The International Festival of Digital Creativity and Electronic Music, MUTEK Barcelona, ​​will celebrate its 13th edition from March 7 to 13, 2022. Originally from Canada, MUTEK has a solid International Network that spans America, Europe and Asia and that in 2022 will present the festival editions: MUTEK Montreal (23rd edition), MUTEK Mexico (18th edition), MUTEK Japan (6th edition) and MUTEK Argentina (6th edition).

Once again, the objective of the festival is to showcase innovative and disruptive projects that combine digital creativity, music and technology. For this, it proposes a program that includes professional activities, digital art installations, live shows and audiovisual performances through its different programs: Play, Ambient, Nocturne, A/Visions, Experience and Digi Lab.

This edition reflects the importance -more than ever- of the founding values ​​of the MUTEK platform of building bridges and of a cultural model based, for more than two decades, on promoting international cooperation synergies, which have consolidated MUTEK as one of the main active training and exhibition platforms for an artistic and professional community seriously affected by the stoppage of the industry in the past 2 years.

True to its mandate of being a space for discovery and experimentation, the festival offers premieres and debuts by renowned international and national artists and presents a selection of notable new talents from around the world.

First wave of artists.
Anz (UK), ascendant vierge (BE), Astrid Sonne (DK), aya feat. Sweatmother (UK), Bendik Giske (NO), Blawan (UK), Carmen Villain (NO), Chica Gang (ES), Josey Rebelle (UK), Loraine James (UK), Marina Herlop (ES/CAT), Mbodj (ES/CAT), Perila (RU), Shygirl (UK), Sofie Birch (DK), Sunny Graves (VE/ES), VTSS (PL).

International additions include.
Anz – One of today’s hottest producers and DJs, Anz is part of a new generation revisiting British club culture from a fresh and upbeat pop perspective. Her EP “All Hours” (Ninja Tune, 2021) is one of the most celebrated on the end-of-year charts.

Josey Rebelle – Considered by many to be one of the best DJs today (and the most underrated) will perform one of her first sets outside the UK since 2020. It will be one of the closing sets of the festival.

Loraine James – Everything that she noted in her time at MUTEK 2019 has ended up being fulfilled: Loraine James has become one of the most relevant artists of the influential label Hyperdub today and one of the most interesting British producers, just as shows his album “Reflection” (Hyperdub, 2021), which is on all the charts.

Shygirl – In the last two years, Shygirl has positioned herself as one of the artists with the most projection of pop and hip-hop, always with club music as an elementary part of her DNA.

VTSS – Currently one of the fastest rising techno superstars of the future. In addition to being one of the revelation DJs of 2021 – which promises to continue being so in 2022 – she will be the protagonist of one of the # MUTEKES13 closing nights.

Check out more information on official website of Mutek festival here.

H/T Mutek.