Historia
Aka Hige writes progressive electronic music, filtering everything he’s heard through everything he loves. Polyrhythms from jazz fusion, space and form from modern classical music and field recordings, sound palate from synthesizer music, and melody from jazz and thought provoking pop.
His debut album, Opening, sets out his artistic vision. Neither following trends nor fitting neatly into a genre, he is an artist that is going where he has to go, searching for the beauty in every sound.
Born in the north of England as a child of the late seventies, he was brought up on 80s synth pop and 90s British electronic music (heavily influenced by his then local city of Bristol), before moving to Manchester towards the end of the last millennium, and developing a love for jazz, minimalism and improvised music.
He is influenced and inspired by Steve Reich, Allan Holdsworth, YMO, Janek Gwizdala, Aki Onda, Squarepusher, Meredith Monk and Boards of Canada, amongst many more artists, composers and musicians.
