There’s a certain kind of artist who resists the binary between accessibility and experimentation. A kind of artist who understands that immediacy doesn’t have to come at the expense of risk. Peder Mannerfelt belongs to that lineage. His work moves fluidly between contexts; as comfortable premiering conceptual live sets at Atonal Festival as dismantling dancefloors at institutions like Berghain or Fabric. Across aliases, collaborations, and productions — from the cinematic techno of Roll The Dice to work with Fever Ray, Smerz, Björk and Blonde Redhead — Mannerfelt treats electronic music as something elastic, something to be bent out of shape until it reveals new meanings. More recently, he has leaned into the raw, communal pulse of club music. Tracks built for bodies in motion rather than contemplation. But even here, there’s a refusal to settle. Mannerfelt doesn’t simply channel the energy of the dancefloor; he interrogates it, stretches it, reroutes it. At Dungen Stage this summer, that restless instinct comes alive.

Peder Mannerfelt will perform at Dungen Stage on Friday August 14th.