Below you can read about the Friday programme at turkis. The full festival programme can be found here

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OCTO OCTA

Dance music has often romanticized the idea of the anonymous artist who quietly lurks in the shadows, but Octo Octa (a.k.a. Maya Bouldry-Morrison) has no interest in hiding who she is. She’s an openly autobiographical artist, and one who’s eager to tell her story as a radical queer trans woman polyamorous witch.

The New Hampshire-based DJ, producer and live performer has been active for nearly a decade, but in recent years she’s leveled up, fueled by the rising tide of North America’s queer DJ scene, not to mention the success of her albums Where Are We Going? (2017) and Resonant Body (2019). Resonant Body was released on T4T LUV NRG, a label she runs alongside her romantic and DJ partner Eris Drew. The two can often be found going back-to-back in the booth, and together they’ve created a platform that actively celebrates trans love and visibility, along with the potent healing magic of the dancefloor.

House, techno and breakbeat are Octo Octa’s genres of choice, although these kinds of descriptors ultimately feel a bit clinical given the intensely personal nature of her music. Gravitating toward the ecstatic, the joyful and the openly emotional, it’s no wonder that Bouldy-Morrison’s uniquely uplifting vision has been enthusiastically welcomed on dancefloors around the globe. While her path—especially outside the club—has often been (and continues to be) challenging, it’s in dance music that Octo Octa has found connection, self-realization and true love. She’s got a story to tell, and it’s powerful.

Lyt til Octo OListen to Octo Octa here

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OM UNIT

As a producer and DJ, Om Unit’s persistent presence in an ever-changing musical landscape has solidified his place as a known electronic music innovator. Beginning this project in the late 00’s, the English producer has sought to challenge himself and his audience by going beyond the confines of typical genres and styles. In the process he has found success by striving for a more human approach to connecting styles of electronic music in unique and daring ways.

Ambient without stagnation, acid without nostalgia, and dub without formula. A play with electronic music and sound system culture filtered through a personal, refined gaze. For over fifteen years, Jim Coles has been messing around, tidying up, and deconstructing various club music genres, working with everything from footwork, jungle, dub, techno, and ambient. The references and history behind the music are always as important as the soundscape itself: from early releases under the alias Philip D Kick to releases on labels such as Metalheadz, Cosmic Bridge and, not least, collaborative projects with Martyn, TM404 and Deadbeat. With Acid Dub Studies, he delves into the fluid, repetitive and ritualistic aspects of acid and dub. The project has evolved through three different albums and countless live shows.