OAKK
OAKK is the stage name of a Canadian producer and singer working from Calgary. He records and performs across drum and bass/jungle-related styles and adjacent bass music: listed genres for his work include drum and bass, jungle, liquid funk, drumstep, bassline, bass music, footwork, downtempo, lo‑fi beats, glitch, future house, crunk and jazz rap. Sources variously identify him as Cole (last name not consistently reported).
Originally from Calgary, OAKK has lived in Madrid. He first reached wider attention through festival and live-broadcast appearances: he played Bass Coast where his Boiler Room set was filmed in 2019, and he has appeared at Shambhala, Lightning in a Bottle and Okeechobee. He has also supported Ivy Lab on tour. Outside music, interviews note that he works professionally as a designer and motion-graphics artist and that he holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design.
Public descriptions of OAKK’s music consistently stress a blend of hip‑hop and R&B vocalism with bass-music production. Where recordings and tags are available, his output sits between tempo ranges and textures — from downtempo and lo‑fi to drum and bass and drumstep — and draws on elements associated with liquid and jungle-informed basslines. He performs as both producer and singer, so his tracks tend to foreground vocal lines alongside low-frequency arrangements.
On concrete releases and recognition: OAKK released the single “Butter & Gold” on Ivy Lab’s TW/TW London imprint. Good Direction Agency noted that release, and Gilles Peterson shortlisted “Butter & Gold” in his “Best Of The Year” list for 2022. That single is the clearest published reference point for his recorded work to date.
As a live artist and contributor to the scene, OAKK’s Boiler Room set at Bass Coast (2019) and festival appearances at Shambhala, Lightning in a Bottle and Okeechobee represent his main public performances. He has also supported Ivy Lab on tour, which places him in direct connection with contemporary UK bass and breakbeat producers. Beyond performance and releases, his design and motion-graphics practice is a recurring part of his professional profile in interviews.
Specific named influences are not widely documented in published sources; however, his release on Ivy Lab’s TW/TW London and his support slot for Ivy Lab indicate a working relationship and aesthetic proximity to that collective’s bass-heavy, break-driven approach. Public biographical information about OAKK is limited outside the items listed above, but “Butter & Gold” (TW/TW London, shortlisted by Gilles Peterson, 2022), the 2019 Bass Coast Boiler Room set, his festival appearances and his design career are verifiable anchors for his profile.
