INTONAL 2026 Artist Presentation:
Germ Lattice
Germ Lattice — Joe Barton, Micky Donnelly and Louie Rice — operate with a stripped, deliberate focus that has earned them quiet devotion from listeners around Boomkat and Cafe OTO. Based in Norwich, they build their sound from bass, drums, synthesiser and voice, threaded together through live tape manipulation. What emerges feels raw and pressurised, shaped in the moment yet tightly structured.

There are echoes of early Einstürzende or proto techno in their use of abrasion and space — a sense of materials pushed to their limits. At the same time, a dirt-stained strain of krautrock runs beneath the surface: repetitive, driving, slightly corroded. The pulse is steady, almost motorik, yet roughened by hiss, distortion and overdriven meters. Their early decision to avoid improvisation or overdubs remains central. Tracks move forward in linear motion, tension building through accumulation rather than flourish.

Live, the trio hold the room with restraint. Tape loops fray at the edges; vocals surface as fragments, half-submerged in circuitry. The sound feels physical and close, as if assembled from concrete dust and magnetic residue. Repetition becomes immersive. Small shifts carry weight. The performance unfolds with a quiet severity, inviting the audience into a concentrated field of rhythm and decay.

https://horn-of-plenty.bandcamp.com/album/corpusty
https://horn-of-plenty.bandcamp.com/album/gipping-through-the-ages
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INTONAL 2026 Artist Presentation:
DJ LU
LU, also known as Lucid Fox, is a Polish DJ and selector active on the independent scene since 2000. Her sets are grounded in IDM, leaning toward its heavier and more dance-driven side. Dense braindance rhythms form the foundation — broken beats, intricate programming, elastic basslines that settle deep and steady. The sound carries complexity, yet remains physical and direct.

She builds her mixes with patience. Rhythms interlock gradually, revealing sharp percussive detail and submerged low frequencies. Metallic textures brush against warmer tones; fragments of melody appear briefly, then dissolve back into the grid. There is a sense of control in the pacing, a careful shaping of momentum that allows the floor to move while the mind remains alert.

Alongside DJing, LU has produced and edited music for contemporary dance, composing in dialogue with movement and space. She co-hosts Idzie Lis on radiokultura.pl, where conversation meets an open, searching approach to sound. Her parallel work as a graphic designer — marked by humour, strangeness, and a trace of longing — echoes through her musical language: precise, curious, and quietly unsettled.

https://www.instagram.com/lucidfoxdesign/
https://soundcloud.com/lucidfox
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The clock splits. So do the tickets.

Separate Day and Night Passes are now available — for the sunlight drifters and the midnight movers who can't/won't take the full Monty.

But remember: choose only one… and you’ll miss half the frequency.
The Full Pass is still the most bang for the buck.

A schedule is now live too — artists placed on their respective days (hours still in the mist).

Tickets → intonal.se/tickets
Schedule → intonal.se/schedule

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Just a reminder. Intonal.se/volu

Workshop with Nicolás Jaar
OPEN CALL OPEN NOW! Until March 15.

"We always hear through our breathing, it is always the first layer of listening, it is also one we often forget about. We may discuss themes around breathing, forgetting, memory, gratitude but ultimately the workshop is participant-led and shaped by the group’s interests and contributions. Open to people who like to write, make things with their hands, walk around, listen to things, sing, stay quiet, or just stare at the wall.. No prior experience needed..especially the last one :)"

Apply here: https://forms.gle/tYchKLqWomJDxPbU7

https://www.instagram.com/nicolasjaar/
https://soundcloud.com/nicolas-jaar
https://nicolasjaar.bandcamp.com/album/piedras-1-2
https://www.facebook.com/p/Nicolas-Jaar-100044618101005/
https://www.jaar.site

DROP 2 — pressure systems engaged.

Some artists decorate the dancefloor. Others redraw its architecture.

DJ Haram lands in Malmö with a high-voltage set built on force, precision and intent. As one half of 700 Bliss (with Moor Mother) and a solo voice via Hyperdub, she cuts through industrial rap, fractured bass, noise and percussive mutations with razor-sharp instinct. Relentless propulsion. Exact control. The floor, firmly in her grip.

Slikback arrives charged from collaborations with Skrillex and releases on Tempa and Planet Mu — bastions of forward bass evolution. His live sets are rhythmic engineering in motion: hyper-detailed percussion, gqom pulse, hardcore velocity, cinematic tension. When he last shook Inkonst, it was one of the most physically overwhelming dances the room has held.

After a long orbit, SHXCXCHCXSH finally surface in Malmö. With releases on Northern Electronics, MORD and Avian, the duo dismantle techno to its core particles — deconstructed, recalibrated, rebuilt in stark light and immersive sound. Repetition as ritual. Tension sculpted with near-clinical focus.

Beyond the dance floor, it unfolds — a three-day workshop led by Nicolás Jaar. An open call will follow. Free to attend. Collective creation as core practice, process as performance.

As per high demand, we’ve now released the individual day tickets.

This is just one layer of Drop 2. Read more at intonal.se

SECOND LINEUP DROP
Abdullah Miniawy Trio
Arve Henriksen & Canberk Ulaş
Devon Rexi
DJ Danielski
DJ F1BI
DJ Haram
DJ LU
(DJ) Oda Haugerud
Erik Klinga + Lyn Vokalensemble *
Germ Lattice
Juli Deák
La Valentina
mad miran
Margaux Gazur
N.E.GIRL
NOS + Joy Moughanni *
SHXCXCHCXSH
Simo Cell
Slikback
swanasa
Workshop with Nicolás Jaar
XTC in the XIV

* world premiere

More to unfold.
Drop 3 lands end of March.

More info at intonal.se

One week until the next signal breaks through.

Drop 2 approaches —
With a heavier pulse.

Fri Feb 27.

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INTONAL 2026 Artist Presentation:
K-X-P
K‑X‑P arrive with a presence that feels elemental — sound carved from repetition and pulse, sight shaped by stark, shifting visuals.
Born in Helsinki in 2006, K‑X‑P is led by Timo Kaukolampi on electronics, guitar and vocals, with Tomi Leppänen and Tatu Rönkkö on drums alongside a broader ensemble of collaborators. Their roots trace back through Finnish scenes and other projects such as Op:l Bastards and Aavikko, yet here they have distilled a music of its own — one where electronics, relentless rhythms and voice converge into something uncommonly alive.
Press have noted the group’s refusal of tidy labels: motorik rhythms, analogue textures, and rhythmic insistence surface without hierarchy. Music here feels persistent, not declarative — a field to inhabit rather than a point to reach.
Live, K‑X‑P’s performances are immersive and insistent. Primitive drums and electronic pulses move in hypnotic cycles; voices — at times a scream, at times a hum — thread through the beat. The visuals are not merely backdrop but part of the sensory field, a companion to the music’s pressure and clarity.
Each moment unfolds without urgency, yet accumulates into a momentum all its own.

https://www.instagram.com/kxpmusic
https://k-x-p.bandcamp.com/

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CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS

Do you collect the dust between drum hits?
Do you believe a crack in the system is an entrance?

Our sanctuary of soft noise and hard truths — where bodies twitch and minds dissolve with strobes — runs on VOLUNTEERS.

This is a co-conspiracy.
A temporary autonomous zone.
A glitter-sweaty, cable-tangled act of collective passion.

Music lovers, chaos gardeners, night builders, vibe mechanics, professional wanderers — if you feel at home in the unfinished, the unstable, the beautifully unpolished: step closer.

https://www.intonalfestival.com/volu

INTONAL 2026 Artist Presentation:
Hey Elbow
After a several year hiatus, Hey Elbow return — renewed.
Formed in Malmö in 2013, the trio has always worked through collective instinct. Their music resists hierarchy: instruments move freely between background and foreground, melody and noise, structure and drift. Across previous releases, Hey Elbow have developed a sound that is both immediate and elusive — melodic yet fractured, emotionally direct yet full of space.
FLOCK, their fourth album, will be released in March 2026, with a premiere performance at Intonal. The music first took shape in 2022, as part of a stage work created with dancers and scenography at Inkonst. Together they explored what it means to act as an individual within a group — how identity can be held, stretched, or dissolved in relation to others.
After the premiere, Hey Elbow brought these ideas into the studio. The album emerged as a layered, open form — built from the trio’s foundations but extended through invited improvisers, who added textures, tangents, and new trajectories. This sense of movement remains central to the project: the songs are not fixed, but porous. At each performance, local musicians join the ensemble, allowing the music to shift and respond.
At Intonal, Hey Elbow will be joined by Malina Midera (synth) and Tove Bagge (viola) — not to repeat a composition, but to reassemble it in light of the moment. Here, sound moves not to finish but to open.

https://www.instagram.com/heyelbow
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