Featuring Bladee, Ecco2K, Blawan, Juliana Huxtable, KAVARI, and more.
Photo credit: Berlin’s Kraftwerk – Official
Skrillex has unveiled CONTRA, a new platform focused on connecting experimental electronic music, club culture, and contemporary performance through large-scale collaborative events.
The project launches on May 30th–31st, 2026, at Berlin’s Kraftwerk in partnership with Berlin Atonal, activating the former power plant alongside Tresor, Globus, and OHM with programming spanning club music, live performance, and experimental sound. More than 70 artists are set to perform across the two-day event.
The lineup includes appearances from Skrillex, Blawan, Knock2, Nai Barghouti with Thys and Péter Somos, Bladee, BNYX, Ecco2K, Tohji x Mechatok, Juliana Huxtable, RHR, Nick Leon, Slikback, Slim Soledad, Crystallmess, dj g2g, Isabella Lovestory, Kamixlo, Jawnino, KAVARI, Bill Kouligas, Malibu, TYGAPAW, CEM, Toma Kami, and JASSS.
Environmental design for CONTRA is being developed by Paris-based studio Matiere Noire, whose spatial intervention will reshape Kraftwerk’s industrial architecture through immersive lighting and scenography.
More information available here.
