ECHOES FROM THE OUTSKIRTS! KITTIN AND VENA IN CONVERSATION AT GOLDEN GOOSE HAUS

Sound isn’t just culture—it’s a force that shapes space, resistance, and community. VENA moves beyond passive entertainment, turning sonic interventions into acts of autonomy and transformation. At Golden Goose Haus, Federico Marcelletti & Diego Putto meet Kittin to explore escape—not just as flight, but as a creative necessity.

AMORE!: A PLAYLIST BY THE DARE

Harrison Patrick Smith, better known as The Dare, has curated a love playlist of ten songs for XYZ that you can easily steal to confess your feelings to that girl your friends all know about.

IN CONVERSATION WITH BAR DISCO

After their DJ set at STXDYOZ's inaugural issue launch, we catch up with Bar Disco – Francesco D'Aprile and Francesco Lindo – the DJ and graphic design duo that redefines and resemanticizes Italian-ness. In this interview, they delve into their Italian disco roots, talking about their inspiration drawn from the popular aesthetics of Italian bars, their “graphic bootleg” approach, their journey through Milan's creative landscape, and much more.

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LIVING WITH THE GODS THROUGH THE EYES OF ELIAS CANETTI

As Canetti suggests in this book whose writing engaged the writer for 38 years, when individuals unite into a mass, their individuality tends to cancel out. At C2C, this dynamic is evident: participants merge into a collective whole.

In Conversation with DJ Kaiser

Whether it’s Freddy’s K’s epic Berghain closing sets, Pablo Bozzi and Luigi de Venere’s colourful Italo disco, or Caterina Barbieri and Claudio PCR’s out-there electronics, Italian electronic musicians have sizable clout in Berlin’s club scene. One of the scene’s rising names is the Italian techno producer and DJ Kaiser.

KUBORAUM IN CONVERSATION WITH CANZONIERI

To delve deeper into Canzonieri musical vision and the creative process that drives them, we asked Kuboraum to share some insights about this fascinating electronic group.

FROM GLITZ TO SYNTHS: THE EVOLUTION OF ITALIAN DISCO IN THE 70S, 80S AND BEYOND WITH DISCO SAVONI

The story of Italo disco is not as easy to pin down as its signature sound, with its synths and sequencers, its widely hailed Messrs. Moroder and Flagio, and its simple, unadulterated exuberance. For many, the phrase Italo screams 80s. Yet, before becoming the globally exported phenomenon many remember it as today, the roots lie in Italian disco. A sensuous, sentimental, lavish thing that dominated the mainstream pop culture of Italy, occupying prime time slots on RAI 1, the national broadcaster.

SHOW DON’T TELL 

Ecco2k, Cosmo, Luna Passos and an open bar smashed after only two hours: XYZ PARTY in Venice co-hosted by Residenza725

RUN FOR THE HILLS

It wrote January 2023, when the paths of Giammi and Ina collided, orchestrated by an introduction from Ina's vivacious roommate.