AKWA is starting to make a major impact on the house and techno scene within Ontario and 2023 is proving to be a new chapter for the 2001-born DJ, producer, and event curator. The Ottawa native has been on a hot streak this past year and has had the pleasure of being support for international acts like James Hype, Medusa, CID, Luigi Madonna, CREEDS, Will Clarke, Loud Luxury, Interplanetary Criminal and the German techno powerhouse KOBOSIL.

Determined to grow the local scene in Ottawa, AKWA has curated and hosted over 7 shows in his hometown through his new underground techno event collective SIGNAL. A fan and curator of parties since an earlier age - starting the collective just made sense. Since May, SIGNAL has hosted international DJs Will Clarke and ZEDDA K along with 25 local acts across 9 shows including 2 sold-out block party shows on one of Ottawa’s most iconic streets - BANK ST.

Since graduating post-secondary in 2023 from Queen’s University with a bachelor's in Film, AKWA has taken his skills of film and editing into his DJ/event projects by creating fully edited and mixed, multi-camera video archives of each set played at a SIGNAL event available for streaming online.

Backed by fans in Ottawa and Kingston, AKWA is making his move to Toronto this summer where he’s determined to further establish himself and SIGNAL as an underground music powerhouse within Toronto and Canada as a whole. Recently fresh off his festival debut this summer at Veld Music Festival the young DJ, producer and event curator is ready to make waves in the scene.

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A true create-digger, Nate Bennett finds the sneakiest of edits and club anthems which he blends into his own sets to create a vibe and journey like no other. His sound revolves heavily around the new-age Aussie and UK uprising of hard-hitting house, techno and electro-blending 140 dance floor movers.

Only in the game for 2 years now, this young g got style and it ain't going nowhere my friends.
If you want to catch his tip and get ignorant come see him at SIGNAL10 this holiday season.