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Akouo
Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic
Region: North East Tasmania, TAS
Members: Akouo (ah-koo-oh)
Sounds Like: Copperpot, dj shadow, No I.D.
Influences: Jurassic 5, Marco Polo, Pete Rock
Artist Website: www.akouo.com.au

Unearthed Artists We Like: Crytearia , Unleash the Nugget , Chance Waters , Ta-ku , Dunn D , Alta , Coin Banks


Tasmanian native Akouo (pronounced “ak-oo-oh”) breaks the mould of the conventional music producer/DJ, binding himself to no singular genre - instead he embraces the worldwide musical offerings of many cultures.

As a music producer, Akouo has made contributions to the Australian hip hop genre as a member of groups JNA (Javs & Akouo) and Letters To The Sun (Coin & Akouo), and both his 2008 debut hip hop album Outwit The Muscle and his 2013 instrumental future hip hop EP Above & Beyond received a healthy run of airplay on Australian radio. Akouo has also laid the backing production for artists such as Phatchance (aka Chance Waters), 360, Moka Only (Can), Class A, Chad Hatcher (Can), Von Pea (US), 20Syl (Fra), Elf Tranzporter among a range of others.

As a DJ, over ten years behind a set of turntables has inbuilt a diverse taste and helped Akouo develop an arsenal of music with a central tendency around hip hop, neo-soul, future beats, funky breaks, and dirty bass music. Akouo has performed at Falls Festival, Marion Bay and Soundscape Festival in Hobart, and has been billed alongside artists such as Beatnuts, Classified, Oddisee, Ugly Duckling, DOOM, DJ Premier, Marco Polo, Masta Ace + Edo G, Bliss n Eso, Koolism, Funkoars and DJ Dexter, to name a few.

Recently, Akouo's remix of Flume's 'Bring You Down feat. George Maple' received viral success with over 30,000 plays on Soundcloud in it's first week as well as hitting #8 on the most popular Hype Machine charts. His collaborative, Obese Records distributed album with Perth rapper Coin titled Letters To The Sun charted in the Top 200 Urban iTunes bestselling releases in March in Poland, France and Australia (#53, #112, #109 respectively).

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Hollow Howl
rating:  4/5
Damn this is a stunner. Akouo needs to be heard.
triplej



Above & Beyond
rating:  4/5
Loving this beat and the sound of that snare. This grooves along so nicely.
triplej



Above & Beyond
rating:  4/5
I've always enjoyed Akouo's work. He has a great ear for sampling and rhythm, and by listening to this here, a great understanding of instrumentation...
triplej



Above & Beyond
rating:  4/5
It's Friday, everyone's knocked off for the day and I'm at my desk earbuds in, gleefully nodding away to this. Feels so snap crisp!
triplej


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