Wie\wat is Akkachar?
Akkachar a.k.a. Chafik Chennouf, born and raised in northern Holland, made his first contact with music through hip hop in the mid 90`s. At the age of 17 he came in touch with the emerging Detroit techno scene, which inspired him to start collecting vinyls of artists like Jeff Mills, Robert Hood, UR and others. Soon he discovered late 90`s english techno, pioneered by omnipresent Surgeon, Ruskin and Paul "Damage" Bailey. This new sound impressed him with it`s ability to rock the dancefloor and have the deeper edge at the same time. Scorn, Aphex Twin and Autechre are some of the names that also drew his musical attention back in the days. After finishing electronic music production school, at the age of 20, he started djing and making his own music. Akkachar made his first live performance with one of his favourite artists - Inigo Kennedy, on Dystorsion`s and his Deflect show in 2005, which aims to present darker and nihilistic side of Techno music to their fellow dutchmen. Expect the darkest and deepest tunes from this young enfant terrible .
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