Akira The Don & The Atlas Society
A Night to Remember with the Greatest DJ Alive
Yes, that seems a pretty lofty claim in the title above, but when you’ve been traveling the world for the better part of the last two decades and every single dance club, concert, and party across four continents ends up in disappointment, you tend to become pretty confident in your assessment that good music is hard to find, and those who know what constitutes good music are even HARDER to find.
There was a golden era of internet DJ streams a few years ago, and I was lucky enough to find myself in the midst of the Meaningwave Autonomous Zone for some of the most incredible mixes and musical transitions I’d ever experienced. Akira The Don was in the midst of 365 days of streaming, and every show just got better and better.
Absolute peak vibes was the transition between 24kt Magic, Smells Like Teen Spirit, and Axel F, then dropping I’ve Had The Time of My Life to cap off the 3+ hour set. I still can’t find the stream that had this incredible moment, but with over 1000 hours of DJ sets to comb through, it’s not surprising.
I just have to double tap this point: When I say “Best DJ Alive”, I sincerely mean Best DJ Alive:
Technical prowess, artistic flair, and IMPECCABLE music choice. Most DJ’s lack the third one, but what I love about Akira is he’s got a spread from 1940 through today and that includes music from the UK, US, Korea, Japan, and likely every meme theme you can recall. The most impressive thing for me hearing his music is I don’t even like most rap or hip hop tracks, but that doesn’t seem to matter when the vibes are being curated by The Don.
I had the absolute pleasure of getting to see Akira perform live tonight at the Atlas Society Gala in Miami, FL. The set was incredible, and it was fun getting to chat with the various party goers and guests about Meaningwave since most of them had never heard of it before, but knew almost all of the Meaningwave discography’s stars such as Alan Watts, Naval Ravikant, Jocko Willink, David Goggins, Jordan Peterson, and Paul Harvey, among others.
The CEO of the organization apparently heard Akira’s music while attending a fitness class and invited him to perform, as well as commissioned three songs based off of Ayn Rand’s literary works for premier at the gala. All I knew was that if Akira was going to be back in the US for the first time in 2 years for a DJ gig, I was gonna be there.
The gala was invaluable for the fantastic conversations and sheer number of incredible people I was meeting at every turn. Every new introduction brought an amazing story and fantastic accomplishments, this organization has no shortage of positive minded, successful members, and perhaps that’s why the dance floor was sparse in favor of yet more networking following the evening’s dinner.
While I love myself a good networking opportunity, I wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity to dance to Akira’s live set, and besides, people were still coming up to dance along with me, and we got the networking done midst the rug-cutting. Multi-tasking at its finest. I got the opportunity to chat with Akira a few times as well, and he’s just as genuine and fun in person as he is on his live stream performances. I look forward to more opportunities to party down with his musical acumen, this was definitely a highlight of my year!
Thanks Akira! And a big thank you to the Atlas Society and its members for a fantastic event!
It was such a fun night