Solace Invites Phara [BE] & Olivia Mendez [FR]

Solace Invites Phara [Phaaar - BE] & Olivia Mendez [Dust in Grooves - FR] For those who were there to witness Phara for the first time at Solace, you know how special of a Live set he brings. This time we've paired him with Olivia Mendez to really make sure we blow the roof off. Olivia Mendez [Dust in Grooves - FR] A record proxenete, dealing grooves across territories her unique sound can reach. Strongly influenced by the sounds of Senegalese drums as a child, both as a percussionist and dancer, she eventually fell in love with the post modern aesthetics embedded in Detroit’s industrial landscapes. From Brooklyn to Kiev, she has been queering consciousness through her roaring, pulsing, sonorous soundscapes. Phara [Phaaar - BE] Phara spins an intricate, contemporary take on techno while never losing touch with the genre's essence. Influenced by the pioneering sounds of Detroit, Berlin and the UK, as well as post-punk, wave, EBM and electro, he makes compelling, highly personal tracks t