Waajeed + Gero

Waajeed

Asseem Waajeed (Robert O’ Bryant IV) is a Detroiter, musician, and educator. Raised in Conant Gardens on Detroit's east side, at nineteen Waajeed was offered a scholarship to the College for Creative Studies for visual arts.

In 2000, along with Saadiq (Darnell Bolden), he formed the Platinum Pied Pipers. Together, they produced compilation albums with Georgia Anne Muldrow, Tiombe Lockhart and Dwele.

In 2002 he founded the label Bling47 to amplify the music of his community. Through this, Waajeed was the first to sign J Dilla and also released his own solo project, B.P.M., melding both Techno and hip hop sensibilities.

Gero

Whether providing the soundtrack to a mesmerising sunset or an evolving sunrise, Gero routinely shapes captivating sets perfectly pitched to his surroundings. Starting out by playing music for friends at house parties, Gero has quickly moved on to performing at some of Jakarta’s hippest parties alongside his Discouture collective.

In 2016 he moved to Bali, joining forces with Dea to launch Studio Eksotika — the bespoke audiophile record store where he continued exploring his passion for diverse selections, from European disco and zouk to Balearic and rare groove.