Karpov not Kasparov is a musical game of chess between vintage synthesizers and drums. There are nor winners neither losers in this game but there are always energetic trippy sounds, subconscious oriental tunes intertwined with danceable electroclash pulses. one half of the project, Valeriu, made an eclectic - partly schizoid - mixtape for The Attic, including influential gems from now and then, post-romantic obsessions and indescribable obscure finds.

Jan Melnick is the founder of the parisian collective La Fête Triste, launched less than two years ago is already a household name in the cities’ underground scene. Jan is influenced by the rough industrial sound of the '80s, the unpredictable obscure new wave, the left-field and experimental side of the music.

Outernational Deejay Gigoglo of the B-Music crew, Hamburg's Golden Pudel club resident and one of the people behind the excellent record store Groove City from Hamburg, Booty Carrell has prepared a heavy mixtape of Outernational goodies, titled Talismania.

Idle Rich is a serious collector (and dj) of psychedelia from across the board. Starting with new wave and crossing the whole board, Lizatron has had a passion for and collected music all her life. Their mixtape for The Attic Podcast comprises dub, library music, some Kenyaon stuff, new beat and acid, electropop, industrial and more.

The creator of Chill Mountain Festival (a deep dance culture festival in the mountains surrounding Osaka), Daichi Furukawa digs deep into soulful world-flavored dance music. His recent full-length album "Vodunizm" was just released on his own Chill Mountain imprint.

Tomaga is a new and exciting London based project consisting of musicians Valentina Magaletti and Tom Relleen, which debuted in 2013 with a release cassette called ‘Sleepy Jazz For Tired Cats’, followed by a very well received album in 2014 - Futura Grotesk - out on the French label Hands in the Dark. Their unusual sound is made up of minimalist compositions which are darkly psychedelic, elusive and deeply imbued with soundscapes.

Katzi Kenneth aka Katzele is one of the founders of 84% Creativity collective from Tel Aviv and head of the new Malka Tuti record label. Katzi is now based in Berlin. Malka Tuti is a new imprint who recently put out the first release called "Bells", a 4 track EP coming from XEN, with a remix contribution from Red Axes.

Sinead O'Connick Jr is one of the people behind Serendip Lab, an annual electronic music festival taking place in Paris and a record label specialized in underground electronics art and music from avant garde to disco, breakcore and synthwave reissues.

Born and raised in Bucharest, Romania, and now residing in Berlin, Borusiade, real name Miruna Boruzescu, started dj-ing in 2002 as one of the only female DJs in the city’s emerging alternative clubbing scene. Influenced by a classical musical education and fascinated by raw electronic sounds, Borusiade combined these elements in the construction of her DJ sets and, starting 2005, also in her music production. As she managed to build a sound of her own, often dark, with poignant bass lines, obsessive themes and by all means melodic, starting 2015, she was signed on Cómeme agency and label.

Aaron Moore, founding member of the English experimental group Volcano The Bear, prepared a selection of Italian prog from the good old days. Aaron Moore has appeared on over 25 albums. Past and present musical projects include Volcano The Bear, Invisible Sports (solo), Müller-Moore-Muisc, Textile Orchestra, Textile Trio, Wizards of Oi, Courtis/Moore, Amolvacy, Dragon Or Emperor, Songs Of Norway, The Blue Prostitutes & Guignol.