AKA AKA
| Location | Berlin |
| Style | Minimal Techno, Techno, House |
| Label | Pentagonik, Stil vor Talent |
Cotumo & The Ascent met behind the decks in spring 2008 at one of those openair parties which start as a gathering for friends and overflow in a park-rave of thousand euphoric people.
Cotumo has been establishing his reputation as a well known DJ in Berlin since 2004 with his DJ-sets at Clubs like the WMF, Arena or Bar25 and at many festivals in and around Berlin. He has also spun records at parties in London, Wales, Turin, Graz, Zurich and Moscow and is also known for his radio broadcasts on stations like Deepmix.ru, Proton Radio, RTS.FM and many more. Since 2008 Cotumo has intensified his passion for producing his own music. His first solo production 'Underkill EP' appeared in May 2009 on 3rd Wave Music.
The Ascent acquired his prowess as a DJ and Producer in his north german habitat and moved to Berlin in early 2008. He can look back at a busy discography: he has won remix contests hosted by D.Diggler and Carl Cox and has released solo productions, as well as collaborations with Christian Fischer on Definition Records and Whirlpoolsex.
Nowadays Cotumo & The Ascent concentrate their energies on their collaboration: AKA AKA. Under contract with Oliver Koletzki’s label Stil vor Talent, March 2009 saw their debut 'Voegeln EP' released and supported by artists like Dubfire, Claude VonStroke and Troy Pierce. Their track 'Woody Woodpecker' stayed for one month on the Beatport minimal charts at place 1 and also the vinyl version hopped from 0 to 1 by release day on decks.de. After their second release 'Tigerente mit Reis EP' Cotumo & The Ascent concentrated on their live performance and played at various venues in Berlin and Germany, for example at Rechenzentrum and Arena Club. For their recent release on Stil vor Talent in August 2009 they run a remix contest which over 1000 people joined within the first week.