ATOMIKA Festival Unveils Lineup for Inaugural Event Around Decommissioned Cold War Missile Silo, With Guest Curation by SpectreVision

Flying Lotus, Suzanne Ciani, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Harvard Astrophysicist Avi Loeb, VASCO director Dr. Beatriz Villaroel, Disclosure Advocate Danny Sheehan, and Last Podcast on the Left Lead the Initial Wave of Artists and Speakers Converging in Roswell, NM this November

ROSWELL, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, ATOMIKA officially unveiled the highly anticipated lineup for its inaugural experimental gathering. From November 6-8, 2026, one thousand attendees will converge at the decommissioned Twistflower Nuclear Missile Silo, a fully restored Cold War-era facility. Originally built as an active nuclear launch site during the peak of US-Soviet tensions, the subterranean complex has been systematically retrofitted to host educational panels, art installations, and acoustic performances. Built out around the silo will also be an outdoor main stage, as well as numerous additional staging areas for the festival’s diverse program.

The curated lineup reflects ATOMIKA's mission to bridge the gap between rigorous scientific inquiry and avant-garde cultural expression, uniting legendary icons, edge-of-science researchers, and pioneering electronic musicians to explore the nature of our reality and the future of the human race. A goal of the festival is to symbolically demonstrate that a space erected amid wartime devastation can be transformed into a collaborative venue – for scientific inquiry, art, and cultural exchange.

Musical Performances
ATOMIKA is proud to host a genre-spanning lineup of pioneering electronic artists, from legendary modular synthesizer innovators to boundary-pushing producers shaping the future of ambient, EDM, and experimental music.

• Flying Lotus: The Grammy-nominated producer, filmmaker, and Brainfeeder label founder known for fusing avant-garde jazz, hip-hop, and cosmic electronica.
• Suzanne Ciani: Five-time Grammy nominee and electronic music pioneer, celebrated as one of the first masters of the Buchla modular synthesizer.
• Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Renowned contemporary modular and ambient composer, and electronic producer.
• Qrion: Japanese-born DJ and producer known for her melodic blend of ambient textures and driving house music, with releases on Anjunadeep, Mad Decent, and Ultra.
• Test Shot Starfish: The electronic duo whose atmospheric soundtracks have accompanied prominent rocket launch webcasts, and whose name references Starfish Prime, the 1962 high-altitude nuclear test that forever changed our understanding of humanity's technological power.
• Dr. Chrispy: The musical project of astronaut and Planet Labs co-founder Dr. Chris Boshuizen, transforming his experiences in space into cinematic electronic music inspired by exploration and wonder.
• Abakus: The latest project of British electronic producer and film composer Russ Davies, son of The Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, known for his cinematic electronic productions and scores for the BBC's War of the Worlds and The Watch.

The Speaker Lineup: Underground Dialogues on Humanity's Future
ATOMIKA’s speaker program brings together a rare cohort of astronauts, theoretical physicists, and cultural researchers, including:

• Last Podcast on the Left: The wildly popular, deeply researched paranormal-comedy podcast hosted by Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks, and Ed Larson.
• Avi Loeb: Theoretical physicist, bestselling author, and Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, widely known for his research into potential interstellar extraterrestrial technology and his leadership of the Galileo Project.
• Nadine Nicole: Actress (The Expanse) and founder of the nonprofit True Connection, bringing a storyteller's lens to panels on perception, reality, and humanity's future in space.
• Dr. Beatriz Villaroel: Astrophysicist at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics who leads the VASCO and EXOPROBE projects that search for potential extraterrestrial technosignatures.
• Frank White: Prominent space philosopher and author who coined the groundbreaking concept of “The Overview Effect.” Frank is a leading voice exploring the intersection of consciousness, space, and humanity’s future.
• Whitley Strieber: Influential author of Communion, the iconic first-person account of contact with non-human entities.
• Dr. Rizwan Virk: Computer scientist, entrepreneur, and bestselling author of The Simulation Hypothesis.
• Carl Hayden Smith: British researcher and founder of the immersive Museum of Consciousness, known for developing Hyperhumanism and creating interactive experiences that explore the frontiers of consciousness, perception, and human potential.
• Daniel Oberhaus: American science and technology writer and former staff writer at WIRED, author of Extraterrestrial Languages (MIT Press). He is founder and CEO of the deep-tech agency HAUS.
• Dr. Chris Boshuizen: Civilian astronaut, space entrepreneur, and music producer, sharing firsthand insights from the edge of space through art and science.
• Mike Clelland: Author of The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductees and host of SpectreVision Radio’s Hidden Experience.
• Kelly Chase: Host of the SpectreVision Radio podcast, Inquiry With Kelly Chase; producer of Cosmosis, a thought leader in disclosure.
• Daniel Noah: Experiencer Advocate and Co-Founder of SpectreVision, the production company behind Mandy and Color Out of Space; author of Oni Press’ High Strangeness.
• Closing Keynote, Danny Sheehan: Harvard University-trained constitutional and public-interest attorney, and Executive Director of the New Paradigm Institute, a key player at the forefront of the disclosure movement.

“We are executing a deliberate, poetic act of changing the polarity of this architecture," said Nik Halik, ATOMIKA co-producer. "Six decades ago, these walls were poured to guarantee absolute destruction. Today, they serve as a crucible for brain trust. When you drop people 174 feet beneath the New Mexico desert floor, the superficiality vanishes – and we’re given the opportunity to finally ask our most profound cosmic questions properly.”

Scientists, artists, musicians, and curious minds can purchase tickets at atomikafest.com.

About ATOMIKA
ATOMIKA is an annual gathering merging space science, immersive art, speculative futures, and music held in and around a fully restored, decommissioned Cold War missile silo near Roswell, NM. Built for a different moment in history, the Twistflower Silo transforms into a ritual site for scientific exploration, imaginative experimentation, and human connection. ATOMIKA is produced in collaboration between IMXP, Nik Halik, GrandArmy, and Supercluster. For more information, visit atomikafest.com.

About IMXP
IMXP is reconnecting the human network through shared experience. In an age of fragmentation, IMXP designs immersive gatherings where people rediscover their inherent belonging, connection, and shared potential. From eclipse-shadowed landscapes to future-facing cultural laboratories, each event fuses art, music, science, spirit, and emerging technology. IMXP exists to cultivate awe, deepen connection, and expand what we believe is possible, honoring where we came from as we design the future together. For more information, visit imxp.org.

About SpectreVision
SpectreVision is an independent production group founded in 2010 by Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah, championing distinctive voices within the genre space. The company has produced modern genre classics including A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Mandy, Color Out of Space and Rabbit Trap, Transference, their video game for Ubisoft, was nominated for D.I.C.E. and Golden Joystick Awards. SpectreVision has recently launched SpectreVision Radio, its bespoke podcast network; Mutant, art-driven collectibles and record label; High Strangeness, a comic book imprint with Oni Press; and SpectreVision Artists for talent management. For more information, visit spectrevision.com.

About Nik Halik
Nik Halik, known globally as The Thrillionaire®, is a Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling author, entrepreneur, astronaut, extreme adventurer, and keynote speaker, and the founder of the 5 Day Weekend®. He has traveled to more than 175 countries, dived to the wreck of the RMS Titanic, trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, and served as backup astronaut for the NASA/Russian Soyuz TMA-13 ISS mission in 2008. He remains in mission allocation status for a future flight to the International Space Station.

About GrandArmy
GrandArmy is an independent creative agency with offices in NYC and LA. GrandArmy works with inspiring organizations across a broad range of industries, including the most respected and iconic brands in the world today.

About Supercluster
Supercluster was built to tell the human side of our greatest outer space stories. Supercluster produces films, articles, artwork, and a range of applications, including the Launch Tracker and Astronaut Database.

About HAUS
HAUS is a public relations and creative services agency that specializes in deep tech startups. We work with venture-backed B2B companies building in aerospace, AI, biotech, energy, and other critical industries. Since 2022, we’ve supported the commercialization efforts of more than 100 frontier startups, scaleups, venture firms, and research labs in the US, Europe, and the Middle East.