Space Afrika present: Quiet Storm
Volksbühne, Berlin
Thu 22 Oct 2026 · 8:30pm → 10pm · 2 hours
24 € · 18+ ·
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Who’s playing3 artists
In the order the promoter lists them.
- Space Afrika
- Baparifirst Berlin night here
- Nardus Williams
Set times not published.
The electronic music duo Space Afrika has been working towards the latter for years. With Quiet Storm, Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang present their most ambitious studio album to date, on release this September on Dais Records. Produced between Manchester, Berlin, and with a wide network of contributors, the sound shifts between ambient, soul, trip-hop, contemporary composition, and the lingering echoes of Black musical traditions, without ever settling into any one genre. What emerges are interstices, intricate arrangements composed of voices, bass sounds, silences and memories.
The release show featuring special guests, like the British Sopranist Nardus Williams and the Artist Bapari, will present Quiet Storm live at Berlin’s Volksbühne in a world premiere.
from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor
Who they are
“With their slow-stepping, spacious urban dubscapes, Space Afrika harness ambient, Detroit techno and shades of early nineties Sheffield with a fresh and open approach to composition — this is dub techno stripped-down, sealed in a time capsule and sent back from the near future.”
their own biography
the whole biography
With their slow-stepping, spacious urban dubscapes, Space Afrika harness ambient, Detroit techno and shades of early nineties Sheffield with a fresh and open approach to composition — this is dub techno stripped-down, sealed in a time capsule and sent back from the near future. Driving, echo-laden deep beats form the bed for a heavily subaquatic sound palette with undercurrents of cybernetic dread. Friends for almost 2 decades, the two Joshuas formed Space Afrika after years of listening to music together, sequestered by harsh Northern winters. Heavily inspired by the industrial architecture of Northwest England and notions of travel, their sonic framework evokes images of rust and disintegrating concrete, and sensations of movement and redemption — exuding a distorted analogue soul offering escape into their overcast skies. Closely associated with Brighton/London label, Where to Now?, who slink along a vintage axis of post-punk, On-U Sound, minimal and no wave influences, Space Afrika's diverse and creative radio shows (notably their residencies on NTS and Reform Radio) also display a breadth of curiosities in experimental and avant-garde music, old and new.Their RA profile lists Where To Now?, Dais Records and Sferic.Recently at Neue Nationalgalerie, Haus der Visionäre, MONOM · often with Dopplereffekt, Hildur Guðnadóttir, upsammy, none of them here on Thursday
“j@pluralartistmanagement.com Bapari is a musical force known for their heady dance tracks, cheekily disruptive pop edits, and hard-hitting DJ sets that blend techno, jungle, garage, club, hip-hop, and IDM in unexpected ways.”
their own biography
the whole biography
j@pluralartistmanagement.com Bapari is a musical force known for their heady dance tracks, cheekily disruptive pop edits, and hard-hitting DJ sets that blend techno, jungle, garage, club, hip-hop, and IDM in unexpected ways. A Grammy-award winning producer for their work on Eusexua by FKA twig's, Bapari pushes experimentation within electronic music to the edge, exploring all outcomes, from unique underground club tracks to evocative sonic landscapes. Bapari’s most recent project “Evermore” (Halcyon Veil, 2025) saw them pick up the mic and live guitar, featuring Ari’s hauntingly original vocals for the first time while exploring ‘90s influences of shoegaze, trip hop, and R&B. Born in Los Angeles to Haitian immigrants, Bapari found their way into music as a DJ in downtown LA’s underground party scene in the mid-2010s. Since then, They have released four EPs; collaborated with FKA Twigs, Eartheater, Kelsey Lu, Lolahol, and more; opened for Steve Lacy in Australia and Japan; and toured extensively as a DJ in North America, Europe, and Asia. Their work has been featured in DJ mag, Mixmag, Highsnobiety, Interview, Flaunt, Dancewax, and Resident Advisor, which named their 2021 track “Daybreak” a best-of-the-year. Touring highlights include headlining Boiler Room five times; festival appearances at Sonic Acts, Dweller, and Primavera; museum shows at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London) and MoCA (Los Angeles); and club nights at Knockdown Center (NYC), Tresor (Berlin), Parkingstone (Paris), Mitsuki (Tokyo), Le Fag (Melbourne), Spiritual Sauna (Milan), TUNNEL (LA), and many more. Bapari has shared lineups with artists like Shygirl, Yves Tumor, LSDXOXO, and horsegiirL. Their music has been featured in campaigns for the fashion brands YSL Beauty, Melissa Shoes, I.AM.GIA, Barragán, Marshall Columbia, and Wildfang; the smart ring company Oura; and the NFT platform Foundation. They have created soundtracks for designers No Sesso and Helena Eisenhart for New York Fashion Week presentationsAvantgarde on 3, Techno on 3, Alt-Pop on 2 and Dance-pop on 2. styles on their catalogued releasesTheir RA profile lists Halcyon Veil and Naafi.often with Miss Parker, Sevyn 0000, Memphy, none of them here on Thursday
names these artists often play with — not on Thursday
- Memphy5 with Bapari
- Sevyn 00005 with Bapari
- Miss Parker3 with Bapari
- DJ Bone2 with Bapari
- Dopplereffekt2 with Space Afrika
- Kevin Aviance2 with Bapari
- Mister Wallace2 with Bapari
- Mutagenix2 with Bapari
The room
Volksbühne — 11 events and 57 distinct artists since Oct 2025.
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how this one is connected
- Sarah Davachi — RA tags both listings ambient — and that one also experimental.