ALLIANCE CLUB x DE RIO @ ILLEGAAL

After a memorable exchange in Tuscany last February, it’s time to welcome DE RIO to our side of the Alps. The Florence-based collective lands in Brussels for a night that celebrates what binds us: a DIY spirit, deep listening, and bodies in motion. We take over Illegaal, one of the city’s rawest and most intimate spaces, for seven hours of vibration, tension, and propulsion.

At midnight, the lights dim and Plastique01 enters with a live set of improvisational electronics. DE RIO’s co-founder and former drummer, he sculpts dissonant, psychedelic atmospheres through hands-on machines, pulling techno apart from its floor-bound expectations. Think raw textures, ambient thresholds, and ritual tension — performed in real Abo” target=”_blank” title=”control.
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Together, they’ll channel the spirit of GEON [ALC011], their new LP released the day before on Alliance Club. Nine tracks of loop-driven hypnosis and granular abstraction — and here, transformed live through intuition, structure, and the pulse of the grace.

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Marco Maldarella – @marcomaldarella