Iskra X Bestand @ Praterbrücke

Let's go!

This summer, ISKRA and Bestand are joining forces to organise an open-air gathering on Danube Island on 31 July. The two collectives are combining their experimental, bass-driven, dancefloor-oriented sound approaches with their socio-political and solidarity-based ideas about community building to create a uniquely curated event next to the Danube.

The line-up has been co-developed with our dear friends from Spice Mixers — because why not!

Line-up:

_Olgica

_call me daddy

_Vanja Rakić

_KHXDEEJ

_Hermeneia

_মm.

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Olgica

Olgica is a Serbia born, Austria/Graz based DJ and promoter. Her DJ sets combine intuitive

selection with patience and awareness to create hours of immersive soundscapes to dance to; sometimes slow, sometimes fast - sometimes deep, sometimes cheeky - but always a journey. Her understanding of nightlife culture roots in years of organizing and promoting meaningful

relations within the dance and experimental music scene. She is part of the Interlude Crew, Forum Stadtpark, Elevate Festival & has established her own event series in Serbia, named ISKRA, including the ISKRA Weekender - an independent, non profit music & arts gathering, with a mission to connect Serbian and wider Balkan scene with artist, collectives and listeners across the Europe.

Olgica appreciates energetic crowds and good jokes.

call me daddy

call me daddy is a DJ from Brazil, currently based in Vienna. Her music selection represents the contrasts she carries in her background. She is a lover of layers, subtle sounds, atmosphere and drama, resulting in mixes that blend a constellation of music genres with regional sounds and rhythms. Her work aims to highlight music producers from Latin America while crafting narratives that can expand the realms of possibilities within and outside the dancefloor. call me daddy is a founding member of the party collective sugar slip in Vienna.

Vanja Rakić

Vanja Rakić (1993, Banja Luka) is an Amsterdam-based designer, visual artist and DJ operating at the porous edges of sound, image, and printed form.

From oppressive drones to elements of dubstep, breakcore, and punk electronics; from morphing rhythms to somber lullabies—his sets often showcase a curious understanding of music history and a willingness to explore unconventional territories.

His design work carries the similar edge, with commissions to projects like Sounds of Ogigia, Osarè! Editions, 20/44, Rubber, Mutant Radio, SUBURBIA…

He is a regular contributor to Tibilisis Mutant Radio with his residency show Naked Gums. Vanja has performed at venues such as De School, Garage Noord, Drugstore, Fiber Festival, to name a few.

Hermeneia

Hermeneia is a Warsaw-based DJ and vocalist, and the founder of Radio Lola and FURDA event series – platforms devoted to underground sound system culture. Her sets weave together old-school dancehall, dub, contemporary halftime heavy-hitters, and hazy illbient textures, crafting a hybrid that goes hard but doesn’t take itself too seriously.

With regular shows on LYL and Noods Radio, Hermeneia has made appearances on Boiler Room, NTS, Edwin and Kiosk Radio, and released a mixtape on Acetone. She jumped on the mic for a guest vocal spot on the 2023 compilation ALWAYS + FOREVER from do you have peace? – joining a dreamy lineup with Zaumne, HTRK, YL Hooi and Jabu.

KHXDEEJ

KHXDEEJ is a Goa-based DJ whose work grows out of a genuine curiosity for sound. Drawn to off-centre rhythms, dub-leaning ideas, and the subtle tension that sits between genres. Her Indian–Pakistani heritage and years of intentional front-left raving informs her ear in quiet ways, shaping how she pieces together music that feels raw, textural, and intuitively connected rather than trend-driven. Sets that embody a sense of flow, thoughtful choices, unexpected turns, and an instinct for creating spaces where dancers can lock in and explore.

Her approach has led to invitations from respected platforms across the global bass and experimental community, including NTS Radio, DeepTempo, Judder Label on Subtle Radio, FatKidOnFire on Subtle Radio, Apple Music and 140 Asia, and performances in Finland and Berlin, with more mixes and collaborations on the way. Each appearance reflects her evolving ear and her commitment to exploring new directions within the spectrum of forward-thinking club music.

মm.

মm. (read: mwo, just like the bangla alphabet) is a DJ, curator and community organizer based in Dhaka & Vienna. They play with percussions, rhythms, bass, and drama to tease out experiences of time and energies. They work predominantly with genres, styles and rhythms of the global South and Black Atlantic to perform sonologies of collaborative music histories across the larger regions and its diasporas in metropoles of elsewhere. They curate and mix along movements of sounds, diasporic collaborations and hybridity, brought together with nostalgia, collective memories and embodied cultures of music and dance. In recent years, they have shared the stage with artists such as Ikonika, DJ Haram, Nick Leon, Manuka Honey, Idlibra, Kode9, Heavee, Toumba, Assyouti, Vanyfox, Sarah Farina, Authentically Plastic, Bapari, DJ Lycox and more.