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Closer is an independent club and arts space in Kyiv, Ukraine, and the team behind Strichka and Brave! Factory festivals. Trommel has reported from its events year after year, from Brave! Factory 2024 to Strichka 2026, and covered Closer’s 10-year anniversary in Berlin. We have also covered its spring Maslyana and Masnytsya gatherings, its own DJ school, showcases in Amsterdam and Dubai, and its 2020 fundraiser, which hit its target in record time. Below is all of Trommel’s coverage of Closer.
Kyiv’s Closer crew returns to Berlin’s Zenner for a big 10-year anniversary celebration
After more than a year Closer crew comes back to Zenner with a full-scale Closer event. The celebration will take place on two dance...
Very hot, very nice. Reporting from the 2023 edition of Brave! Factory Festival in Kyiv
Under one of the posts about Brave! Factory Festival on our Instagram, you can stumble upon a type of comments I find particularly annoying,...
Brave! Factory Festival by Closer announces the full line-up for their first “in-club” edition
Closer crew announced the full line-up for the comeback of their biggest event of the year. From 2017 to 2021 Brave! Factory Festival was...
This year’s edition of Strichka Festival was the most unusual one. And still lovely
It seems, that the Closer crew finally adapted to the most turbulent times in the recent history of Ukraine. Even during the rough 2022,...
Closer’s Strichka Festival announces the full line-up for its first May edition since 2019
The biggest in-club event of Kyiv Closer team will finally take place in its usual spot in May after years of rescheduling and cancellations...
Closer touch down in Dubai for a showcase at Industrial Avenue
After the bitter sweet news that Ukrainian collective Closer will be closing down their record store operation we are excited to learn that they...
Amsterdam’s Breakfast Club invite Closer Kyiv for a full club showcase at ADE
Kyiv's Closer Club are invited to this year's ADE for a special full club showcase at the infamous Sunday Breakfast Club.
Closer expands its own DJ school into the second Ukrainian city
Closer Connections is a studio and DJ school, run by Closer in Kyiv (and now in Lviv). It had more than 100 graduates during...
Apollonia – Introspection in isolation
Trommel sits down with French trio Apollonia in Kyiv to discuss their past 18 months, including artistic side projects, producing in a pandemic, and getting back to normality as artists.
2021 edition of Closer’s Brave! Factory Festival felt just like home
In case you don’t know – Brave! Factory Festival is the biggest line of events by the team of Closer. Done for the fourth...