Artist Info: Totonoko

Oakland-based TOTONOKO is the partnership of Mateo Lugo and Nika Aila States. Drawing on international and interdisciplinary influences (Venezuelan-born Lugo is heavily involved in dance and German-raised States splits her time between music and photography), their sounds are about hope regained, underwater currents, and the search for home.

They met for the first time on a sidewalk in front of a San Francisco venue (it’s alleged that they shook hands and engaged in light conversation [read more...]