Common Ground / Tech Support & Hemai Remixes

Remedy (Tech Support Remix)

ALFOS  Space Cadet and Soundcloud  addict

Bookings: techsupportmusic@protonmail.com

AKA Asa Tate: @asatatemusic


2024
31.12.24 Next Door Records 2, London
25.10.24 All My Friends, London
12.10.24 Grey Area, Taipei
11.10.24 Grey Area, Taipei
04.10.24 Spiritland, London
02.10.24 Cafe1001, London
28.09.24 Ulster Sports Club, Belfast 
21.09.24 Sisyphos, Berlin
23.08.24 Night Tales, London
09.08.24 All My Friends, London
13.07.24 Next Door Records, London
02.07.24 Spiritland, London
15.06.24 Cafe 1001, London
25.05.24 La Ratonde Stalingrad, Paris
17.05.24 Yamamori Tengu, Dublin
11.05.24 Next Door Records, London
20.04.24 All My Friends, London
12.04.24 Night Tales, London
06.03.24 Moko, London
29.03.24 Sisyphos, Berlin
28.03.24 Crack Bellmer, Berlin
23.03.24 The Jago, London
17.02.24 Volition, London


2023
28.11.23 Moko, London
24.11.23 Lion & Lamb, London
20.11.23 Spiritland, London
02.10.23 Spiritland, London
15.09.23 Bonnefoi, Brussels
26.08.23 Egg, London
15.08.23 Spiritland, London
13.08.23 Next Door Records, London
04.08.23 Missing People, Brighton
29.07.23 The Cause, London
22.07.23 Westival, Wales
15.07.23 The Social, London
10.06.23 Metropolis, London
29.04.23 Fabric, London
23.03.23 Lion & Lamb, London
16.03.23 Badaboum, Paris
25.02.23 The Waiting Room, London
17.02.23 Jumbi, London

2022
02.12.22 Storkenland, Stockholm 
25.11.22 The Bottle, Bristol
29.10.22 Midnight People, London
21.10.22 The Utopia Project, London
16.10.22 All My Friends, London
29.07.22 The Waiting Room, London
23.07.22 Metropolis, London
22.07.22 Westival, Wales
16.07.22 Jumbi, London
02.07.22 Morse Audio, London
04.06.22 Red Waxx x Bush Hall, London
21.04.22 Tola, London
19.03.22 Club Marissa, London
11.03.22 Volition, London
04.02.22 NT's Loft, London

Originally from Tokyo, and now based in London, Anchorsong AKA Masaaki Yoshida is a highly-fêted producer, and solo live act, renowned for crafting immersive and rhythmic releases.

Anchorsong has become globally recognised for his unique live shows, which spectators have described as “like watching a painter drawing on a white canvas”. He creates electronic music entirely live using an MPC2500 and keyboard, right in front of the audience. While he mainly performs solo, he frequently augments this setup with a string quartet, for a genuinely spellbinding show.
 Early on in his career, Anchorsong wowed the crowds at SXSW and found himself the subject of increased attention, going on to make several appearances on BBC Radio 1 with radio play from Rob Da Bank and a live Maida Vale session for Huw Stephens’ In New Music We Trust show in early 2010. Having put out three successful EPs in Japan, all of which were released as double packs containing a CD and a live DVD, Anchorsong’s international debut, ‘The Lost & Found EP’ was released on his own label, Case Study.
 Anchorsong signed to Tru Thoughts and released his single “Ghost Touch/Plum Rain” later that year, followed by his highly anticipated debut full-length album ‘Chapters’. He signed the seismic “Mawa” EP to BBE Recordings for a limited edition clear 10” vinyl release, taking a more element-laden, cut and paste approach with a renewed musical vision.

Masaaki dug deep into the roots of 70s African music on ‘Ceremonial’, while taking inspiration from 70s and 80s Bollywood film soundtracks and traditional Indian percussion on ‘Cohesion’ – a psychedelic, danceable and free-spirited listen that blurs rhythm and melody.

Praised by the likes of Gilles Peterson (BBC 6Music/Worldwide FM), Karizma, Osunlade, Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1) and Craig Smith, Anchorsong has commanded support from BBC 6Music, being playlisted with his hit singles “Testimony” and “Expo”, ‘Ceremonial’ being hailed as Album of the Year (2016, 5th spot), and ‘Cohesion’ named Album of Day (2018). The unabashedly talented musician has achieved heavy press coverage from the likes of XLR8R, Clash, Magnetic Magazine, Pop Matters, Bandcamp Daily, NME Japan and Rolling Stone Japan, with print reviews from Q Magazine, DJ Mag, and Songlines (which named it as their ‘Top of the World’ album), and airplay across BBC Radio 1, BBC 1Xtra, BBC Asian Network, Worldwide FM, Radio X, FIP and KCRW.

‘Mirage’ is the fourth album from Anchorsong, a record that evokes hazy soundscapes constructed with wind instrumentals, choirs, and global sonic particles. Building on Anchorsong’s long-standing tradition of “borderless music”, ‘Mirage’ fuses intricate rhythms with minimal yet immersive lush interplays of sound to create an auditory odyssey. ‘Mirage’ marks a departure from Anchorsong’s previous two albums – ‘Ceremonial’ and ‘Cohesion’ – specific geographical references. Instead, the album which was half-written during lockdown and when nobody could travel, shows Masaaki internalise his global influences and worldview to conjure a “vague landscape that only exists in my mind”.