Sekan

About
Characterized by a broad musical taste and deep knowledge of various genres, Sekan attracts a wide range of music lovers. By his family, he was exposed to Indonesian and soulful music at a young age, which still has a major influence on his current approach to sounds.

His sensitive ear, thorough investigative skills, and desire to share his narrative resulted in the start of his platform Jiwa Jiwa. What originally started as a record label, has evolved into a multidimensional platform showcasing and preserving knowledge of the spirit of the Indonesian archipelago and its diaspora expressed through different media, and now also a music bar in Amsterdam which carries the same name.

This has not gone unnoticed and has therefore earned him a presence and collaborations with Dekmantel, Rush Hour, Patta, NTS, Lowlands, Potato Head and more than one radio residency on Red Light Radio, Operator Radio and Headstream. But this is not all that Sekan encompasses, his genreless and eclectic aesthetics are an enrichment for every dance floor or radio show he does, and whatever he does, you can be sure that Sekan mixes up rough edge analog textures with more sleek and modern digital sounds.

Instagram / RA / Soundcloud / Mixcloud
bookings press kit

DJ Sets

2024 Basement Love La Brisa, ID
2024 Potato Head Dome, ID
2023 Boiler Room, ID
2023 Rush Hour, Potato Head, ID
2023 Lowlands India, NL
2023 Dekmantel Selectors, HR
2022 De School, NL
2022 Bambino, FR
2022 Dekmantel Podcast, NL
2022 Lente Kabinet Festival, NL
2021 Radio Radio FM, NL
2021 Paradiso, NL
2018 Lowlands X-Ray, NL
2018 Vice, NL

Residencies

2023 - NOW Headstream Radio, ID
2019 - NOW Doka, NL
2018 - NOW Radio Radio, NL
2018 - 2022 Operator Radio, NL
2017 - 2020 Red Light Radio, NL

RadioNTS
Worldwide FM
Dublab
Rinse FM
Operator Radio
Kiosk Radio
Noods Radio
Balamii
Red Light Radio

Playlists

All Playlists: Spotify
Jiwa Jiwa Playlists: Spotify

Indonesian disco, city-pop: Spotify

Press / Features

2023 The Jakarta Post, Interview
2022 RE:VIVE, Feature
2022 Rijksmuseum, Talk
2021 Imagine Film Festival, Talk
2021 Nowadays Magazine, Interview
2020 Whiteboard Journal, Feature
2017 Vice, Interview

Past Events & Venues

Potato Head, ID
De School, NL
Boiler Room, ID
Dekmantel Selectors, HR
Lowlands Festival, NL
Zodiac, ID
Aoyama Tunnel, JP
La Brisa, ID
Bambino, FR
Doka, NL
Dekmantel Lentekabinet, NL
Club Zukunft, CH
Wildeburg, NL
Dynamic Range / Het Hem, NL
Fono, MY
Garage Noord NL
Mysteryland, NL
Best Kept Secret Festival, NL
Melkweg, NL
Paradiso, NL
Peels, ID
Radio Radio, NL