The Rise of Dark Mode | Alain Thibault

🎛️🌌 Curating without a manual and loving dark music just a little too much.

In this episode of Seoulmates Diaries, we sit down with Alain Thibault — artistic director of ELEKTRA International Digital Art Festival, electronic composer aka DJ Poison Arrow.

From Montreal to Seoul, from shoegaze to industrial noise, Alain reflects on the art of letting audiences find their own story (no cheat codes), and why the perfect soundtrack for our era might just be a very dark banger.

✨ Topics we get into:
– Curating as composition (same energy, different tools)
– Seoul’s tech-savvy twin
– How niche electronic scenes grew up
– Why darkness in music isn’t always a bad thing

🎥 Shot during ISEA 2025 in Seoul.