pos rave

15th of march 2025

a post-hibernation celebration. an event from the ground up, from the ground and up. we were entering the final week of winter and approaching spring equinox, which occurs when Earth's equator is directly in line with the Sun, causing the hours of light and darkness to be equal.

the event is centered around a playful spring energy as a celebration for a new season. get taken on a journey from your winter self (think: mole type beneath the ground cozy hibernation vibes), sloooowly warming up muscles, stretching out, adding slow movement, towards you’re completely loosened up again. fire energy relit. into the light. 

things were flowing that day. the music, slowly waking us up at the beginning of the day, built up towards a beautiful dancefloor. from lights to sound, food and music, everyone poured their heart into this event and it came together in such a special way.

Andy b2b mul/ANNA

You’ve never played b2b together before, how are you approaching this new experience and what is making you come together for this show?

mul/ANNA: the first time anne and i spend some proper time together was after we both had a gig at wildeburg. all of the sudden something clicked and we spend the whole weekend together enjoying every musical moment. a memory that is very dear to me. since the wildeburg weekend we shared a lot of moments on the dancefloor together, take care of each other, got to know each other better and grew a deeper connection. 

the last couple months i realized we get a lot of inspiration out of the same things which made me even more excited to share the booth with her one day. as this feels like a special one, we were waiting for the right moment, where everything comes together and it made all sense to do it at pos. 

music really brought us together and i feel like this set is going to be filled with a lot of feelings.  shaped by memories and mutual trust a story will be created. i am really excited for what is coming but definitely have a good feeling about it.

How are you approaching this transitional period with the spring time coming close ?  

mul/ANNA: this year i felt like using the hibernation period to connect more with myself and my surroundings by taking a lot of time for myself, listening to what my body wants and slow down where needed. i always like to close off the winter by spending one last week in the mountains as a transition to spring season. normally i can jump quit easy into it but this year i feel that it is also okay to not want to dive straight into it and take it at my own pace so ill be able to enjoy the summer and spring with full energy!!

BERTON

How was your winter (hibernation)?

You have the first slot of the day, are there any particular intentions you’d like to share for the day ahead?

My winter hibernation is (still is) going strong and feeling pretty amazing. Absorbing culture through books, movies and lot of ambient albums. 

For this reason I am quite excited for the 15th: opening the rave day with a smooth, pads-filled awakening it’s gonna feel very much in line with my recent musical exploration :)

Cas Aerts

Can you tell us something about your approach to working with light on dancefloors?

I see light as a performative medium that actively shapes the energy of a space. Rather than just supporting music, I use contrast, darkness, and movement to create an evolving dialogue with the environment. Operating light live is a form of performance, where real-time decisions influence the atmosphere as much as the music does. My approach extends beyond clubs into festival and stage design, where I integrate light with materials and architecture to craft immersive experiences. Whether in nightlife or scenography, my work is about creating a dynamic interplay between light, space, and the people within it.

What is your relationship to light?

Light is not just a tool but a language that transforms space, rhythm, and perception. My background in experimentation led me from natural light and materials to artificial lighting in clubs and performances. I see operating light as a live act, where each decision shapes the moment and responds to its surroundings. Collaborations with artists and collectives have expanded my view of light as both a structural and expressive element. For me, light is a force that reveals, guides, and immerses, constantly shifting the way we experience an environment.

Kevin Priolo

What does documenting mean to you?

Documenting events makes me feel so connected, not just to the people around me, but to myself and honestly the whole world. I think it’s so special to be able to capture people’s joy, sorrow, ecstasy, and drama. I feel like I’m crafting a story that can be told through and beyond time, and that I’m doing my part to document a slice of the world that I care about. It feels anthropological but also spiritual, and I love to find self-expression in that balance too.

How can nightculture be documented?

I think night culture is best documented through relationships. The relationship between a crowd and an artist, between a group of friends, between couples and one-night-stands. We all go out in because of these relationships, and to photograph them feels like such a privilege to explore something so intimate. 

Kantarion Sound

What are elements that you kept in mind when creating the set up for this event?

In the last edition most of the focus was on sound as a sculpture in the space, its position highlighting its presence, blending with the room’s architecture and building the rest of the elements around it. 

For the upcoming edition, a slightly different setup and position will be implemented, taking into account the event's duration and the transition from natural daylight to nighttime. 

From a technical perspective, the sound system will expand from a mono stack to a combination of stereo on sides and mono in the center. The room presents challenging acoustical conditions, with insights gained from the previous edition, setup can potentially be improved with a different approach. Rather than exciting the room from a single source (mono), sound will be distributed in a wide arrangement, hopefully hugging a dance floor in a more intriguing way 

What is your relationship to sound?

Its a sort of love hate relationship which keeps expanding to new dimensions of fascinations & occasional frustrations

Lamine Dieng & Leonard Harzeg

What effect does percussion have on you? 

Lamine: percussion or music in general is a spiritual journey. Especially African drums which i strongly connect to, which is why it looks like I'm in trance when I play the djembe.

How did you two meet? 

Leonard: I went to a jam session in Noord not long ago where Lamine's unparalleled energy and enthusiasm simply blew me away. A true talent for showmanship. He possesses the ability to bring hype that puts anyone in a festive mood instantly, transforming his performances also into celebrations.

Lula Luna b2b powerglass

How do you want to make people move during your set?

Lulà Luna: In the past year, I’ve been heavily inspired by dancefloors evolving around dub music and soundsystem culture. I found myself and the people around me, dancing in a way which I hadn’t seen before. As the bass reaches you deeper and deeper, you can feel layers you wouldn’t be able to feel otherwise. The movements that came with it were for me really healing, inspiring and energizing. Those are feelings I’d love to bring to this set and I hope people can use this set to explore their bodies in a different way, with a curious and playful energy.

powerglass: when talking about a spectrum of movements, there are sounds related to it which allow you to go more inwards and sounds that require less thinking and will be more instinctive. Beyond sounds, I think it’s beautiful when people feel like engaging with eachother movements, try out new stuff and find common ground on the dance floor. 

One year ago, you played a set at the easter rave together. How do you feel your sound, energy, connection, has evolved over the year?

The last time we played together, we actually only knew each other for a few months. The first times we met up, we discovered our love for music by just listening together for hours and hours. The set of the Easter rave was the first exploration of that mutual love. Things were raw and unfiltered. 

Looking back now, we’ve shared most of the dancefloors mentioned above and these experiences had a strong impact on both of us. They inspired our sounds deeply and strengthened our mutual understanding of energy and movement.

Quint La Fleur

What role do you think food can play in the context of such an event?

I view food as the foundation of who we are and what we do. It’s the starting point for growth and development, and historically, has brought people together like nothing else. However, from my experience, food at clubs rarely fulfils this  role and its potential isn’t tapped into enough.

I want food to be more than just the fuel that keeps you going. It should be something people look forward to, not merely an afterthought. I’d also love the dining area to have its own distinct vibe with food taking on a more central role in events like these. Not as an element that competes with the musical aspect of the event, but one which complements it. I believe this could enhance our ultimate goal of fostering connection—with the music, the space, and each other.

Do you have a special memory with food you’d like to share?

Two months ago, at a party, Anna and I decided to order a meal because we really needed some energy (approaching it, as usual, as an afterthought). Our hunger led us to the dining area, where a guy was preparing chicken legs using his grandmother’s recipe, serving it with rice and a side salad. A speaker in the corner was blasting reggae and the room was filled with such a different energy than the dance floor we just left, but one similarly inviting and hella vibey. We ordered a bunch of food and sank into the couches on the side. The chicken was amazing, as expected, the side salad was decent, but the rice was a disaster—half undercooked, half overcooked, grainy, and stuck in your teeth for hours. Right then and there, Anna and I looked at each other and thought, we can do this better. And here we are.

Rosa

Your music style ranges through a wide variety of rhythms and genres, what is it about a track that makes it resonate with you or not?

I’m really drawn to polyrhythmic patterns with different percussion layers. I love when a track feels fast but also slow at the same time. I also enjoy soundscapes that create a mood and evoke emotions, sometimes dark, sometimes more colorful, depending on how I’m feeling.

You’re also part of Rooibosch, a collective hosting parties, how do you go about running this project?

This project started because I felt there wasn’t enough exciting nightlife in my old hometown Den Bosch. Our parties are free, outdoors, and held at night under a highway or by a river during the day, whenever the weather’s nice. For me the most important thing is to have fun and not take things too seriously, that’s why I love doing this. Over the years we’ve built a great group of dancers, helpers, people who bike long distances, and bring fun props like lasers or even fire dancers (lol). It’s a simple way to organize something exciting together.

Louis ViDu

Where do you draw inspiration from for your set?

I mainly draw inspiration from African and South American sounds because they always move me, like batida records from the likes of DJs from Principe Discos. I like playing music that’s in the same bpm range as house, but a little less electronic and more percussive. I’ve seen two artists from Principe play in Amsterdam and I couldn’t stop dancing. For this set particularly, because it’s quite early in the day I’ll definitely ease into it, but thats the general vibe I’m always going for. Like you want to pause for a minute and go have a cig n chat outside, but you don’t because the music is too good. 

At the last pos event, you played a listening set and also curated a full exhibition space with various media. This time you'll play a more rhythmic set. How do you approach these different roles?

For the last event, curating the space took most of my time and attention because there was so much to do, but for that it came together organically once we finalized who we wanted to showcase. We worked collaboratively with the artists too, in terms of how they wanted to display and frame their work. The theme of the exhibition was following the theme of the weekender, community amidst chaos, so I wanted it to have a visceral feeling overall but still welcoming and I think we achieved that. I had a lot of help from my friends and the pos community, and the space kept changing as the days went by. 

As for the listening set, I just thought to myself, “what songs would I really want to hear aloud that I just wouldn’t be able to spin for a club?” and went from there. I really love the electric guitar and just heavy, power chords and bass in general. That’s what I like to listen to in my own time, that and rap music. So the listening set for me was a mix of that and more like sharing my personal music and songs that you’d skip when you’re on AUX at the house party :’)