MONUMENT

50.000! 🌟 It started with only a few friends and a deep passion for techno music. Then we evolved, year after year. And now, we are a family of dancers, huggers, and listeners from all over the world. We cannot believe that we have reached 50 000 followers on both Instagram and Soundcloud. We love you all! Thank you for listening, dancing, and sharing deep hugs.. For losing yourself. For finding yourself. This year, let’s celebrate dancing 50K steps together in the forest. Per day? Let’s see… Thank you for being a part of this journey. Deep hugs from us, to you ♡ Video shot and edited by @sever.ja Music: Cousin - The River

Talked to a new friend yesterday, we were passing all these people in the dark on our way to the main stage, the set had begun and everyone were smiling, you know, eager smiles, almost hungry, and we talked about all the different types of folks we met on the way, people we so easily put into defined boxes, the blacks-and-leather from Berlin, the extravagant bouquet of new found beauty from Stockholm, the veteran hippie from Barcelona you could have sworn you saw in that documentary from Woodstock, you know, all these gorgeous people gathered in a bigger box that doesn’t actually feel like a box at all, but more like a village, or a home, where it’s so safe to be and express whoever lives inside of us at any given moment that we don’t really need to define anything at all. And we looked at each other, my new friend and I, and we both knew that the world is made out of stories. And this particular story may just be one that has only just begun. - Åsmund Seip (festival poet) @aasmundvs 📷: @2alifilm @clefw @cle.f.wphotography @takenbyvi @kristine.crosby99

Explosions of love are waiting in between hugs and bare feet.  Lost in wet grass and sweet beats I will find myself and you. - Åsmund Seip (festival poet) @aasmundvs 📷: @kristine.crosby99 @cle.f.wphotography @takenbyvi @2alifilm

@ex.halelive is the brainchild of Italian multidisciplinary artist Francesco Presotto. For Monument, he traverses the boundaries of imagination with a thought-provoking sonic journey. With releases on Sonic Groove, Rudiment, and Voidance, alongside soundtracks for fashion runways and design brands, as well as an increasing number of performances at clubs, museums, and festivals across Europe, Ex.Hale has established himself as a formidable force in electronic and experimental music. Available now on our SoundCloud, YouTube channels or wherever you get your podcasts. Artwork - @sever.ja

@jinsynth delivers a live recording of her set from @lacasita.berlin at OHM from March of this year. The London-based artist provides a perfectly engineered trip demonstrating her ability to lead a dance floor. Words from the artist : “This is the recording from my set for La Casita at OHM on a freezing cold Thursday night in early March. It was a nice evolution of people chatting and hanging out whilst slowly warming up and eventually filling the dancefloor. Across the 2 hour performance, I kept things pretty dark, deep, and atmospheric using 4 decks so that I could play around with a lot of ambient and experimental layers on top of the tracks to give them more texture. Hope you enjoy it! “ Available now on our SoundCloud and YouTube channels.

«It’s something about connection» Dear friends, over the past year, we’ve been working on a special project. Now we are finally ready to share it with you. We have created a limited edition Monument book! A book about people and rave culture, about bodies moving barefoot through dark forests, guided by lasers and Funktion-One sound. A book about connection. 150 pages of photos, carefully curated from our previous years in the forest. Combined with poetry and short stories. We warmly invite you to our book launch at Tað in Oslo, on May 28th. There will be live poetry and DJ-sets, a photo exhibition, and other merch available. Entry is free, but limited, so you’ll have to reserve a seat. Link in bio One more thing.. We will reveal a special surprise at the event. It is not allowed to be marketed, so join us for it’s premiere. See you at Tað ❤️ Graphics & video by @sever.ja Music: Monosym - Orchor

Episode 518 welcomes @marius___bo co-founder of Oslo’s Ute collective — the label and event series born from deep-forest gatherings in Norway. Blending ambient, IDM, trance and techno with psychedelic finesse, his sets move between hypnotic tension and euphoric release, connecting old-school gems with futuristic soundscapes. A regular at venues like Bassiani and FOLD, and festivals including Monument Festival and Organik Festival, he delivers a deeply immersive journey for the latest Monument Podcast. Available now on SoundCloud, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Artwork - @sever.ja

MNMT Live of today is presented by Wu Zhuoling @jolene_wu live artist based in Chengdu. A chameleonic pioneer at the forefront of China’s live electronic counterculture, Wu Zhuoling has built a reputation for deeply immersive performances and genre-defying sound. Performing exclusively with hardware, she creates live sets that guide audiences through a fluid sonic journey - from soothing ambient and experimental downtempo to soulful electronica, progressive IDM, and driving leftfield techno. This live set brings together a selection of tracks from my 2024 album Reverie, along with several unreleased pieces – all songs are on the more up-tempo, dance-able range of my music. The overall mood leans toward a deep, psychedelic atmosphere, while remaining gentle and relaxed, perfect for listening to in natural outdoor settings.

Hailing from Portugal, @maria_callapez delivers a session that dives deep into the realms of techno. Seamlessly blended, she crafts a hypnotic journey of driving rhythms and atmospheric textures perfect for late night listening. A mainstay in Lisbon she has performed across multiple European venues and also has a wide range of productions available on a number of well known imprints. Listen now on our SoundCloud, YouTube channels @carbonmusic_app or wherever you get your podcasts. Artwork - @sever.ja

Longtime Monument collaborator @alicjaaksamit returns for this instalment of our Waves series, delivering an enriching session recorded live during the Astral Industries & Velvet Ambient evening on 14 August 2025 in Wrocław, Poland. She showcases her refined skill in ambient music through a deftly mixed journey, traversing a wide spectrum of textures and moods to create a deeply immersive and rewarding near two-hour session. Listen now on our SoundCloud and YouTube channels or wherever you get your podcasts. Artwork - @sever.ja

@conflation_port lands on Monument for Episode 516. Hailing from the Arctic Circle, the project is the brainchild of Pedro Disla. With original releases spanning numerous labels and a wealth of both live and DJ performances across a wide range of venues, he now delivers a vinyl-only session for this episode - featuring dubby, atmospheric tones throughout. Available now on our SoundCloud, YouTube channels and @carbonmusic_app or wherever you get your podcasts. Artwork - @sever.ja

We’re sharing with you today a precious recording from last year, one of the many highlights of our beautiful forest gathering. Bambi and Beatrice M. met on Sunday afternoon at Monument Festival 2025, two artists connected through a shared affinity for bass driven, dubwise club music, and a natural understanding of how to shape space together. Their b2b felt loose and alive from the start. Wobbly low end, groovy, full of movement, with those bombastic, serotonin charged moments landing at just the right time. There was weight in the bass, but it never dragged. everything stayed in motion, fluid, breathing. The crowd followed. tension building and dissolving in cycles, smiles turning into screams, small peaks opening into bigger ones. it felt lighthearted, almost effortless, but never lacking precision. What made it work was that balance. playful but controlled, energetic but still elegant. a set that didn’t try too hard, yet delivered fully, keeping the floor locked in and open until the very end. Check out Monument linktree / soundcloud to find their set online! Photo by @cle.f.wphotography