Soundit Plaza: Eris Drew b2b Octo Octa, Courtesy
By Kit Macdonald
Eris Drew and Octo Octa were influential figures in the electronic music scene for many years before teaming up, as a couple, a production duo and as DJ partners, a development that has led to a lot of great production work and blistering b2b DJ sets that touch on techno, house, breaks and rave, and all points in between.
Also playing at this instalment of Soundit is Najaaraq Vestbirk, aka Courtesy, the Greenland-born Danish DJ who has done more than anyone to push Copenhagen's ever-fertile fast techno scene. For some years Vestbirk was solely a DJ, but she has made a highly successful move into production in recent years, concentrating on beatless ambient work in the shape of her Night Journeys series before moving into dance floor-focused music more recently, notably via her excellent intimate yell LP, which was released on Against Interpretation at the tail end of October.
It'll be worth getting down to Monumental early to catch ISAbella, the Barcelona-based Colombian DJ, producer and co-founder of the celebrated LGBTQ+ party, platform and collective MARICAS. Jhort completes the bill.