Beats without Borders

Beats without Borders returns to Mood Ring with Madre Guía, Ianko, and Chicago's PunkyReggaeShawty joining resident Kweku for a special Wednesday night affair dedicated to Black sound from around the globe. Madre Guía (@madre_guia) is a Bronx-based multidisciplinary artist weaving together queer Afro-Caribbean diasporic experiences through DJing, electronic music production, and improvisational performance.

She experiments with electronic music to explore polyrhythmic potentialities for connection and healing. Her fierce selection and musical curation are meant to be shared as an offering to the dance floor. These offerings are made possible due to her deep knowledge of, and respect for, electronic music spanning the African diaspora. PunkyReggaeShawty (@blckice_) is a Gambian DJ mixing various moving sounds across the diaspora and globe.

Genres include but not limited to, afrobeats, house, funk, reggae, and so much more. She represents alternative African women, past present and future. Born in Queens, NY - bred in Miami, FL - by way of Les Cayes, Haiti. lanko (ee-on-ko) (@iankofj) brings a unique knack for infectious dance rhythms to any room he plays.

Well versed in a multitude of genres ranging from afrobeat, baile funk, bouyon, batida & more, lanko's speciality is melting together cultural sounds from all around the world, creating an intoxicating marriage of rhythms.