programme

Journeys into the subconscious and the unknown. Symphonies, shoegaze and jazz. Rituals, layers, meditations and textures. The eighth Detect programme invites you to immerse yourself in the music, to focus, to embrace the silence and to let go, before sailing off into new worlds on a wave of sound. Welcome to Focus Island.

detect line-up & performances 2026

This way to the kids programme.

Live Act

AFAR & Kai Schumacher

Analogue synthesisers meet classical piano; delicate melodies meet pulsating beats. A hypnotic pull that breaks down rigid structures and opens up new spaces. Playing by its own rules.

Live Act

Aladin & Neam

Neam's classical heritage on the harp and Aladin’s experimental electronic setup give rise to a unique intersection, deeply inspired by the musical landscapes of North Africa and South Asia.

Birne

Birne’s record collection is heavily influenced by Chicago house and Detroit techno, with a touch of minimalism. This ensures she always brings a great groove to her sets.

Cosmo

Cosmo is a South Korean, Berlin-based DJ and producer whose sound is shaped by hypnotic repetition, emotional subtlety, and a deep sense of groove.

Live Act

Detect Ensemble

The music of the Detect Ensemble ranges from noise and fusion to minimal music, and through improvisation weaves itself into colourful, at times surprisingly witty yet profound sonic journeys.

Performance & Workshop

Deva Schubert & Chihiro Araki

Together with performance artist Chihiro Araki, Deva Schubert will be presenting her award-winning performance "Glitch Choir" at Detect.

Live Act

Earth Trax

Earth Trax mixes IDM, breakbeat and trance, with echoes of chill-out rooms.

Fog Puma

In Fog Puma’s music, different styles often intertwine, and predictability gives way to mind-expanding moments of surprise.

Performance

Frida Zack

Central themes in Frida Zack’s work are the deconstruction and emancipation from (cis-hetero-)normative inscriptions and conditioning.

Live Act

Giorgi Gigashvili

Mixing Georgian folk songs with classical pieces, Giorgi Gigashvili offers one-of-a-kind experimental formats where the classics meet modernity

Live Act

Hatis Noit

For Hatis Noit, music represents the ability to move and transport us to the other side; the past, a memory, our subconscious.

Live Act

Hélène Vogelsinger

Every place becomes a territory of resonance, a sensitive ecosystem that influences Hélène Vogelsinger's music, movements, and perception of time.

Hyperaktivist

Blending groove-ridden techno, psychedelic-tinged trance and rhapsodic old- school house, Hypaktivist's percussive persuasion ricochets through her every endeavour.

Jascha Hagen

Colourful harmonies and melancholic atmospheres flow over repetitive layers of percussion, constantly striving to find the right balance of chaos and disorder in the world of computer music.

Live Act

junge norddeutsche philharmonie

Whether it’s a traditional symphonic concert or the development of experimental formats, the junges norddeutsche philharmonie is versatile in its approach and offers its musicians a wide range of opportunities.

Live Act

Kairos Kollektiv

In this year’s programme, the Kairos Collective will be performing under the direction of Gregor A. Mayrhofer. For their concert performance, they are collaborating with the dancers Andreas Schmidt and Pascal Schmidt.

Live Act

Koki Nakano

Koki Nakano is a composer and pianist known for his evocative solo works and cross-disciplinary collaborations.

Live Act

LEILA & Band

LEILA invites us to delve into her emotional world, where vulnerability meets strength and authenticity matters more than perfection.

Live Act

Lennart Smidt

Lennart Smidt is a jazz pianist, composer and producer. His music blends composed and improvised elements.

Live Act

Los Sara Fontan

A fearless mix of influences—as disparate as classical music, hardcore punk, noise, IDM, or electroacoustic sound—serves as fuel for the development of the language of Los Sara Fontan.

Performance

Lux

At the core of Lux's work lie recurring questions of queerness, complexity, and kinaesthetic resonance.

Live Act

Maria Bertel

Maria Bertel is a Danish trombone player and composer. The acoustic sound of her amplified instrument creates an output that draws inspiration from drone and noise music.

Live Act

MONKyMAN

Through his music, MONKyMAN aims to explore the sonic voice of a modern and vital generation full of natural beauty and courage.

MOTHA

Who cares? MOTHA, not your Mother!

NICI PALM

With sharp intuition and a raw feel for the moment, Nici Palm crafts immersive DJ sets that fuse indie dance, synthpunk, wave, and techno into a dark, seductive flow.

Phil Parush

In his diverse DJ sets, Phil Parush searches for sweet spots in sound and dynamic ways of storytelling.

pokka

pokka's sets are built on emotion, musicality and the collective joy of dancefloor immersion.

Live Act

Pulsar Trio

The Pulsar Trio is driven by the same goal and acting perfectly together almost like a single organism.

Radio Reudnitz

At Radio Reudnitz, quirky pop gems, light-hearted ballads, captivating ambient music and anything that doesn’t quite fit neatly into a particular genre find their way onto the turntables.

Live Act

Robot Koch

Robot Koch & Detect Ensemble present a fascinating blend of cinematic electronica, contemporary classical music and immersive soundscapes.

Live Act

Roman Rofalski

Roman Rofalski rooted his musical life in the urge for constant change. He is aiming to remove the artificial boundaries that lie between composed, classical music and improvised, modern jazz.

sandix

Acid techno, old skool house, a bit of hardtekk, a pinch of breaks. sandix invites you to dance.

Live Act

Sophie-Justine Herr

Sophie-Justine Herr performs pieces from her album »:INNEN«, all of which were composed by women.

Live Act

Svaneborg Kardyb

The Danish duo Svaneborg Kardyb craft intricate, cyclical compositions that balance introspective warmth with an underlying sense of movement.

Live Act

t0ni

t0ni's productions convey raw emotions through carefully crafted melodies and loops stripped down to their essence seeking a subtle ever-shifting minimalistic balance.

TALI

In her sets, TALI blends warm soundscapes, deep bass, abstract sounds, and meditative rhythms into an evocative whole.

Live Act

Thilo Ruck

Thilo Ruck explores approaches to a “New Virtuosity”—that is, the question of how contemporary virtuosity can unfold within the tension between idiomatic mastery, individual sonic signature, aesthetic considerations, and the social relevance of art.

Live Act

VAIAA

VAIAA moves between electronic soundscapes, Nubian musical influences, ambient textures, and contemporary vocal performance.

Performance

trans*embodied

A laid-back performance about support, love and care, but also the challenges faced by the trans* community.

Live Act

Vincent Pongracz

Vincent Pongracz presents a minimalist, acoustic solo program characterized by high-pitched soundscapes in deep resonant spaces, alternating with multi-layered rhythmic textures.

Live Act

XIVIS · ⵅⵉⵖⵉⵙ

With a mix of influences from Andean Music, Folklore, Shoegaze and Rock., XIVIS proposes a ritual that is dedicated to our bodies, to nature and to the sacred spirits that live within it.

Live Act

.VRIL

Abundantly moving at the outer edges of electronic music, VRIL's music is equally timeless and ahead of its time.

Live Act

aantz & O/Y

Electronic live act based in berlin. Analog, percussive, deep, loop-heavy.

Aladin – Balout Krew

Rooted in Palestine and shaped between cities and borders, Aladin's selections echo family gatherings, crowded markets, wedding dance floors, and long drives with the radio turned all the way up.

B.Clarke & Robosonic

If the stars align, B.Clarke and Robosonic hit the decks together. In their case: deep house, disco, classics, water and glitter.

Benedikt Frey

Benedikt Frey stands for: Driving ones. Slow drills. The music plays day and night. Inspiration comes. From a simple kick drum. A movie sequence. A bird on the sill. A picture, totally still.

Live Act

Bison Rouge

Bison Rouge dives into electronic, modern folk, and classical with her captivating cello and voice.

Cesco Manfredi

DJ and party curator Cesco Manfredi moves between hypnotic house and techno, crafting sets that balance raw sensuality with emotional depth.

Live Act

Chow Chow Disco

Jarrah Dhyan and Sara Vidal Cabré create performances that feel like stepping into a fever dream: absurd characters, tangled love stories, driving grooves, and sequined chaos.

Live Act

Damian Dalla Torre

Damian Dalla Torre explores contemporary jazz, ambient music and experimental pop, combining acoustic instrumentation with subtle electronic processing and textural composition.

David Fogarty

As a DJ, Fogarty is often described as a surgical selector. His sets are praised for their narrative arc and precision.

DJ Jetski

DJ Jetski takes ravers on a wavy ride through the world of motorized music sports.

DWR

DWR (Das Weiße Rauschen) digs up psychedelic, offbeat gems and cosmic, cloud-like musical treasures, weaving them into eclectic DJ sets.

Elise and That Guy

The Italian-Greek duo Elise and That Guy move effortlessly between progressive breaks, electro, tech house and minimal, drawing their sound from a shared record collection.

Live Act

Ensemble Quillo

With his mobile stage, LandQultour, Quillo has been creating unusual encounters with contemporary music since 2019: colourful, surprising and entertaining.

Fear of Color

Moving between hypnotic techno and immersive ambient, Fear of Color creates sonic spaces that shift perception. His work is driven less by genre than by atmosphere, emotion and experience.

Performance

Freemotion Performance Crew

The Freemotion Performance Crew stands for improvisation, expression and the pure joy of letting loose.

Heronymuz

Sound as a journey, rhythm as a language. Heronymuz crafts immersive sonic stories where dancing meets dreaming, moving effortlessly between delicate melodies, playful rhythms and powerful bass.

INTERNET.MP3

INTERNET.MP3 is the latest project from DJ and software engineer Juanpe Bolívar, whose kaleidoscopic and irreverent sets celebrate metamodernism in the digital post-club age.

Live Act

Jalikebba Kuyateh

Blending traditional and modern African music, Jalikebba Kuyateh presents the joyful, solemn and progressive sounds of his kora to the world.

Jesse Steele

Jesse is driven by a profound curiosity about the world and the people in it – a curiosity that shines through in his diverse and deeply emotive track selections.

Live Act

jnkammer

The chamber music ambassadors of the junge norddeutsche philharmonie will once again be pleasing your ears with intermezzi and small concerts this year.

Installation

Johannes Kroeker & Lisa Herz

Water becomes sound, language and space. Johannes Kroeker and Lisa Herz create an immersive installation where poetry, memory and nature flow into one another.

Live Act

joke

joke see themeselves as an alternative: an ensemble that does not ask how to access classical music, but rather where it can take place.

Live Act

Jozef van Wissem

Jozef van Wissem combines Renaissance and Baroque lute with drone, electronics, and minimalism. His hypnotic soundscapes move between meditation and dark intensity.

Live Act

Machineries

Machineries is a kind of synthesis of the past & future, a scenario of cosmic chaos, krautrock passages, and web-disco revelations.

makahaun

makahaun moves between detroit techno and more contemporary influences from electro to house, breakbeat and bass music.

Malagüera & Supersonico

Hütte residents Malagüera and Supersonico invite you to a b2b full of energy, rhythm and attitude.

Workshop

Maria Kobylenko

Maria Kobylenko explores how fungal networks can reshape the way we think about living together. Through art, design and mycelium, she creates spaces where biology meets society.

Live Act

Maximilian Wolfgang Schwarz

Das neue Multi-Percussion-Soloprogramm von Maximilian Wolfgang Schwarz ist ein faszinierender Dialog aus treibenden Grooves, zeitgenössischer Klassik und experimenteller Elektronik.

MishyMize

What began as a brief meeting at Fusion Festival has grown into a shared musical journey. Today, mishy misch and sk.mize weave their stories together in immersive back-to-back sets.

Live Act

Nils Wogram

The music of Nils Wogram may be complex, yet its inherent beauty and warmth—despite all its formal rigor—are also immensely relaxing for the listener.

PullenPenny

A bit of disco and a bit of trance and everything is a bit dirty. Guaranteed to get young and old fidgeting, even if you thought you didn't like techno, let alone psytrance.

Rafush

Rafush's sets weave Afro-diasporic rhythms, experimental electronics and percussive club music into narrative journeys that blur genre boundaries.

Live Act

Ronja Sophie Putz

Blending violin, voice and prepared sound, Ronja Sophie Putz creates fragile sonic worlds that unfold between silence, experimentation and poetic intensity.

Workshop

Silvia Seidel

Ethnologist Silvia Seidel explores how music, nature, and Indigenous cultures can inspire a slower, more mindful way of living.

Sirol

Sirol brings a rotating palette of Techno, House, Breakbeat, Elektro and Acid to the dance floor — stripped-back, hypnotic, unapologetic.

Live Act

THX I'M CURED

THX I'M CURED move through the spaces in between. They become resonating bodies for the contradictions of contemporary society. Their music doesn't seek resolution. Fragile. Dissonant. Danceable. Uncompromising.

Installation

Tom Kretschmer

In his work, Tom Kretschmer interprets the interrelationships within ecosystems and explores natural processes, relying on the analogue process in which nature remains unpredictable.

truephil

truephil embarks on a journey through his vinyl collection – across genres, past the shelves, towards tracks you haven’t heard yet but are sure to love.

Vy Tran

Vy Tran's sets span the full spectrum of techno: deep and hypnotic to pushing and energetic, textured and complex to simple and direct.

RAVEKA

Rivka aka RAVEKA plays an ambient set consisting of everyday sounds, electronic and world music sounds, her own lyrics and those of others.

Performance

Luana & Kilian

In this participatory performance, Luana and Kilian invite festival visitors to try “forking” for themselves: finding sticks, slotting them together and balancing them.

kids’ bay

Welcome to Kids' Bay. This is a safe harbour for children (and their parents). More to be announced!

Ani Gollas

Ani is a children’s educator. Her great passion is singing together. In the children’s singing group, everyone is invited to discover the joy of making music together through songs, movement and rhythm.

Live Act

Felix Jedeck

Felix Jedeck is a cellist, composer and live electronics performer driven by the urge to push the boundaries of his instrument and explore genres not as opposites, but as spaces of friction.

La Lvcha

La Lvcha has developed a distinctive sound that blends Afro-Latin rhythms, folkloric textures and contemporary electronic music into powerful dancefloor journeys.

Matrix Mother

Matrix Mother's sets favor deep grooves, narrative shifts, and texture over genre loyalty.

Ronni Chicago

Ronni Chicago blends Global Bass, Tech House and Ecstatic Dance into a two-hour, genre-defying journey where the only goal is to keep you moving.

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detect line-up & performances 2026

AFAR & Kai Schumacher

Aladin & Neam

Birne

Cosmo

Detect Ensemble

Deva Schubert & Chihiro Araki

Earth Trax

Fog Puma

Frida Zack

Giorgi Gigashvili

Hatis Noit

Hélène Vogelsinger

Hyperaktivist

Jascha Hagen

junge norddeutsche philharmonie

Kairos Kollektiv

Koki Nakano

LEILA & Band

Lennart Smidt

Los Sara Fontan

Lux

Maria Bertel

MONKyMAN

MOTHA

NICI PALM

Phil Parush

pokka

Pulsar Trio

Radio Reudnitz

Robot Koch

Roman Rofalski

sandix

Sophie-Justine Herr

Svaneborg Kardyb

t0ni

TALI

Thilo Ruck

VAIAA

trans*embodied

Vincent Pongracz

XIVIS · ⵅⵉⵖⵉⵙ

.VRIL

aantz & O/Y

Aladin – Balout Krew

B.Clarke & Robosonic

Benedikt Frey

Bison Rouge

Cesco Manfredi

Chow Chow Disco

Damian Dalla Torre

David Fogarty

DJ Jetski

DWR

Elise and That Guy

Ensemble Quillo

Fear of Color

Freemotion Performance Crew

Heronymuz

INTERNET.MP3

Jalikebba Kuyateh

Jesse Steele

jnkammer

Johannes Kroeker & Lisa Herz

joke

Jozef van Wissem

Machineries

makahaun

Malagüera & Supersonico

Maria Kobylenko

Maximilian Wolfgang Schwarz

MishyMize

Nils Wogram

PullenPenny

Rafush

Ronja Sophie Putz

Silvia Seidel

Sirol

THX I'M CURED