Both of My Worlds is a journey through duality — living between Cambodia and Europe, tradition and modernity, introspection and movement. With Afro-House energy, hip-hop grooves, and Khmer-inspired sounds, it bridges cultures with emotion and rhythm. A track crafted for both the dancefloor and deep listening.

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Both Of My Worlds

DANTARES MCMXIII
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VANAJAK is an electronic grooves sculptor and dancer.
His music blends house, hip-hop, funk, techno and Asian textures into emotional and percussive journeys.
Born from movement. Built to move others.

VANAJAK is an artist whose electronic music draws from house, disco, hip-hop, funk, techno, and soul. His energy flows from groove, pulse, and the heritage of Black music, shaping a sound that is physical, deep, and open — a bridge between cultures, emotions, and worlds.

For him, music is first and foremost a space for sharing, communion, trance, and sometimes even spirituality. That’s what draws him in, what he seeks to express. A way to reconnect with the body, with rhythm, with the self — and perhaps with something greater.
To dance is to release, to recenter, and sometimes to begin an inner journey.

He began dancing hip-hop in 1997, practicing b-boying and funk styles (popping and locking). In parallel, he also worked as a hip-hop DJ in the early 2000s — an experience that nourished in him a deeper purpose: to transform energy into movement, to bring people together regardless of their background, and to guide them into a moment of transcendence, unity, something almost sacred.

He took part in several choreographic works across Europe, including with Jean-François Duroure’s company (2000–2001), before creating Drip Hop! (2011–2012) — a piece inspired by dripping and action painting, where dancers become living brushes, painting through movement.
In 2014, he joined the Into New Territories residency at École des Sables in Senegal, exploring the intersections between African traditional dance and hip-hop movement.

This rich and multifaceted journey — with only a few highlights mentioned here — continues to shape his music-making today: one of movement, breath, and letting go.

Today, under the name VANAJAK, he explores a singular musical path.
As an electronic grooves sculptor, he shapes his sound like a rhythm carved by hand, by heart, and through listening.
The name is a fusion of “Vana”, his personal nickname, and “Anajak”, the Khmer word for “kingdom”. Together, they form the sonic kingdom of VANAJAK — an intimate realm where rhythm becomes memory, breath, and vibration.

His aim remains the same: to make people dance, to travel, and to escape.
To travel in order to discover others, but also to discover oneself.
With each track, he offers a breath of air in a world that too often spins out of control — a moment suspended, alive, and shared.

🎧 Music is my medicine. Dance is my therapy.