It would seem as if Amsterdam-based DJ, producer, and above-all, Rwina Records overlord Chafik Chennouf better known as Akka has the Midas Touch, because everything he touches turns to, if not gold, brilliantly neon explosions of colour and exuberance.
After moving away from involvement in the Conflict nights at Amsterdams legendary Melkweg, Akkachar founded Rwina, which pretty much nailed it from the beginning: cherry-picking Starkey for the labels debut, he nailed down a lasting connection with an inspiring artist and an association with a DJ who would quickly become an international sensation in the bass music scene. Releases like Starkey s -Just a Million- and especially -Rain City- put the label in 2009 on the map, both locally and internationally. Other releases came from grime godfather and legend Terror Danjah, EPs from the UKs hottest and most experimental new wave of grime producers in Swindle and SRC, and sludgy beats contortions from L.A.s EPROM.

His sets are loaded with dubplates from the scenes hottest (or up-and- coming slow-burning) producers, and he always delivers the dancefloor gold, because after all, he does have the Midas Touch. Akka is playing next to Evian Christ, Lorn, Holly Herndon and TCF on Friday May 1 at Korzo.