Hypnotic Black Magic

A commun friend introduced Max and I to Apo aka Hypnotic Black Magic. She was managing Atelier at Ziegrastrasse alongside another person called Vanessa at the time. She is also behind Art Bei Ton curations. Apo was the first person to give Lowpass an opportunity to organise parties by opening her space to us. She became a friend and also very supportive towards Lowpass—she quickly invited us to do a collaborative party at ://about blank. She delivered great sets at 3 editions of Lowpass with a highlight at Suicide Club in 2023 where she played a very nice dynamic trippy techno induced trance set after nthng.

Hypnotic Black Magic biography :

Hypnotic Black Magic is a Berlin-based DJ inspired by dark/deep/hypnotic techno, atmospheric ambient and ritualistic drums.

Always inspired by nostalgic and trippy electronic sounds since their early teenagehood, they have now developed their music taste around the niche subgenre hypnotic techno. Collecting tracks with a preference for powerful rhythmics, deep baselines, loopy atmospheric pads, epic themes or dark atmospheres, HBM’s construct their sets to guide the audience through a particular musical journey – captivating their minds for an introspective travel through human’s deepest obscure thoughts, meditative states and sensual expressions.

Beginning to explore outdoor free parties in south of France at the age of 16, before moving to Berlin at 18, HBM has always been fascinated by this particular subculture. Absorbed by its statement of freedom, its DIY concept and the supportive community around, they decided to start their own event series to help the artists they like to find a space to express themselves.
Since 2018, they are organising events through Art Bei Ton and Ambient Sleepers, featuring hypnotic techno/ambient music together with visual arts. Their aims is to promote diverse international artists within gender-balanced line ups, focusing of offering safe space for flinta* and queer artists to perform.

Based in Berlin, but also traveling around, HBM had the chance to play at some venues like Griessmühle and ://about blank in Berlin, VENT in Tokyo, Gare in Porto, Vurt. in Seoul, Ciało in Wroclaw, Monument Festival in Norway and many other cities such as Medellin, Tbilisi, Lisbon, Paris, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Brussels, Istanbul or Athens.

Played alongside: Dasha Rush, Electric Indigo, Claudio PRC, Luigi Tozzi, Neel, Blazej Malinowski, Mary Yuzovskaya, Aleja Sanchez, Joachim Spieth, Justine Perry and many more.