Get to know... Daksh
introducing our the first of our DJs for our 3rd birthday next Friday
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Ahead of our 3rd birthday next we sat down with our DJs to get to know them a little better and what to expect from their set next Friday, the first of whom is the wonderful Daksh.
We first came across Daksh via his guest mixes on NTS for Livwutangโs โFurniture without memoriesโ & Jon Kโs Peking Spring and were impressed with his ability to weave together a narrative.
Having heard him play in this space when we were invited to play at Sneaky Petes earlier this year, he blew us away with the comfortableness he clearly felt in that booth and room and his ability to create a groove whilst ever shifting and changing rhythms.
+ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ
Daksh (he/him), London
+ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ?
Even though I grew up in London, moving back has felt really different. I work at Ormside Projects which has been really eye-opening in terms of hearing music and meeting like-minded people. Iโm definitely enjoying that aspect of it a lot.
+ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต & ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ & ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ซ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?
When I was younger, a lot of my friends were going to these jungle warehouse parties, but I never went. I had this conception at the time that electronic music had less musicianship than other stuff that I liked at the time, artists like ESG or Fela Kuti. Over time that shifted as I discovered Livity / Hessle and other rabbit holes. With djing, I want to learn to play in the same way that people master an instrument - almost in rebuttal to my old way of thinking. Sometimes Iโve seen people play where it feels like their whole body is connected to the equipment. Thatโs the energy Iโm chasing. In terms of present influences, Iโve seen so much at Ormside from working and I really feel that has calibrated my senses as to what I like and what I donโt.
+ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต & ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ & ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ซ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ
Because itโs a residency with rolling dates, I think of each year as a season. Licensing means the line-up is always me plus one other person, and Iโm lucky to have regulars, so I really try to show them different facets of dance music with each booking. Through these parties, Iโve realised I like booking DJs who really focus on the craft of djing more than anything else, I think they often have a stronger relationship to the tracks that they play. The first time I booked Georgia (i-sha), my mind was opened to a whole world of unconventional dance music - tracks and styles that didnt abide to dance musicโs often very formulaic nature. My party was in its initial stages and it really made me realise what I wanted from it.
+ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ
Sex with Sun Ra Part 1 - Coil.
+ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค
โ Lure of the Fragment / Another Sound Suggests Itself - Lamin Fofana
+ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด
Visceral. Bass. Dream
Join us next Friday to see Daksh in action from 22:00 - 00:00 & celebrate our 3rd birthday together - advanced tickets are running v v low.
Daksh, Dj wiggles, Lena Willikens, i-sha & vida vojรญc
Ormside Projects 21st November
