The charismatic figure reaching his prime – James Holden, the boss of Border Community.

A pioneer of electronic shoegaze, James Holden arrives with a live unit making its Japan debut.

Sharing the bill is Akiram En, delivering edgy dance sets that fuse leftfield techno and avant-garde sounds with floor-focused precision, shaking both the senses and the body. Sakuma, whose reach has expanded through appearances at domestic festivals such as Future Terror, rural, Re:birth, and Liquid Drop Groove, joins the lineup, as does Toner, founder of the community Liminal Dreams, which centers on electronic ambient rooted in club music.

In Room 2, Sapphire Slows, known for appearances at leading domestic parties like Mindgames and Future Terror, brings delicate yet powerful grooves to the floor. Savezearth, a founding member of the open-air rave Flight, will be joined by Yuoto Saito, creating soundscapes inspired by leftfield, hypnotic, and experimental styles, unbound by genre, and ToA, reinterpreting and performing live elements from jazz and tribal music.