Nkisi
NKISI
Nkisi, whose real name is Melika Ngombe Kolongo, is a Belgian producer and DJ with Congolese roots who has been living in London for several years. Her tracks are an infectious mix of Congolese rhythms, Belgian hardcore and gabberhouse. Dark, trance-like synths and uptempo beats for a new generation. Nkisi’s music is suffused with an anti-conformist punk spirit and questions the spiritual status quo in politics and on the dancefloor.
In 2015, she, Chino Amobi and Angel-Ho founded the project NON, a collective of African diaspora artists using sound as their main medium. NON is an experimental electronica label, a radical art project fighting the oppression of black culture, and a social network. Their endgame? To decolonise dancefloors around the world.
In 2018, during THE MAY EVENTS, she curated an evening with acts from her own NON label. She also made several guest appearances as DJ or live act (with Moor Mother, Kasai Allstars, and others), taught masterclasses to students at KASK School of Arts and collaborated with British-Ugandese electronica ensemble Nihiloxica. In February 2019, Nkisi curated the musical component of SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT, with a new live project.