Editorial
Nine years of OOST in the heart of Groningen will come to an end. An abrupt rise in costs for use of the building brings a financial burden that we cannot bear. With that, our final night at the Oosterstraat has been set at July 5th, 2025. Closing our doors, for real this time.
aka Kos. Bookie boy. Brain and body music alchemist. Forging electronic alloys with clipped edges of scorched metal. Watch him conjure a trance, only to distort it at the right time.
Daddy Long Dick. Afia. Ms. Rhythm Shift. Moves like water through percussive mysticism from the world over. Leaving you dazed, confused and yearning for more.
On their inaugural EP for Omen Wapta, GUI and Adhi take on a monastic task. Over the course of five accelerating tracks, they pull ritual practices out of the communal environment and into a solitary headspace. We talked to the the duo and to label head Woody92 about their creative processes, perception, reality and lucidity.
This September the 14th marks a special Saturday. For the first time we're linking up with a club that has, for the past two years of its existence, felt mighty close in DNA. Rotterdam institution POING goes OOST to reinforce the North-West alliance. Today we take a peek behind the curtain in conversation with bookers Mark and Eef.
We listened, we talked, we struck and we danced. All in the name of science. The midway event for OOST's first research Cyclus featured a panel discussion, a pillow fight and club night in one. Today's second reflection on the event is by the project's artist in residence and the one who sparked the idea for Pillow Fight: Enrica.
As we're wrapping up, we're reflecting. The first OOST research cycle is coming to its conclusion, but not before we amplify three experiences had at the midway event; a panel discussion followed up with a pillow-fight-gone-club-night soundtracked by hyperpop. All in an effort to examine club safety through a different lens. Today, academic researcher Ruby looks back at what, tongue in cheek, can be called a smash hit.
RDVSK. David. Mr. Hondsrug Tales. Bringing the freshest trance and tek influences with an organic flow. From the top of Scandinavia to the southernmost tip of Australia, right into OOST.
In a volatile field like the club landscape, maintaining a conscious and critical posture is key in staying involved and relevant. That's why OOST has instituted Cyclus, a recurring research cycle in which an artist and a scholar are invited to investigate different aspects of night culture. Tom Polleau profiles the project and the participants, themes and methods for the inaugural edition.
On March 9th Omen Wapta heads up North for a collaboration that’s been long in the making. Woody92’s multidisciplinary platform for warp-speed, shamanic techno and spiral-infused IDM is set to be repped by a variety of artists tightly connected to the label. But Omen Wapta is about more than just music.
