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<v Speaker 1>Last Thursday evening, the night before the gates opened for

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<v Speaker 1>this year's Drymolin. I was wandering through the bustling production

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<v Speaker 1>area with founder and programmer Milo van Butena. A figure

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<v Speaker 1>with quafft hair walked towards us, spread their arms wide

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<v Speaker 1>and shouted over the thrum of sound checks. It's mister Drymolin,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for letting us do this. It was Narses

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<v Speaker 1>with Morphina, their partner in music and in life. Together

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<v Speaker 1>they were preparing to debut a new project, lingua Erotica.

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<v Speaker 1>Its exchange summed up what the Dutch festival excels at,

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<v Speaker 1>creating fertile ground for artists to experiment, grow and test boundaries.

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<v Speaker 1>The lingua Erotica show wouldn't have happened without Van Biden's push.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty twenty four, their agent had sent him two

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<v Speaker 1>tracks all their material. At the time, I was listening

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<v Speaker 1>and it was like boom, let's go, he recalled. He

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<v Speaker 1>saw the potential for a full mainstage show to se

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<v Speaker 1>fite their agent, initially saying they weren't ready. Over the

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<v Speaker 1>next year he worked closely with the pair to bring

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<v Speaker 1>it to life. It's just one act, he told me,

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<v Speaker 1>but we give it so much time and energy, and

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<v Speaker 1>now it's a world premiere. And so the Red Silk

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<v Speaker 1>Clad duo performed live for the first time, marrying sleazy

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<v Speaker 1>Eighties tinged synth pop with crooning love songs. Immersive dancers

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<v Speaker 1>choreographed by Boston Gallagher weaved through the crowd, illuminated by

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<v Speaker 1>hundreds of blinder lights flashing down from the Strobe Stages

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<v Speaker 1>open air structure. The performance felt like a microcosm of Drymolin,

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<v Speaker 1>a festival built on trust, collaboration, and risk taking. In

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<v Speaker 1>a time when the festival landscape has never been more saturated,

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<v Speaker 1>electronic music culture needs specialist events and teams like Drymolins

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<v Speaker 1>more than ever. At this year's edition, Polychrome Audio co

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<v Speaker 1>founder Herve played Saturday's closing set at the Forest Rave stage.

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<v Speaker 1>The name is Act. The dance floor is nestled among

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<v Speaker 1>the trees and tucked away in the corner of the site.

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<v Speaker 1>Any seasoned festivalgoer will tell you there's something about dancing

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<v Speaker 1>in the woods, but at night. With Draymollan's production, the

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<v Speaker 1>result is spectacular. Hervey opted for cosmic house and techno

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<v Speaker 1>with spangling, since every so often the forest was flooded

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<v Speaker 1>with huge fans of lasers that splayed out like cobwebs

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<v Speaker 1>and sparkled like a million diamonds in the leaves. Just

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<v Speaker 1>before the end, after the music had carried on for

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<v Speaker 1>thirty minutes longer than expected, Drymulin is good to its punters.

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<v Speaker 1>He dropped Don Jaguar's Jaguar E type mix to a

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<v Speaker 1>completely enchanted crowd. This deep connection to place has shaped

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<v Speaker 1>Drymulin's identity since twenty nineteen, when it moved to Mob Complex,

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<v Speaker 1>a former military complex in the woods north of Tilburg.

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<v Speaker 1>After launching in twenty fourteen at Artificial beach venue water Jump,

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<v Speaker 1>the festival moved four times in a quest to find

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<v Speaker 1>the perfect location. The synergy in twenty nineteen was immediate. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>in my review of that edition, i wrote, if this

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<v Speaker 1>year is anything to go by, let's hope they found

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<v Speaker 1>a permanent home in Mob Complex. The new site meant

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<v Speaker 1>that Drymulin could lean into a feature enjoyed by many

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<v Speaker 1>of the best electronic festivals, the opportunity to commune in nature.

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<v Speaker 1>An aerial view of the site reveals dense woodland crisscrossed

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<v Speaker 1>by pads and dusty clearings impeccably suited to dance floors.

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<v Speaker 1>In many ways, it's perfect. You might assume that having

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of ravers descend on a forest for the weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>plus all the can instruction disturbance would wreak havoc on

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<v Speaker 1>an environment like mob complex, But the team conduct ecological

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<v Speaker 1>reports on the area each year, both before and after

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<v Speaker 1>the festival, and the opposite is true. In fact, Drymolen

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<v Speaker 1>has improved the local biodiversity.