“JakoJako is able to satisfy the introverted sound connoisseurship of the avant-garde (as well) as their music is as extroverted as it is introverted: You won’t find another artist in contemporary pop who is as confident and inventive.” – Jens Balzer (Die Zeit)
Berlin based modular synthesist and DJ JakoJako (aka Sibel Koçer) has released her new Segmente EP today on NovaMute, ahead of a busy summer of dates that includes Junction 2 festival in London on Sat 27 July – full details below.
All four tracks on the EP originated in her live show. They are, she explains, “Berghain tested and approved!”, which gives Segmente a propulsive urgency imbued with her distinct take, described by RA as “fragile techno written in the key of wonder”.
Koçer’s passion for electronics began with an urge to play with sound, and a desire to learn more about the world of modular systems and patch cables. Her meticulous studies soon progressed into performing regular live sets in Berlin, a Berghain Residency and a position at Berlin electronic music institution, SchneidersLaden.
In recent years, her success as a performer has grown steadily, and she has also been involved in several motion sensor dance projects with dancers at Superbooth and Kraftwerk Berlin, has performed at the Royal Albert Hall with Bonobo, and at the Barbican in London with an improvised ‘Circle Of Live’ performance that featured dance and a specially commissioned art installation.
The new EP follows the Verve EP, her debut for Mute, a full length album, Metamorphos (2022, Bigamo) and her collaboration with Rødhåd, In Vere (2022, WSNWG), both of which came hot on the heels of two blistering remixes for Mute – New Order’s Be A Rebel and Martin Gore’s Vervet.
JAKOJAKO – SEGMENTE EP
JAKOJAKO DATES
- JAKOJAKO DATES
- 26 July – 2Nature at Parco Nazionale de Cilento (IT)
- 27 July – Junction 2 Festival (UK)
- 28 July – Äiniwalli (FI)
- 2 Aug – Whole Festival (DE)
- 11 Aug – Paradigm Festival (NL)
- 17 Aug – Ratherlost at Lofi (NL)
- 30 Aug – Station Nuage (FR)
- 31 Aug – Doel Festival (BE)
- 7 Sep – Draaimolen Festival (NL)
- 14 Sep – Smut Athens (GR)
- 20 Sep – Klub K4 (SI)
- 27 Sep – Berghain, Berlin (DE)
- 6 Oct – Berghain, Berlin (DE)
- 12 Oct – C12, Brussels (BE)
- 19 Oct – Closer at Amelia, Milan (IT)
- 26 Oct – Laster Club, Madrid (ES)
- 1 Nov – Tribalism, Paris (FR)
- 2 Nov – Fabric, London (UK)
- 6 Nov – University of York (UK)
- 7 Nov – La Casita at OHM, Berlin (DE)
- 9 Nov – Schotty, Cologne (DE)
- 22 Nov – Boiler Room, Frankfurt (DE)
- 30 Nov – Ploegendienst festival, Breda (NL)
