KiiTAKA comes to Grow for the launch of her new single ‘The HEROINE.’, blending trip-hop, folk, broken beat, alt-rock and heavy electronics. Anwar Sattar closes with an original dubplate set of jungle, acid-electro and cinematic Middle Eastern sounds.
ABOUT THE EVENT
KiiTAKA is an emerging London-based alternative artist whose music sits somewhere between trip-hop, folk, live broken beat and nu metal. Her songwriting explores inner alchemy and reflects both her fascination with mysticism and ethereal cinematics as well as her love of gritty UK dance culture, alt-rock, and a tendency towards defiance.
Raised around the Dorset folk festival scene and influenced by her Portuguese heritage, KiiTAKA found an early connection to unapologetic folk writers and global-influenced harmony. She later developed a love for jungle, hip-hop and nu jazz through her live-electronic band as a late teen. Nowadays, her finger-picked guitar and otherworldly melodies collide with crackling 90s trip-hop, unforgiving guitar riffs and sporadic Amen breaks.
Formerly known as Kaia Vieira, KiiTAKA built her early London audience busking in Shoreditch and playing grassroots venues including Hootananny Brixton and The Troubadour. She has since released two EPs and collaborated with artists including Ronnie Scott’s resident alt-jazz drummer Creature. and renowned DnB producer Bladerunner, whose remix of her single ‘Where Did You Go?’ has racked up almost 200k streams on Spotify.
Since those first releases, KiiTAKA’s continued fascination with the unusual has led her to a unique sound, drawing comparisons to WILLOW, Saya Gray, Jeff Buckley and Björk. In her upcoming self-produced single, ‘The HEROINE.’, KiiTAKA emerges as an outspoken storyteller backed by a live alt-rock band, topped with left-field electronics. She brings this world to the stage for its London launch: heavy, cinematic and rhythmically restless.
Closing the night with a post-band DJ support is Anwar Sattar, a London-born, Bristol-based jungle and acid-electro producer-composer with roots in music from around the globe. Best known for his work with festival and creative collective AnExperience, Anwar will close the night with an entirely original dubplate set from his own forthcoming label, fusing old skool jungle with cinematic Middle Eastern orchestration.
ENTRY INFORMATION
Doors 7pm
£5 + BF advance tickets via DICE
£7 on the door

