I-F

A permanent fixture in the underground, I-F has long made people move with his unmistakably unique taste in records. Forged in the squats and pirate radio stations of The Hague during the early '90s, his influence on electronic music is that rare thing – both foundational and ongoing. He's a musical shape-shifter with no allegiance to era or genre and has spent decades defining and defying dancefloors. From disco to acid, house to Italo, techno to cinematic synth oddities, anything goes so long as it moves people.

His DJ sets are fierce and unpredictable. Electric journeys full of risk, soul and story. Whether on festival stages like Dekmantel, Draaimolen and Lowlands, or deep in the smoke-filled sanctuaries of Berghain | Panorama Bar, Tresor or Bassiani – he plays for the heads, the freaks, the late-night wanderers, and has done it everywhere. For I-F, boundaries do not exist. He is as likely to drop a disco anthem as he is to revive an obscure cassette relic, but always guided by feel, not fashion, and drawn from a lifetime of knowledge.

He is, of course, the mind behind the cult Intergalactic FM, a 24/7 broadcast empire beaming transmissions from its base in The Hague out into an infinite universe, and founder of the seminal labels Viewlexx and Murdercapital, which are pillars for outsider music lovers across the world. His late '90s mixes, Mixed Up in the Hague Vol. 1 & 2, helped ignite a generational rediscovery of Italo and early electro, and his 1997 track 'Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass' rewrote the rules and left a permanent mark on the evolution of dance music.

With his Beverly Hills 808303 project, he dives deep into a world of distorted acid sounds, bringing machine music alive with every squelch and groove. And with Panama Racing Club, his physical space in The Hague, he builds communities across generations and formats by streaming sets, hosting events and keeping the scene as vibrant as ever.

Still elusive. Still uncompromising. Still ahead. I-F continues to build the future.