(Photo by Marco Krueger) Berlin based modular synthesist and DJ JakoJako, aka Sibel Koçer, has shared the first track, “Modus”, from her new four-track “Segmente” EP, set for release via NovaMute on 26 July 2024. All four tracks on this new upcoming EP originated in her live shows.

The new EP follows the “Verve” EP, her debut for Mute, a full length album, “Metamorphos” (2022, Bigamo) and her collaboration with Rødhåd, “In Vere” (2022, WSNWG), both of which came hot on the heels of two remixes for Mute – New Order’s “Be A Rebel” and Martin Gore’s “Vervet”.

Here’s “Modus”.

Koçer started her career working with modular systems and patch cables. Her studies soon progressed into performing regular live sets in Berlin, a Berghain Residency and a position at Berlin electronic music institution, SchneidersLaden.

In recent years she has been involved in several motion sensor dance projects with dancers at Superbooth and Kraftwerk Berlin, and has performed at the Royal Albert Hall with Bonobo, and at the Barbican in London with an improvised ‘Circle Of Live’ performance that featured dance and a specially commissioned art installation.

Jakojako live dates

• 26 May –Berghain (DE)
• 8 June – Wurzelfestival DE)
• 15 June – Danza Futura Festival (PT)
• 20 June – La Nature Festival (Ambient live set) (BE)
• 21 June – La Nature Festival (DJ set) (BE)
• 22 June – Dancity (IT)
• 14 July – Berghain (DE)
• 19 July – Detect Classic Festival (Live performance with the Detect Ensemble) (DE)
• 19 July – Detect Classic Festival (DJ set) (DE)
• 20 July – Harbour Summer
• 26 July – 2Nature (IT)
• 27 July – Junction 2 Festival (UK)
• 28 July – Äiniwalli (FI)
• 2 Aug – Whole Festival (DE)
• 11 Aug – Paradigm Festival (NL)
• 17 Aug – Ratherlost at Lofi (NL)
• 18 Aug – TR3 Festival (DE)
• 30 Aug – Station Nuage (FR)
• 31 Aug – Doel Festival (BE)
• 7 Sep – Draaimolen Festival (NL)
• 14 Sep – Smut Athens (GR)
• 20 Sep – Klub K4 (SI)
• 27 Sep – Berlin, Berghain (DE)

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Out now is the newest single by Emika & Rødhåd who united for the track “I Knew Your Name Before You Were Born”. The track is taken from part two of Emika’s “Vega” trilogy, a collection that shifts between synths, minimalist piano, and pounding techno.

On “Vega” you can expect collaborations with Horace Andy (Massive Attack), Leila Moss (The Duke Spirit) and Robert Ames. All in all it celebrates 10 years since the release of Emika’s debut self-titled album on Ninja Tune.

Check out the single below.

About Emika

Ema Jolly aka Emika, is an English electronic musician of Czech origin currently residing in Berlin. Since 2009, Emika has appeared on tracks with the likes of Pinch, Kryptic Minds, Paul Frick and MyMy.

Her self-titled debut album was released in October 2011 via Ninja Tune preceded by several single: her debut single “Drop the Other”, the second single “Double Edge” (May 2010), “Count Backwards” (April 2011) and “Pretend/Professional Loving” (September 2011).

Since then she released various albums, mini-albums and singles next to a string of collaborations.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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Out now and soon vinyl too on July 10th is the album “Mood – WSNWGBTZ001” by Rødhåd aka producer Mike Bierbach. ‘WSNWGBTZ001’ stands for ‘WSNWG – Back to zero’ in case you wondered, WSNWG being the label this album was released on. It’s Bierbach’s first ambient experimentalist release, comprised of his own solo archival material mostly from 2017/2018.

You’ll discover field recordings, droning loops and soundscapes on this 18-track album. You can check it out below. Good stuff.

From techno to ambient

Known in contemporary Techno circles, Mike Bierbach has been DJing as a relatively unnoted local in Berlin for 10 years before launching his party-series-turned-label Dystopian in 2009. Dystopian has hosted most of his releases, but in 2018 he founded a new label WSNWG that serves as a home for collaborative productions, excavated in sessions at his East-Berlin studio with his peers such as Lucy, Alex.Do, & Antigone.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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