Koen ter HeegdeNL

As an independent promoter, agent and label manager, Koen has worked in European underground scenes for over two decades. In 2005 he co-founded fiercely independent label Subroutine Records, releasing new music of more than fifty acts. His platform Yugofuturism is focused on connecting, exporting and exchanging emerging acts from Central and Eastern Europe, from the Baltics to the Balkans, with like-minded acts, venues and new audiences. Currently also a lecturer at the University of Groningen, manager of Rotterdam post-punk sensation Tramhaus, curator at festival Peel Slowly and See, regular promoter at venues WORM Rotterdam and OCCII Amsterdam and a frequent speaker at European conferences on topics that include DIY touring, grassroots international cooperation and music ecosystems. In 2023 he initiated the nomadic festival VIKENDICA, bringing a 'convoi exceptionnel' of adventurous emerging European acts to four iconic Dutch venues in one weekend.