Nuits Sonores
28 May - 01 June 2025
Lyon, France

Mental Overdrive (live)

Friday 30 May
La Sucrière
Le Sucre
22:00 — 05:00
Nuit 3

Mental Overdrive is the primary alias of Per Martinsen, a Norwegian electronic music producer and artist, known for his pioneering contributions to the techno and electronic scenes. Launched in the late 1980s, Mental Overdrive is one of Martinsen's most iconic musical projects, marked by an innovative approach to electronic music and a significant influence on the global techno scene.

Among the most notable releases by Mental Overdrive are Plugged (1995) and Unplugged (1996), two albums regarded as classics of the techno scene.

 

Artist co-programmed with Insomnia Festival, as part of the cooperative project TIMES.

About TIMES
TIMES (The Independent Movement for Electronic Scenes) is a cooperative project between 10 European festivals that aims to create original artistic works and promote diversity and sustainability in the music sector. TIMES is a collaboration between Nuits sonores (FR), Berlin Atonal (DE), Elevate (AT), Insomnia (NO), Le Guess Who? (NL), Reworks (GR), Semibreve (PT), Sónar (ES), Terraforma (IT), and Unsound (PL).
labels
  • Love OD Communications
  • R & S Records
Norvège