Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Anakim returns with his Virtual Faith EP on Desert Hearts’ Black sub-label. Virtual Faith marks Anakim’s second EP on the DH imprint, succeeding his debut Poseidon’s Revenge EP released last year.
An established Desert Hearts Festival veteran since first attending in spring of 2015, Anakim submitted his Poseidon’s Revenge EP to the DH team upon the Black label’s inception and was instantly signed. Poseidon’s Revenge has since accrued 430k streams on SoundCloud and was added to Spotify’s Fresh Finds playlist.
Virtual Faith is a concept EP that speaks in intonations of deep dark techno chalk full of grumbling basslines, one shots, and afterhours 305 loops. Composed of three original tracks written by Anakim himself, Virtual Faith is a sonic journey inspired by the HBO Max drama series Raised by Wolves about an android who is tasked to restart humanity on the planet Kepler-22b. The EP signals Anakim’s final installment in a series shaped by his exploration of future technology and chronicles the intellectual timeline of artificial intelligence throughout the next century. As machine intelligence begins to autonomously supersede that of humans, Anakim begs the question, “If an AI is in total control, you have to wonder what it might do…Will we have Virtual Faith?”
ABOUT ANAKIM
It’s been a patient road to success for Anakim, the LA-based DJ and producer who has become a regular in the Beatport Top 100. His first taste of electronic music and DJ culture came eleven years ago, when he attended Insomniac’s EDC Los Angeles — his first ever rave. From there, moving into djing and music production felt like a natural progression.
Anakim has released tracks on a slew of well-known labels, such as mau5trap, Heinz, Music, EIN2, and Desert Hearts Black, his ascent through the electronic music ranks has rapidly accelerated of late. It’s a similar situation on the DJ front, performing at the iconic Yuma State at Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival, Art of the Wild, Holy Ship, Beyond Wonderland, Nocturnal Wonderland and more. Capping off a career-affirming 2019 by being named one of DJ Mag’s ‘Bubblin’ artists to watch, Anakim kicked off 2020 as one of Billboard Dance’s Emerging Artists.
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