Boston-built house & UK garage. Warehouse energy, headphone detail — KOSSA turns Berklee sound design into 2 a.m. dance floors.
KOSSA is the project of a Berklee Electronic Production & Design student who spent two years running unlicensed basement parties in Allston before ever releasing a track. That order of operations shows: the music is engineered for rooms first, playlists second.
The debut EP, Night Shift Economy, splits the difference between classic Chicago house warmth and clipped UK garage swing — built from field recordings of the MBTA, pitched-down vocal chops, and analog drum machines borrowed from the school's synth lab.
Live, KOSSA performs a hybrid DJ/hardware set — CDJs plus a drum machine and sampler — reworking the catalog in real time. No two sets are the same, and the tech rider below makes setup painless for any venue.
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"The rare student producer whose sets already sound like festival bookings."
— The Backbay Beat"Night Shift Economy is transit-map house music: fast, local, and weirdly moving."
— Green Line Review"Cleared the bar, packed the floor, broke the smoke machine. 10/10."
— Basement Circuit Zine| Ch | Source | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | DJ mixer master | XLR pair |
| 3–4 | Drum machine / sampler | 1/4" TRS pair → DI |
| 5 | Talkback mic (optional) | XLR |
| — | Booth monitors | 2× wedge or booth pair |
4 hi-res press photos (300 DPI, print-ready) with photographer credits included.
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Download .txt →Logo in PNG/SVG on transparent, plus 320kbps MP3s of the two lead singles for radio.
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