DJ akindo has been DJ'ing for nine years and has played in eleven countries (Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Belgium, Greece,
UK, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia), at more than 100 parties. He has played in places such as clubs (the biggest being SeOne, London), squats, and
outdoor parties in forests and fields. In the beginning of his career, akindo focused on psychedelic trance, playing
alongside well-known acts such as GMS, Grapes of Wrath, Kindzadza, Fungus Funk, Rinkadink, Aphid Moon, Exaile, Void, and
Chris Organic. When the psychedelic trance scene seemed to slow its progression, he broadened his
repertoire to include progressive trance, breakbeat, progressive house, and some electro, resulting in a broad platter of music
to draw from. He also has experience playing chill out and ambient music. Electronic sounds are synthesized in da house and
occasionally a track comes together, though the work is still at an experimental stage. However, sounds played from his
laptop are occasionally used in the sets.
akindo started listening to goa trance in 1996 when he heard the album "Astral Projection: The Astral Files"
at the age of 13. He went to his first trance party at the age of 15. It was at Mt. Fuji, Japan, with Growling Mad
Scientists live. He got tuned in to breakbeat by his Australian buddy Kieran and progressive house by friskyRadio.com.
akindo grew up in Denmark, lived four years in Tokyo, three years in Vienna, three years in Canterbury, UK, and is now in London. He received a BSc in Computer Science with a Year in Industry from the University of Kent and an MSc in Data Communications, Networks, and Distributed Systems from University College London.
The picture above is a page scanned from the Bomberman World manual. It depicts Bonba Akindo. He is the character I use in the PlayStation game "Bomberman
World", and hence how I got my name. The description to the left of Bonba Akindo says that he picks various healing herbs from the forest.
