I'm Alex Rita, which is short for Alexandra and also my great grandmother's name. I grew up in the Danish countryside - my childhood was full of nature, animals, crisp clean air and vegetables from our garden. I moved to London by myself when I was 23, as I felt a strong need to live in a more culturally diverse society. I always felt very othered at home.
Having firmly found my feet after seven years in the city, I now run a dance, radio show, and concert series alongside my boyfriend, Errol, under the name Touching Bass. Touching Bass has become a growing community centered around soulful music and togetherness with an open-heart-open-minded mentality at its core. Home is where the heart is!


Outside of Touching Bass, I have my own monthly radio show which explores the repetitive, meditational side of sound. It's called Calm Roots and I started the show at the end of 2019 because I had been DJing a lot and missed digging for other types of music. I LOVE music that makes me dance but I had started to feel a bit restricted.
As 2020 turned out to be this incredibly dispiriting year, it really helped me through the low periods. It felt like I unintentionally timed the show's arrival perfectly. Being homebound for many months during lockdown, it became the soundtrack to my creativity which is why I've simultaneously named the brand/clothes I make for myself and my friends Calm Roots.