Fairground Festival

The Fairground Festival in Hanover drew some 14,000 fans for its first edition in 2022. In other words, it was a sell-out. In 2023, this off-season festival has proved to be once again a rallying point for fans of techno and electro.

Liverpool-born DJs Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala founded CamelPhat in 2004. In 2017, they released "Cola", a track produced with London DJ Elderbrook. A year later, "Cola" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Dance Recording category. Dark Matter, the duo's debut album, was released in 2020.

Filmed on 2 December 2023 at the Fairground Festival in Hanover, Germany.

Fairground Festival 2023

CamelPhat's career took off in 2017 with the single "Cola" - for which they were nominated at the Grammy Awards a year later.

Camelphat

As a teenager, Jan Blomqvist played in a punk band but he had already been won over by electro. The video he created for the song "Something Says", filmed on a rooftop terrace at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, brought him fame across the world. Since then, he has performed at festivals such as Coachella, Tomorrowland and the Fairground Festival.
Filmed on 1 December 2023 at the Fairground Festival in Hanover, Germany.

Jan Blomqvist built his career soon after leavng school, finding success from a mix of electronic beats and analogue synths.

Jan Blomqvist

The name Paul Kalkbrenner is inextricably linked with electronic dance music. The now iconic artist emerged in Berlin at the height of the golden age of techno. His first album, Superimpose, was released in 2001. His music is full of hypnotic melodies, powerful beats and incredible energy.

Filmed on 1 December 2023 at the Fairground Festival in Hanover, Germany.

Well-established artist Paul Kalkbrenner gives roughly 140 concerts a year across the world.

Paul Kalkbrenner

Rune Reilly Kølsch, aka Kölsch, is a Danish techno DJ and the producer of "Calabria," one of his biggest hits. His career literally reached new heights in 2017, when he delivered a set from the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower. The Copenhagen-born artist has sold millions of records worldwide.
Filmed on 2 December 2023 at the Fairground Festival in Hanover, Germany.

Techno producer Kölsch hails from Copenhagen and has sold millions of records worldwide.

Kölsch

Franky Wah's passion for music began in his teens. From an early age, the British artist was fascinated by West Coast hip-hop. From there, he discovered the likes of Roger Sanchez and Paul Johnson and developed a passion for dance music. His debut album House Party was released in 2017.
Filmed on 2 December 2023 at the Fairground Festival in Hanover, Germany.

Yorkshire-born Franky Wah has a knack for injecting dancefloors with joyful energy and spellbinding melodies.

Franky Wah

Stephan Bodzin has worked mainly as an electro producer for years. Together with Oliver Huntemann, the Bremen-born artist is responsible for a dance pop project called Kaycee - not to mention his remixes of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Sinead O'Connor. In 2007, Bodzin released his debut album Liebe ist... (Love is...).

Filmed on 1 December 2023 at the Fairground Festival in Hanover, Germany.

In the early 1990s, house and techno fever took hold of Stephan Bodzin. The music he loved had a slightly melancholy tone.