One of the cornerstones of the festival is Eastern Promises, a substantial undertaking in the New York program that aims to expose a wide range of musicians from east of Berlin that have long been ignored in North America. Never before has this broad a range of producers and musicians from Eastern Europe been assembled to perform alongside their US and West European counterparts. Confirmed for the festival are techno artists Jacek Sienkiewicz (Poland), Petre Inspirescu (Romania) and Marcin Czubala (Poland), minimalist composer Jacaszek (Poland), experimentalist Zavoloka (Ukraine), bass mutator TRG (Romania), new music ensemble Kwartludium (Poland), dub electronic artist Pavel Ambiont (Belarus), drone specialist Zenial (Poland) and a special exhibition of historical Polish Soundcards.