A new networking programme is launched by Pro Helvetia to support FINTA DJ-producers from Switzerland and from the regions of its liaison offices.
Circuit Mixers’ goal is to foster peer exchanges, artistic collaborations, and raise awareness for underrepresented artists in the electronic music scene.
In 2025, with the support of our liaison offices in East Asia and South America, we collaborated with the festivals Zhao Dai On Leave (23-25 May, Qinhuangdao, China), Festival de la Cité (1-6 July, Lausanne, Switzerland) and MUTEK Argentina (1-5 October, Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Following an invitation-based selection process by the festivals, four artists from the electronic music scene have been chosen. They performed at each festival and spent five days together on-site, taking part in workshops, networking meetings and panel discussions.
Artists 2025
Jamira Estrada (CH)
Jamira Estrada is an electronic musician and DJ based in Switzerland. Of Mexican-Italian descent, she has established herself in the European music scene with diverse sets that blend broken beats, acid house, and techno.
Linktree – Instagram – Soundcloud
Luxixi (CHN)
Luxixi is a Chinese-based DJ and Music Producer, co-founder of the creative collective Out of Fashion Boys. Her musical style is underground and eclectic, blending diverse influences from Beijing’s vibrant cultural scene.
MissLupe (ARG)
MissLupe (formerly known as ‘Lupe’) is an Argentine electronic music artist. Her hybrid live/DJ set, featuring live vocals and mixing, blends tracks from her releases, collaborations, remixes, and a personal selection of music.
Linktree – Instagram – Soundcloud
Noria Lilt (CH)
Noria Lilt is a DJ and Music Producer from Switzerland, co-founder of TRNSTN RADIO. Her work combines electronic music with live instrumentation, jazz-infused harmonies, and ethereal atmospheres.
Website – Instagram – Soundcloud
Festivals 2025
Zhao Dai On Leave (CHN)
23-25 May 2025, Qinhuangdao, China
Zhao Dai on Leave is an annual electronic music festival organized by Zhao Dai, an underground club in Beijing. Taking place in Qinhuangdao since its inception in 2020, the festival spans three days and nights across multiple stages.
Festival de la Cité (CH)
1-6 July 2025, Lausanne, Switzerland
Founded in 1968, Festival de la Cité Lausanne showcases a diverse range of artistic projects free of charge for the visitors. The festival is held for six days in July, welcoming 100’000 visitors. It is a contemporary, urban event that interacts with the city, its residents and visitors.
MUTEK Argentina (ARG)
1-5 October 2025, Buenos Aires, Argentina
MUTEK is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the dissemination and development of digital creativity in sound, music, and audiovisual art. MUTEK Argentina established its foothold soon after 2005, creating an important node of connection between South American, European and international artists.
An international delegation in Switzerland
Music network and research trip
From 30 June to 2 July 2025, Pro Helvetia invited a group of international music professionals for a six-day networking and research trip in Switzerland in the realm of the Circuit Mixers programme. Multiple encounters and events were organised in different regions, from Fribourg to Basel via Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, with the aim to connect the Swiss electronic music scene with professionals from Argentina, China, Egypt, India and Nepal.
2026
Circuit Mixers will continue next year, this time in collaboration with our liaison offices in South Asia and Vietnam, and in West, Central, East and Southern Africa. There will be new collaborations with national and international festivals. They will select the 2026 artists on an invitation-based process.
*FINTA is an acronym for female, intersex, non-binary, transgender, and agender people.
