Akua
Over the past several years, Akua has established herself as a force within NYC’s dance music community. Drawing influence from the kinetic freedom of 90s midwest techno, the unifying velocity of dancing, & the frenetic pace of life, she has since helped redefine the techno sounds emerging from NYC through the multitude of her evocative, mind bending DJ sets & exuberant mixing techniques. Akua's tireless dedication to more freakish strains of techno encapsulates the sublime, chaotic potential of the present, while harkening back to the innovative methods & experimentation of DJs throughout history. Weaving threads of sounds new & old into a signature style of supersonic rhythm shifters, every mix of hers courses with timelessness & the most empowering qualities of rave - time dilation, expanded perspective within the mantra-like repetition of electronic rhythms, & the continuum of black futurity at dance music's core.
Her recontextualization of techno centers it's long lineage for contemporary audience, transmuting the boundless genesis of rave onwards towards buoyant possibilities for the future.