{"id":726274,"date":"2026-05-08T18:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/horst-festival-is-turning-belgium-into-the-next-dance-music-capital\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:25:12","slug":"horst-festival-is-turning-belgium-into-the-next-dance-music-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/horst-festival-is-turning-belgium-into-the-next-dance-music-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Horst Festival is turning Belgium into the next dance music capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e9a3361f5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/horst-festival-is-turning-belgium-into-the-next-dance-music-capital\/#Nearly_half_of_the_bookings_for_the_growing_Belgian_music_festival_are_local_making_it_a_showcase_and_an_incubator\" >Nearly half of the bookings for the growing Belgian music festival are local, making it a showcase and an incubator.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/horst-festival-is-turning-belgium-into-the-next-dance-music-capital\/#DJ_Rino_on_Belgiums_underground_scene\" >DJ Rino on Belgium&#8217;s underground scene<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/horst-festival-is-turning-belgium-into-the-next-dance-music-capital\/#Natasha_Pirad_on_Belgiums_sense_of_discovery\" >Natasha Pirad on Belgium&#8217;s sense of discovery<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/horst-festival-is-turning-belgium-into-the-next-dance-music-capital\/#PiP_on_the_Belgian_scenes_scrappiness\" >PiP on the Belgian scene&#8217;s scrappiness<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/horst-festival-is-turning-belgium-into-the-next-dance-music-capital\/#DTM_Funk_on_the_Belgian_scenes_technical_prowess\" >DTM Funk on the Belgian scene&#8217;s technical prowess<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/horst-festival-is-turning-belgium-into-the-next-dance-music-capital\/#AliA_on_the_importance_of_Belgiums_community_radios\" >AliA on the importance of Belgium&#8217;s community radios<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nearly_half_of_the_bookings_for_the_growing_Belgian_music_festival_are_local_making_it_a_showcase_and_an_incubator\"><\/span>Nearly half of the bookings for the growing Belgian music festival are local, making it a showcase and an incubator.  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280217\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/5._Dark_Skies_Illias_Teirlinck_pmcnfi\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/5._Dark_Skies_Illias_Teirlinck_pmcnfi\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/5._Dark_Skies_Illias_Teirlinck_pmcnfi\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/5._Dark_Skies_Illias_Teirlinck_pmcnfi\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/5._Dark_Skies_Illias_Teirlinck_pmcnfi\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/5._Dark_Skies_Illias_Teirlinck_pmcnfi\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Horst Festival is turning Belgium into the next dance music capital\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Illias Teirlinck<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280215\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            I\u2019ve been hearing more and more rumblings about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horstartsandmusic.com\/festival\">Horst Festival in Vilvoorde, Belgium<\/a>, in recent years. Lucky me, I&#8217;m off to Belgium next week to see it unfold for myself.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The festival, a key pillar of the local scene since its inception in 2014, has increasingly gained global attention, attracting global festivalgoers for its well curated music programming (Four Tet, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tony_surgeon\/\">Surgeon<\/a>, Aurora Halal, and Helena Hauff have all played) as well as for its notable architectural experimentation. Taking place at Asiat Park, a former military base, Horst utilizes materials like scaffolding and art installations to create temporary worlds for Horst\u2019s musicians and dancers.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Even as the festival\u2019s reputation has grown globally, its programming has remained focused on platforming local artists from the Brussels and wider Belgian scene. This year, nearly half of Horst&#8217;s featured sets will be by local acts, even as its global reputation rises.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201c[The Brussels scene] is very diverse,\u201d says <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lefto_early_bird\/\">Lefto Early Bird<\/a>, a staple of the local dance music community. He specifically cites the disparate influences that convene in the cosmopolitan city with French techno from nearby Paris infusing with the \u201chumble and chill Belgian\u201d sound, still rooted in the \u201cold <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y3iuLkbtp0k\">New Beat era\u201d<\/a> from the Belgian raves of yesteryear.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280223\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lefto Early Bird | @KioskRadio x @TheLotRadio x Horst Festival 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8u_fF17nvFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280216\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cPeople don\u2019t know Brussels really well. They see it as the Washington D.C. of Europe,\u201d says Lefto Early Bird, referring to the city&#8217;s European Union institutions. \u201cThere are two different worlds. You have the political side and then you have this scene at the crossroads of everywhere.\u201d He notes that Brussels is only one hour away from Paris, and two hours from both London and Amsterdam. Those disparate, yet locally rooted influences collide at Horst Festival, which Lefto Early Bird says \u201chas always had an ear to the streets.\u201d And even though other European hubs, like Berlin, London, or Paris, have more infrastructure and investment in their dance community, a DIY and collaborative ethos is alive and well in Belgium.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Before The FADER heads out to Horst next week, we caught up with some of Belgium&#8217;s finest sonic architects who will be playing at the festival this year, to learn more about the local scene and the importance of Horst in helping grow and strengthen Belgium&#8217;s electronic music community.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280218\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1._Dark_Skies_Jeroen_Verrecht_tubpt7\/horst-festival-belgian-dance-music-artists-roundup.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Horst Festival is turning Belgium into the next dance music capital\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Jeroen Verrecht<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280224\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DJ_Rino_on_Belgiums_underground_scene\"><\/span>\n        <b>DJ Rino on Belgium&#8217;s underground scene<\/b><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A1287163087&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/horstartsandmusicfestival\" title=\"Horst Arts &amp; Music\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Horst Arts &amp; Music<\/a> \u00b7 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/horstartsandmusicfestival\/dj-rino-at-horst-arts-music-festival-2022\" title=\"DJ Rino at Horst Arts &amp; Music Festival 2022\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">DJ Rino at Horst Arts &amp; Music Festival 2022<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p>&#8220;Brussels is not the biggest city but the scene runs deep,&#8221; says DJ Rino, a local favorite mixer, promoter, and owner of the label <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pinguin_society\/\">Pinguin Society<\/a>. &#8220;I spent years playing underground parties where the crowd was tight and nobody was performing for an outside audience. That shapes you,&#8221; he says. &#8220;You develop a sound because you believe in it, not because someone tells you it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s well.&#8221; One can hear that sense of artistic confidence in DJ Rino&#8217;s mixes, which are both hypnotic and eclectic.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280219\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Natasha_Pirad_on_Belgiums_sense_of_discovery\"><\/span>\n        <b>Natasha Pirad on Belgium&#8217;s sense of discovery<\/b><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2489998887\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/natashapirard.bandcamp.com\/album\/fernande-cecile\">Fernande, Cecile by Natasha Pirard<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tashapirard\/\">Natasha Pirad<\/a>, a Ghent-based electronic musician utilizes analogue synthesis and tape loops. This year will be her first performing at HORST Festival. &#8220;[Belgium,] is a quite small country, but we such a variety of genres and subcultures to dive into,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<p>In remembering her experience with Horst, Pirad shares a story of three years ago, when HORST worked with the Ghent-based label DEWEE (founded and run by the duo Soulwax) to make a \u201cmake a nightshop with all kinds of gadgets you can think of: rolling papers, chewing gum, ponchos, tissues, condoms.\u201d Priad shares that there was \u201ca tiny stage, hidden behind a refrigerator on wheels which you could push aside,\u201d revealing an intimate performance space for 50 people. The unique experience of discovery \u201c&#8217;underlines&#8217; [HOST\u2019s] sense of playfulness and their connection,\u201d Shares Pirad.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280220\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PiP_on_the_Belgian_scenes_scrappiness\"><\/span>\n        <b>PiP on the Belgian scene&#8217;s scrappiness<\/b><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=555678590\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/zitstill.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-flowers-dull-3\">The Flowers Dull by PiP<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pip_sound\/\">PiP<\/a>, a Brussels-based producer, DJ and the owner of Zitstill Records makes generously spacious music that utilizes live instrumentation, synthesis and field recordings. In 2025, he released an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/zitstill.bandcamp.com\/album\/sans-loup\">experimental jazz project<\/a> with local artist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ambrsdschppr\/\">Ambroos De Schepper<\/a>. PiP has a unique vantage as a multi-pronged artist in the scene. \u201cThe Belgian electronic scene is a small one. We have a lot of creative and human capital, but don&#8217;t necessarily have that much professional venues or clubs,\u201d he shares.  \u201cI wouldn&#8217;t say we have a \u2018flourishing scene,\u2019 since in my opinion it&#8217;s not a very durable one. We do have so many talented people and collectives crazy enough to step up and organise \u2026 without being payed. This keeps things &#8216;underground&#8217; and fresh if you know where to look.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280222\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DTM_Funk_on_the_Belgian_scenes_technical_prowess\"><\/span>\n        <b>DTM Funk on the Belgian scene&#8217;s technical prowess<\/b><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DTM Funk @ Kiosk Radio 12.01.2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T1FmXXQosws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dtmfunk\/\">DTM Funk<\/a>, a prominent local DJ and the owner of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blackgravity.records\/\">Black Gravity Records<\/a>, a record shop and listening room in Antwerp, shares that the Belgian scene stands out for producing &#8220;technical entrepreneurs, like the founder of FL Studio [Didier Dambrin] and Rodec [Roger Declercq].&#8221; DTM Funk, whose genrerless mixes span house to jazz, says that Horst supports the local scene year round via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQwK56-iPGC\/?img_index=3\">Horst&#8217;s club<\/a>, a pillar of Belgium&#8217;s electronic music community.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-280221\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AliA_on_the_importance_of_Belgiums_community_radios\"><\/span>\n        <b>AliA on the importance of Belgium&#8217;s community radios<\/b><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AliA @ Kiosk Radio 09.04.2026\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vXUwPFWdSsI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p>Belgian DJ and owner of Artisjok Records <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alyahriv\/\">AliA<\/a> cites the local community based web radio, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kiosk.radio\/\">Kiosk Radio<\/a> \u2014 which is co-curating a stage at HORST with New York City\u2019s own The Lot Radio \u2014, as having helped spark her career. \u201cBecause there are fewer established clubs, Brussels has developed a unique culture of parties organized by small collectives in unusual or temporary locations,\u201d she says. That&#8217;s helped AliA find an audience for her mixes, which blend Dub, Techno, and far flung genres.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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