{"id":32497,"date":"2025-12-03T13:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=32497"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:05:35","slug":"mira-festival-2025-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/mira-festival-2025-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"MIRA Festival 2025 delivers another edition of digital innovation and experimentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The weekend in <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>, where the peculiar, the eccentrically curious, or perhaps the slightly disturbed, all gather within the same parameters to digest the beautiful and manic creations of our digital artists. As experimental as the festival has proven to be, the music and its intersection with visual art couldn\u2019t make more sense; it captures a shared craving to feel something different, something more sonically and visually challenging to both our senses and our rational consumption of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By pushing the limits of what the digital realm can creatively offer, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mirafestival\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MIRA Festiva<\/a>l<\/strong> cements itself as the annual gathering for the undeterred; a safe hub for electronic music heads to let their experimental side run wild, and a space where visual creators are granted the freedom to do exactly as they please. We attended the event, and this is what we got up to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14124436\/AMB_Voll_Damm_09_LEAFHOPPER-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"View of the crowd at Voll Damm stage from above at the Mira Festival 2025\" class=\"wp-image-32498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14124436\/AMB_Voll_Damm_09_LEAFHOPPER-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14124436\/AMB_Voll_Damm_09_LEAFHOPPER-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14124436\/AMB_Voll_Damm_09_LEAFHOPPER-680x454.jpg 680w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14124436\/AMB_Voll_Damm_09_LEAFHOPPER-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14124436\/AMB_Voll_Damm_09_LEAFHOPPER-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14124436\/AMB_Voll_Damm_09_LEAFHOPPER-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14124436\/AMB_Voll_Damm_09_LEAFHOPPER-1160x774.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14124436\/AMB_Voll_Damm_09_LEAFHOPPER.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: Mira Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"day-1-distortion-and-visual-mayhem\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Day 1: Distortion and visual mayhem<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first day of MIRA Festival was a great experience, to say the least. Already encountering the entrance with <em>Boreal<\/em> <em>Lights<\/em> whizzing past the top of our heads and swallowing us into an attractive coop, we felt warmly welcomed. This first installation, designed by Barcelona-based digital arts agency <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/landscapesagency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Landscapes<\/a><\/strong>, set the tone for what was to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you crossed the first threshold, the space opened up into the centre of <strong>Fira Montju\u00efc<\/strong>\u2019s industrial maze, filled with beaming lights and reactive soundscapes that drew the mesmerised crowd deeper into the festival\u2019s rumble. It was impossible to miss <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lumus.instruments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lumus Instruments<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 installation as they unfolded their creative playground alongside <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maartenvos_\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maarten Vos<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/enequist_\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enequist<\/a><\/strong>, building an audiovisual structure made of LED bars tilting in a row, diagonally toward the floor. People would sit beneath them, where you could feel the rolling lights drifting in and out, making you feel oddly small in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14125209\/INS_FERRAN-BELMON_6_LEAFHOPPER-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Silhouetted crowd watching the C\u00edclic visual show made by Ferran Belmon\" class=\"wp-image-32500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14125209\/INS_FERRAN-BELMON_6_LEAFHOPPER-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14125209\/INS_FERRAN-BELMON_6_LEAFHOPPER-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14125209\/INS_FERRAN-BELMON_6_LEAFHOPPER-680x454.jpg 680w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14125209\/INS_FERRAN-BELMON_6_LEAFHOPPER-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14125209\/INS_FERRAN-BELMON_6_LEAFHOPPER-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14125209\/INS_FERRAN-BELMON_6_LEAFHOPPER-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14125209\/INS_FERRAN-BELMON_6_LEAFHOPPER-1160x774.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14125209\/INS_FERRAN-BELMON_6_LEAFHOPPER.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: Mira Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stumbling a few steps further, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stupe777\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ferran Belmon<\/a>\u2019<\/strong>s visuals of <em>C\u00edclic<\/em>, expanded that same dialogue with a screen suspended between two beams of light and systematic breaths of smoke. Looking somewhat like a science experiment (at times, the light formed what seemed like DNA patterns) and that kind of dream you can\u2019t quite place. At this point, between the background thunder from the main stage and the audiovisual chaos bouncing across the room, each sculpture felt as humbling as the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the clouds of smoke tracing shapes through beams of light, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solimanlopez\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Solim\u00e1n L\u00f3pez<\/strong>\u2019<\/a>s <em>Manifiesto Terr\u00edcola<\/em> pulled us into another orbit altogether. With a single laser slicing through what looked like frozen blocks, reflecting in fractured patterns, the artist described it as \u201ca speculative topography of the Svalbard archipelago\u201d. A meditation on how climate change is both alarming and very much alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how we always seem to find ways to discharge deep pains or mutual horrors in such beautiful forms. Especially within the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/audiovisual-arts-in-electronic-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">realm of visual arts<\/a><\/strong>, fighting to find sense in such a vast electronic and sound-driven world. Like the floating installation called <em>The Media Cube<\/em>; a piece made by postgraduate students from <strong>Elisava<\/strong>, which stacked old TV screens and modular gadgets into a cyberpunk reflection on how we communicate today. Or that sensor-embedded punching bag by <strong>La Salle Bonanova<\/strong> students, turning suppressed rage into cool sound and movement. Probably the most harmless outlet for existential frustration you could imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5-1024x574.png\" alt=\"Visual installation of stacked TV screens and modular gadgets at Mira Festival 2025 called The Media Cube\" class=\"wp-image-32067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5-360x202.png 360w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5-680x381.png 680w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5-2048x1148.png 2048w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5-380x213.png 380w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5-800x448.png 800w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5-1160x650.png 1160w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13171209\/berarce_a_screen_cube_made_with_multiple_screens_on_wheels_in_a_432e16e8-c905-4184-bd9a-343fd06525e5.png 2912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: Mira Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Either way, with eyes needing a rest and ears getting restless, the shift from visual installations to live sound was seamless;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/byetone_\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <strong>Byetone<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s performance hit meticulously at the Voll Damm stage, pleasing the senses with his minimal, industrial-leaning techno and punky attitude, as visuals resembling soundwaves rippled across the screen. The effect was pretty hypnotic. And if one of us hadn\u2019t been dying for the toilet, we would&#8217;ve stayed for the rest of the set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chaos came on our way back, bumping into <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loloysosaku\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lolo &amp; Sosaku<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s <em>Perros<\/em>. To set the scene: a big crowd gathered around, flashing lights, most faces in shock \u2014 and the sound, well, how does one even describe it? Nudging through the mass, a robotic orchestra emerged, with machines manipulating objects to create noise autonomously. It\u2019s in these moments that you feel a sense of camaraderie with the other listeners. Because the industrial, concrete sound doesn\u2019t exactly call for obvious pleasure, but it\u2019s fascinating, cleansing, and you\u2019re here digesting it together with a bunch of strangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14130106\/INS_Lolo_Sosaku_3_LEAFHOPPER-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lolo Y Sosaku performing surrounded by a crowd at Mira Festival 2025\" class=\"wp-image-32501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14130106\/INS_Lolo_Sosaku_3_LEAFHOPPER-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14130106\/INS_Lolo_Sosaku_3_LEAFHOPPER-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14130106\/INS_Lolo_Sosaku_3_LEAFHOPPER-680x454.jpg 680w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14130106\/INS_Lolo_Sosaku_3_LEAFHOPPER-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14130106\/INS_Lolo_Sosaku_3_LEAFHOPPER-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14130106\/INS_Lolo_Sosaku_3_LEAFHOPPER-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14130106\/INS_Lolo_Sosaku_3_LEAFHOPPER-1160x774.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14130106\/INS_Lolo_Sosaku_3_LEAFHOPPER.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: Mira Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/divideanddissolve\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Divide and Dissolve<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s doom metal arrived to seal that similar feeling. Performing at the Landscapes Stage, her distorted guitars folded into unguessable psychedelic progressions. It was a post-punk sound revealing itself within drone-heavy music. Their performance was visceral and heavy, but profoundly cathartic &#8211; a perfect contrast before <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/floatingpoints\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Floating Points<\/a><\/strong> took over, taking total command of the space with his long-form piece <em>Cascade<\/em>. He gave us a taste of those dancey, ambient rhythms he\u2019s mastered so well, always a guaranteed pleaser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We opted for food, but we were too far in the zone. So we ended up at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lechugazafiro\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lechuga Zafiro<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/verraco__\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Verraco<\/a><\/strong> instead. It turned out to be the fuel we needed to give our all one last time. Their set was a breeze of fresh air, an eclectic selection that went from ambient to IDM, bursting into the euphoria of galloping club rhythms, tribal grooves, and even an unexpected, hilarious cumbia by Los Turros that had everyone\u2019s hands in the air. The wide variety of party-igniting tracks and the high energy of both artists perfectly justified the name: Hyperverbena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135148\/DICE_LECHUGAZAFIROVERRACO_MG_7654-COPIA_ALBARUPEREZ-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd dancing to Lechuga Zafiro y Verraco at Mira Festival 2025\" class=\"wp-image-32503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135148\/DICE_LECHUGAZAFIROVERRACO_MG_7654-COPIA_ALBARUPEREZ-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135148\/DICE_LECHUGAZAFIROVERRACO_MG_7654-COPIA_ALBARUPEREZ-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135148\/DICE_LECHUGAZAFIROVERRACO_MG_7654-COPIA_ALBARUPEREZ-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135148\/DICE_LECHUGAZAFIROVERRACO_MG_7654-COPIA_ALBARUPEREZ-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135148\/DICE_LECHUGAZAFIROVERRACO_MG_7654-COPIA_ALBARUPEREZ-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135148\/DICE_LECHUGAZAFIROVERRACO_MG_7654-COPIA_ALBARUPEREZ-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135148\/DICE_LECHUGAZAFIROVERRACO_MG_7654-COPIA_ALBARUPEREZ.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: Mira Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"day-2-industrial-raves-and-less-blur\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Day 2: Industrial raves and less blur<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, we barely moved from the Voll Damm stage. Once we got there, we were pretty much glued. Though side quests, obviously, emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wandering through the visual mayhem once again, the destination was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amnesiascanner\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Amnesia<\/strong> <strong>Scanner<\/strong><\/a><strong> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/freekatet\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freeka Tet<\/a><\/strong> opening with <em>S.L.O.T.H.<\/em>. Their engine-room meltdown was deliberate; industrial, occasionally mutating into trap, and then collapsing into full-blown rave. It was pretty wild. And honestly, Freeka Tet completely stole the show with his visuals. His virtual animation was a mix of puppetry, diorama and uncanny animation that perfectly accompanied the music\u2019s deliberate chaos. And, considering what he pulled off at the next gig with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eccopn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oneohtrix Point Never<\/a><\/strong>, he stole it even further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Oneohtrix Point Never on stage performing at Mira festival 2025\" class=\"wp-image-32504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135252\/AV_oneohtrixPoint_xarlene_7-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: Mira Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At some point between the two sets, a side quest brought us to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/i_am_jas_music\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I AM JAS<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s second half of the set, washing away the previous intensity with mystical, deep, downtempo grooves and his harmonised vocals. But back at Voll-Damm, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eccopn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oneohtrix Point Never<\/a><\/strong> and Freeka Tet picked up from the disarray and somehow turned it into an ambient liftoff. Still disorienting but still brilliant, Freeka Tet added a twist: by using a camcorder, he filmed his video-game-like visuals onto an old screen, occasionally letting them glitch into weird but really cool abstractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Blawan playing at Mira Festival with trippy visuals on the screen.\" class=\"wp-image-32505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14135353\/AV_blawan_xarlene_13-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: Mira Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While OPN might have leaned into more surreal diorama visuals, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/flyinglotus\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flying Lotus<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s visuals went more architectural. Paired with his mix of hip-hop, drum and bass, and avant-garde style, things naturally tipped into the experimental. Especially when <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blawan\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blawan<\/a><\/strong> appeared later, with some of the coolest visuals so far. You can tell the guy is from Thurnscoe in the far reaches of the UK, because his sound is so raw; a garage and techno hybrid that felt diligently industrial, accompanied by metaphysical geometrics on the screen that were nothing but trippy. I mean, what could get more MIRA than that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And closing out the night, after getting dizzy in the flying dome experience, we burnt off the last ounces of energy with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mariedavidson.official\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <strong>Marie Davidson<\/strong><\/a>, who drew a way bigger crowd than expected, and switched things up completely. Her set leaned more club-friendly than usual, still keeping her signature vocal bits but pushing into faster, stomping territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14151455\/DO_DOME_2_LEAFHOPPER.j-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Interior or the dome experience at Mira Festival\" class=\"wp-image-32510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14151455\/DO_DOME_2_LEAFHOPPER.j-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14151455\/DO_DOME_2_LEAFHOPPER.j-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14151455\/DO_DOME_2_LEAFHOPPER.j-1-680x454.jpg 680w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14151455\/DO_DOME_2_LEAFHOPPER.j-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14151455\/DO_DOME_2_LEAFHOPPER.j-1-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14151455\/DO_DOME_2_LEAFHOPPER.j-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14151455\/DO_DOME_2_LEAFHOPPER.j-1-1160x774.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/images.xceed.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14151455\/DO_DOME_2_LEAFHOPPER.j-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: Mira Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mirafestival\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MIRA Festival 2025<\/a><\/strong> exceeded our expectations \u2014 what a shocker. With our ears rinsed and our minds pleasantly scrambled, we wrapped up another chapter feeling refreshed and, predictably, already hungry for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weekend in Barcelona, where the peculiar, the eccentrically curious, or perhaps the slightly disturbed, all gather 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