Subbacultcha Spring 2025 Highlights

Reminiscing the spring rush of Subbacultcha shows and our partner events: choreographed stream-of-consciousness fever dreams, lounging at laid back listening nights, dreamy and sensual RnB ballads, shadowy shoegaze and much, much more. Here are some shows to remember.

life is beautiful

life is beautiful at Garage Noord. Photo by Anni Nöps.

Was it a minutely choreographed theatrical act? A performance guided by a sense of improvisation? We will never know. 

An immersive choreographed stream-of-consciousness fever dream propelling in the spring rush. life is beautiful – an 8-member artist group from the UK – weaved together cello, rap, spoken word poetry and flashlight illuminated swaying bodies. Was it a minutely choreographed theatrical act? Or a performance guided by a sense of improvisation and responding to collective cues? We will never know.

Listening gathering: Kantarion & Radio Sofa & Tweak Soundsystem

Listening Gathering. Photo by Anni Nöps.

At the laid back listening event carrying the day into the night, Kantarion Sound in collaboration with Radio Sofa and Tweak Soundsystem presented a lineup fit to create envy in some festivals, full of local ambient stars and upcoming acts like Bea1991, Upsammy, Constanza Castagnet and Vanja Rakic. The sonic explorations were rich in experiments and testing out unexplored approaches and techniques – perfect for lounging and drifting away. A Sunday well spent. 

Nancy Phantom at Bada Bing

Nancy Phantom at Bada Bing. Photo by Lucciana Bolivar.

Fatigued raspy vocals narrate an erotic journey into the sun, the sun that is barely beaming through.

Blazing strings, dysregulated drums, atonal keys and warm murmuring: you are at a standoff in the desert with a vision that is Nancy Phantom. “That summer spell,” Sara Campos’ fatigued raspy vocals narrate an erotic journey into the sun, the sun that is barely beaming through, as it is covered in the fog of wrecked and tainted substances that you use to get by. Immoral, beaten by all the suffering, Nancy Phantom is a no-wave three-piece band that is not afraid to kill the party before it starts. Live debating whether they have already been playing for thirty-minutes or not, Nancy Phantom is not afraid to show you that they really do not care, and we love it.

Elias Rønnenfelt

Elias Rønnenfelt with band at OT301. Photo by Gabriella Meshako.

Some say Elias Rønnenfelt is a little too good, and we agree.

For 16 years Elias Rønnenfelt has been the lead-singer for the band Ice Age, and we got the honor to host him for the tour of his first solo LP Heavy Glory. A very entertained crowd of which some told us he is a little too good, and we agree. Every strand of hair on his head somehow moves with intention, his voice surreal in how it never fails to sound perfectly round, never missing a note, and nostalgic in its dramatic expression of emotions. The most eloquent male cries you will ever get to hear live.

corecore06: Mori Mori, Multiple People, ity

Mori Mori at corecore. Photo by Gabriella Meshako.

Tenderly luscious guitar driven harmonies of Mori Mori twirled and melted into the night.

Shadowy distorted tides washed onto Cinetol for corecore06. An evening strung together by shared textural sensitivities, local artist ity opened the night with delicate melancholic bleepy ballads. LA’s Multiple People entranced the crowd with thrashing guitars, sombre shoegazey vocals and hypnotic visuals. The tenderly luscious guitar driven harmonies of Mori Mori twirled and melted into the night, existing at the atmospheric intersection of alternative pop and cloud rap.

Maria Sommerville

Maria Somerville at Cinetol. Photo by Anni Nöps.

Existing somewhere in the space between ambient, folk, & post-rock, Maria Sommerville’s dreamy reverb drenched compositions took hold of our hearts as she performed tracks from her newly released album Luster.

klub krai x smokeshow

Klub Krai x Smokeshow. Photo by Gabriella Meshako.

As intense fog billowed and smokeshow’s intense strobe illuminated the dancefloor as elusive producer ssaliva’s hypnagogic melodies waltzed through ISO. Leaning in and out of ambient, chamber, and pop, digitized chimes, field recordings and pulsating synths filled the space.

Dawuna 

Dawuna at murmur. Photo by Anni Nöps.

Amidst the dimly-lit setting, Dawuna’s exquisite and velvety voice purred RnB ballads into the intimate salon of murmur. Effortlessly gliding from mellow lullabies to powerful gospel-like cries and back to sensual riffs, he succinctly demonstrated an impressive richness, depth and reach of his vocals. Accompanied by guitar and electronic organic soundscapes , Dawuna established a dreamy, lush atmosphere.

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