Delish da Goddess and Ben Aqua

Event Info

Date	01.19.18
Admission	Free

Involved

Event artist	Delish Da Goddess,Ben Aqua
Presented by	Austin Cultural Exchange

Delish da Goddess is future-shit punk trap (https://vimeo.com/232080936) from NOLA

When the beat drops with an avalanche of rap horns, Delish Da Goddess tells her audience "I'm gonna take you to church."

"It's fun after that," she tells Gambit. "I want people to know they're coming into a very safe environment, where it's going to be fun. I'm always around walking, talking, and if I haven't started drinking yet — which I probably am — I want the environment to be real, real fun. I want it to be loose, and I want everyone to enjoy themselves. When the show starts, that's when you lose your soul."

Born and raised in Violet and rapping since third grade, Delish Da Goddess has released a steady string of mixtapes, singles and EPs since 2014, including this year's woozy, warped Terminally Trill and its icy, show-no-mercy trap follow-up Queendom, snapped into place with the heavy pop of a Roland TR-808 drum machine. "I want them to hear the music, but that's not the element I want them to be inspired by. I want them to come see it," she says. "I like to bring energy — I just like to dance, and my friends are wild, too. The music people are hearing now was all made for me and my friends so we could dance and listen and freak out."

Ben Aqua is a multidisciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his visual work has been exhibited internationally and published in Rolling Stone, NPR, NYLON, SPIN, NME, Flaunt, Bloomberg Businessweek, OUT, ARKITIP, XLR8R, Beautiful/Decay, Rhizome, Hi-Fructose, JOGGING and Fecal Face. His music has been featured by Interview, The Creators Project, Mad Decent, DFA, VICE, Dummy Mag, FACT, Modular, URB, BUTT and Opening Ceremony. He also runs the experimental art & music label #FEELINGS