"Argentina's Alain Sainz (aka Anakta) is another producer pushing the boundaries of reggaeton this year, deconstructing and restructuring its tropes according to his own personal tastes. On “Batalla,” the amazing opening track from his Territorio EP, Anakta blasts off at full speed, with spliced vocal samples arranged to provide a rhythmic backbone reminiscent of drill n' bass tracks - but with the luster and grime of today's underground dance music. The song sounds like an artificial intelligence creation gone awry, but somehow it provides an image of dystopia that is both automated and sensual. With “Batalla,” Anakta takes his place in a category of forward-thinking producers who are kneading underrepresented identities and narratives into genres that can be accessed by all. The future envisioned through its dance culture can be just as cinematic and visionary as any other field of fiction or world-building - and the fact that it works in your headphones as much as it does on dance floors commands respect. -Pablo Dodero"

"Can cyborgs learn to perrear? More scientific research is needed, but if they can, then they'd probably do it to Anakta's recently released five-track debut EP Territorio. It's here that you'll find “Ritual,” a sparse, crashing battle hymn whose fissures reveal samples of J Balvin's “Ginza.” The Colombian reggaetonero's crushingly popular track may be an obsession for Anakta, given that he already remixed the song for a T R R U E N O compilation. (...) By electing samples from mainstream reggaeton - like “Ginza” - he's highlighting the distance that lies between his tracks and their commercial counterparts. With that, the gap between reggaeton pretty boys and robots narrows." -Caitlin Donohue

Anakta has been played on NTS in shows including NON Worldwide, featured first on 6 October 2016. Songs played include Prisao and Cautivo.