KIMONOS | CAR 2026 #01
Kimonos opens the year as the cover of Mixmag Caribbean, marking a key moment in the duo’s trajectory. Built around emotional connection and an understanding of the dancefloor as a shared space, their project has grown organically, without following trends or fast formulas.
In these pages you will find several interviews of great interest. On one hand, we speak with Julia Sandstorm, who has emerged as one of the most compelling new voices in electronic music. In this interview, Julia reflects on energy, presence and flow, the personal and musical influences shaping her sound, and the importance of community, wellbeing and creative freedom in a career that continues to gain momentum.
Next, we talk with Peace Control to revisit that breakthrough moment, to understand how they navigate growth at this pace, and to outline what they are building as they continue developing their project. To close this round of interviews, we take a deeper look at the journey of Spanish artist Janse: the evolution of his sound, his creative process in the studio, and the experiences that have shaped his growth while sharing the booth with some of the scene’s most established names, among other topics. An honest portrait of an artist in the midst of building his path, with his feet firmly on the dancefloor and his eyes set on the top.
Recently, we had the pleasure of attending the premiere of Future Festival: L’Arca del Dora at the 43rd edition of the Torino Film Festival. To understand how this cinematic object suspended between art, life and rhythm came to life, we spoke with one of its creators, Eleonora Danco, who told us what lives inside L’Arca del Dora and what remains when the music stops beating.
We then shift focus to introduce the future of electronic music and how it is shaping up in 2026. After several years marked by acceleration, social media overexposure, and a certain sonic homogenization across many line-ups, the scene is beginning to reorder its priorities. This is less a rupture than a shift: some styles are losing centrality, while others are regaining space through a more functional approach, focused on the dancefloor and community.
And as always, in this issue you’ll find the latest in tech and the best music reviews. We continue working to bring you many more sections of interest related to our industry in upcoming editions.
Happy New Year to all our dear readers!
Patricia Pareja
Editor-in-Chief
