The locked groove, the endless groove of the record and a festival that has to be postponed as we move from one Corona-induced lockdown to the next – a life in the loop. With “Lockdown Grooves”, Elevate 2021 is showing its first artistic sign of life. It is a series for which the festival is collecting musical contributions from around the world. Together they form a kind of description of the state of affairs, a document of the times: ten musical perspectives scattered across the globe, presented in cooperation with Austrian radio stations Ö1 and FM4. In cooperation with radio series Zeit-Ton, La Boum Deluxe and FM4 Unlimited, the contributions will be available digitally via Soundcloud after broadcast. It will be released on the original festival date, between 3 and 5 March, to shorten the time until the live shows in May.