Upsammy has long been on our wish list, and now we have finally found a date that suits us both!
Who actually decided that a dance floor has to keep the same beat and tempo all evening? Not the Dutch upsammy, at least. She belongs to a generation of DJs who see no reason to stick to one genre when there is so much other fantastic music to play. She plays with halved and doubled tempo, shifts rhythms and finds connections between intricate drum & bass, psychedelic electronics and techno that the rest of us might not have thought of.
When we saw her at Dekmantel in August, she delivered one of the festival’s finest DJ sets. At times it was hard to understand how she got from one track to the next, but somehow it all made sense. The tempo went up and down, the rhythms changed character, and the dance floor followed every turn. No need to know what was around the next corner. Just be there and listen. Lovely!
Behind the artist name is Thessa Torsing from Amsterdam. She taught herself to DJ at self-organised parties with friends, under bridges and out in nature, before eventually finding her way to the renowned club De School. There she was given the freedom to experiment in front of different audiences and dance floors. Quite a good school, literally, for a DJ who is not particularly interested in following the recipe.
As a producer and composer she is at least as curious. Her music is full of small details, strange rhythms and sounds that could just as easily have come from the forest as from a synthesizer. She has released music on Nous’klaer Audio, Dekmantel, PAN and AD93, and collaborated with drummer Valentina Magaletti on the album Seismo. She is also a regular on NTS Radio.
But it is first and foremost the DJ upsammy we look forward to hearing this time. She has said herself that she prefers not to plan her sets too much, but lets the room, the audience and the moment help decide the direction. We think that is quite a good attitude.
We look forward to it!
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