It started with an urge to play with sound, a DIY synth, and a desire to know more. After several years buried in books, manuals and patch cables, JakoJako was performing her first live sets around Berlin, and spending every spare penny on Eurorack modules. The passion became all consuming, and in 2017, she left her nursing career to work at the legendary Berlin synth shop Schneidersladen, where’s she’s been sharing her knowledge of tools and techniques with the city’s music makers ever since. 

Technique is no use without ideas to apply it to, and fortunately JakoJako has a natural supply. “When you hear a sound in the environment, say a car passing by, you don’t appreciate the complexity until you think how you might synthesise it.” She explains. “Then it becomes something abstract; a collection of modulated pitches and timbres. I love to listen to the world like this..”

Her approach may seem studious, but JakoJako uses this fluency in the language of sound to convey emotion, and each track is an experiment, with success based on the intensity of feeling it creates. Her debut EP “Aequilibration”, released in 2019 on Leisure System Records, showcased this explorative mindset, with four very different stylistic ideas tied together through emotive sound design, sharp production, and a strong sense of melody. 

The release was followed by a string of live gigs, performed with her modular system and Elektron boxes, including a release party at Berghain, playing a standout set alongside Ben UFO and Marie Davidson. 

With regular events disappearing in 2020, live music migrated online, finding a global audience in shared experience of isolation. After streaming a live set for HÖR Radio, she was invited to take part in an online event for Arté, hosted by Innervisions and United We Stream, alongside Amé and Frank Wiedermann. This led to a filmed live performance in her studio for Fact Magazine’s Patch Notes series, and an in-depth video feature for Electronic Beats, which together have over half a million views (and counting).

Offline, JakoJako has made good use of the time in her studio, producing tracks on compilations for B-Pitch Control and Figure Records, remixes for Crouds on Intumi, and most recently, for New Order on Mute Records. More solo work is in the pipeline too, including a new EP for Leisure System Records, due in mid  2021.

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( -_-)旦 ~ Good morning Skylab Radio

Happy to share the whole recording of my closing set at Tresor.
Recorded live , download available

Tracklist :

1.Intro Acapella UR - Transition + KW34 A1
2	Hemka	Rutah 
3	Truncate - Is It Skinny ?
4	Planetary Assault Systems - x speaks to x 
5	Planetary Assault Systems - Pull 
6	Forest Drive West - Cut and Run 
7	Lucy - Beautiful People 
8	Phil Kieran & Green Velvet -Rocket Yoursel
9	Z.I.P.P.O - Order (
10	Robert Hood - Untitled 1 
11	Alarico- 	Spit 
12	Quelza - Unreleased
13	Spherical Coordinates  - Matchup Looped Reconstructed
14	Quelza - Unreleased
15	Mascon - Vandalium
16	Stanislav Tolkachev - White Blood Cell (
17	Franz Jäger - Processed Hammer 
18	Tenebre - Axe Nord-Sud 
19	Forest Drive West - Transmission (
20	Spherical Coordinattes - Various Loop Reconstructed 		
21	Reeko - Cyberpunk 
22	Villalobos & Butch - Up // Atom tm - Ich Bin Mein Maschine
23	ERIC FETCHER - 	Space Obsession (
24	Ritzi Lee - Framework 
25	ERIC FETCHER - 	The Battle of the Crater 
26	Robert Hood -  Protein Valve 1 
27	Alarico - unreleased 
28	Leiras - No one behind
29	Divide - Ritardo (
30	P.E.A.R.L.  - Speculum 
31	Forest Drive West - Functional 
32	Quelza - Atmospheric Tools #1
33	Quelza - unreleased
34	Regal - Report A Crash 
35	Forest Drive West - UN 
36	Quelza - unreleased
37	Quelza - unreleased
38	Ben Sims -  I Feel It Deep ( Sandwell District Remix)
39	James Ruskin - Unknown Destination
40	Quelza - unreleased
41	Antigone - The Fugitive 
42	Quelza - unreleased			
43	Objekt - The Stitch-Up 
44 Depeche Mode  - Dream On (Dave Clark Club Mix)
45	Quelza - Unreleased	
46	Speedy J - Something For Your Mind 
47	 TBA 
48	Jeff Mills - The Bells 
49	CRAVO	EVO	03	
50	TWR72 - Snake 
51	Planetary Assault System - Tap Dance 
52	Obstructor - Single-Serving Friend (
53	Jeroen Liebregts - Vloer 
54	Marcel Fengler - Thwack (Planetary Assault Systems Remix) 
55	Luke Slater - O-Ton Reassembled 4
56	Quelza - unreleased
57	DVS1 - Running 
58	Peter Van Hoesen - Challenger
59	DJ Deep - Demonstration 
60	Peter Van Hoesen - Rift 
61	Special Request - Vortex 150 
62	Ben Sims - Manipulated (Adam Beyer Remix) 
63	Overmono - So U Kno 
64	James Ruskin - Work (Steve Rachmad Remix) 
65	Robert Hood - Minus 
66	Peter Van Hoesen - Kelly Criterion
67	Peder Mannerfelt - Year Of The Rats 
68	Peter Van Hoesen	Trench 
69	Atonism & Tehotu - Action
70	Temudo - Tough To Say 
71	Rhyw - Unpunishable 
72	Regina Leather - Tip 
73	Quelza - unreleased
74	LSDXOXO - Mutant Exotic (D.Dan Remix) 
75	Roll Dann - Resultado 
76	Quelza - unreleased
77	Quelza - unreleased 
78	Ricardo Villalobos - 909 Track 
79	Dettmann | Klock - Prophet Man 
80	DJ Slip - Streetwalker 
81	PVNV  - Library 
82	Forest Drive West - Ritual 
83	SSTROM - Volatile Substance 
84	DJ Slip - Every Time It Takes Awhile
85	Robert Hood - Full Armor 
86	Marcel Dettmann - Throb 
87	Planetary Assault System - Dungeon 
88	Joy Orbison x  Overmono - Bromley 
89	PVNV  - Default  
90	Antigone - And When The Sky Was Opened	A
91	AWB	 - Ecliptic (Antigone x Shlømo remix) 
92	Developer - In Pure Form 19 
93	Cio D'Or - Tomorrow Was Yesterday
94	Closer Muzik - One Two Three (Quelza Reaktor Unreleased Remix)	
95	DVS1 - Delta Wave 
96	Marcel Dettmann - Music is Playing
97	Tiga	 - Easy
98	James Ruskin - Time & Place	J
99	Rove Ranger - Seventh Wave 
100	Quelza - Unreleased 
101	Robert Hood - The Greatest Dancer 
102	UVB - Cardiff Luv (
103	Underworld - Born Slippy 
104	Laurent Garnier - The Man With The Red Face	
105	UR - Transition (Accapella)	 FINAL

Quelza @ Tresor Berlin 10.06.2022 I 5 Hours Closing

Today marks the 10th anniversary of what will probably be my favourite ever Plex party - PCM2. 

So please sit back (or pump your fists in the air) and enjoy an hour live set from the immense Ugandan Methods AKA Regis and Ancient Methods. 

It was only the second time they performed live under this moniker with the first being in Berlin a few months previously.

This will be the beginning of a series of archival releases from the Plex vaults which will include DJ & live sets from all of our parties between 2006-2018. They are recordings straight from the desk and bar editing have had minimal treatment applied to keep them as true to the way they sounded when initially performed on the night.

PCM2 - [02.11.12] - RM1 [Plex]

[PLEX ARCHIVES #01] - Ugandan Methods - Live - [02.11.12]

What can be said that hasn't already been about Karl O'Connor? A total legend  in the game and we had a lot of fun welcoming him back to play a solo set for Plex after previously appearing with Function as Sandwell District a few years back. This was his 2nd set of the night having played earlier this very same evening alongside Ancient Methods as Ugandan Methods.

This one was a 5am madness with a super receptive crowd and a lot of mic action from the main man Regis. He had the crowd eating out of his hand the whole way through as only Karl knows how. One of THE best sets we ever had the privilege of having on at Plex.

[PLEX ARCHIVES #15] - Regis - Live - [02.11.12]

JakoJako at Ratherlost NYD 01.01.23  Lofi Amsterdam

For our 3rd Plex Basement sessions back in 2013 we welcomed someone I had been desperate to book ever since seeing him play under his Sutekh guise at Sonar 2001, step forward Rrose.

This series of events saw us promote the night without announcing any headliners who were playing, a risky strategy in the cut throat world of London promoting at the time but in all honesty it worked and we sold out all 4 of the parties we did in 2013 pretty quickly. I guess those that took a chance trusted in what we were doing and who we'd get on to play. 

Seth played an incredible 2hr set on the night, weaving together really deep atmospheric minimally driven techno and building it up nicely to a more heavier latter part of his set. Another personal favourite of mine.

PBS#3 - [21.06.13]

[PLEX ARCHIVES #20] - Rrose - [21.06.13]

In March 2014 we teamed up with London crew Oscillate Wildly and welcomed New York techno stalwarts The Bunker for a 2 room 3 crew collab affair.

It was an honour to welcome Sherard Ingram AKA DJ Stingray to this one and it completed a series we coined the "Drexciya effect' after previously having Ultradyne, Dopplereffekt & Arpanet play live at past parties. He did not disappoint.

Really digged this line-up at the time and it holds up well now 10 years later imo. Up until about an hour ago i thought we only had the main room audio for this party but it turns out we do indeed have room 2's as well which is great news as every set played on the night was great so I'm sure we'll see more sets put up from this one so stay tuned.

PLEX x OSCILLATE WILDLY - [08.03.14] - RM1 [Plex]

[PLEX ARCHIVES #25] - DJ Stingray - [08.03.14]

Live recording of my first all night long at Open Ground , located in Wuppertal , Germany.

One of the most memorable night I had in recent years , in a club that have making me feel at home right from the first time I performed there.

Hope you enjoy the 8 hours ride.

Open Ground

Quelza @ Open Ground I All Night Long l 19.05.2024

Australian producer Cousin warms up for his performance at Horst Festival's Moon Ra stage.

01 - AACSIN EP - SProc

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