We’re almost ready for the Sónar Festival but we keep discovering things about his line-up. He’s Roman Hiele (Belgium, 1991) but now living in London, and he’s composer and performer of electronic music. Roman is closely guarded against any kind of conscious or subconscious plagiarism. He seems completely focused on making sure that his creations are his and his alone, reflecting that early Belgian spirit of creative independence as he establishes himself as one of the most resolutely original voices in the electronic underground.
Hiele’s music surfaces in the form of hard to pin point electronica, build on a long time obsession for synthetic sound creation and jazz studies. On stage Hiele plays with expectation, going past what is considered conventional, blending improvisational and classical elements into a no-nonsense personal idiom.
After first bubbling up onto the scene in 2013 with his eponymous debut, Hiele has seen his off-kilter electronics released on the likes of Belgium’s influential Ekster label and the forward leaning aesthetics of YYAA Recordings. There is a restlessness to Hiele’s creations, a distinct avoidance of the tropes that provide the utilitarian bread and butter that keeps the electronic world ticking. In 2016 YYAA Recordings released Hiele’s performance in the Schinkel Pavilion, Berlin 2014. Recently (May 2016) Hiele has released “Ritmische Bezinning”, his third album on Ekster.
With this collection, Ludovic de Saint Sernin crowns a new aristocracy. In this world, elegance is a form of liberation, sensuality is power, and the ultimate luxury is belonging.
Maison Kitsuné presents its SS26 collection, titled Voyage Vestiaire. This season marks the debut of the house’s new Creative Director, Abigail Smiley-Smith.
Alessandro Michele unveils his Valentino SS26 collection, “Fireflies,” a sartorial manifesto inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s writings on finding light and desire in the dark.
Ann Demeulemeester is known for creating a strong contrast between structure and softness, but for Spring/Summer 2026, it was the softer side that came out.
Artist Josué Thomas presents a photographic project titled I ♥ Paris (quand ce n’est pas la fashion week). It is a meditation on the city, focusing on the life that exists beyond its most famous events.
Guided by designer Daisuke Obana’s philosophy of deconstruction and reassembly, the capsule collection filters Baracuta’s British heritage through a minimalist and detail-oriented lens.
The fashion label grounds presented its SS26 collection in a raw, brutalist parking garage during Paris Fashion Week. The setting set the tone for what was inside.
The act of getting dressed is a personal audition for the day ahead. We create a silhouette and try on different versions of ourselves until the look fits the part we want to play.
Hugo Gonzalez, Sebastián Terranova, Miquel Villena and Nil Frago shot by Carlos Venegas and styled by Magda Rodriguez, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
Turn the page. Breathe deep. Your pupils are already dilating. The high is coming.
Issue 26 brings together two electrifying covers that take the dopamine dive from Sadiq Desh captured by Cris Cerdeira to multidisciplinary visual artist and photographer Tomás Pintos’ cover story, Besos hasta agotar stock (Kisses Until Sold Out), developed from the live performance creating a space where glamour
meets exhaustion.
