Scouting · 8 picks · Wed to Sun
Hard techno acts with no label found and only recent releases.
For A&Rs and bookers scouting early. No label found isn't proof they're unsigned, so check before you pitch.
By Songpot desk · from the ADE programme, our venue guide and artist notes
Adrián Mills
Hard techno DJ with bouncy, fast 240 club sets. Fast, hard-edged techno with a bouncy, rave-leaning feel. Every release we can confirm is from 2025 or later, and we found no label. Plays 3 times this week, so you have more than one chance.
For fans of FJAAK
Jeride
Korean duo making hard techno and big-room mashups. Every release we can confirm is from 2022 or later, and we found no label. Plays 2 times this week, so you have more than one chance.
For fans of Phace
APHØTIC
Dutch hard techno DJ and producer. Hard, compressed techno with a stripped drum machine feel and a fast lane for warehouse systems. Every release we can confirm is from 2025 or later, and we found no label. Plays 2 times this week, so you have more than one chance.
For fans of Raxeller, 6EJOU
I AM WOLV
Drummer-turned-techno DJ with big-room pressure. Hard, driving techno with acid lines and a performance-minded sense of lift, shaped by a drummer's timing rather than a purely DJ-tool approach. Every release we can confirm is from 2024 or later, and we found no label. Plays 2 times this week, so you have more than one chance.
Toxic Machinery
Amsterdam duo making hard industrial techno. Hard, fast, and stripped to the rack. Every release we can confirm is from 2026 or later, and we found no label. Plays 2 times this week, so you have more than one chance.
Twiena
Amsterdam DJ mixing rave techno, trance textures, and low-end groove. A hard, fast 4x4 approach: rolling techno, industrial edges, trancey synth lines, and a heavy low end. Every release we can confirm is from 2024 or later, and we found no label. Plays 2 times this week, so you have more than one chance.
For fans of Marcel Dettmann, Ben Klock
BIIA
Portuguese techno DJ and producer. Driving techno built for packed rooms: hard kicks, clipped percussion, and tracks that hit like DJ tools before they bloom into breakdowns. Every release we can confirm is from 2022 or later, and we found no label.
For fans of Dam Swindle
Anxhela
Hard techno DJ with trance and acid leanings. Every release we can confirm is from 2026 or later, and we found no label.
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