*Beautifully Told on Saturo Sounds ( @saturo-sounds) IS BACK with THE FIRST offering of 2024

THIS MONTH, for the 62nd chapter, our storyteller is
Darien J ( @darienjdj) - who is also joining Saturo with a stellar 4-track EP out now - https://www.beatport.com/release/snowball-effect/4384623

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

"Darien J, based in Brighton UK, is a performer, curator, and mixer of deep dance music. He has a firm belief that his music is for dancing not chin-scratching, foot-gazing, ego-stroking, or selfie-taking. Like a musical sponge, Darien constantly absorbs wide-ranging influences and is wrung out on radio stations and dance floors around the world. Totally ignoring genre limitations, he manages to combine elements from the deepest side of house, electronica, and techno in both his live performances, DJ sets, and productions.

This kind of petulant behaviour might be expected from a young upstart new on the scene but believe it or not this is a veteran of over 20 years who has the dance moves to match. Since his debut release of The Dubstar EP on Cubism Records in 2008 his skills in the studio have improved in equal but opposite measure to the decrease in tempo of the music he is willing to dance to. His latest live project has been described as sounding like ‘the abandoned love child of a twisted love triangle of Stimming, Saytek and Kink’.

Over the years Darien’s music has found homes on other trendy labels like Motek, Submarine Vibes, Inside Out, Chapter 24, and Polyptych amongst others. Following a busy 2023 in the DJ booth supporting the likes of Prismode and Solvane, Dubspeeka, and Evil Tom, Darien has also been performing and recording his hardware-only live performances with a view to an album launch in 2024"

TRACKLIST:

1. Jobe - Bend The World (Original Mix) [Unfound Sounds]
2. Darien J - Basic Elements (Original Mix) [Saturo Sounds]
3. Soire Touch (Original Mix) [Ready Mix Records]
4. Darien J - Big Funky (Original Mix) [Saturo Sounds]
5. Francys - Crossing The White Line (Gorge Interpretation Dave Pad's Reanimated Mix) [Highway Records]
6. Darien J - Snowball Effect (Original Mix) [Saturo Sounds]
7. Hraach - Mental Frame (Original Mix) [Hidden Dimension]
8. Fulltone - Till My Baby Gets Back (Original Mix) [Klassified]
9. Elliot Moriarty - By My Side (Molac Remix) [Songuara]
10. Tutchev Space - Neurorganica (Original Mix) [Hoomidaas]
11. Hraach, Armen Miran - Reconnect (Original Mix) [Reborn Project]
12. Husa & Zeyada - Trick of the Mind (Oliver Schories Remix) [IAMHER]
13. Audiokult - Synaptic Odyssey (Original Mix) [ATLANT]
14. Spieltape, Dave Pad - Space Chants (M.O.S. Remix)
15. Thierry Tomas, Mike Spirit - Le Petit Prince (Be High Remix) [Highway Records]
16. Eleonora, Gam3 - Power Of Love (Words of Niō Remix) [Mumbai Records]
17. Pambouk - Lost in Space (Original Mix) [Hoomidaas]
18. Hraach - Kasi (Original Mix) [Hidden Dimension]
19. Dowden - Loss of Gravity (Orignal Mix) [Hoomidaas]
20. Hraach - Into the Woods (Original Mix) [Hidden Dimension]
21. Thierry Tomas, Sergey Sanchez - Keep U Happy (DJ Skif Remix) [Highway Records]
22. Maksim Dark - Antidepressant(Original Mix) [DENSE AUDIO]
23. Come Closer - One Bro (Monkey Fish Remix) [Highway Records]
24. Sante - Freak That (Original Mix) [BEAT Music Fund]
25. Polo (AR) - Heavy Heart (Original Mix) [Hoomidaas]

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Darien J
https://linktr.ee/darienjdj

AKIVA
https://linktr.ee/Akiva.ofc

Saturo Sounds
https://linktr.ee/saturosounds

AKIVA | Beautifully Told 62 by Darien J [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Podcasts, Bookings, Remixes and such: AKIVA.prog@gmail.com

Latest releases:

https://www.beatport.com/artist/akiva/572633

'I cherish the sounds that we are able to create using digital, and analog machines - an extension of our human minds and imagination.'

AKIVA is a melodic house and techno producer/DJ/live act based in Los Angeles producing and curating music inspired by the progressive house scene of the early 2000s. 

Topping Beatport charts with music on underground labels such as 3rd Avenue, Arey, ARRVL, Balkan Connection, Dear Deer, Deedmusic Berlin, Gibbon Records, Hexagonal, ICONYC, JourneyDeep, Later Caked Melodic, Mystique Music, Pro B Tech, Sound Avenue, Saturo Sounds and more. 

AKIVA has shared the decks with who’s who of electronic dance music greats such as Alan Nieves, Alex O'Rion, Amber Long, Amir Telem, Anthony Pappa, AUDIOGLIDER, Cid Inc, Cream (PL), Dave Seaman, Dennis Ferrer, Desna, Francesco Lombardo, Galestian, Guzy, Hernan Cattaneo, Higgins, Ian Dillon, Jaap Lighthart, Jay Hill, Jonas Saalbach, Juheun, Juliane Wolf, Khen, Lonya, Made in Paris, Markus Saarlander, Miyagi, Modus, Pete Moss, Squire, Sonic Union, Steve Marx, Steve Parry, Technasia, Viviana Toscanini, and more. 

AKIVA started his journey through music with Jaco Pastorius. The rhythmically diverse and bass-driven fusion style, presented to him by his father and uncle's jazz records, prompted his purchase of an Ibanez bass guitar. Along with jazz, he developed a love of smooth tenor and alto saxophones and, string sounds of the violin and viola through his love of classical music. 

While he was jamming out to heavy metal and classic rock in high school, Akiva discovered electronic music on NYC's KTU station. AKIVA immediately started playing progressive and goa-psytrance songs with his friends at parties. House and techno music were still considered underground at that time. As the scene grew, both in NYC and abroad, he spent waking hours adding to his music collection and refining his production skills. 

AKIVA brings passion from all of his beloved musical genres, world music, and the classical inspirations of old school techno and house, focusing on the ethereal and deep melodies found across the world today.