Starting as a pandemic-era studio project led by Dutch techno veteran Speedy J, STOOR has now evolved into one of electronic music’s most impressive and unique live concepts. Entirely collaborative, hardware-driven and improvised, each session lasts upwards of 5 hours, with the performers in the centre of the room, surrounded by the audience and with visuals projected onto a central totem: total immersion is guaranteed.

On each day of Sónar, Speedy J will be joined by four different performers, plus specially selected visual artists. What happens next is entirely unscripted and unrehearsed: each night will be an unrepeatable, unique experience. 

Expressive and artful, Dasha Rush approaches electronic music with the same sensibility as a painter or sculptor. Never comfortable doing the same thing as everyone else, her musical output is as varied as it is prolific, everything from peak-time techno to spoken word. 

One of the UK’s original techno pioneers, Luke Slater embraced the sounds from Detroit and Chicago in the late 80s and has never looked back. That forward-facing attitude has stayed with him over a storied career that’s taken in every shade and style of techno. 

A master of live performance, Canadian Mathew Jonson is a dance music purist: no samples, only drum machines and synthesisers. Raw, analogue and very definitely live, he’s one of the most musical producers and performers around. 

Ø [Phase] has spent two decades stripping techno down to the basics, in relentless pursuit of perfection. Just as with the Detroit pioneers, simplicity and complexity are two sides of the same coin for the London producer.

Important: please note this will be one continuous, uninterrupted and entirely collaborative live set, there will be no individual performances or sets by any of the listed artists