machìnaKR/JP
Image Credit: James Oliver
Between introspection and collective energy, machìna composes shifting soundscapes where modular improvisations and pristine vocals meet. Based between Tokyo and Berlin, the South Korean artist draws on a background in classical vocal training and a deep love of jazz to create music that feels both deliberate and playful.
Since emerging as a solo artist, machìna has expanded her practice into multimedia performance and live modular techno, culminating in her 2023 tour with Richie Hawtin’s From Our Minds project. Her live sets, built around Action — a series of dance tracks exploring the interplay of rhythm and sound — bring a tactile sense of movement to the dancefloor.
Outside the club, machìna’s sound resonates through fashion and art worlds alike, with tracks like Respect and choom featured in campaigns for Miu Miu and Nike. Collaborations with Prada, Vans, Shiseido, and Red Bull Music reflect her ability to blur boundaries, moving fluidly from expansive ambient to sharp, driving techno. Now, following the completion of Action, machìna continues to explore new dimensions of sound, space, and physicality as she builds her next full-length release.
machìna — Action
Live | North-American Premiere
With Action, machìna strips techno down to its core: the pure interplay of rhythm and sound. Built live with just a drum machine and her voice, each set explores the abstraction of simple beats and layered percussion. Fluid and minimal, the performance adapts in real-time to the energy of the room—live music made for dancing, anywhere.
Who
machìna is a Korean artist based between Tokyo and Berlin, crafting fluid live techno performances from voice and drum machine.
Labels
Unknown To The Unknown
Latest
Action (2024)
Trusted EP (Unknown To The Unknown, 2022)
Compass Point (2021)
Willow (2019)
archipelago (2019)
More
machìna first came to prominence in 2010 under the pseudonym Apple Girl, thanks to two videos in which she reprised Beyoncé and Lady Gaga songs using only iPhone apps as instruments.
Links
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