Mari Sakurai

Tokyo-based Mari Sakurai has built a reputation for powerful, uncompromising sets that move between techno's most driving forms and its more abstract edges. Drawing inspiration from dancefloors across the globe, she threads together post-industrial textures, brutalist rhythms, and mazy, experimental electronics. Whether navigating cool-headed big-room pressure or more labyrinthine territory, Sakurai's selections are guided by a taste for tension, disorientation, and moments that push relentlessly towards the edge. A resident at Tokyo's After Life party at Mitsuki, she has become a formidable presence both within Japan and far beyond. Now, making her Dekmantel debut, she brings her singular techno vision to the festival for the very first time.