Music meets the wild Carpathians

Premiere: Wednesday, 11 November 2026, at 8 p.m. Romanian time. Watch the premiere on YouTube.

11 November 2026 — Agent Green and DJ Marika launch their new concept “DJ Set with Purpose” on the Agent Green YouTube channel on Wednesday, 11 November, at 8 p.m. The roughly hour-long musical journey was filmed in 4K at Stânca Roșie, in the last intact forest landscape in temperate Europe, where the centuries-old beech forests of Ciucevele Cernei are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The project brings together electronic music, cinematic imagery and nature, inviting viewers to discover a spectacular Romanian landscape and its story.

The filming captured the last colours of autumn: copper-coloured forests, steep cliffs, water and valleys opening into the distance. In the middle of this landscape, DJ Marika creates more than a DJ set. It is an hour-long journey in which the music and the images give each other room. The film includes wildlife footage so viewers can also meet the inhabitants of these forests.

The music was kept low during filming, just loud enough for the artist to hear, and the crew left the site as they found it. Through the 4K images and the mix, the experience moves into the audience’s space. At home, in a bar or in a club, a large screen and good sound can make it feel like a party in the heart of the Carpathians without disturbing the quiet of the national park.

The production was made in Romania by a Romanian team, from concept and direction to filming and post-production. At its heart is DJ Marika’s music, with a selection of his own productions, collaborations and remixes.

When today’s music meets old forests

The 13 tracks draw on breakbeat, dub, trip-hop and electronica, with the artist’s distinctive energy and cinematic atmosphere. The set includes collaborations with Subcarpați, Șuie Paparude, Silent Strike, Moonlight Breakfast, Melancholic Punk, Lexx Groove, Sonophone, Junkyard and Emmah Toris, as well as remixes by Paul Damixie, Professor (RO), UNU’ and Fin & Stanley.

Active since the 1990s, DJ Marika is part of the generation that grew up with Romania’s electronic music scene. A DJ, producer and radio broadcaster, he founded Selectro, an events concept that became a record label and a platform promoting Romanian and international artists.

“The tracks in this set tell my story and the story of my collaborations with people I admire. I liked Gabi’s idea because it gives us a chance to take Romanian music to a place that deserves to be seen around the world without being disturbed. Put the film on a big screen with good sound and give yourself an hour for it. There’s a lot to discover, both in the music and among the trees. If you feel like playing it again when it ends, we’ve pulled it off,” says DJ Marika.

“I’ve wanted us to do a project like this for a long time. I’ve watched hundreds of sets filmed in extraordinary places around the planet, and I always thought about this incredible landscape in Romania. I’ve known Marika since the days when I still had time to mix trance music myself, more than 20 years ago. He kept making tracks and I kept defending forests. Now we’ve found a story with room for both. I’d like people to watch this film for the music and come away with a new place in their hearts that needs protecting,” says Gabriel Păun, founder of Agent Green, creator of the concept and director of the project.

A set that leaves a connection

“DJ Set with Purpose” proposes a series of encounters between artists and remarkable natural places. Each episode will have its own musical identity and tell the story of the landscape in which it was made.

For the first episode, the choice of Stânca Roșie also has a personal meaning: Gabriel Păun has worked to protect this last, wider intact forest landscape since 1999, and Agent Green has continued that work since the organisation was founded in 2009. The film includes short clips of archival footage that connect the beauty of today with the efforts made to preserve it.

The public is invited to watch the premiere, leave a comment and share the film. The idea is simple: music can bring these places closer to people who do not usually follow environmental issues.

Premiere

• When: Wednesday, 11 November 2026, at 8 p.m. Romanian time
• Where: Agent Green’s YouTube channel
• Admission: free

Credits and filming location

• Artist: DJ Marika
• Concept and direction: Gabriel Păun / Agent Green
• Video production: Creative Design
• Music partner: Selectro
• Location: Stânca Roșie, Domogled–Valea Cernei National Park, Romania

© Agent Green — audiovisual production

Press contacts

• DJ Marika, +40 723 716 962
• Gabriel Păun, Agent Green, office@agentgreen.org

Sources

• UNESCO: World Heritage listing of the Ciucevele Cernei beech forests