The Tenerife trio Nave Rota, formed by Daniel, Carlos, and Víctor, kicked off a festive Saturday in Puerto de la Cruz with three stages programmed simultaneously.
Phe Festival has crowned its tenth edition with performances by Judeline and Rinôçérôse, two of the most anticipated artists on Saturday, September 6.
The singer from Cadiz, known by many as ‘the glass girl’ after one of her most listened-to singles, surprised on the Puerto de la Cruz stage with a meticulous production featuring a cast of dancers who echoed the singer's aesthetic. Judeline's Andalusian roots were evident at times in her music, with flamenco rhythms that blended almost perfectly with electronic sounds and her velvety voice.
French band Rinôçérôse was the latest addition to the lineup for the tenth edition of the Phe Festival. But as it's rightly said in religious texts: “the last shall be first in the kingdom of heaven.” The Phe Festival is the kingdom of music in Tenerife, a truth that was made manifest with the performance of this band that delivered the most danceable and electronic rhythms of the night on a day that built from strength to strength. Tracks from their new album like ‘Psychoanalysis’—showcasing their role as psychologists for two of their members—or other songs like ‘Le mobilier,’ a classic that sealed a memorable performance for the thousands of attendees at the Phe Festival on its second day.
Samuraï fulfilled her role at Phe Festival: she fused pop with alternative rock and proved there's still plenty of singing left in her artistic career. The Madrid-native artist, along with Judeline, helped to cultivate a younger audience at Phe Festival by singing about love and self-acceptance, two of the singer-songwriter's main themes. She arrived at Phe Festival with the tour for her first album, ‘El silencio del ruido’ (The Silence of Noise), but on the Puerto de la Cruz stage, she did everything but remain quiet.
The Tenerife band Nave Rota, with a sound in the vein of bands like Muse in an experimental power trio format, kicked off the second day of concerts for the tenth edition of Phe Festival in Puerto de la Cruz yesterday, Saturday, September 6th. Daniel, Carlos, and Víctor, musicians and producers of Canary Island bands such as Mento, McClane, K0manec1, or This Drama, among others, delivered a powerful performance to an audience that grew as the show progressed.
Formed in 2022 and with a self-titled EP released in 2023, Nave Rota joined the Phe Festival 2025 lineup after winning the Pasaporte Sonora in the band competition held months later in the capital of Gran Canaria. The band performed songs like 3 Moons, System Failure, Aimless, Superficial CircusLo For better or worse
After the Tenerife natives, the main stage welcomed Ganges, an artist selected by the project The Spanish Wave in the first collaboration with Phe Festival. Ganges is the project of Teresa Gutiérrez from Santander. With classical musical training, her career has explored the more intimate facets of electronic pop with lo-fi, bedroom pop, and hyperpop nuances, and a universe full of references to Japanese culture. Following her debut Tell me something (nice)) (2020) and collaborations with artists such as Natalia Lacunza, Vangoura, or Yarea, last year she released the album Sora, produced by Pau Corea, Bearoid, and the artist herself. With a sound that swings between breakbeat and electronica, among other textures, Ganges performed tracks such as Okinawa and A keychain before an audience that knew his steps and repertoire.
The second night of Phe Festival began to build buzz after 8:00 PM with the Galician artist Carlangas. The former leader of Novedades Carminha has taken flight solo with the album Dancehall Vol. 1 (2024), where he draws on funk, '80s sounds, disco, and indie. He showcased all of this in his performance in Puerto de la Cruz.
Club culture
On the second day of the tenth edition of the Phe Festival, club culture once again made its presence felt with two stages dedicated to dance music and alternating artists on the main stage. At the new Faro stage, sets by Lau!, Índigo, Vicky Morales, and John Johnson could be enjoyed, with international DJs Alinka and Óptimo (Espacio) standing out, providing an electronic soundtrack to Saturday's sunset in Puerto de la Cruz. In this way, the horizon became electronic, playing with the pulse of the twilight. On the Deichmann stage, also known as the Domo, sets by Doppler, Mascareño, B2B Jalea, Ninf.A, and Bobby Bob were danced to, transforming this tent, already set up in 2024, into a musical universe parallel to that of the main stage.