Moving onto our fifth release with a new up and comer, Akiko Kiyama who is making some serious noise with a slew of releases coming out on some of our favorite labels. Born and raised in Japan and now residing in Berlin to pursue her blossoming music career, Akiko presented us a monster of an EP with 5 tracks ranging from stripped down minimal funk to some mental abstract madness. The title is part myth, part story telling or maybe something she just made up but let us tell you that this feline doesn't play when it comes to stripped down machine funk.

Track Descriptions:

A1. Topaz - This crispy, bass heavy track with its subtle groove, creeps up on you once locked into a mix. Very heady and layered with the prefect amount of energy and funk with a touch of the dark. Save this for prime time and you won't be disappointed!

A2. Ruby - So as you might have noticed that with all our projects we invite our artists to take us that extra mile with an abstract ambient/intro/outro experimental track. Akiko presents a piece that exudes her heritage with an artistic sonic poetic track. As it builds up you can almost feel the wind and smell the air of the island.

B1. Peridot - To fill the pieces of the puzzle she presented this stripped down minimal monster of a track. You can almost picture the title coming into effect here with a cat creeping up and waiting for the kill, as the bass and all its elements build up to attack on the cerebral. All the necessary elements are here for a full on attack!

B2. Tiger Eye - We place a warning when using this track, as the bass can cause some serious mayhem on the floor. The cat has now become a Tiger and is on the prowl with an unforgiving groove. Look into the eye of the beast and you'll feel the infectious groove.