Ushka

Bass

Ushka is a Sri Lankan-born, Thailand-raised, and New York City-based DJ who traverses the intersections of electronic club and global bass music. Operating from the perspective of a dancer, she weaves together a transnational palette that includes soca, dancehall, South Asian rhythms, baile funk, and kuduro. She spent six years co-running the Brooklyn party iBomba and is a core member of the Dutty Artz collective, releasing signature 2013 mixtapes on the label such as "Foreign Brown" and "What Edward Said" alongside Brooklyn Shanti. Her performances have reached major cultural institutions across North America, including MoMA PS1, the Brooklyn Museum, The Shed, and Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. Beyond the club, she served as an artist in residence at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University, where she produced an audiovisual film and experimental performance about migration. By bridging her background in immigrant rights advocacy with expansive dancefloor curation, Ushka creates vital spaces for marginalized communities to find joy and solidarity through sound.

DOULA

Electronic

Based in New York City, Doula is an experimental sound designer, vocalist, and DJ who operates at the intersection of avant-garde processing and club music. Her practice involves disfiguring voice and instrument into raw signal expressions, often challenging traditional notions of aesthetic and form. As a resident and curatorial collaborator for the SILLAGE event series and label, she focuses on improvisation and alternative archival sonic practices. Her DJ sets are known for being intense and unpredictable, frequently layering textures from global dance traditions while disregarding standard expectations of genre or tempo. She is a prominent figure within the local queer and underground nightlife circuit, regularly performing at venues such as Mood Ring and Bossa Nova Civic Club.