Introduction to DJing and Production Workshop | Sustain-Delay 2025

The Malta Society of Arts’ Performing Arts Programme 2025 – Sustain-Delay’s Second Edition

Sustain-Delay is teaming up with Aiso Academy for a 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀-𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗝𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Guided by experienced DJs and producers, you’ll learn how to use professional equipment, experiment with effects, and start building your own sonic identity. Whether you’re curious about electronic music or already dreaming of your first live set, this is your chance to dive in, get creative, and make some noise.

𝗡𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱!
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴-𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 (𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯).

𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.

Date: Saturday 13 September 2025
Time: 3pm-6pm
Location: AISO Academy, San Gorg Preca Secondary College, Hamrun

Registration is until 8 September through this Google Form: https://shorturl.at/sxDRx

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Sustain-Delay 2025 is produced by the Malta Society of Arts and Artistic Director Kurt Buttigieg in collaboration with Arts Council Malta, and is supported by the Rock’N Malta Fund (Festivals Malta)

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This event is one of many taking place as part of the 4 Seasons of Adventurous Music presented by Sustain-Delay in 2025.

Sustain-Delay 2025 is produced by the Malta Society of Arts and Artistic Director Kurt Buttigieg, in collaboration with Arts Council Malta and is supported by the Rock’N Malta Fund (Festivals Malta)

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What is Sustain-Delay?

Exploration, interaction and sound.

In 2025, the Malta Society of Arts’ adventurous music programme, Sustain-Delay, returns to unite art forms, disrupt norms, and foster transformative dialogues. This year’s edition of Sustain-Delay presents an ambitious line-up of 14 distinct events, offering a diverse, intriguing and yet approachable selection of concerts blending electronic and classical music with experimental, jazz and folk traditions, alongside poetry and dance. Deepening its commitment to the community, Sustain-Delay 2025 also introduces engaging and enjoyable workshops designed to leave a lasting impact.

The 2025 programme unfolds over four dynamic seasons: Winter (February), Spring (April), Summer (July) and Autumn (November), with additional fringe events happening throughout the year. Each season carries its own unique concept, and the programme goes beyond concerts to include workshops and talks, hosted at the Malta Society of Arts and other venues across Malta.
Join us on this sonic adventure, and discover our programme HERE.

Sustain-Delay 2025 is a Malta Society of Arts project in collaboration with Arts Council Malta.

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[ Programme ]

14 distinct events unfolding over four dynamic seasons: Winter (February), Spring (April), Summer (July) and Autumn (November)

(Details to follow)

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[ Sustain-Delay Team ]

Artistic Director: Kurt Buttigieg
Marketing Manager: Kris Polidano
Site Manager: Francesca Zammit
Graphic Designer: Samwel Mallia

Kurt Buttigieg – Artistic Director’s Biography

Kurt Buttigieg is an “occasional artist and unwavering tinkerer”, with a perpetual organisational streak.

He read for a Master’s degree in Sound Art from the University of Barcelona and previously worked at the museum of the European Parliament in Brussels as curator for temporary and permanent exhibitions, and also planned spin-off museums in other EU capitals.

He organised numerous concerts, workshops and exhibitions in Malta and Belgium, as well as founding a small label called Complex Holiday documenting “inside-out ambient and sound art tomfoolery”. He is also a writer for several specialised magazines, including The Wire and New Noise.

As an artist and musician he released several works over that past twenty years, under his and other names, and created Malta’s first dedicated sound art installation in 1999.

A strong believer in community, Kurt is a committee member of the Banda Immakulata Kunċizzjoni (Ħamrun), Ħsus, Arsha Our and is active in other social, cultural and environmental projects.

Kris Polidano – Marketing Manager’s Biography

Kris Polidano (b.1999) teeters between the administrative side, creative and communal sides of the cultural sphere. Having graduated with a B.A. (Hons.) in English with a Maltese minor from the University of Malta in 2020, she primarily focuses on the way language impacts the way we perceive and communicate as multilingual persons. Her interests range from audio-visual archiving as the Communications and Community Manager and a researcher for the Magna Żmien Archive (2020–) to project managing and promoting experimental electronic music alongside her closest friends with the Malta Society of Arts’ Sustain-Delay Programme (2024-).

Kris also works with Festivals Malta’s marketing team where she manages the communications of multiple festivals, including Ritmu Roots Festival, a festival which celebrates musical traditions.

She is also president of the newly established Kooperattiva Strati, a cooperative focused on the arts, its social function and wellbeing. In the past Kris has also published some of her writing in Maltese in the Għaqda tal-Malti’s Leħen il-Malti (2019) , Maltese literary journal Aphroconfuso (2024). She has recently also been commissioned to write a cycle of poetry for prominent Maltese sculptor Paul Scerri for his latest exhibition The Sound of You Dreaming (Jan-Feb, 2025).

Photo credit: Leo Chircop