This mix pays tribute to the hypnotic and transformational power of bass music in my life. Dancing to bass heavy beats, moving with pleasure and allowing my emotions to flow out of my body became a therapeutic practice as a teenager without access to other forms of mental health support in my life. 

From 2006 - 8, I dived into the emerging dubstep scene in London. Getting deep into the bass in FWD at Plastic People was like going to church- it deepened my communion with my body and the spirituality of the music that has come from the peoples of the African diaspora.

Spending time, and eventually living, in Oakland California from 2012 - 16, also exposed me to trap, leftfield bass, regular dance cyphers and a freelance career as a twerking clown in a performance art troupe. Bass music continues to lead me in beautiful directions and provide a container for me to heal and grow. I hope this mix moves something for you.

Track list:

The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Nicolas Jaar Edit)
Maxwell Hunter - Shy Wind (ft Masego)
J -One - Collide
Mala - Alicia
L-Wiz - Girl from Codeine City
Phaeleh - Lament
Commodo - Hadi Hadi Ah
Modeselektor - Let Your Love Grow
VHOOR - Meia Noite
Helios - Still Tippin
Tweet - Oops (OAKK remix)
Ivy Lab - Thirsty
Deft - For Sudden
Mr Carmack - Nonbelieversnovox
Erykah Badu - On and On (ODP remix)
Jill Scott - My Love (Soul1LDN remix)
MJ Cole- Sincere
Roy Davis - Gabriel
Four Tet - Baby
Cooly G - Love Dub (Refix)
Larry Heard - Missing You
Wagon Christ - Shadows
Synkro - Acceptance
Supercombo Los Caviares - Glassminazed

Guest Mix for lifebalm on Threads Radio

AfroOankali serves ritual bass: a hypnotic blend of low end frequencies and polyrhythms which celebrates the legacy of sound system culture and the Afro-Caribbean influence in electronic music. 

From 2020 - 2023 AfroOankali was the creative director, booker and resident DJ for Emergent Bass, a Berlin based event series celebrating the Afro Diaspora influence in underground club culture. In recent years, AfroOankali had a radio show on Refuge Worldwide called Bass Incarnate which mixed somatic exercises with music that could allow listeners to meditate on Bass weight. AfroOankali lives in Amsterdam but was raised in London. 

Booking email: afrooankali@gmail.com

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.:: Upcoming gigs 2024 ::.

May 24th - Pinky Promise, London Electrowerkz
June 7th - Giri, Berlin
June 22nd - Holland Festival, Frascati Theatre, Amsterdam



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.:: Previously Played ::.

2023
Whole Festival, Leipzig
August 12th - Body Language, Berlin
September 16th - Emergent Bass, Berlin
October 13th - Pamela, Amsterdam
October 21st - Avalon cafe, London (for HJL Rehearsing Freedoms)
2022 
Hör - Berlin
Dgtl Festival, Amsterdam
Querfeld @ Fusion Festival, Germany 
Emergent Bass, Mensch Meier, Berlin
Liminal Village, Boom Festival
CARA, NYC
Garage Noord, Amsterdam
Lecken, Oxi, Berlin
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In 2021 AfroOankali started a residency with Refuge Worldwide, hosting a show called Bass Incarnate. Bass Incarnate celebrates bass music alongside embodied mindfulness practices. Each show begins with a downtempo embodiment practice, then builds up the polyrhythmic intensity before ending with some downtempo tracks to ground out.

Groove as consciousness; skanking as liberation of the mind and the behind.

rave agitator for @leckenberlin
@refugeworldwide resident

bookings: wandavra [at] gmail.com

recent past: 

17.08.2025 | Lecken @ OXI
27.07.2025 | Riot @ LARK
18.07.2025 | WHOLE Festival @ Ferropolis
29.06.2025 | Fusion Festival
21.06.2025 | Leck My Buttons @ OXI
31.05.2025 | Power Dance Club @ Kreuzwerk
24.05.2025 | Garage Girls @ OHM
25.04.2025 | Bird House @ Kater Blau 
18.04.2025 | Lecken @ Kreuzwerk
21.03.2025 | Palestine Fundraiser @ Crack Bellmar
08.03.2025 | IWD Lecken Showcase @ Renate
22.02.2025 | Pinky Promise @ OST
09.02.2025 | Between Us @ Möbel Olfe (b2b sweetapple)
07.02.2025 | Skankstasy Hour @ Refuge Worldwide
01.01.2025 | secret New Year's rave, Berlin  
20.12.2024 | "Office Xmass Party," Toronto
16.12.2024 | Skankstasy Hour @ Refuge Worldwide
12.12.2024 | Queer Mama Fundraiser @ LARK
06.12.2024 | Groove Service @ Privatclub
29.11.2024 | Lecken Reloaded @ Kreuzwerk

previously skanked at: RSO, ÆDEN, Renate Club, Club OST, OXI, Kreuzwerk, Mensch Meier, Fiese Remise, Refuge Worldwide, Fitzroy, LARK, Kake / Ziegrastr. 11, Radialsystem, Christa Kupfer, Untertage, Ficken3000, ELSE Club, Blue Velvet, Crack Bellmar, Trashera, Lecken, Buttons, GEGEN, Power Dance Club, Royal Highness, RIOT, Big Luv, WHOLE Festival, Fusion Festival, Volksbühne, Sophiensaele Theater, Berliner Festspiele, Hošek Contemporary, mina/Planeta Manas (Lisbon), Forum (Bielefeld), Queerpool / Südpol (Hamburg).

“Limited by the world,

which I oppose, jagged by it,

I shall be all the more handsome and sparkling  

as the angles which wound me and give me shape

are more acute and the jagging more cruel.”

(Jean Genet: Thief's Journal, 1952)

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