{"id":89703,"date":"2026-05-22T14:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/89703\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:43:13","slug":"skrillex-launches-new-platform-contra-70-artists-take-over-kraftwerk-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/89703\/","title":{"rendered":"Skrillex Launches New Platform CONTRA: 70+ Artists Take Over Kraftwerk Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skrillex has launched CONTRA: a new platform described as \u201can evolving series exploring productive collisions between artists, scenes, and audiences across contemporary music culture.\u201d Its debut takes place next weekend, May 30th and 31st, at Kraftwerk Berlin, developed in collaboration with Berlin Atonal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event shall take place at Kraftwerk\u2019s main hall alongside Tresor, Globus, and OHM. Four rooms running from 5:30PM to 8:00 AM on Saturday and 5:30PM to 7:00 AM on Sunday, with access to each room on a first-come, first-served basis. Environmental design comes from Paris-based studio Mati\u00e8re Noire, reshaping Kraftwerk\u2019s industrial scale through spatial light and sound intervention.<\/p>\n<p>So Who\u2019s Playing?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lineup covers serious ground. Skrillex plays alongside Bladee, Ecco2K, Blawan, Juliana Huxtable, Crystallmess, BNYX, Malibu, Nick Le\u00f3n, Tohji x Mechatok, Varg\u00b2\u2122, KAVARI, ISOxo, Knock2, Isabella Lovestory, Nai Barghouti, Flowdan, Slikback, Batu, JASSS, Toma Kami, Bill Kouligas, Slim Soledad and more across the two nights. Drain Gang meets hard techno. Club experimentalism meets hyperpop. Over 70 artists in total.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frequent Skrillex collaborator Boys Noize hinted at a surprise appearance, commenting on the event\u2019s Instagram: \u201cI wonder who ??? is\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out full line-up here: <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/@cccccontra@kraftwerkberlinofficial-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22059\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8000071294469926;width:638px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Skrillex in 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CONTRA arrives during one of the busiest periods for <a href=\"https:\/\/edmnomad.com\/skrillex-new-album-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Skrillex<\/a> in recent memory. Upcoming tour dates include appearances at Bonnaroo, Sziget, Dekmantel, Boomtown, and Austin City Limits. He is also set to perform at Head Trip: a new boutique concept from Goldenvoice hosted at the Coachella grounds this October, alongside Swedish House Mafia, Calvin Harris, Four Tet, Peggy Gou, The Blessed Madonna, Dom Dolla and Kettama. CONTRA sits within all of that; a platform for a vision that has been building for a while.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets are available via Resident Advisor for single-night or weekend access. The venue is Kraftwerk Berlin, K\u00f6penicker Strasse 70, 10179 Berlin. The closest U-Bahn station is Heinrich-Heine-Strasse on the U8 line.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/events\/2431639\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get tickets here.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/beonix-festival-cyprus-unveils-first-wave-of-artists-for-2026-edition-at-historic-etko-winery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CamelPhat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Skrillex has launched CONTRA: a new platform described as \u201can evolving series exploring productive collisions between artists, scenes,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,43715,190,46683],"class_list":["post-89703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-contra","tag-germany","tag-skrillex"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116618763440816416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}