Weaving a thread between IDM, bass and broken techno, Nikki Tesla’s leftfield selections play with the space between familiarity and the unexpected. Arriving at her experimental sound after a decade on the scene, Tesla’s Birmingham roots interlace with a love of ambient soundscapes to form a winding fabric of bass-heavy rollers. Describing her sound as somewhere between swamp-squelch and percussive groove, and with influences including Yushh, Salamanda, Ana Roxanne and upsammy, Tesla’s mixes intricately straddle the dancefloor and listening party. 

💕 Using her platform as a radio host on Soho Radio and Community Director for female and gender minority collective Selextorhood, she actively addresses the deep-rooted gender imbalances prevalent throughout the electronic music scene. By championing music by gender minority artists across the shows she creates, she brings new meaning to the art of crate digging; giving a voice to lesser-heard artists within the scene.

After learning to mix on borrowed turntables, Tesla continues to add to her set-up, using her background as a vocalist to throw down live vocals over her sets. It’s no surprise that in addition to her regular Soho Radio residency, she’s earned slots on Radio 1, HOR, foundation.fm, and Reprezent, as well as playing for the Commonwealth Games, and parties including Keep Hush and Holding Hands. 

As Tesla continues to grow, she’s well poised to lead herself and a new wave of hopeful artists into a brighter future, compelling the tide that shifts towards a fairer, more equal society and music industry.

Soho Radio || Nikki Tesla 02.2024

📻 resident @sohoradio
✨ community director @selextorhood

~~upcoming
29 mar ~ Selextorhood, Number 90 LDN
5 apr ~ Twisted w/ Amor Satyr, Venue MOT LDN

~~past
29 oct ~ Moko Tottenham LDN
22 jul ~ Selextorhood, Number 90 LDN
12 may ~ Shadow City, The Rainbow BHX 
7 may ~ Selextorhood x BEAM, Number 90
5 may ~ Selextorhood, Cafe Artum BHX
30 apr ~ Erbium, Hare & Hounds BHX
20 apr ~ Soho Radio x Ballantines LDN
15 apr ~ GEM & friends, Ton of Brix LDN
15 apr ~ Fools in a Row, Bar a Bar LDN
14 apr ~ Nursery audio, Loki LDN
1 apr ~ Selextorhood, Number 90
28 jan ~ Special Belnds, Pickle Factory LDN
30 dec ~ Selextorhood, Jumbi LDN
29 oct ~ HOR, BER
21 oct ~ Eminent, Hare & Hounds BHX
21 oct ~ Fierce Festival, BHX
15 oct ~ High Key, Suki10c BHX
19 aug ~ Otherlands festival
12 aug ~ Voyage, Hare & Hounds BHX
aug ~ Commonwealth Games
30 jul ~ MADE festival, BHX
23 jul ~ re:cord w/ Pinder, BHX
2 jul ~ Morse audio, Waiting Room LDN
25 jun ~ Terrace, The Mill BHX
21 may ~ Re:cord w/ Dr Banana, The Mill BHX
1 may ~ Keep Hush, Queens Yard Summer Party
25 mar ~ Bad Girls, Zumhoff BHX
5 mar ~ Jaguar Shoes, LDN
28 jan ~ Lab 11 BHX
26 dec ~ 02:30, Lab 11 BHX
13 nov ~ Mission live stream, LDN
23 oct ~ Weird Science w/ Mall Grab, The Mill LDN
22 oct ~ Addison Groove, Suki10c BHX
2 oct ~ 02:31, Lab11 BHX
1 oct ~ Good life, Blackbox BHX
1 oct ~ Weird science w/ Dennis Sulta, BHX
17 sept ~ Relay, Blackbox BHX
3 sept ~ Fly By Night, Blackbox, BHX
19 aug ~ We Out Here Festival
14 aug ~ Keep Hush Day Festival, The Cause LDN
6 aug ~ Voyage, Hare & Hounds BHX
24 jul ~ Amelie Lens, Blackbox, BHX
10 jul ~ 02:31, Lab11 BHX
9 jul ~ Voyage, Hare & Hounds BHX
18 jul ~ Spin City, Leeds
4 jun ~ Selextorhood, Deadwax BHX

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