SICKEAU
- Propaganda · Lotto Arena, 10,000 (Dec 2026)
- USA tour · Las Vegas, San Diego, LA
- Nachtwacht · sold-out GelreDome
- Boiler Room · 2025
- Sunrise Festival · Propaganda stage
- Toffler · closing set
Most streamed past year
Most streamed all time
Latest release
Total streams (estimate)
≈ 4.7M streams on Spotify
Estimate, Spotify only, as of 24 September 2026 · 11 tracks
Biography
SICKEAU is a Dutch hard techno artist with a fresh, atmospheric and relentless sound: energy through atmosphere. He launched the project from scratch in 2025 and broke through with his very first release, FAVELA on Propaganda.
Backed early by Angerfist, it was played at Tomorrowland by Reinier Zonneveld and Angerfist and had passed 2 million Spotify plays by September 2026. THE RHYTHM followed and crossed a million as well, with LSD, VELVET SINS, MF DJ, FREAKZ and SOUNDBLASTER keeping up a steady release pace on Propaganda and Revised Records, and support from names like Holy Priest, Fantasm and Karah.
The live story moved just as fast: a first-ever gig at Freshtival in 2025, a Boiler Room set, a closing set at Toffler, a Paris debut at NOCT, Sunrise Festival with Propaganda and a moment on stage with Angerfist and Karah in a sold-out GelreDome to play his track LSD for thousands. In July 2026 he toured the United States for the first time, from Las Vegas and San Diego to a debut in a hidden Los Angeles warehouse. On 18 December 2026 he plays Propaganda in the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, in front of 10,000 people.
Timeline
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On the decks with Holy Priest at Verknipt
Before the first release, Holy Priest shares the decks with SICKEAU at Verknipt to play his unreleased tracks.
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Debut single FAVELA on Propaganda
The first release, backed early by Angerfist. By September 2026 FAVELA had passed 2 million Spotify plays.
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First-ever gig at Freshtival
The very first SICKEAU show, in the Rendezvous area of Freshtival 2025.
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FAVELA at Tomorrowland
Three months after release, FAVELA is played at Tomorrowland by two legends of the scene: Reinier Zonneveld and Angerfist.
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Boiler Room set
30 minutes of hard techno energy: his first Boiler Room set, released on SoundCloud.
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LSD
The fifth single, released on Propaganda with a video clip. More than 565,000 Spotify plays by September 2026.
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Closing set at Toffler
A closing set at Raging Nights in Toffler Rotterdam, released as a full video set.
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FAVELA hits a million
Eight months after release, FAVELA reaches one million streams across 125 countries and 48,000 playlists.
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Paris debut at NOCT
The first show abroad: a Valentine’s night at NOCT in Paris, documented in the first tour vlog.
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On stage in a sold-out GelreDome
Angerfist and Karah bring SICKEAU on stage at Nachtwacht in a sold-out GelreDome to play his track LSD for thousands.
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Sunrise Festival with Propaganda
A set on the Propaganda-hosted stage at Sunrise Festival, at the Lilse Bergen in Belgium.
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THE RHYTHM passes a million
The second single crosses one million streams; by September 2026 it stood at more than 1.2 million Spotify plays.
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First US tour
A dream from the year before becomes real: Beatsync in Las Vegas, NOCshift in San Diego and a Los Angeles debut in a hidden warehouse with Techtonic.
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- Now
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Paralysis, Metropool Enschede
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M7 Club
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Vliegbasis Twente
Vliegbasis Twente on 28 November.
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Propaganda, Lotto Arena Antwerp
Propaganda in the Lotto Arena, in front of 10,000 people.
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Hard Night in Ciało, Wrocław
Poland debut.
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