The Swiss-Nepalese experimental producer Aïsha Devi tackles the 21st century’s dark themes through complex post-rave compositions. She is known for her magnetic and apocalyptic live shows, often featuring mesmerizing visuals. The world began to take notice of her in 2013 when she co-founded the independent electronic label collective Danse Noire and released her debut EP “Aura 4 Everyone” on the same label. Since then, Devi has gained particular acclaim with her critically praised album “DNA Feelings” (Houndstooth, 2018), which channels themes such as technology, history, and spirituality into a 40-minute odyssey of swirling synths, delicate strings, and Devi’s distinctive siren-like vocals. Aïsha Devi’s latest album “Death Is Home” (2023), despite its dystopian undertones, is her most accessible work to date.
Aïsha Devi’s magnetic presence and deconstructed audiovisual live shows have brought her to festivals such as CTM, Mutek, Unsound, Boiler Room, and many others over the years. She is known for her mixes for Resident Advisor, FACT, NTS, BBC Radio, and Mixmag, and has maintained an exciting interdisciplinary approach to her music through collaborations with performance artists and visual artists like Tianzhuo Chen and the Asian Dope Boys collective. She has also recently composed for and performed with the BBC Concert Orchestra at London’s Queen Elizabeth Music Hall. Aïsha Devi is equally captivating and enthralling when performing solo. We witnessed this ourselves when she played to a packed ALICE in 2019, filling the venue with her fascinating universe. Now she finally returns to Nørrebro this October.
Soli City
Soli City a.k.a artist and composer Harald Bjørn, explores the relationship between tradition and technology through an interdisciplinary approach. The music combines synthetic voices, classical instruments, and radical collage techniques, creating a soundscape that reflects our complex digital reality. Audiences can expect a captivating mix of modern culture and technology, where soundscapes move between joy and sorrow while commenting on humanity’s place in a technological world.