Ayu Okakita was first played on NTS on 10 February 2025. Songs played include Shimotsuki.

Ayu Okakita 岡北 有由 moved from Japan to the U.K. to explore music. Playing shows in various places was the center of her life in London, and released an album “Cyan Dreams of Miss Ashleen” in 2008. In 2009, she joined a band “Nedry” (trip hop/dubstep). Nedry released two albums from Monotreme Records. The band has made appearances in music festivals including Sonar, Roskilde Festival, SXSW and also toured mainly in Europe. After leaving the UK for Osaka, Ayu started working on a new solo album. After working on it for more than 4 years, she finally released a 12track album ’’sayonara dance’’ in January 2019. Written, Recorded, Engineered, Produced and Mixed by herself. Ayu’s music is like collage of influences from various genres of music such as electronica, trip hop, industrial, and acoustic. She plays live with her laptop, two loopers, some effect pedals, an electric acoustic guitar and her voice. It's a mixture of acoustic and electronic. After playing many shows with sayonara dance, she released her new EP along with dBridge’s amazing remix. She is set to release her new album ''Grow, Grow'' on the 20th of October.