South Korean-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Shubostar has built her orbit around what she calls cosmic disco: a blend of light and dark, glitter and gravity, psychedelia without the psychedelics. Having lived and danced across Seoul, Mexico City, Bangkok, and Berlin, her sound is less about geography and more astral projection — like disco if it was beamed down from Jupiter.

The DJ/producer duo have quietly sculpted decades of techno evolution—from the basement glow of SAE Berlin to crystal-lit stages worldwide. This summer, they launched “OPERA (Street Parade Anthem)”, a cinematic anthem designed to echo across Zurich during the world’s largest electronic-music street party. Meanwhile, HUMAN, their label turned events empire, continues to redefine collective experience—turning raves into rituals of raw energy. We caught up with Tassilo and Thoma

For an artist like Kid Simius — who’s as likely to cite a zombie movie as a musical scale, and who would bring a gazpacho to an island afterparty — summer isn't a season. It's a state of creative overflow. Fresh off the release of his new EP Gente de la Noche on Permanent Vacation, the Granada-born, Berlin-based producer returns with more than just music: a hand-drawn comic book full of Balearic lore, DJ mythology, and surreal afterparty flashbacks.

Latex is a kink. A costume. A mirror. A membrane. For photographer Linzenbold, it’s also a language—one that whispers in high-gloss, full-body metaphors about power, trust, and the kind of closeness that doesn’t photograph easily. Their portraits of hooded lovers and vacuum-sealed vulnerability don’t just serve fetish aesthetics; they interrogate them.

If you’ve ever stood in front of a Constance Tenvik installation and felt like you were part of a costume drama directed by a deeply literate club kid with a thing for ancient Greece and post-drag decadence, that’s exactly the point. Her work doesn’t whisper. It calls—through hand-stitched tapestries, larger-than-life personalities, and backroom mythologies dressed in Pucci.

What happens after the “I made it” moment? According to Luca Venezia — aka Curses — that’s when the real work starts. The New York-born, Berlin-based artist opens up about creative longevity, making peace with your voice, and why Berlin is the perfect place to forget everything and start again.

Former adult film actor, kink educator, and podcaster Florian Kunze-Forrest joins the Playful Podcast to talk about reclaiming autonomy, navigating the adult entertainment industry, and finding freedom in Berlin’s vibrant sex-positive community.

In a tucked-away studio somewhere behind Berlin’s endless nights, artist Page Travaglini is doing what probably no one else is—tufting dicks. It started as a personal experiment. It became art. It’s bold, cheeky, and absolutely unapologetic. Phallic, her exhibition of tufted penis rugs held at Berlin's fetish store The Code, blends humor, sensuality, and a little bit of Berlin’s rebellious spirit.

What happens when a behavioral neuroscience grad with a minor in human sexuality decides to swap the lecture hall for latex? You get Mistress Gemma Li — full-time dominatrix, kink educator, and absolute powerhouse in the world of BDSM.