Contrasting the mainstage’s contrasting beats, entrancing sounds spanning Berlin and Istanbul, via Bucharest, swell and swirl in YAAM’s second room.

Romanian DJ and artistic force in Bucharest’s scene, Dragoș Rusu brings his eclectic, psychedelic sound to open up YAAM’s second floor.

Istanbul’s veteran DJ and expert crate-digger Bariş K, who DJs solo the previous night at Panorama Bar, will engulf listeners in the hypnotic powers of his duo İnsanlar with saz player and vocalist Cem Yildiz. Together they fuse improvised psychedelic Middle-Eastern folk elements with teasingly heavy basslines.

İpek İpekçioğlu is a longstanding force on both Berlin and Istanbul scenes, who proudly carries the title of “MC of cross-cultural understanding” (TAZ).