Purelink with Mika OkiUS+BE
Formed around a shared love of multilayered motifs and early aughts electronica, Brooklyn-based trio Purelink are ambient’s response to the basement jam band. Taking to their laptops in 2020, the Chicago-formed group forged their atmospheric dub-rinsed sound from the remnants of the ‘90s clicks and cuts era, merging influences ranging from the speaker-knocking thrum of contemporary bass music to the aqueous swirls of classic chillout IDM.
Impressionistic in approach, their productions shift between idyllic, emotionally translucent terrain and ambiguous hypnopompic haze, leveling out somewhere in the subdued, pensive in-between. Echoes of Chicago post-rock dapple their sound, with resonant, light-drenched chords and weighty, saturated drums shimmering in the delicate sparkle of their diffuse, noise-padded scapes.
Off the success of their 2023 album Signs, the trio followed up with 2025’s Faith, a concise tableau of focused downtempo rhythms, consonant bass-plucks, and warm electro-acoustic timbres. Cut through with vocals from Hyperdub’s Loraine James and poet Angelina Nonaj, the album expanded the group’s sonic sensibility into a new domain.
Mika Oki is a Brussels-based polymath of the arts. Her journey as a visual artist, DJ, and producer has been marked by an exploration of intangible spaces and emotional landscapes, manifested through A/V installations, music compositions, and captivating mixes in which she employs abstract sound textures and kinetic visuals to orchestrate mind-bending experiences.
Purelink with Mika Oki
Live A/V | North American premiere
Brooklyn-via-Chicago trio Purelink and visual artist Mika Oki join forces for the North American premiere of a new audio-visual collaboration. Starting in slow, the performance gradually locks into a cohesive whole as Purelink's dubbed ambiance, experimental rhythms, and atmospheric electronica dissolve into the glow of Oki's hazy, incandescent visual universe.
