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“…the album is also a major creative leap forward, one that should solidify her place among some of electronic music’s most talented figures” - First Floor
“… enticing fusion of European technology and Southeast Asian soul”
- Electronic Sound
“a feast of glistening arpeggios and lush modular textures, stripped back but full of expression and personality” – Juno
“…a dose of Pointillist electronics that utilises undulating synth work to craft a heady dose of electronic world-building" – Clash
JakoJako, aka Berlin-based modular synthesist Sibel Koçer, has shared a new set of remixes from her latest album Tết 41, out now on limited-edition vinyl and digitally via Mute.
Tết 41 (Remixes, Pt.2) collates remixes from Colin Benders and DJ Hi-C of tracks from Tết 41 and is released ahead of an ambient live set at Hackney Church on March 21st, with fellow Mute artist Alessandro Cortini.
Taking its name from Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), Tết 41 – which catalogues her journey to Vietnam with her mother connecting with their heritage - uses a minimal modular set up and field recordings to create a unique and very personal work.
Dutch artist Colin Benders, founder of The Kyteman Orchestra, takes on “Hoa đào,” which translates as peach blossom, a key feature of Vietnamese New Year, in his modular-heavy remix, while Osaka-based artist DJ Hi-C takes “Đà Nẵng” to the dancefloor for his remix. He explains, “Most of my previous releases are named after places in Japan or around the world. Two years ago, I toured Vietnam, and the only place I DJed was Đà Nẵng so I felt a strong sense of connection. For the remix, I wanted to explore a wider sense of space, experimenting with dub-inspired processing that I don’t usually use, shifting overlapping elements, and adding movement by applying LFOs to delay tails.”
Listen to the remixes HERE.
Tết 41 is, in many ways, a distillation of ideas Koçer has been exploring for many years. Tapping into a deep understanding of machine-based music and illuminated by references to her heritage, the album reflects on notions of rebirth, and the pursuit of a sonic core. The album was created with a minimal hardware set up, and from this simplicity emerges some of her most expansive, unworldly compositions to date.
Koçer explains, “I wanted to collect the atmospheres of Vietnam, and strip it back to my language - electronic music. I don’t have huge ties to the traditions of my Vietnamese family, so being able to experience them with my mother, and then bring the Lunar Celebration - the colourful flowers, food and customs - back to Europe through music has helped me realise how important this side of my heritage is.”
A big part of her production process lies in searching for spontaneity, which was heightened during the creation of this album - on just a Eurorack and a Waldorf Iridium Core. Whilst normally she would have a computer to mix and arrange the record, the effects and sequencers of the gear became her tools. She expands: “The more you play with a single machine the more you get to know it. You’ll get muscle memory and play it more like an actual instrument, instead of treating it as a tool.”
Opening and closing with field recordings taken during the Lunar New Year celebrations, she uses the space in between to cast new frameworks, allowing melodic cycles to flow autonomously. Rhythmic fragments weave between analogue processing and harmonic distillations, swirling in organic cycles of warehouse maximalism and sonic minutiae that speak to the somatic and spectral in equal measure.
Engaged in a constant dialogue around the use of hardware in music, JakoJako’s artistic output is informed by the tension and release of techno, but ultimately propelled by ever-expanding forms and structures that play with the contours of the genre. A producer, live artist and DJ who has held a residency at Berghain whilst touring some of the world’s most respected electronic music institutions, she delves into the mathematical patterns of arpeggios and loops, locating kinetic energies that convert into moments of dancefloor catharsis.
Infinitely curious about the threads that connect different genres, as opposed to the rigidity of genre itself, Tết 41 is driven by a desire to document the potentials of analogue and modular synthesis, and to consider new contexts within which these could exist. It’s also a bold and generous vision of new sonic worlds.
JakoJako’s Tết 41 is out now on Mute on limited edition vinyl and digitally Listen to / buy the album HERE.
JakoJako DJ dates:
3/21/2026 – London (UK), Hackney Church - supporting Alessandro Cortini
3/29/2026 – Berlin (DE), Berghain
4/10/2026- T'bilisi (GE), Bassiani
4/17/2026 – Amsterdam (NL), Lofi
4/18/2026 – Leipzig (DE), Distillery
5/7/2026 - Berlin (DE), Zenner
5/9/2026 – Milan (IT), Tempio del Futuro Perduto
5/13/2026 – Lyon (FR), Nuits sonores 2026
5/16/2026 – Dortmund (DE), Tresor West
5/17/2026 – Halfweg (NL), Awakenings Upclose
5/23/2026 – Antwerp (BE), Klub Dramatik Festival
5/24/2026 – Berlin (DE), Berghain
5/29/2026 – Salzatal (DE), EXIT WELLNESS FESTIVAL
6/6/2026 – The Hague (NL), The Crave Festival 2026
6/17/2026 – Igar (HU), DAAD Gathering 2026
6/24/2026 – Lubawka (PL), Last Dance - Las Festival
7/29/2026 – Amsterdam (NL), Dekmantel Festival 2026
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