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Over the course of a weekend, Germany's oldest open-air electro festival takes over the former NATO missile base near Kastellaun. Bringing together some 350 DJs and offering multiple stages, the event attracts some 60,000 visitors every year, all vibrating to the sounds of turntables and techno, house and trance sets. What better way to spend a rave?

At the age of 13, Klaudia Gawlas was already making music on her Commodore 64. She broke through in 2013 with the release of Papillon, which established her as a leader on the techno scene. The recent creation of her label Illusion Recordings marks a further milestone in her career. It's also proof that she's able to bring her music and visual aesthetic into line with her personal vision.

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Polish DJ and producer Klaudia Gawlas started making her own beats at the age of 13.

Klaudia Gawlas

ONYVAA's sets are always an exciting journey. They draw on the timeless sounds of Detroit and Chicago, as well as the acid techno of the early 1990s. A DJ able to mix hypnotic melodic lines with a variety of textures, while creating a sound filled with modular synthesizers, groovy basses, heavy drums, pads with poignant notes and samples of her own. ONYVAA releases on PLUS8, KNTXT and Passeport Records, her own label.

A melodic set full of emotion and a Californian DJ in total control of the crowd.

ONYVAA

Alignment describes his musical style as a journey into the depths of his inner self. His enigmatic sounds evoke a post-apocalyptic rave taking place indefinitely in a disused warehouse. He writes beautiful melodies with deep bass lines, kicks and resonant synth filters; renowned labels such as KNTXT and Suara are not immune.

Alignment describes his musical style as a journey into the depths of his inner self.

Alignment

Cult DJ and dance music producer Paul van Dyk has been a benchmark of trance music since the mid-1990s. In his remixes of productions from that decade, such as Humate's Love Simulation and his classic For an Angel, he blends melancholy melodies with ecstatic beats. In the space of ten years, he has helped to make progressive trance an essential genre. Paul van Dyk has been a mainstay of NatureOne's programming since the very beginning.

A DJ with a worldwide reputation, Paul von Dyk grew up in East Berlin.

Paul van Dyk

Over the last ten years, Markus Schulz has taken progressive music, particularly trance and house, to new heights, creating a fusion sound all his own. In the 1990s, he got his start at rave parties in Arizona and quickly broke through internationally. His albums on the Armada and Coldharbour labels propelled him to the top of the American EDM scene. His tracks ‘The New World’ and ‘Destiny’ have even become electro anthems.

Born in Germany, German-American DJ Markus Schulz grew up in the United States and made a name for himself with his Global DJ Broadcast radio show.

Markus Schulz

This Danish DJ has been playing in the electro big league for many years. IPSO, the label he founded, produces melodic house and techno tracks with a soulful edge. Kölsch's albums are packed with timeless tracks such as ‘Lorely’, ‘Opa’ and especially ‘Grey’, which has 5.5 million views on YouTube and almost 50 million listens on Spotify. I Talk To Water is his latest album.

The million-selling Danish techno producer takes to the stage at NatureOne.

Kölsch

Polish DJ and producer Klaudia Gawlas started making her own beats at the age of 13. In 2008, she got her break after winning a Raveline mixtape competition and played at Ruhr-in-Love. International success swiftly followed from there. In 2013, she brought the techno scene to its knees with her track 'Papillon' and is now one of the best-known DJs in the world. For Klaudia Gawlas, techno is quite simply a way of life.

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Polish DJ and producer Klaudia Gawlas started composing her own beats at the age of 13.

Internationally-renowned DJ Paul von Dyk grew up in East Berlin. He made a name for himself on the scene with his track "For an Angel" in 1998. Since then his success has grown exponentially, with a strong collection of studio albums and remixes for the likes of U2 and Depeche Mode.

Paul von Dyk grew up in East Berlin: He's now a world famous DJ. 

Paul Van Dyk

As well as being a top DJ, Dominik Eulberg is also a scientist and an environmentalist. He likes to include sounds of nature into his techno music.

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