Abercrombie Pres. BASHKKA [DE] & JakoJako [DE]

JAKOJAKO [DE] BASHKKA [DE] Bashkka Reflecting the Turkish word for ‘different,’ BASHKKA’s name highlights her one-of-a-kind presence. Her sets, known for their daring and incisive flair, captivate audiences, while her advocacy for the cultural and political evolution of electronic music brings a revitalizing, forward-thinking energy to the scene. From her residencies at Amsterdam's Club RAUM, Munich’s Blitz Club or to her solid footing as a regular at Berghain’s Panorama Bar, BASHKKA’s sound exudes a powerful energy and rhythm that you have to move your body to. Irreversibly shaped by a decade in New York City—a place she describes as her rebirth—this period has been pivotal to BASHKKA’s creative and personal development. In a city where cultures intersect, diversity thrives, and LGBTQIA+ history is sacred, the impact on her artistry has been profound. Outside the DJ booth, the Munich-born and raised artist’s resolute integrity fuels her activism and devotion to her community. Her passionate support for SWANA and queer voices, along with her tribute to dance music culture rooted in Black and Brown communities, redefines electronic music’s rebellious spirit for today’s nightlife. With her debut EP "Maktub" claiming the number one spot in 2023 and taking the music scene by storm, BASHKKA has firmly established herself as a trailblazing producer. Her ability to effortlessly fuse bold creativity with technical mastery is showcased in her collaboration as well as in her numerous cutting-edge remixes that don’t just resonate—they set the bar! JakoJako is committed to exploring the spaces that emerge between the technical and emotional sides of electronic music, fostering a relationship to sound that implements both rigorous knowledge and unrestrained intuition. Engaged in a constant dialogue around the use of hardware in music, JakoJako’s artistic output is informed by the tension and release of techno, but ultimately coloured by ever-expanding forms and structures that play with the contours of the genre. As a live performer and DJ, she searches for spontaneity amongst the mathematical patterns of arpeggios and loops, locating kinetic energies that convert into moments of dancefloor catharsis. A resident at Berghain, her multifaceted approach has taken her from some of the most respected electronic music festivals in the world - including Dekmantel, Awakenings, and Fusion - to institutions of great cultural significance like the Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican. Her album Têt 41 on Mute (April 2025) is an expansion on these core ideas. Rhythmic fragments weave between analogue processing and melodic distillations, swirling in organic cycles of warehouse maximalism and sonic minutiae that speak to the somatic and unworldly in equal measure. Recorded in Vietnam during the Tết Lunar New Year celebrations and made with a minimal hardware setup, the album taps into a deep understanding of machine-based music illuminated by references to her heritage, reflecting on notions of rebirth, and the pursuit of a sonic core. From this simplicity emerge some of her most expansive, unworldly compositions to date. Arrangements of sound that speak to both vastness and intimacy underscore her productions, which have landed releases on labels like Tresor, Mute and Leisure System, and remixes for New Order and Martin Gore, amongst others. Infinitely curious about the threads that connect different genres, as opposed to the rigidity of genre itself, her music is driven by a desire to document the potentials of analogue and modular synthesis, and to consider new contexts within which these could exist. This is reflected in her ongoing relationship with Berlin institution SchneidersLaden, where she worked for a number of years and continues to spend time regularly, engaging with new machines. She elaborates - “It's still important for me to go there; the exchange of knowledge and ideas is invaluable and I feel like I want to give back just something of what I got over the years”. Her curated compilation ‘Hardwired’ drew its conceptual foundation from synthesizer terminology. This metaphor of pre-established connections forms the emotional core of the compilation, celebrating the community of hardware enthusiasts who share an intuitive understanding and appreciation for machinebased music creation. Ultimately, it’s the raw feeling of sound that has sustained a lifelong obsession with its intricacies and processes, and the compulsion to search for new energies in m -- We pay our respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and acknowledge their custodianship of these lands and waters; their culture and language; and their elders - past, present and emerging. We invite Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in our community to this event, if they wish to come free of charge. There are an allocated amount of tickets so please email club@abercrombiehotel.com.au for enquiries.