The Festival of Open Genres (FOG) returns for its third edition, continuing its evolution as one of Switzerland’s most forward-thinking festivals for experimental and contemporary electronic music. Positioned at the intersection of performance, installation, and club culture, FOG challenges conventional genre boundaries and redefines how we experience sound and electronic music. This year’s program spans 19 performances, concerts, live sets, and sound-based works staged across multiple venues in Basel, with a focus on Swiss artists from across the country’s linguistic regions.
The lineup features prominent voices from the Swiss experimental scene, including Feldermelder, Francesco Giudici, and the Geneva-based multimedia collective Echoes of Archs (Structurals & Owelle), alongside rising Basel talent Tim Shatnyy and established acts like KA-RABA & Cepheì. Their practices span improvisation, electronic composition, spatial sound, and performative installation. A highlight will be a live performance by Mark Fell, whose rigorously conceptual approach to electronic music, merging algorithmic structure, rhythmic disruption, and aesthetic minimalism has positioned him as a singular figure within contemporary sound art discourse. International contributions from artists such as Maria W. Horn, Jan Jelinek, Myriam Bleau, and SHHE further expand the program. By night, FOG extends into Basel’s club spaces, where DJ sets and live electronic performances activate a more embodied mode of listening. For the full program, see their website.
Complementing the live program is a curated sound art exhibition, open to the public throughout the festival. Set within a museum context, the exhibition engages with the legacy of Jean Tinguely, whose kinetic sculptures merged movement, mechanics, and sound into dynamic, performative objects. Through installations and sonic interventions, the exhibition draws a conceptual line from Tinguely’s mid-20th-century innovations to current sound practices.
Admission to the afterparty and to the Sound-Art program are free. Individual concert tickets are CHF 10-35. Day passes are CHF 29 for adults and CHF 19 for students up to age 25 and festival passes are CHF 69 for adults and CHF 35 for students. Purchase your tickets in advance at https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/festivals/electronic/fog-festival-2025-7349009404451155066.html or pay CHF 5 more at the venue.

Website
fogstudio.ch/

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