Asukaya Bailey has rarely met a DAW he did not like or get involved
with. He comes from a diverse background of Rastafarian Afro Caribbean roots and
culture to create music layered with deep electronic roots. You can hear clear the
influence of growing up surrounded by NYC’s Musical eclecticism and being a child of
the later 70’s whose ears and senses have survived enough scenes and sub genres to
fill an Encyclopedia from the 80’s to present day. In 2007 he founded Luminous
Velocity Productions / Recording studio in Brooklyn, NY, in which he’s recorded,
engineered, and produced music with people as diverse and celebrated as World
renowned percussionist Bashiri Johnson, the late great Ari Up (Slits) and Anna Ozawa
from the Slits, Coolie Ranks of Pilfers, Reggae Greats Milton Henry, Andy Bassford,
Larry Macdonald, Aswad Kefentse, and Ras Menelik, Kevin Ramsay and Malik Crumpler
forming the Cloak of Karasu, David Belqier and Little Everywhere, Phoenix and The
Shadow, Hip Hop Yoga pioneer David Williams, Akim Funk Buddha, Akinele, and vocalist
Rhiannon Catalyst. His work takes a variety of forms and entrepreneurial visions and
he’s a true community builder. Seeking the soul in the machine through its quirks
and glitches, and giving form to the wandering dream states he channels, he’s also a
documentarian, videographer and experimental artist, allowing creations to take on
life of their own for viewers and listeners and frequently messing with formerly
broken gear to find new sounds. He’s performed at Koncrete Jungle, in Times Square,
at Cannes in Paris, in LES Dive bars, for Brooklyn Sound systems, and many more
including the Harvestworks Collective which is near and dear to his heart and mad
scientist inclinations. His instruments may vary but for live sets his trusty
Machine and wit always help manifest the visions within.
