In Photos: How USV are creating a new sonic identity for LOST Music Festival

For the second year, the Italian experimental music festival has asked the Turin collective to expand their sound system at the Bamboo 1 Stage.

Set within the world’s largest labyrinth – a 7-hectare park composed of more than 300,000 bamboo plants in Fontanellato, Italy – LOST Music Festival has built a reputation for transforming its unique environment into something genuinely immersive. Now in its fifth edition, the festival returns 3-6 July with world premieres and ad hoc collaborations designed specifically for the labyrinth setting, featuring Prison Religion’s Psalms, Foodman, keiyaA, Bobby Beethoven, CCL, Microplastics and many more.

This year, in partnership with Carhartt WIP under the name Inner Pressure, LOST is deepening its investment in the Bamboo 1 Stage and the culture that surrounds it. 

At the centre of this is USV Collective, a Turin-based sound system founded in 2021 that takes its hardware as seriously as its music. The idea has since grown from intimate sessions to festival stages. “Our sound was born from the depths of Turin’s underground dub scene,” the collective explains. “It was designed to spread a message through a powerful bassline.”

That dedication to craft is evident in the build itself. For LOST 2026, USV are doubling their setup to include 8 bass speakers, 8 subwoofers and 6 mid-top cabinets, all hand-built, including a unique cabinet design developed by collective member Theria Voice. 

“What sets USV apart is the heavy bass, but also clarity rather than quantity,” USV argues. “The rawness comes mainly from the impact the wooden speakers have in combination with the bamboo stage environment: the sound frequencies are altered in a unique way.”

It’s a combination that turned heads last year, when the Bamboo 1 Stage took on, in the words of the festival, “another life and another energy.” This partnership is a commitment to building on that moment.

 “It’s about more than just equipment; it’s about a shared approach to music and culture,” adds LOST Artistic Director Luca Giudici. “Working with Carhartt WIP allows us to invest in the people and the systems – like USV – that make this culture thrive. It’s about reshuffling the deck and challenging how people perceive and live the festival experience”.

Ultimately, Inner Pressure points toward something bigger: the idea that the essence of LOST Festival can exist beyond the physical boundaries of the labyrinth itself, carried outward through sound. 

With only final sound checks and a few tweaks to go, the new bass stack is almost ready. Scroll down to check out more images from last year’s build, as well as progress pictures for what’s to come.