KESSWA is the interdisciplinary artist Kesiena Wanogho. Her work integrates performance, video, music and spoken word to function as a resource for emotional healing. Portage Garage Sounds and KESSWA's collaboration started with a chance encounter in 2019, leading to film scores, live performances with the Live Ensemble, a striking vocal duet with John F.M. on 2Lanes's "Baby's Born To Fish...", and the pandemic-era multimedia video / performance "Is My Mind A Machine Gun?" (with Shigeto and Vinnie Massimino).

In the past year, KESSWA provided backing vocals on the Sudan Archives single "Home Maker", appeared on Theo Parrish's DJ-Kicks with "Chasing Delerium" (feat. Nova Zai), received the prestigious Kresge Artist Fellowship in Film & Music, and was featured in Season 7 of Google's Creator Labs.

'Soften [Deluxe Edition]' is a reimagining of KESSWA's beautiful debut EP, remastered & re-ordered, with 3 new tracks, including lead single "WAV", her 2023 remix of "Contemplate", and an acid mind melter by 2Lanes.

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