Editorial
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.
On Saturday 24 February 2024 we move into our second festival in collaboration with VERA: Hybrid. Taking place across both clubs on the Oosterstraat, as well as the monumental Akerk and Forum’s multimedial Rabo Studio, Hybrid unfolds many of contemporary music’s potential trajectories. Here we detail some of them.
For our Friday program during Eurosonic we're proudly linking up with The Hague institution Rewire. The festival’s prominent position within the global circuit for adventurous music is reflected in a diverse cast of characters, each representing their respective universe. In this listening guide we dive a little deeper into their work.
We're buckling up for high registrations on the Richter schale. On Thursday January 18th Rat Race and Polosonik curate two floors of hardcore punk, grindcore and post punk. Here's your brief rundown who's from where, playing what.
GUI. Aboy. Een jongen. Shrouding the dance floor in humming mysticism. Paving the long stretch of road ahead with warp-speed techno, IDM and greyscale bass. Watch him drive minimalism lightyears ahead of the curve.
Verity. Vezza. Challenging bass bins, pushing UK hardcore's limits, always reaching for the latest and greatest out of the rhythm section. Let her be your guide for the most adventurous hike of the club season.
Electronic music is singular in its symmetry with technological innovation. No other art practice mirrors, with such fidelity, technological advance. Does this manifest itself as inhibition, or a great liberator in an era of infinite digital possibilities? How does this technological foreground shape the club visitor’s experience? Daniel Manz investigates.
For the new club season, OOST commissioned Ian Michel to rethink the visual identity of the upstairs room. After two months of conceptualizing, 3D-modeling, fixture patching and installing, the intimate space is now home to an engulfing network of lasers, mirrors and custom-made parts. Ian explains how it came to be.
We’re not easing in; our opening weekender of the 2023-2024 season features a broad cast of musical wonder. Hi-tek punk, distorted techno, rattling bass, loopy tekno or noise rock; every artist is worth a highlight. Here’s your prelistening rundown.
In sequence with our first fundraiser, and in the lead-up to the next on November 25th, we're handing our platform to a Ukrainian voice with a strong connection to OOST. During Friday's club night, longtime friend of the club Eugene Malashok – artist name Reykt – is brought over from Kyiv to close down The Arcade.
