Guava

& ASA 808

05/08/202319:00
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Bradley Hutchings, Guava, is a British producer, composer, multi-instrument performer, and DJ based in Berlin (Germany) who has played at Abbey Road Studio 2, BBC Maida Vale, Hammersmith Apollo, The Roundhouse, and Green Man Festival. Known for his prolific productions over the last few years, he has had previous dance records on Martyn's label 3024, Rhythm Section, Banoffee Pies Records, Control Freak, Holding Hands, Tread Records, and Nick Hoeppner's imprint 'Touch From a Distance'. Already slated for 2023 is an EP for Kassian's label Faux Poly as well as his brand new label 'Guava Noise', which will be his new home for his more diverse Electronica sounds, and where he has a forthcoming anthem single 'Always There' plus his debut LP which is set to be released before the end of 2023.

Asa started making music at the age of six, first learning classical piano and guitar (despite being seen unfit by some peers due to a heredofamilial essential tremor), later specializing in music theory and composition, jazz and improvisation. As a teenager, the non-binary artist released a 5 track EP with their first solo project Hasta la otra méxico!, of which especially 'Túrána hott kurdís' attracted a lot of attention, hitting almost 1 million views on vimeo & youtube.

Driven by their love for electronic music, Asa started producing and DJing as ASA 808, releasing on George FitzGerald's ManMakeMusic, Soundspace, Blank, Yarn Audio and their own TOYS imprint and playing in venues such as ://about Blank, Tresor, Ritter Butzke, Le Java (Paris), Lehmann (Stuttgart), B90 (Gdansk), Corvin Club (Budapest), Menagerie (Belfast), Gewölbe (Cologne), Karlstorbahnhof (Heidelberg), Bahnwärter Thiel (Munich) & Baalsaal (Hamburg). Pushing the boundaries of techno, house and bass elements, ASA 808 combines classical instruments with analogue synths and drum machines.

Featuring DJs such as Ada, Avalon Emerson, Breach, Christian Löffler, Dark Sky, Dauwd, Ejeca, Elkka, Frits Wentink, Glenn Astro, Huxley, Lando, Locked Groove, Lxury, Mike Dehnert, Moomin, Redshape, The Golden Filter, Throwing Snow, Tom Demac, Trikk, Will Saul, xxxy & Youandewan, ASA 808’s queer TOYS parties in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Düsseldorf have become a must go for all lovers of forward-thinking electronic music in Germany.

Bradley Hutchings is a session guitarist and composer based in Neukölln (Berlin). As a touring musician, with bands such as Malena Zavala and LION. Under his alias, Guava, Bradley's released records on Control Freak, Holding Hands, Tread Records and Nick Hoeppner's imprint 'Touch From a Distance'.