JakoJako marks Lunar New Yer with remixes by DJ Rolando
JAKOJAKO MARKS LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH TẾT 41 (REMIXES PT. 1)
TWO BRAND NEW REMIXES OF TRACKS TAKEN FROM HER ALBUM INSPIRED BY THE ATMOSPHERES OF VIETNAM – OUT NOW ON MUTE
FORTHCOMING DATES INCLUDE AN AMBIENT LIVE SET ON 21 MARCH AT HACKNEY CHURCH, WITH ALESSANDRO CORTINI
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[JakoJako, credit Katja Ruge]
“…the album is also a major creative leap forward, one that should solidify her place among some of electronic music’s most talented figures” – First Floor
“… enticing fusion of European technology and Southeast Asian soul” – Electronic Sound
“a feast of glistening arpeggios and lush modular textures, stripped back but full of expression and personality” – Juno
“…a dose of Pointillist electronics that utilises undulating synth work to craft a heady dose of electronic world-building” – Clash
JakoJako, Berlin-based modular synthesist Sibel Koçer, marks todays Lunar New Year with Tết 41 (Remixes, Pt.1), remixes by Rolando and Elin Piel of tracks from her latest album, Tết 41, out now limited-edition vinyl and digitally via Mute. Pt. 2 will follow next month, alongside an ambient live set at Hackney Church on 21 March, with fellow Mute artist Alessandro Cortini.
Taking its name from Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), Tết 41 – which catalogues her journey to Vietnam with her mother connecting with their heritage – uses a minimal modular set up and field recordings to create a unique and very personal work.
Detroit’s Rolando, former Underground Resistance member also known as The Aztec Mystic, takes on ‘Kumquat’’s bright searching melodies and polyrhythmic beats for the perfect introduction to Vietnam’s Lunar New Year, Kumquats being ubiquitous as a key symbol of the Tết celebration, said to bring prosperity and abundance.
[DJ Rolando, credit Nebojsa Medo Perkovic]
Gothenburg’s Elin Piel, who also appeared on last year’s JakoJako curated collection ‘Hardwired’, remixes ‘Ghi-Ta’. Named after a type of Vietnamese guitar that Sibel encountered on her trip, Piel explains, “What drew me to Ghi-Ta was the harmonies and the small changes in the repetitiveness. It was really fun to play around with the stems trying to find a pulse and create new patterns but still match the original vibe.”
[Elin Piel, credit Laimonis Brakss]
Tết 41 (Remixes, Pt.1) tracklisting (cat # ir1STUMM513)
Tết 41 is, in many ways, a distillation of ideas Koçer has been exploring for many years. Tapping into a deep understanding of machine-based music and illuminated by references to her heritage, the album reflects on notions of rebirth, and the pursuit of a sonic core. The album was created with a minimal hardware set up, and from this simplicity emerges some of her most expansive, unworldly compositions to date.
Koçer explains, “I wanted to collect the atmospheres of Vietnam, and strip it back to my language – electronic music. I don’t have huge ties to the traditions of my Vietnamese family, so being able to experience them with my mother, and then bring the Lunar Celebration – the colourful flowers, food and customs – back to Europe through music has helped me realise how important this side of my heritage is.”
A big part of her production process lies in searching for spontaneity, which was heightened during the creation of this album – on just a Eurorack and a Waldorf Iridium Core. Whilst normally she would have a computer to mix and arrange the record, the effects and sequencers of the gear became her tools. She expands; “The more you play with a single machine the more you get to know it. You’ll get muscle memory and play it more like an actual instrument, instead of treating it as a tool.”
Opening and closing with field recordings taken during the Lunar New Year celebrations, she uses the space in between to cast new frameworks, allowing melodic cycles to flow autonomously. Rhythmic fragments weave between analogue processing and harmonic distillations, swirling in organic cycles of warehouse maximalism and sonic minutiae that speak to the somatic and spectral in equal measure.
Engaged in a constant dialogue around the use of hardware in music, JakoJako’s artistic output is informed by the tension and release of techno, but ultimately propelled by ever-expanding forms and structures that play with the contours of the genre. A producer, live artist and DJ who has held a residency at Berghain whilst touring some of the world’s most respected electronic music institutions, she delves into the mathematical patterns of arpeggios and loops, locating kinetic energies that convert into moments of dancefloor catharsis.
Infinitely curious about the threads that connect different genres, as opposed to the rigidity of genre itself, Tết 41 is driven by a desire to document the potentials of analogue and modular synthesis, and to consider new contexts within which these could exist. It’s also a bold and generous vision of new sonic worlds.
JakoJako’s Tết 41 is out now on Mute on limited edition vinyl and digitally
Listen to / buy the album HERE
JakoJako’s Tết 41 (Cat # STUMM513)
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JakoJako DJ dates
20 Feb – Seville (ES), LA CASITA x Proyekt XYZ
21 Feb – Turin (IT), Azimut Club
28 Feb – Barcelona (ES), PRISM Input – High Fidelity Dance Club (RA Pick)
7 Mar – Leiden (NL), Laboratorium
14 Mar – Madrid (ES), Fabrik
21 Mar – London (UK), Hackney Church – supporting Alessandro Cortini
21 Mar – London (UK), Hackney Church – supporting Alessandro Cortini
29 Mar – Berlin (DE), Berghain
10 Apr – T’bilisi (GE), Bassiani
17 Apr – Amsterdam (NL), Lofi
18 Apr – Leipzig (DE), Distillery
7 May – Berlin (DE), Zenner
9 May – Milan (IT), Tempio del Futuro Perduto
10 Apr – T’bilisi (GE), Bassiani
17 Apr – Amsterdam (NL), Lofi
18 Apr – Leipzig (DE), Distillery
7 May – Berlin (DE), Zenner
9 May – Milan (IT), Tempio del Futuro Perduto
13 May – Lyon (FR), Nuits sonores 2026
16 May – Dortmund (DE), Tresor West
17 May – Halfweg (NL), Awakenings Upclose
23 May – Antwerp (BE), Klub Dramatik Festival
24 May – Berlin (DE), Berghain
29 May – Salzatal (DE), EXIT WELLNESS FESTIVAL
23 May – Antwerp (BE), Klub Dramatik Festival
24 May – Berlin (DE), Berghain
29 May – Salzatal (DE), EXIT WELLNESS FESTIVAL
6 Jun – The Hague (NL), The Crave Festival 2026
17 Jun – Igar (HU), DAAD Gathering 2026
24 Jun – Lubawka (PL), Last Dance – Las Festival
29 Jul – Amsterdam (NL), Dekmantel Festival 2026
RECENT PRAISE FOR JAKOJAKO
“Stunningly intricate techno from a modular master” – RA (feat. in Best Music of the Month)
“An early highlight of the year.” – HHV
“JakoJako is able to satisfy the introverted sound connoisseurship of the avant-garde (as well) as their music is as extroverted as it is introverted: You won’t find another artist in contemporary pop who is as confident and inventive.” – Jens Balzer (Die Zeit)
“…one of the city’s most sought-after electronic artists” – The Berliner
FURTHER VIEWING / LISTENING
RA interview
Section DJ set
The ND Project video interview
Electronic Beats TV One To Watch
FACT Patch Notes
Dekmantel podcast
InResidence video interview
Connect with JakoJako: JakoJako Instagram / JakoJako SoundCloud