The theme of the festival this year is inspiration. The festival aims to popularize the music of artists from Central Asia. We tell you about some of them.
Sublimation Festival 2025 — Music Program
Live 
Bu Qala – an underground rock band from Uzbekistan that blends post-punk and indie-rock with local flavor, celebrating Samarkand pilaf as a symbol of memory and love.
DSL System Live – is a Tashkent electronic collective and "sound laboratory". The group releases experimental records, podcasts, and performs at festivals, exploring new forms of rhythm and sound.
QARAQOOM X Saya Musa
  • QARAQOOM – an electronic and downtempo project from Tashkent, which masterfully blends modern sound textures with elements of Central Asian traditional music.
  • Saya Musa – a singer from Uzbekistan, whose music is distinguished by powerful vocals. Recently, she presented a new album in the Tajik language with Eastern melodies and themes of intimacy and hope.
Q.zlar – a music project from Tashkent, actively working in the rap music scene, with single releases Intro (2024) and Freestyle (2025) on popular platforms, and music videos garnering hundreds of thousands of views.
Sabinē X percussion hybrid set (Gulyamjon Mukhamedzhanov)
  • Sabinē – A key figure in Uzbekistan's electronic scene, a DJ, producer, and co-founder of Sublimation Lab. Known for her bold sound with references to Uzbek music. At the Sublimation festival stage, she will perform in collaboration with the traditional national music performer Gulyamjon Mukhamedzhanov.
  • Gulyamjon Mukhamedzhanov – a graduate of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, an artist of the State Dance Ensemble "Bakhor". At the festival, he will perform with doira playing alongside a DJ set by Sabinē.
CÖC – is a Tashkent underground group working in the "gangsta-pop" style. Founded in 2010, they have been actively performing at live venues since 2016. They love experiments: their sound is danceable electronics woven with national motifs. 
Live performers who stood out with their performances from previous festivals 
• Hayriniso Akbarova
• Lola X Choir
• SAMRATTAMA
• Shaxriyor
• Choir
• Sugar Theatre
DJ set
Acid Arab – stars of the global electronic scene for the first time in Tashkent. A French electronic collective blending Eastern melodies with techno and house sounds. Their music is heard at the world's biggest festivals, creating a unique mix of cultures, rhythms, and energy that is unmistakable. 
AIKÒ X ayacantstop
  • AIKÒ — a DJ, musician, and producer from Kyrgyzstan, whose sets are a percussive-experimental journey through tribal, breaks, ethnotronica, and club rituals.
  • Ayacantstop (Turkmenistan, based in Berlin), whose performances resemble a musical Turkmen carpet, blending techno, breakbeat, electro-punk, drum and bass, and Eastern melodies
Doppi Twins – an Uzbek musical duo known for their striking image - the artists conceal their faces behind masks. For this, they have been nicknamed "O'zga sayyoralik o'zbeklar" (Uzbek aliens). They actively publish atmospheric mashup videos in unusual locations and create remixes of songs by famous artists, for example, Shaxriyor – Kel Money. 
Edigee – is a Kazakhstani producer and DJ. An active participant in the electronic scene and an instructor at a DJ school.
IANIIIRON – is a DJ and producer from Tashkent, part of the Sublimation Lab team. She works both behind the decks and behind the technical setup of festival stages. Over several years, she has performed at renowned music venues — from  Sublimation Lab projects and STIKHIYA to the epicenter of techno culture, HÖR Berlin. 
Josef Tumari X eenkay
  • Josef Tumari is an electronic musician and producer from Tashkent. His music is a blend of nostalgia, ambient, electro, and techno. His performance with a symphony orchestra at last year's Sublimation festival was one of the most memorable moments 
  • eenkay — a DJ and producer, an active participant in the Tashkent underground scene. His sets demonstrate a wide musical range; he has performed at many festivals and hosts a radio show on Rytmabad.
LOUD373 – is a producer duo from Kokand. Their music blends techno, breakbeat, drum’n’bass, and dubstep with traditional Uzbek music, humorous acts, and visual memes.
malichaavangard – the artist describes her style as a blend of house and hard groove techno. She creates sonic spaces, saturating listeners with broken electro rhythms.
Xyarim – is an electronic musician and DJ from Tashkent. His live performance as part of the Sublimation project in Parkent was featured on the Boiler Room platform.
List of DJs whose sets have been loved by many
• Bajjo
• basic channel
• Chloe Lula
• electrofocus
• ITNI
• Kikelomo
• KMRN
• Leona
• Less Feeling
• No Plastic
• Smirnov
• Thegarda
• Trace
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