MUTEK Barcelona adopts a biennial format and announces activities for 2025

After celebrating its 15th anniversary last April with more than 7,000 attendees across seven venues, MUTEK Barcelona is evolving. The festival adopts a biennial format, allowing for deeper development of projects, partnerships, and curatorial work. The next full edition of MUTEK Barcelona will take place in 2026.

In the meantime, MUTEK will continue to present a series of events throughout 2025, maintaining its commitment to digital creativity and electronic music. Artists such as Oklou, Rival Consoles, ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, Tukico (Tangerine Dream), Loidis aka Huerco S., Tenashee (DJ Tennis & Ashee), and Ricardo Villalobos will perform in Barcelona and Madrid over the coming months.

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This transition reflects MUTEK’s ongoing evolution since its founding in Montréal in 2000, and its arrival in Barcelona in 2009. More than 15 years later, MUTEK Barcelona remains the festival’s only European edition, continuing to shape its identity with a deliberate, long-term approach.

"We have always been a living and changing festival; it is part of our identity. The biennial format will allow us to strengthen our programming, follow artistic projects more closely, and develop new partnerships with greater dedication," explains Alberto Nerone, Director of MUTEK Barcelona. "This change is not a step backwards but an opportunity for growth."

MUTEK Connect: A Highlight of 2025

One of the key events of 2025 will be MUTEK Connect on April 11 at Sala Apolo and Nitsa Club in Barcelona. The event will feature:

• Rival Consoles ^UK, presenting a new live show and album

• Tukico aka Hoshiko Yamane ^JP, member of Tangerine Dream

• Carmen Jaci & Matthew Schoen ^CA/NL, presenting an audiovisual footwork-inspired performance

2025 Activities

Alongside MUTEK Connect, several other performances are scheduled as part of the MUTEK ES 2025 program:

• March 11, 2025: Oklou at Sala Apolo, Barcelona
  MUTEK ES x PRIMAVERA TOURS x CAPRICHOS DE APOLO
  (Sold out)
  
  

• April 10, 2025: Rival Consoles at Copérnico, Madrid
  MUTEK ES x PRIMAVERA SOUND
  
  

• April 11, 2025: MUTEK Connect at Sala Apolo and Nitsa Club, Barcelona
  
  

• June 13, 2025: FRRC by Ricardo Villalobos at Castellbisbal, Barcelona
  MUTEK ES x OFFWEEK x FABRIC
  Featuring Ricardo Villalobos, Raresh, Zip, Craig Richards, Lumiere, John Talabot, Francesco Del Garda, Nicolas Lutz, and Vera.

Through this series of performances, MUTEK Barcelona continues to sustain its momentum and connection with its audience while laying the groundwork for the next full edition in 2026.