Bookings contact 
alanportable@gmail.com


Portable AKA Bodycode has been in motion his whole life—growing up in South Africa, coming of age in London, decamping to Lisbon and finally settling in Berlin—and his deeply syncopated brand of electronic dance music has evolved with every step of the journey. 

His formative years were spent in an impoverished Cape Town township ironically tagged “Beverly Hills”, and to the backbeat of the first wave of Chicago house records he emerged out of the ruins of a post-apartheid South Africa. Inspired musically, yet frustrated geographically, he relocated to London in 1997.

In London, he  began recording as Portable, the experimental, atmospheric project that acts a living link between the indigenous sounds of his youth, and those first records whose futuristic aesthetic broadened his horizons. He founded the Süd Electronic label with his partner Lerato and released a string of 12" releases. A succession of full-length albums followed - Cycling and Futuristic Experiments #005 on Background, Version on ~scape records, and the Powers of Ten for Süd Electronic in 2007. A rich and expansive record, Powers of Ten further explored his African heritage through a new lexicon of sonic influences, acquired from his time in Portugal.

Upon moving to Lisbon, he conceived of Bodycode, a more dancefloor-centric project that complements Portable’s headier textures with a more body-moving aesthetic.  As Bodycode, he  harnesses his desire to “unlock the psyche via the body,” layering tech-funk with wisps of melody, heady effects, and a liberal wash of otherworldly vocal samples. Somewhere between the beats for the body and melody for the soul, Abrahams believes, lies the Bodycode. The result was Bodycode’s first full-length, The Conservation of Electric Charge, a whirlwind of percussive, multi-layered techno released on Spectral Sound in 2006. After a three-year absence, Abrahams resurrected the moniker for second Spectral full-length, 2009’s Immune, an intricately textured album of vocal-laced house. “I just felt it a good time for a warm, nurturing aesthetic,” says Abrahams of Bodycode’s shift in tone, “We need that right now.”

Started Dj-ing in 80s at indie gigs and then on pirate radio/tv station Network 21. Opened his first club in 1985, Toured as DJ with The Shamen, then signed with Rising High Records for the albums Flying High, Global Chillage. Joined up with Pete Namlook to record two albums as Dreamfish. Did two sessions for BBC's John Peel. Residencies at underground clubs like Lost and Megatripolis. Remixed Coldcut's Autumn Leaves which went on to become a classic. Played at Love Parade and Glastonbury festival throughout the 90s. 

Wrote for NME, Mixmag and i-D magazine, presented The Chill Out Zone on Kiss FM.Toured Europe, USA and Japan repeatedly, made mix CDs like The Morning After, Abstract Funk Theory, God Bless The Chilled. Signed with Ninja Tunes and made the album Its Tomorrow Already and singles Nepalese Bliss & Fish Dances. Got involved with the Big Chill at the very beginning in 1994 and played every year since for them. Appeared in the cult movie Modulations. Recorded an album in Japan with Jonah Sharp and Harry Hosono of YMO. Made a TV commercial, soundtracked a play on Radio 3 and remixed the Dr Who theme for the BBC. Talked about Brian Eno on C4. Moved his Nubient club to Big Chill Bar. Won Ibiza Chillout DJ of the year - twice. Did two mixes for Rob da Banks show on Radio 1. Remixed Anne Garner and 6th Sense. Made an Altermodern podcast for the Tate Britain.  2010 won Best Downtempo DJ again, and started new job running Apollo label as part of R+S...

■ RAHA, Tokyo, Japan (Facebook Artist Page)
https://www.facebook.com/RAHA-Tokyo-Japan-727923453927980/

■ Beat In Me
https://www.facebook.com/beatinme/

■ Release

・ Raha & K-Sobajima - AreYouSerious? EP [Beat In Me 001]  2020.03
A - AreYouSerious?
B - AreYouSerious? (Crihan Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/efd-tokyo/sets/raha-k-sobajima-areyouserious

・ Raha & K-Sobajima - Nine Months [Music Is Art 004]  2015.12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25sLmwpJ1cw

■ BLOG ー clubberia < ARTICLES < BLOG

・『IBIZA through RAHA's eye』
https://clubberia.com/ja/bloggers/150-raha-vol105/

・『RAHA’s thoughts』
https://clubberia.com/ja/bloggers/156-raha-thoughts-1/

■ BANANA Interview
http://bnana.jp/mags/raha-interview-banana-26112014

minimal | hypnotic | dub | electro | ambient

鏡民 【Kyomi】

東京最深部の最もドープで音楽的なダンスシーンを拠点に、全国様々な場所で活動するDJ。ジャンルの枠におさまらないエクスペリメンタルな選曲は、それぞれの空間と自身の感覚を通過して、実験的かつ快楽的なセットとしてダンスフロアに紡ぎ出される。
瞑想的なセットから熱狂をまとめ上げるような躍動的なセットまで、広い表現の幅の中で共通する独特のオルタナティブなシグニチャーサウンドで異世界へと誘う。

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kyomi_togashi/


Kyomi is a DJ based in Tokyo's underground psychedelic dance music scene which is connected to deep listening culture, active throughout Japan. Her music selections span across genres, creating a collective space of her senses, simultaneously experimental and hednistic DJ sets that flow on to the dance floor. Kyomi's range is wide, from deep meditative to dynamic and energetic sets, inviting the audience into her orbit with her unique and alternative signature sound.

founded 1989. offering a healing place for all dancers, dreamers, lovers and disbelievers. 

~~ upcoming shows

02.01. Nano, Amsterdam
03.01. La Station, Paris
17.01. Panorama Bar, Berlin
22.02. The Observatory, Saigon
01.03. Rasa, Singapore
05.06. Primavera Festival, Barcelona
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