Ya Tosiba

Dj Zuzu & Mesak.Ya Tosiba is a young electronic duo that mixes old street poetry traditions from Azerbaijan with underground electronic beats. Zuzu Zakaria has a Master’s degree in Turkish Studies from Oslo University and actually went deep into the meykhana tradition as part of her thesis. Then she opted for Berlin as a base for her music, where she hooked up with Finish whiz kid Tatu and formed the duo Ya Tosiba. Tatu is the birth name of the skweee pioneer Mesak, here expanding his universe and establishing a new concept of pan-European club music. Their sound is inspired by arabic and persian classical music, hip hop and electronic traditions such as raw analog synthesizers, DIY elements and unpolished sounds, heavy electronic drum beats and modern r´n´b mixed with traditional eastern instruments and topped with a hypnotic female vocals. Dj sets by Ya Tosiba include rhythms from distant and close East.