Maguette Dieng

Exchange Residency between RAW Material Company and Hangar

March 2025

Maguette Dieng is a DJ, producer, and music programmer based in Barcelona, dedicated to the research and dissemination of sound and music. She performs under the name Mbodj, with a practice that seeks to transform the Western perspective on electronic and advanced music, as well as to foster communities and possibilities through sound.

She is co-founder and coordinator of Jokkoo, an Afro-descendant music collective made up of six members from the African diaspora in Barcelona. Founded seven years ago, Jokkoo is dedicated to researching and promoting the most contemporary electronic sounds and the experimental and alternative scene of the African continent and its diaspora. The lack of representation of these sounds in European events and clubs led the collective to create connections and spaces where non-hegemonic musical aesthetics take center stage.

Jokkoo has performed at international festivals such as Nyege Nyege, Dour Festival, and Sónar+D. They have also collaborated with cultural institutions like MACBA (Barcelona), the Reina Sofía Museum (Madrid), La Casa Encendida (Madrid), and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux, developing cultural programs and presenting their music.

The collective also organizes workshops, such as those carried out with the support of the Tru Music Fund 2023, in collaboration with Ballantine’s. This support enabled them to offer free workshops on music production and event organization to members of the local community, with a special focus on the Afro-descendant community in Spain.

Currently, the collective includes six members: Baba Sy, Maguette Dieng (Mbodj), Oscar Tylor (Opoku), Nicolas Belliot (Mookie), Ismäel Ndiaye (B4mba), and Miriam Camara (TNTC). They all share the goal of establishing hybrid Black electronic music and diasporic narratives in the global music scene.

In addition to her work with Jokkoo, Maguette co-manages FOC, an alternative cultural space in Barcelona that hosts events, workshops, and exhibitions, becoming a key platform for musical and artistic experimentation.