NUMBER #05


Letter from the Editor


There is a strange tension happening inside dance music right now.


On one side, electronic music has never been bigger. Festivals continue to expand, artists move faster than ever through algorithms and viral mo- ments, and entire scenes can appear globally overnight. But at the same time, many people inside club culture are quietly asking themselves a much deeper question: what still feels real?


This issue lives somewhere inside that contradiction.


Our cover artist Ben Hemsley repre- sents one of the most fascinating examples of that balance. His rise has been massive, but what continues to resonate is not just the scale of his success. It is the emotional hones- ty behind it. Beneath the euphoric melodies, the rave nostalgia and the festival-sized records, there is still a genuine connection to the raw spirit that made dance music meaningful in the first place. In many ways, Ben


represents a generation trying to reconnect emotion, energy humanity back into electronic music.


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Across this edition, that same idea appears through very different voices and perspectives.


Moody Mehran explores identity and emotional depth through hypnotic grooves and introspective storytelling. Lolsnake reflects on cultural duality, underground tension and the compli- cated relationship between visibility and authenticity in modern club cul- ture. Ennio and Maurer each represent different corners of the evolving Euro- pean underground, where sound still matters more than spectacle.


This issue also travels beyond the dancefloor itself.


Our feature on “Most Epic Destina- tions” looks at the growing desire for experiences that feel transformative rather than consumable. Not simply tourism, but places where music, architecture, landscape and com- munity collide in ways that leave


permanent emotional marks. In a time where everything moves faster, people are searching for moments that slow them down again.


Meanwhile, Thelma and our conversa- tion with Andrea Lai remind us that electronic music culture has always been shaped as much by sensitivity, aesthetics and personal perspective as by functionality or trends.


At its best, club culture still creates something increasingly rare in mo- dern life: presence. A temporary space where people stop performing, stop scrolling, and actually feel something together in real time.


That feeling remains the reason we continue doing this.


Thank you for being part of it.


Sergio G. Niño mixmag NL Editor in Chief


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