It all started with an urge to play with sound and a desire to know more. After several years buried in books, manuals, patch cables and messing with a DIY synth, JakoJako (real name Sibel Koçer) was playing her first live sets in Berlin, spending every spare cent on Eurorack modules. The passion soon became all-consuming. In 2017, she left her nursing career to work at Berlin’s synth shop institution SchneidersLaden, where she has been sharing her grasp of tools and techniques with the city’s music-making community ever since.

Her approach may seem studious but JakoJako uses this fluency in the language of sound to convey emotion. Each track is an experiment, with success based on the intensity of feeling it creates. Her EPs Aequilibration and Lux showcased this explorative mindset, with very different stylistic ideas tied together through emotive sound design, sharp production and a strong sense of melody.

JakoJako’s success as a producer and performer has grown rapidly, with two records on Leisure System that quickly sold out, remixes for New Order and Martin Gore and tracks on BPitch, Tresor and Figure. Her debut album Metamorphose on Bigamo earned critical acclaim and she also collaborated with Rødhåd on a new album In Vere on WSNWG. Alongside the release of her brand-new EP, Verve, 2023 was the year when her live shows and DJ performances came to the fore, with performances at leading festivals, including Dekmantel, Awakenings, Elevate, WHOLE, Nation of Gondwana and Stone Techno.