Electronic music has always had that peculiar ability to make national borders feel a little unnecessary. Tripolism are a good example: in just a few years, Bryn, Frederik and Rasmus have moved from the Danish scene’s more insiderish circles to lineups where Coachella is not just a dream, but a recurring address. At O Days, they stood in Orangeriet on a Saturday afternoon and proved that world-class can also smell like sun-warmed grass and festival dust.
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The Orangeriet stage was almost embarrassingly empty when I walked past. A few devoted fans had already claimed the front row, as if they had come to guard something fragile. Not that they necessarily needed to. When the first pulsing hits of “Swim” from 2025 hit the speakers, the mood shifted fast. People drifted toward the stage as if their bodies had received the memo before their heads had. And that may be the best way to describe Tripolism: they don’t lean on grand theatrical gestures or massive build-ups. They work with attraction. With weight. With a beat and a huge vibe.
It’s a pretty impressive place to be. Last year, they appeared on the 2025 Coachella lineup — and not just one weekend, but both festival weekends. That’s the kind of detail that almost sounds like a PR line until you see them live and realise it actually makes sense. Their curve has been steep over the past few years, and they’ve now left their mark on most of the lineups that make electronic obsessives implode. Success like that can quickly become a slick surface, but Tripolism don’t seem vain in the boring way. More like aware that they’ve found something that works.
That came through clearly in the set, which was built around their own sound without becoming self-indulgent. “Flying Away With You” with WhoMadeWho slipped in with the kind of ease that only exists when a collaboration has an actual pulse and not just a credits line. And then came the two tracks that have really made them recognisable far beyond Denmark’s borders: the remix of “Lola’s Theme” and “Dope Dance” with Radeckt and Nandu. Both tracks were delivered with a confidence that said: yes, we know you know them. But we’d like to remind you why they work.
There’s something special about a live set that can balance club and festival without falling between two stools. Tripolism did exactly that. They had the raw, physical low end you want in electronic music, but also a melodic sense that kept everything from turning into pure function. It’s easy enough to get people nodding along. The hard part is getting them to actually stay put and listen. Here, they managed both. The bass was heavy, yes, but never lazy. There was momentum in everything, as if the set had a hidden engine pulling it forward the whole time.
At the same time, there was something almost comical about hearing such a massive set in the middle of a sunny Saturday afternoon. That kind of music could easily have felt out of place, if not for the fact that Tripolism understood how to use the light as a contrast. Where many acts try to create darkness to make their sound feel deeper, they let the sun stay out and glare. It gave the music a different edge. Less club basement, more open space with low-frequency pressure. It suited them.
And yet there was still a small residue of dissatisfaction. Not with the quality, because nothing was wrong there. But with the length. An hour passed quickly, perhaps too quickly, when an act has this much momentum and such a clear desire to unfold. It felt as if they had more in them. Not because they lacked ideas, but because they had the kind of surplus that only really becomes interesting when you’re allowed to stay in the room with it a little longer. Tripolism could easily have played an hour and a half, maybe two, without it feeling exhausted. Quite the opposite. There was something in the way they built energy that called for a longer format.
They confirmed that in the short chat we had afterwards, where they themselves pointed out that they prefer the slightly longer sets. It’s a sympathetic and rather human admission. Who doesn’t, when they’ve got something good going? Shorter sets have their discipline, but the longer ones make room to breathe, take detours and let a track hum in the body for a while before the next one takes over. Tripolism are clearly an act that thrives in a form where the point is to create an atmosphere and a journey, not just deliver one drop after another followed by a fireworks display.
So yes, there was a moment of frustration that they didn’t get more time. But that’s also a luxury problem, and very few festivals are in the business of satisfying people’s craving for 30 extra minutes of bass. That doesn’t change the fact that Tripolism delivered one of those sets you leave with the feeling that something is in motion. Not just for them, but for Danish electronic music as such. They’re no longer just a name for the initiated. They’ve become an act you follow because you want to see how far it can go.
And it can go far. Further than a one-hour festival set, at any rate. Maybe that’s the real point. That some acts don’t just play a concert, but open a room you’d rather not leave too quickly. Read more about the weekend’s other highlights in our O Days 2026 guide.
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