American techno powerhouse Sara Landry delivered a thunderous 2-hour set on the Tripolee Stage at Electric Forest 2025. Discover how she, and rising star Jenna Shaw, lit up day one of the festival
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Electric Forest 2025 kicked off on June 19 with a night that set the tone for the weekend, and it wasn’t just the basslines turning heads. Among the highlights, American techno powerhouse Sara Landry closed the Tripolee Stage with a two-hour set that was raw, hypnotic, and completely unforgettable.
From 1:30 to 3:30 a.m., Landry turned the forest into a temple of sound, blending pounding industrial beats with emotional textures and spiritual energy. The Tripolee crowd was all in, heads down, arms up, fully immersed in a journey only she could lead. Sara Landry isn’t just on the rise. She’s in command.
Originally from Texas and now based in Berlin, she’s built her name on intensity and independence. Her Electric Forest set lived up to both, delivering a performance that was as cathartic as it was crushing, the kind of set that lingers in your body long after it ends.
But Landry wasn’t the only American woman commanding the crowd on Day 1.
Earlier that afternoon, Jenna Shaw, another name to watch in the American techno scene, played a sleek and deep set from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m., also at Tripolee. With dark grooves, sharp transitions and a confident stage presence, Shaw had early festivalgoers fully locked in, and probably earned more than a few new fans.
Day 1 at Electric Forest 2025 proved that female talent in electronic music is no longer emerging, it’s arrived, fully formed and fiercely present.
From sunrise sets to peak-hour blowouts, American women behind the decks are shaping the sound of Forest in 2025, and doing it on their own terms.
