Brief Encounters x Transatlantic with UPSAMMY, TORUS, EMMA DJ, SUUTOO & MORE

With eyes and ears mutually cast across the channel, Brief Encounters joins forces with Berlin-based label Transatlantic to present a quietly volatile alignment of artists operating across the more ambiguous edges of club music. Brought together by a shared affront to convention and a set of ambient sympathies that push dance music to its limits, Torus joins Emma dj for a rare b2b; while upsammy returns her spacial approach to IDM and club to MOT following her 2025 residency. Jennifer Walton debuts her new alias Secretary, stepping back behind the CDJs following the release of her Pitchfork and Quietus-acclaimed debut album Daughters to gift us with her meticulous approach to electronic music. And SUUTOO, fresh from a run of US shows, has been slowly establishing herself as one of London's most progressive voices working across sound, performance and world-building, drawing on noise and club music as tools for collective release and transformation. London based Jordanian-Irish artist DJ GAWAD - joined live by Palestinian rapper Pierre Pepe - takes a satirical, detail-driven approach to production; folding Memphis rap into warped, sharp, club-focused productions, heard in recent work with James Massiah on Contact High. They will be joined by a first-time b2b by residents soltura and Freestyler. Expect euro-kitsch and transmissions from London and the continent’s more absurd corners.