emkay (FI)
also plays New York City — 1 night
emkay, aka Maria Korkeila, is a Finnish DJ, producer and vocalist tracing the sensual edges of house, progressive, breaks and dub-laced electronics. Her sound is femme-forward, trippy, sassy and bouncy~ balancing a playful pulse with deeper undercurrents.
From upbeat, lip-glossed rollers to moody downtempo excursions, emkay teases the dancefloor with something intimate and slightly unhinged, where breathy bedroom vocals drift through sultry basslines and chrome-tinted percussion.
Beyond the club, emkay is also known as one third of downtempo trip-pop outfit trickpony, alongside Roza Terenzi and Mike Midnight. Specialising in stripped, subbed and dubbed new age pop collages– the trio released their first EP “Pillow Talk” in 2024, follow recently by “24/7 Heaven”, both released on Step Ball Chain. The supergroup played their debut lives at un:send and Miscellania in Australia in January, 2026, and are set to tour in Europe over the summer.
Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.
Records out on Craigie Knowes, OO Recordings, Planet Euphorique, Super Utu, Duality Trax, Radiant Love, Step Ball Chain, Post Sonics and Mind Controlled Rectifier. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
2026
- Wed 8 Jultrickpony pres. Artificial IllbienceKwia · their 2nd night
- Sun 5 Julmp3 w/ Saoirse, Trickpony (live), Ciel & MerveTBA · mp3 Berlin
2025 — 1 night
- Fri 12 Sep 2025Paper-Cuts presents Emkay, Mike Midnight, Paper-CutsKwia · first time · Paper-Cuts
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2025, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- KwiaSep 2025 – Jul 20262 nights
One of the 3 listings never named a room, and is not counted as one.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- Mike MidnightKwia ×2, an unnamed room ×1 · Sep 2025 – Jul 20263 nights
- Roza Terenzian unnamed room ×1, Kwia ×1 · Jul 20262 nights
The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography, the labels and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.