Cybotron played Glastonbury on June 27, 2025, inside the Block9 IICON structure. Juan Atkins performed new material from the "Parallel Shift" cycle alongside DJ Maaco, with a Pilot lighting rig handling the visual side.
IICON is the large mechanical face that sits in Block9's corner of the festival. It is one of the more visually ambitious stages at Glastonbury, which is saying something. Putting Cybotron inside that structure was a specific choice. Atkins has been working the Cybotron project since 1981, and the "Parallel Shift" material is the first new Cybotron release cycle in decades. Pairing a founding-generation electro act with one of the most spectacle-forward stages at a major UK festival is the kind of booking that either lands perfectly or looks strange.
It landed. Atkins came in with new material, played it at the volume and intensity the venue demanded, and treated the set like he was introducing Cybotron to an audience that had mostly experienced it secondhand. The 12" material from "Parallel Shift" held up against the older catalog without sounding like a throwback or a tribute.
DJ Mag ran a long interview with Atkins around the performance. The "Parallel Shift" releases are out on Tresor.
