15 Years of Endemic - Live from Kosmos Festival - Finland 2025

Martin van Zeelandt / TCD
Jul 29
3 min read

It is Tuesday, and the week is going by slowly. It's not quick, it's too damn slow. It doesn't help my mood, so I need something hard, and fast. And it doesn't happen that often that I find a Freeform set, especially one by Endemic. But it is here, and it's one you want to see/hear. Recorded at Kosmos Festival 2025, it's one you want to listen to. Freeform at its finest, by legends from the scene, who've been around for a while. You might even know them. If you don't, let this mix be your introduction into their wonderful world.

I don't know why a loaf of bread has anything to do with Freeform, but do we understand the Freeform community? Nah. We are all unique within that community, and maybe a loaf of bread makes perfect sense. Maybe the people behind this project all love bread? Or maybe the Finnish ravers love bread? They must do, right?

The event sounds massive: over 150 artists, and 40 international artists. Only a handful of artists do I recognise, and those played at the Levitation Station FINRG area. Obviously I'm aware of FINRG, and I still find it amazing that the Finnish have embraced Freeform. And actually have events where UK artists played. Kudos to them for keeping Freeform alive and kicking.

For their set they've selected a few awesome records, and these were the ones they used:

Transcend - Future Shanty
Endemic & Solution - Outbreak
Endemic - Investatron 3000
Epyx & Cyrez - Blackest Night (Endemic Remix)
K Complex & Mark Ashley - Atomic Orbital (Endemic Remix)
K Complex - Cyberspace (Endemic Remix)
King Ace - Dark Side Of The Moon (Endemic Remix)
Substanced & Grimsoul - Signal Lost (Endemic Remix)
Lost Soul & Endemic - Voice Of The Eclipse
Endemic - Chosen
Marcel Woods - Advanced (Endemic Remix)
Organ Donors - 99.9 (Endemic Remix)
DJ Rx - My Serenity (Endemic Remix)
Endemic - Chaos Theory
Endemic - Hurricane

A blinding mix. If you were at this event and you witnessed Endemic, you must have had a wonderful time. Especially knowing the songs they've used for their set. Fantastic songs. Hit after hit. Really amazing stuff.

I might have reviewed an Endemic set years ago, but I can't remember when it was. But at least, in 2025, I'm reviewing their set, and what a glorious set it was. The right Freeform anthems at the right time. This is the kind of Freeform I truly adore, admire, and sadly miss. You don't hear songs like these ones anymore.

These all bring me joy and happiness. But what brought me the most happiness, was their opening track. Transcend's 'Future Shanty'. Not heard that one before, but what a way to give the Freeform fanatics exactly what they wanted to hear, at the start of a blinding set.

I've got no negative feedback to give. This has been a fantastic set, which has been on repeat ever since I woke up this morning. You should just jump on this mix and relive the golden Freeform years. Endemic have done a great job, and their set is truly wicked!

If anyone knows what the bread has got to do with the act, please leave a comment below!