NEWS

Shinobies II 19/04/2023 more TBA

 

NIGHT NO TORI  Live ( Akatana & Teresa Neo Tokyo )

01/09/24 Live @ Shinobies Tour (Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Fukuoka) Japan

29-30/06 24 Live @ Uckermark Festival, Berlin

01/06/24 Live @ Club Der Visionaere TBC

10/05/24 Live @ Boat, Paris

19/04/24 Live @ Hoppetosse, Berlin

03/03/24 Live @ OSD (Secret Location) Berlin

01/03/24 Dj Set @ Soho House, Berlin

17/02/24 Live @ Hoppetosse, Berlin

21/11/23 Live @ Sonnenraum (Club Der Visionaere) Berlin

 

AKATANA @ Club der Visionaere, Berlin 2023

AKATANA

Labels:

Shinobies / Zu:Hause / Pluie Noir / Archipel / Sleepiscommercial / MusicKollektiv / Micromod Records / Why Wait Music / Echoes / Berkail Records.

French born based in Berlin, he is a DJ since 1997, sound designer, music producer of techno, ambient, and experimental.

He released his first ambient album “Inkscape” on the label Sleep Is Commercial also Podcasts and Livecasts on famous labels such as Pluie Noir and Archipel Records.

After creating his own label “Shinobies Records” he produced and released his first vinyl, a special edition of a minimal album called “7 Samurai LP”, a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s movie, limited edition of 50 copies, hand made and unique vinyl covers.

In the same year, he released a colorful album, based with Elektron Machine Drum SPS-1 grooves, called “World Chess” with samples from his vinyl collection from different countries in Africa such as Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mali and more.

His second vinyl release on Echoes_records, “Mama was high EP” with a remix of the notorious artist and his mentor Hubble.

In collaboration Ombossa, they create a new label called “Zu:Hause” and released an album between experimental and industrial deep techno called “Myocarde LP” which was played by famous artists such as Marco Shuttle or Donato Dozzy.

After living in different cities such as Paris, Montreal, Amsterdam and New York, he travelled many times in Japan, did his first tour and DJ in the famous club “Circus” in Osaka & Tokyo alongside Tobias.
Also he was invited in Fukuoka, to play with in the techno club “Alpha” with Iori.

Coming back to Berlin with a full Japanese inspiration and strong attraction for the Nippon culture and music, he released a double vinyl on WhyWait records called “Japanese Junkies”, white and black series.

He also collaborates with professional contemporary dancers and composed music of a special dance piece written and choreographed by Liliya Burdinskaya presented at Diaghilev Festival and called Decay Of Atom, in Perm and Yekateringburg, Russia.

Perm record is also the label of the famous artist Madga, which invited him to play Live at the first release party in Berlin.

In Turkey, Istanbul a huge festival called Chillout Festival, he was invited to perform alongside artists such as Petre Inspirescu, Burnt Friedmann, Atom TM, Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek, Tony Allen and many more.

His latest project, “50 Shinobies” reunited worldwide 50 artists and presents a 5 music compilations and a double vinyl release is upcoming and the first Shinobies party at Club der Visionaere was a big success and bring more than 1000 people.

After 25 years into music, he still producing and playing live and Dj set. Finally, he was invited twice to play a special 4 hours live performance at Garbizc Festival, organized by people from the Fusion Festival.

More information and links to music:

www.soundcloud.com/akelmusik www.soundlcoud.com/akatana

https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/akatana

https://akatana.bandcamp.com/

 

 

Inside #akatana_akatana

 

UPCOMING RELEASE :             50 SHINOBIES PROJECT

 

A compilation of 50 Artists / 5 Volumes &  2xLP Album Vinyl Release !

 

VOL IV  “SENPAI EDITION”

 

Clic to listen the compilation

w/Thomas Romain/Chava/Pheek/Andrea Ferlin/Kaloustian/Benjamin Fehr/DNA/Mad Dim/Fabble

VOLUME III “SENSEI EDITION”

 

Clic to listen the compilation

W/Lansky/Suburbial/Daniela Cast/Leiris/Yes’In/Singurul Fiu/Marlène Magnoli/Size/No/Dr.Nojoke

VOLUME II “KOHAI EDITION”

 

Clic to listen the compilation

W/Sam Rouanet&Giovanni Verga/Romain Bosser/La Tercera Maria/Liviu Groza/Roisner/Fremde Welten/Demas/Fake Electronics/Der der der/Onliveon

VOLUME I “KODOMO EDITION”

Clic to listen the compilation

 

W/ Roman Azzaro & Gauthier Barras / Akasari & Akinari / René Audiard / Aline Raphael / Ann / Waldboot / Ombossa / Yasuhisa / I want a Yuzu / A&A / Bunoa

RELEASES

 

VINYL

AKATANA – Sayonara ( Berkail Records)

MYOCARDE  LP

w/Ombossa.

Mastered by Neel (Voices from the Lake) @Enisslab

 

MAMA WAS HIGH EP

w/Hubble

Mastered by Rashad @ Dubplates & Mastering

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAPANESE JUNKY  X2 EP

WHITE EDITION

A1 Akatana – Japanese Junkies

A2 Akatana – Klokker Himalaya

BLACK EDITION

 

7 SAMURAI LP

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL RELEASES

 

NIGHT NO TORI – HIKIKOMORI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE MIGHTY WARRIOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAKENOMI  酒​呑​み

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOMETOWN BURNING

 

 

 

 

 

VOODOO

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAHOU NO HAKO

 

WEARETHEATOMS

w/ Liliya Burdinskaya

 

DIAPORAMA

w/ Akasari

 

CRAZY DIAMONDS (Archipel Records)

 

SPIRITUAL WARRIORS

Inspired from the movie “Dune”

 

TRIBUTE TO ATONAL

 

WORLD CHESS

 

MICROPHONE

 

INKSCAPE

Sleep Is Commercial

 

 

PODCASTS

 

PLUIE/NOIR

Podcast 058 “Reach A New Milestone”

 

ARCHIPEL MUSIQUE CANADA (Live)

Mysterious journey through atmospheres, emotions and rhythms.

 

ORGANIC MINIMAL SESSIONS

004 in the Organic Minimal Sessions podcast series is a beautiful selection featuring many unreleased tracks from the usual suspects.

 

ECHOisONE (Live)

Spiritual and soul chants, futuristic voices and instrumental sounds coming from different cultures. Storytelling going from the most ambient and experimental soundscapes to very powerfull techno bass lines.

 

YARN 010

 

POOLcast 011

The mixture of foreign atmospheres, dreamy recordings and an intelligent use of mesmerizing grooves makes his sound work like a pathfinder through the vast mist of experimental, ambient and minimal music.

 

ECHOES

 

AKASARI – VOYAGERS

W/ Perm Records, Magdga

Akatana introduces a new project called Akasari – Voyagers. This musical concept which invites artist Damien K. Sahri along, is a fusion of analog machines, synths and modulars with acoustic instruments, soundscapes and noises. A timeless travel with futuristic music.

 

SOUNDSCAPES / FIELD RECORDINGS

 

 

MOROCCO

 

  JAPAN   

 

RUSSIA

LIVE RECORDINGS

 

Akatana Live Horbild @ Loftus Hall, Berlin 2018

 

 

Akatana DKS Ombossa, Live @ Garbicz Festival 2017

 

 

Opening Live for Chillout Festival Istanbul 2017

w/AtomTM, Baby Vulture, Hubble, Petre Inspirescu, Burnt Friedman, JanJelinek & Masayoshi Fujita

 

 

Akatana Live – Micromod Radio Showcase 2016 @ SonusFM

 

 

Akatana Opening Live @ Longevity Festival 2016

w/Mayaan Nidam, Volkan Akin, B.Presinger, Dandy Jack…

 

 

Akatana & Damien Sahri LIVE @ Perm 2015

w/ Magda, T.Brinkmann, F.Bretschneider, Baby Vulture & more

 

 

Akatana Live @ Chalet, Berlin 2015

Live MachineDrum and some soundscapes from MOD303, MOD2.

 

VIDEOS

Japan Mini Series

 

LIVE PROJECTS

 

VIDEO & SOUND INSTALLATION

 

7 SAMURAI LIVE

 

 

JAPANESE JUNKY LIVE

 

MYOCARDE LIVE