Feeling the sun sending its powerful warmth and light onto our home planet is a typical joy in these summer months. This beautiful star nourishes all beings around us and keeps entire ecosystems alive. Akob, as adepts of the sun, send out their musical waves to build their own garden of sound that enriches our "Dynamic Spheres" this month.

Akob are a DJ, producer and live act duo based in Berlin and Paris. Their interest in scientific theories, dystopian novels and humanity's relationship with the Earth informs their music and drives them to explore different sonic territories. In recent years, they have defined and refined their sonic identity through releases on acclaimed labels such as Lowless, Kvltö, Circular Limited, Planet Rhythm and The Gods Planet. Sophisticated live sets are also part of their repertoire, where they rearrange their studio material and improvise over it with various synthesizers, samplers and effects, making each performance unique.

This hybrid mix contains almost exclusively their own productions and is characterised by their typical sound aesthetic, which combines strong basslines, trippy percussive elements and deep, multi-layered atmospheres. The next 78 minutes take the listener on a mysterious journey into the depths of Akob's musical universe, which holds many inspiring surprises in store. 

The set was recorded live at Amaluna in Paris for an ecstatic dance organised by Anecdote et Alizée.

Discover more of Akob’s universe here:

https://soundcloud.com/akobmusic
https://www.instagram.com/akobmusic
https://www.facebook.com/akobsound

Dynamic Spheres

Dynamic Spheres #018 - Akob

My 2022 article on the underground EDM festival scene in Johannesburg:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367127606_Underground_on_the_Highveld_a_Journey_through_Techno_and_Excess

She is the ever flowing water, the gigantic maelstrom, the irresistable swirl of hypnotic sound, which sucks you in, rolls you over and releases you as a different being.

Label for deep, dark and hypnotic Techno curated by @vittjas-tief and @dj-kindred.

Dynamic Spheres #018 - Akob

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