SHINOBIES COMPILATION VOL 5
COMING OUT SOON
NIGHT NO TORI Live ( Akatana & Teresa Neo Tokyo )
UPCOMING ! JAPAN TOUR 2025
Live @ Shinobies Tour (Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Fukuoka) Japan
11/12/24 Live @ Sonnenraum (CDV), Berlin
02/09/24 Live @ Club Der Visionaere, Berlin
30/06/24 Live @ Uckermark Festival, Berlin
01/06/24 Live @ Club Der Visionaere, Berlin
10/05/24 Live @ Boat, Paris
19/04/24 Live @ Hoppetosse, Berlin
03/03/24 Live @ OSD, Berlin
01/03/24 Dj Set @ Soho House, Berlin
17/02/24 Live @ Hoppetosse, Berlin
21/11/23 Live @ Sonnenraum (Club Der Visionaere) Berlin
Hikikomori EP : 3 Tracks (Kapput / Omedeto / Telecomind)
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/
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UPCOMING RELEASE : 50 SHINOBIES PROJECT
A compilation of 50 Artists / 5 Volumes & 2xLP Album Vinyl Release !
VOL IV “SENPAI EDITION”
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w/Thomas Romain/Chava/Pheek/Andrea Ferlin/Kaloustian/Benjamin Fehr/DNA/Mad Dim/Fabble
VOLUME III “SENSEI EDITION”
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W/Lansky/Suburbial/Daniela Cast/Leiris/Yes’In/Singurul Fiu/Marlène Magnoli/Size/No/Dr.Nojoke
VOLUME II “KOHAI EDITION”
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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”
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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
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