Coco Em, aka Emma Mbeke Nzioka, is a DJ/producer, cinematographer & curator based in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2023 she curated a three-day Boiler Room event, was the artistic director at the 13th edition of the Norient Festival in Bern 2024 and debuted at Sonar, Barcelona in the same year. She has been invited to work in and perform in over 27 countries globally, over 100 cities worldwide - a process that has entailed rigorous visa application procedures for different jurisdictions. Following her successful EP "Kilumi," Coco Em is currently working on her debut album to be released by the label InFiné music. Dubbed 'the hardest hustling DJ' by Okay Africa, Coco Em advocates for marginalised people and artists, via the Pass Pass project aims to improve access to creative markets for cultural practitioners and to ease movement restrictions which hinder growth, development and the quality of work produced by artists. Emma has been vocal on this subject and has been featured in the press on Pan African Music, The Guardian, the BBC and more.
