« Certaines trajectoires se construisent sur le buzz. Celle d’Emeraldia se construit sur le fond. Une musicienne qui pense la musique comme une énergie, utilise le son comme une matière première, et voit le monde entier comme son instrument. »
NME- festivals
- Love Parade, Berlin
- Lake Parade, Geneva
- Technoparade, Paris
- Sónar Off, Barcelona
- Sónar Off, Reykjavík
- Sziget, Budapest
- Nature One Festival
- Rock en Seine
- We Love Green
- Be Street Festival
- Palma Rosa
- Festival Montpellier Danse
- ZAT Montpellier
- Nuits Sonores, Lyon
- Scopitone, Nantes
- Rocktambule, Grenoble
- Gay Pride, Paris
- clubs
- Rex Club, Paris
- Batofar, Paris
- La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris
- Nouveau Casino, Paris
- Point Éphémère, Paris
- Glazart, Paris
- Berghain Kantine, Berlin
- Panorama Bar, Berlin
- Club der Visionaere, Berlin
- Razzmatazz, Barcelona
- Ushuaïa, Ibiza
- The Standard, Los Angeles
- Bains Douches, Paris
- La Java, Paris
- Le Divan du Monde, Paris
- Queen, Paris
- Bar 25, Berlin
- Cabaret Voltaire, Berlin
- Electric Ballroom, London
- Space of Sound, Madrid
- El Divino, Ibiza
- Bikini, Toulouse
- Cabaret Aléatoire, Marseille
- venues and cultural spaces
- Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- Grand Palais, Paris
- Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
- Le Bataclan, Paris
- Halle Tropisme, Montpellier
- Domaine d’O, Montpellier
- Opéra Garnier, Paris
- Cité de la Musique, Paris
- Hayward Gallery, London
- institutions and summits
- Olympic Games
- O.N.U Summit
- Paris City Hall
- Montpellier City Hall
- Occitanie Region
- parties and awards
- Les Inrockuptibles Party
- Blog Awards
- hotels and beach clubs
- Hôtel Costes, Paris
- Hôtel Martinez, Cannes
- Nikki Beach, Saint-Tropez
- Bar Marmont, Los Angeles
- Delano Beach Club, Ibiza
- selections
- Rave on Snow Festival (Play FM, 2012)
- SFR Jeunes Talents (2013)
- BPM Contest (2013)
Emeraldia, formerly Emeraldia Ayakashi: DJ, producer, sound designer, press and web writer.
Guitar at 9, piano at 11, rock, punk and gothic bands as a teenager; machines on stage from 1996, the decks from 1998.
Emeraldia plays hip-hop, electronic, feminist and LGBTQIA+ events: clubs, festivals, art galleries, private parties. Film excerpts and sampled speeches carry the story.
Founder of Support Your Local Girl Gang, a feminist, non-binary, queer and multidisciplinary media and collective launched in 2018 in Montpellier, whose label SYLGG Records releases her EPs.
Sets edited like films.
Influences
- French pop
- rock de chambre
- disco stress
- nouvelle-wave
- tronic punk
- croosty pop des bois
- tekno bijou
- noisy danse
- balearic germanic
- hard zouk
- progressive polka
- sexy ebm
- minimale corecée
- house bancale
- flexipop
- psycho dance
- barbecue rap
- drone candy
Photos
Albums/EP’s
Album · 2025Ghosts Don't Cry (but i do)A synthetic exorcism in 10 tracks. A compressed astrological chart in .WAV, where a sonic witch summons the memories of machines and bodies.
EP · 2023Mémoires PoétiquesThe calm of a room during a storm, a walk on the moon, and memories that come back in waves, in fragments.
EP · 2018La mer bleueAccepting what cannot be changed. Then walking from the shore to the forest, up to the light falling through the leaves.
EP · 2014Wish You Were HearAn absence heard more than seen. A body electric, remnants, and what keeps on singing.
Press & collectives
Pépites Troniques
Press
L’interview
ReadNoise la Ville
Press
Paye ta ville
ReadLa Grande Parade
Press
DJ engagée et féministe freelance
ReadSupport Your Local Girl Gang
Founder
Feminist, non-binary, queer and multidisciplinary media and collective, launched in 2018 in Montpellier. Its label SYLGG Records releases her EPs.
DJs for Climate Action
Member since 2025
International community of DJs who organise events, release music and campaign for climate justice.
Les Mixeuses Solidaires
Co-founder
DJ collective from the south of France that mixes to raise funds.
Madame Rap
Former writer and DJ
Hip-hop media founded in Paris in 2015.
Coverage
Press
Vice, NME, Trax, Les Inrocks, 20 Minutes, Ibiza Voice, C-Heads Magazine, Chemistry Mag, Local Suicide, Traxsource, Pépites Troniques, Noise la Ville, La Grande Parade, Connect’HER, Firstpost, Nothing but Dreams, Hellocoton, Blog Bang.
Radios
- Radio Nova
- Radio FG
- FIP
- Rinse FM
- France Inter
Talks and panels
Emeraldia speaks, then she makes people dance. Emeraldia talks about women and LGBTQIA+ people in electronic music and hip-hop, about sound design and about independent media, which she knows from the inside through Support Your Local Girl Gang. In French or English.