last year I was invited to create an immersive soundscape for Red Line Production's showing of Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days" directed by Craig Baldwin. Through the process, I wanted to shift the performative aspects of consuming theatre and toy with the feeling and temporality of the space to something uncomfortable and unreal. When Beckett wrote the play it was set in an ambiguous apocalyptic wasteland but let's be real so many of us know or can speak to experiences that echo this. Mostly, I was thinking about what freedom can bloom from the ashes and rubble, what needs to crumble to create equitable and just visions of the world.

de/composition · sound design for samuel beckett happy days 2021

mix for the gorgeous mind meditations hosted by aamina simone for NOODS radio on 02.04.23 ༺ https://noodsradio.com/shows/mind-meditations-w-akka-2nd-april-23

Shoeb Ahmad - surface.location 15
akka - {recording of azan from amachi's rooftop, coimbatore 2018}
reibang - Cycles
akka - {reading an excerpt from "Know No Name" in "The Voice of Sheila Chandra" by Kazim Ali}
Aaqila - Peripatetic banjo frog in search of sunrise
akka - echoic memory song
Felicty Yang x Panda Wong - thinking about ice cream
Oblique - In Situ
Chloe Sobek - Metamorphosis
akka - 4.iii bodies curl around each other, mirroring movement
Beatriz Ferreyra - Echos
akka - {reading an excerpt from "recitation in four dimensions, ways of attuning commisioned" for first draft gallery by riana head-toussaint}
Aarti Jadu - SENT/SUMMOND [akka edit]
E. Fishpool - I Don't Hate You
Weyõn - EPYLOG

artwork by Romy Groth

༺ MIND MEDITATIONS ༻ w/ akka

last minute cover for Hannah Galvin's Solstice on FBi Radio on 3rd July 2023. It was messy but I had fun~ 

Inspired by the full moon ~ exploring Hindustani & Islamic Jazz, Sufi resonances, ambient and experimental from the subcontinent and other soothing faves. 

SCANDINAVIAN STAR- SOLAS
DRILL+MALLO - Piscean Dream
ARUSHI JAIN - Look How Far We Have Come
EMMANUAL ABDUL-RAHIM - Kalahari Suite
AHMED ABDUL-MALIK - Communication
ALI SETHI & NICOLAAS JAAR - Yakjehti Mein
HEDRUN - Vulnerable in Bihag
JAUBI, EABS - Madhuvati
:: MIDNIGHT MEDITATION :: MIDNIGHT FIKR ::
LARAAJI - KOTO
:: MIDNIGHT MEDITATION :: MIDNIGHT FIKR ::
ADITYA /आदित्य - Dhwani / ध​्​व​न​ि
SOURYA SEN - Transit
MASSIVE ATTACK, NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN - Mustt Mustt
PARVAAZ - Lolmatlia
RAJESH MEHTA - Sky Cage (excerpt)
FOUR TET - Alap
BENGAL CHEMICALS - আ​র​ম​্​ব​ে​া
SUSHMA SOMA, MANU DELGADO - Nature
SARATHY KORWAR - An Idea From A Circle

𖤓 Solstice on FBi Radio cover 𖤓 3 July 2023 𖤓

named after, and kind of about my mother. 
image is of my amachi.

ra/ja/ni

•••• Portability of ritual is the notion that allows worship and holiness to take place anywhere, expanding our idea of what exactly we mean by ‘space’ as both an experiential reality and cultural construct. Through a meditative sound piece and installation, ‘Portability of Ritual’ is an exploration of the dissonance of growing up in a multi-faith household, the movement of bodies, and attempt to find healing and connectivity amidst this •••• sound piece includes many Sheila Chandra edits, with my own voice and found sounds faintly in the background ••••••

portability of ritual

experimental soundscape made for a sound/video collaboration with my dear friend priya. shown at the museum of contemporary art - curated by radha labia may 2019

vengeance

akka / shareeka  is an experimental artist, radio producer and community facilitator interested in the sonic, written word and collective organising; guided by a framework of anti-racism, radical hope and reciprocity. creating under the pseudonym akka, she fuses voice memos, found-sounds, echoic compositions, and influences of her mixed-multifaith lineage. she uses soundscaping as a means to unhinge linear expectations of colonial form and knowledge - in the pursuit of divinity and connection. 

some of her radio and other creative work can be found at the links below~  
𓆸  fbiradio.com/racematters
𓆸 offsite.westspace.org.au/work/it-is-only-through-dreaming-i-have-found-the-divine/
𓆸 firstdraft.org.au/conductive-site-artist-pages/recitation-in-four-dimensions-ways-of-attuning
𓆸 disclaimer.org.au/contents/capture-all

if you want to connect ~ please send a note to shareekahelaluddin@gmail.com  ༺

thank you for listening x

_akka

Popular tracks