Dreambeach returns to Almería August 7–10 with its most impressive lineup yet. The multi-genre beach festival is expected to host over 120,000 attendees across four stages, each featuring cutting-edge audiovisual solutions and global talent. Dreambeach is known for booking mainstage talent alongside rising stars, and this year is no different. The 2025 lineup is stacked with heavy hitters like Marco Carola, Subtronics, Fatboy Slim, and Steve Aoki. However, what truly sets this year’s lineup apart is the strength of its techno programming, especially the women leading it. From global headliner and Spanish native Indira Paganotto to fast-rising talents like Marhu, Dreambeach 2025 is an impressive showcase of the genre and some of its most innovative contributors.
Hailing from the Canary Islands, psytrance maestra Indira Paganotto brings a distinct Spanish energy that will resonate with the Dreambeach crowd on August 7. Paganotto, founder and label boss of ARTCORE Records, has built a tight-knit crew of label contributors—known to fans as “ninjas”—with whom she will lead a full-day ARTCORE stage takeover. Sharing the spotlight are white-hot talents Ben Klock, VTSS, Charlie Sparks, Valentinø, Marhu, and Lara Klart. Of course, it’s not just Paganotto’s Spanish roots and label success that position her as what very well may be the defining performance at Dreambeach; she has generated immense momentum with her ongoing performances at Joseph Capriati’s METAMORFOSI Ibiza as well as sets at Tomorrowland and Coachella this year. This success is due in no small part to a heavy-hitting series of recent releases, such as “Dragon” in collaboration with Armin van Buuren, a remix of Sara Landry’s “Pressure,” and her very own Kalima EP. Indira Paganotto’s homecoming may be one of her best performances to date—it’s an absolute can’t-miss at Dreambeach 2025.
Lenske Records label boss and EXHALE founder Amelie Lens is set to dominate the Dreambeach main stage this year after closing out Tomorrowland’s main stage, Ultra Europe’s RESISTANCE megastructure, and headlining EXIT Festival’s iconic Dance Arena. An undisputed techno powerhouse, Lens leads both onstage and behind the scenes by running a label, heading an event brand, and maintaining a frequent release schedule. Lens became a mother in 2023; however, she has shown no sign of slowing down. Earlier this year, Lens and Charlotte De Witte co-headlined their EXHALE x KNTXT showcase in Ghent, a multi-day hometown takeover. EXHALE has been nothing short of a raving success—both in terms of fostering rising talent and commercially; Lens was the first female DJ to run her own residency in Ibiza. Similarly, Lens’ artistic output continues to deliver her trademark intensity and precision. With recent releases such as “Falling For You,” “Club of Extremes,” and “Serenity,” Lens continues to maintain pole position in the industry. Expect a charged atmosphere on August 8 as Lens showcases her signature peak-time techno.
Following multiple appearances alongside Indira Paganotto in 2025, VTSS brings her unmatched energy to the ARTCORE stage takeover at Dreambeach 2025. The Polish-born artist, real name Martyna Maja, has evolved from a raw, industrial profile to a sonic identity she’s made her own: bold, unapologetic, maximalist techno laced with flashes of hyperpop and the kind of controlled chaos that echo Aphex Twin and the late SOPHIE. This ongoing evolution is at the core of her meteoric rise to international acclaim—evident through collaboration with artists like Charli XCX and Shygirl as well as standout appearances at Ultra Music Festival and Coachella. Recent releases include a remix of horsegiirL’s “eat, sleep, slay, repeat” and her own infectious hardgroove track, “Can’t Catch Me,” paired with a zany music video. Dreambeach attendees are in for a treat with another signature, unpredictable set from techno’s foremost provocateur.
Hypnotic techno and trance maven Anfisa Letyago, Billboard Women in Music’s 2024 DJ of the Year, brings her ethereal, hypnotic sound to Dreambeach on August 8. Based in Naples and known for her seaside-inspired sound, Letyago will be in familiar territory in Almería. The Andalusian coast is a natural fit for her signature sound—a combination of rolling techno and vocal elements, often her own, as heard on tracks like “Rosso Profondo.” No stranger to playing alongside Amelie Lens, Letyago’s vocal-infused techno is the perfect sonic counterpart to Lens’ harder, driving style.
Belgian DJ/producer Marhu, who joined ARTCORE Records in 2024, also takes the stage this August in Almería. Intertwining Japanese and Indian influences and instrumental sounds into gritty acid techno and psytrance, the rising star has crafted a distinct, high-voltage style made for the ARTCORE stage. Fresh off Tomorrowland 2025, where she lit up a hometown crowd, Marhu brings that same energy to Almería. Look forward to getting lost in the moment when she plays her latest releases “Feeling Golden” and “Vida Loka” from recent EP ARTCORE DUO II on August 7.
Ecuadorean phenom Lara Klart also joins the ARTCORE stage takeover at Dreambeach 2025, adding a high-octane blend of hard techno and psytrance. A mainstay in the South American underground scene, Klart has begun to take larger stages by storm, evident in her recent performances at Dreamfields Mexico and at Ultra Music Festival’s RESISTANCE stage in Costa Rica. That energy will carry over as she takes the stage in Almería on August 7 and ignites the crowd with her new hard-hitting acid techno track “Untether.”
Whether mainstage headliners or rising underground stars, Dreambeach 2025 has curated an undeniably high-powered lineup. However, it’s the women in techno that may define this iteration—including label bosses like Indira Paganotto and Amelie Lens, genre visionaries VTSS and Anfisa Letyago, and rising talents like Marhu and Lara Klart; their prominence on the lineup indicates not just representation, but dominance. Dreambeach 2025 offers a rare opportunity to experience some of the scene’s most exciting DJs leading and defining techno.