03/ ABOUT
A BODY.
A PRACTICE.
A POLITICS.
Layers is a Berlin-based label, creative network, and queer collective dedicated to uplifting FLINTA* artists and producers and reshaping the sound of the club scene. Born from a need for real representation and long-term support, Layers creates space for marginalized voices, of whom especially FLINTA* producers remain severely underrepresented in electronic music.
How many Layers shape you?
OUR STORY
MANIFEST
In March 2022, three driven women in Berlin decided the dancefloor was missing something. Not a sound, not a venue, but a structure of care. Layers was their answer. Four years later it is a label, a creative network and one of the most quietly essential queer FLINTA* collectives in the city, run by @djeivissa and @fraenz.303 and built entirely around long term support and real visibility for queer, FLINTA* and BIPOC artists. Not as a concept. As a daily commitment.
We center queer and FLINTA+ artists. We build platforms, pay fairly, and refuse the extractive defaults of the music industry. Our releases are pressed slowly, our nights are shaped with care, and our community — the artists, the crowd, the crew — is the work.
PRINCIPLES
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SOLIDARTY
Over competition. We share resources, bookings and infrastructure.
CONSENT
Safer spaces policies at every door. Awareness teams on every floor.
SLOWNESS
Intentional releases. Sustainable output. No hype cycles.
AUTHORSHIP
Artists own their narratives. We amplify, never extract.
