Aketous is the creative project of Darren Farris, a veteran singer, songwriter, and Los Angeles-based producer. Farris, a Grammy Recording Academy alumnus, adopted the moniker in 2025 to explore a more genre-bending and immersive sound following a long hiatus from the music industry.<\/p>\n
Musical Style and Career<\/strong><\/p>\n * Genre: Blends guitar-driven pop\/rock with atmospheric elements like dreamy keyboards and driving bass. Where to Listen<\/strong> Aketous is the creative project of Darren Farris, a veteran singer, songwriter, and Los Angeles-based producer. Farris, a Grammy Recording Academy alumnus, adopted the moniker in 2025 to explore a more genre-bending and immersive sound following a long hiatus from the music industry. Musical Style and Career * Genre: Blends guitar-driven pop\/rock with atmospheric elements … Read moreAketous band short bio\/one sheet update for programmers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-farris","tag-aketous-darren-farris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1486,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions\/1486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n* Background: Darren Farris first gained fame in 2008 with the singles “Jenna” and “Save Me.” After his father\u2019s passing, he largely withdrew from the industry before re-emerging under the band name Aketous.
\n* Recent Releases: The project’s debut album, Through the Recursion, was released on November 15, 2025. Notable singles include “Touch My Soul,” a 1970s piano-pop style duet, and “Trust Someone,” a cinematic track originally written in 1997.<\/p>\n
\nYou can stream music by Aketous on various platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"