Oliveira is a sound artist and researcher. Currently he is a guest faculty at the Sound Studies and Sonic Arts Master Program at the Universität der Künste Berlin. Since 2022 he co-curates “Soy&Synth,” a concert series in collaboration with Soydivision.
Edna Martínez
Drawing from the rich heritage of the Colombian Caribbean and its sound system culture, Edna Martinez is known for expansive DJ sets that transcend curation, blending African, Caribbean, and Arab sonorities. Deeply embedded in Berlin’s dynamic music scene, her eclectic performances are in constant evolution, weaving basslines and polyrhythmic arrangements to connect global club styles and diaspora rhythms, including dabke, champeta, soukous, tarraxo, soca, and any other influences that enrich her distinctive vision.
She has performed on prominent European stages, such as Glastonbury, Fusion Festival, Museo Reina Sofía, Bahidora, Panorama Bar Berghain, and has also reached audiences in Palestine, Lebanon, Morocco, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Chile. As a host on NTS, Radio Alhara, and Worldwide FM, she continuously engages with global sonic landscapes. Martinez considers sound an integral part of her artistic practice, focusing on themes of restitution and the boundaries of sonic expression.
Bclip
Influenced by the picotera scene (Colombian Soundsystem) and raised in the ghettos of Soledad Atlántico, Bclip initially emerged as an atypical urban producer. Dissatisfied with established labels and genres, he chose to surf across a broad spectrum of sounds under what he calls “LA GRA$A,” challenging the conventional boundaries of electronic music. His work explores a wide range of influences—from salsa, reggaeton, and coastal folklore to black metal, IDM, and hard house—resulting in a diverse musical output that aligns with his Latin American crossover roots. This, combined with his sharp artistic sensibility, has propelled him to be recognized as a member of the timeless avant-garde of the Latin American music scene.
Bclip embodies the countercultural resonance of the ghetto, which flourishes in scarcity, resourcefulness, and empirical talent, all rooted in a deep knowledge and investigation of roots and past history, coupled with an “”anti-light”” sentiment that represents the marginal avant-garde dissent.
Jaar
Nicolás Jaar, 34, was born in NY to Chilean parents and raised between Santiago and New York. Since 2008, he has released music under various guises spanning shades of pop, ambient, noise, and club music. In recent years, Nicolás has mainly focused on education, teaching sound-editing and listening workshops to emerging musicians and non-musicians alike in institutions such as the Museo de la Memoria in Santiago, Chile, Festival 4×4, Chiapas, Mexico, Dar Jacir and Alrowwad in Bethlehem, Palestine, among others. His latest project is called “”Archivos de Radio Piedras””. It’s a 3h 1/2 long radio play set in the near future in Chile. His debut collection of stories “”Isole”” was released by Timeo, an Italian publishing house in February 2024. Nico is also part of the “”Shock Forest Group””, “”Darkside””, and was one of the founders of “”Musicians for Palestine””.