Andromedik opens up about his journey, sound, and the thrill of playing Tomorrowland Winter 2025.
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Alpe d’Huez, Tomorrowland Winter 2025 brought together some of the most exciting names in electronic music — and we were lucky enough to sit down with a few of them. And just to make our experience even more unforgettable, we added a dash of drum & bass to the mix. In the third installment of our exclusive interview series, we caught up with Belgian drum and bass DJ/producer Axel Demarbaix, better known as Andromedik. At just 27 years old, the Edegem-born artist has already made waves on the international scene with his melodic take on the genre and infectious energy on stage — and even surprised fans with a special set inside a local bakery, performing alongside one of his biggest inspirations, Netsky.
Our reporters Leonie and Christian met him and chatted about his path, projects and future!
- What was the first moment or track that made you realize you wanted to pursue music as a career? And how did it shape your journey as an artist?
Andromedik: Alright, great question. For me, it wasn’t really one track, but rather an artist.
So, 14 years old, that’s the genre I make, um, by listening to Netsky music. And I think it was the second album he put out then. And I just completely fell in love with drum and bass. I didn’t really think I want to be an artist for the rest of my life back then. But that, that’s where like this passion really started.
That kind of slowly grew into wanting to pursue music. I already played piano and started producing but I would say that, like, Netsky was the big inspiration for me becoming a DJ myself, yeah.
- You often incorporate deep, atmospheric vibes in your sets and tracks. What role does emotion play in your music and how do you ensure it connects with your listeners?
Andromedik: I personally enjoy most energetic music, but I want to make people feel something. Because, yeah, you want to shout big melodies or big vocals, like for me, for example, nothing tops seeing Martin Garrix or Swedish House Mafia close the mainstage of Tomorrowland and that’s just such a feel good moment, and that’s what I want to create in my music as well. I think that’s why the big pads and the big melodies are so important to me. Yeah, that’s basically it.
- How do you approach live performances and DJ sets compared to studio performances?
Andromedik: When I think about making a set for people, of course, I think about where am I playing and I will change according to that. But, I like to think of my sets as coming from one peak of energy to the next one. And when I kind of build up to that and I usually start a bit harder and then I end up being really uplifting and happy vibes. That’s kind of the idea I have behind creating a set.
- Are there specific elements or tracks you tailor for the energy of the crowd?
Andromedik: Yeah, there’s like a few tracks that always work and are great to like, wake people up and create a big moment. And usually I want to have like my newest tracks or, you have like a couple of hits that usually people will know. So I guess those kind of tracks are those, yeah, who makes energy creating.
- You’ve become well known in the drum and bass sceneand you mix different or various styles and genres in your performances. How do you see the evolution of drum and bass in the next few years?
Andromedik: Great question. I think that we recently had a peak of really hard drum and bass. “Jump up is huge.”, “Jump up is great.” Don’t get me wrong. I love jump up. I feel like people are shifting back to like the more dance floor kind of stuff. Like Sub Focus is a great example of this. And I’ve been noticing this in my sets as well. I’ve been switching up stuff with dance floor instead of jump up and I feel like it’s working better.
So, I think that people want to hear more melodies and big vocals again. But as always drum n’ bass and every sub genre within drum n’ bass is always evolving. You never really know what’s gonna happen, but that’s the beauty of the genre as well.
- Thank you very much. And also for your great performance in the afternoon.Thank you.
Andromedik: Appreciate it. Thank you guys.
** THANKS ANDROMEDIK AND TOMORROWLAND PRESS TEAM! **
