Koichi Samuels is an electronic musician, label owner, event promoter and academic researcher based in Northern Ireland. He has released and performed under the aliases “Koichi”, “Spires” (Phil Kieran & Koichi Samuels), and recently in his forthcoming project, “Tall Trees”, on labels such as Soma Records, Planet Rhythm, and his own experimental electronic music imprint, Resist-AV. The ethos of Resist-AV is to combine visual arts and music, experimental forms and electronics, resisting categories and definitions, crossing boundaries through creating challenging multidisciplinary and genre-blurring music releases. Koichi also writes about music and social inclusion as an academic researcher.