ASA 808

Asa started making music at the age of six, first learning classical piano and guitar, later specializing in music theory and composition, jazz and improvisation. As a teenager, the non-binary artist released a 5 track EP with their first solo project Hasta la otra méxico!, of which especially 'Túrána hott kurdís' attracted a lot of attention, hitting almost 1 million views on vimeo & youtube. Driven by their love for electronic music, Asa started producing and DJing as ASA 808, releasing on George FitzGerald's MakeMusic, Soundspace, Blank, Yarn Audio and their own TOYS imprint and playing in venues such as Fusion Festival, Le Mazette, La station - gare des mines, Le Java (Paris), Tresor, ://about blank, Griessmuehle (Berlin), Lehmann, Climax Institute (Stuttgart), B90 (Gdansk), Corvin Club (Budapest), Menagerie (Belfast), Gewölbe (Cologne), Karlstorbahnhof (Heidelberg), Bahnwärter Thiel (Munich), Sass (Vienna), Macarena (Barcelona), Baalsaal (Hamburg) & Radio Radio (Amsterdam). Pushing the boundaries of techno, house and bass elements, ASA 808 combines classical instruments with analogue synths and drum machines. Featuring DJs such as Alinka, Avalon Emerson, Breach, Dark Sky, Dauwd, Elkka, Frits Wentink, Glenn Astro, Lea Occhi, Sam Goku, Trikk, Will Saul and Youandewan, ASA 808’s queer TOYS parties in Berlin, Amsterdam, Cologne, Hamburg and Düsseldorf have become a must go for all lovers of forward-thinking electronic music in Europe. ASA 808 appeared in the "Exzess Berlin" documentary about the Berlin club scene and among the "Best producers" and "Best Newcomers" in Groove Magazin's readers' poll of 2023. They have an ongoing residency on SWU.FM/RinseFM, a recent XLR8R podcast, GROOVE podcast, BBC 6 Music guest mix and album 'Boy, crush' (recently Groove Mag's #1 essential album) under their belt.