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Accra House Fest is about more than just enjoyment 👀

We’re working to build a more supportive, sustainable house music ecosystem for artists. One of the ways we do this is by bringing people together to share knowledge, form real connections and practice their craft 💡

Last year, we gathered @palmmoments for open decks, conversations and networking. Artists, what kind of support would you like to see this year? 💚

#AccraHouseFest #AHF2026

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$You ever have that feeling where you’re choking on your own meaning? Where you have no choice but to listen.. \\ MUZZLED, 2022 WET Collection paper collage, epoxy resin #arabaankuma$

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NUBA ROADMAP 🍄 🍄🍄🌍

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life in the city w the ppl who make it home!!!

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SAVE THE DATE AUGUST 15th WAHU LAUNCH

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Back at the warehouse @s.outhvillage on a B2B ting w @iamdididj to throw it down for the ravers of Accra on Saturday! 😎🤝🏾

Reaaally Looking foward to communing with all you cool sexy beings on the dance floor ✨

See you on the 18th !🤟🏾
🎟️ link in @allblackandskin bio

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LOWLANDS, I’M BACK 🥹💗

Still trying to wrap my head around this one.

This will be my second time playing @lowlands_fest as a solo artist and my fourth time performing there throughout my creative journey.

To be honest… I really didn’t expect to be on any festival line-ups this summer.

To everyone in Ghana who kept inviting me, believing in me and giving me space to play while I was recovering, thank you 🥹.

@theweirdcult @transitlive @palmmoments @mimo.works @quesoundz @muud.swingz @_kikelomo_ @orokoradio @republicbarghana @araba.oa @malekpics @tekime @cafecito_social_club @s.outhvillage @allblackandskin @accrahousefest @tmskdj @jamestown_boutique @rojehkhleif_ @imullarsoundsystem @maxwelladjavon

Thank you for giving me space to keep doing what I love when I was rebuilding myself.
Those dance floors became part of my recovery.
They reminded me that dancing is medicine.
They reminded me that joy is a practice.
And if you’re ever in Ghana. Support the collectives, venues, promoters and community builders who are shaping one of the most exciting electronic scenes on the continent. They’re creating spaces where culture, connection and creativity can truly breathe within safe spaces.

So this booking isn’t just another festival.
It’s a reminder that what’s meant for you will find you, even when life looks different than you imagined.

To everyone who’s been supporting me from Amsterdam to Accra: dankjewel, thank you, medaase 🫂

📍 22 August — @lowlands_fest

Come dance with me.
Come sweat with me.
Come celebrate life with me.

All gratitude to the most high.

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“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent.
It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”
- Charles Darwin
#nofear #itstime #evolve

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make room.

📸 by #arabaankuma

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There used to be a wall mural for a while at @palmmoments [last four slides]. While different in feel, tone texture and look, it still carried the warmth and felt sense of community. It was one of my favourite things about the space, as many of us took turns over time writing a plethora of sayings, drawing symbols and leaving names on the wall to say that we’d been here before. You can imagine how I felt to have seen it painted over.

Fuelled by those same feelings + the sense that I wanted to add a new element to Soft Landing, I began thinking about what could be possible. Happening almost parallel to this was that almost exactly a year ago, I texted @anotherdayofmoonlight after sitting for weeks on this strong urge to collaborate with her on a project. We’d previously expressed interest in working with each other, but nothing had materialised up until that point. It seems to me as though reaching out was the price to pay for gaining clarity on what we would end up doing. Having pitched the idea to @anotherdayofmoonlight and @tasiacobbinah (@palmmoments), we began fine-tuning details and set about the first edition on November 14th last year.

Eternal thanks to you: @palmmoments, @tasiacobbinah, and @anotherofmoonlight for humouring my ideas & ramblings, and for your openness to bringing this to life.  Tonight, I’ll be playing all night, sharing with you some new additions to my library, feature some personal favourites and of course, traverse a few genres I’ve been enjoying recently.

See you and follow @softlandingspacestation for more ❤️

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When I think of spaces that are truly engaged in envisioning a more compassionate, more considerate, and more curious world, I think of all the queer and trans spaces I have found shelter in—and thrived in.

I think of @qween_jean and @blacktransliberation, and how every time I share space with Qween, she reminds us that liberation means liberation for ALL. Not for some, but for all people.

Pride was a riot started and led by Black and Brown trans people who imagined a world bigger than the one they inherited. That vision sparked by Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera wasn’t simply about being tolerated—it was about freedom, dignity, joy, and the radical belief that no one should be left behind.

In a moment when it’s easy to become cynical, these spaces continue to insist that another world is possible. I have learned that love is not passive, community is not accidental, and liberation is something we strive for together.

Thank you for these moments of queer and trans joy. Fr. For trusting me to document these moments. And for the reminder that love is expansive.

@deeplesnyc : 1, 3, 16, 17, 20
Color Me Queer : 2, 5, 9-15
@sholayevents : 18, 19
@bubble____t : 4, 6, 7

#nyc #pride #lgbt #photography

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