Sairen is an artist who makes impact with her own distinctive sense of personality as both a producer and DJ. It’s one that draws on a rich heritage of driving but funky techno, with acid flashes and musical twists helping to tell her story and keep things on the move instead of stuck in straight lines.

A lifelong love of all things dub means this Amsterdam artist always makes and plays an organic, heavy, raw but rhythmic techno sound that is irresistibly punchy. Once lost between her beats, her edgy and sassy mixing style will keep you on your toes and take you somewhere new.

Having played in more than 10 countries over the last seven years, Sairen has played festival stages as well as plenty of small and sweaty basements. She adapts her style to ensure that connections are always made with her crowds wherever she is playing.

Her raw edge and taste for atmospheric and stripped down drums as well as heartfelt chords and stabs is what made her an essential resident at Toffler i...