emkay – Releases

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Mixes

The latest episode in our mix series comes from the dj/producer emkay, also known as the fashion and textile designer Maria Korkeila. In addition to her recent split cassette on 00 Recordings, there will be an EP for Craigie Knowes in September as well as some brand new material under her Gem-K alias to be released later.

Tracklist -> clubkaiku.fi/mix/emkay/

@emkaybymk

Kaiku Mix #009 – emkay

Physical:
https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1659008701/Various-Artists-Tiny-Planet-Vol.-4

Digital:
https://planeteuphorique.bandcamp.com/album/tiny-planet-vol-4

https://soundcloud.com/emkaybymk
https://soundcloud.com/denzelmyman
https://soundcloud.com/eversines
https://soundcloud.com/0rds0
https://soundcloud.com/1800haightstreet
https://soundcloud.com/djvenetta
https://soundcloud.com/byronyeates
https://soundcloud.com/bbbmma

Just because a planet may be tiny, doesn’t mean it isn’t abundant with life. With the fourth time around its orbit, Tiny Planet vol. 4 is all about teaming up and bonding in synergy; personal and unified collaborations specializing in hi-tech quioxic explorations of electronica. With an all new/all star cast of artists, materializing in four sleek and sexy tracks shaped for outer space indulgence.

A1. Emkay & Denzel - Late To The Parteh  
A2. Eversines & RDS - Milky Mouse 
B1. ZDBT & Venetta - Tie Me Up
B2. Byron Yeates & Brandi - Activate 

PE019
12" & Digital
Tiny Planet Vol. 4 
September 1, 2022
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Mastering by Marco @ Analogcut
Artwork by Sophia
Words: Katie Campbell

Tiny Planet Vol. 4

RELEASED: 12 September 2022
SUPPORT @ BANDCAMP -> https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/re-bound-ep

Fabulous Finnish creative emkay joins us for CKNOWEP37. emkay is one of the most interesting and exciting artists we've met in recent years, so we are delighted to welcome her to our label with the 5-track "Re-Bound" EP. A mix of all things emkay across 5 varied tracks to elevate dancefloors or massage your brain on the return to planet Earth. You may be familiar with Maria Korkeila's work via Post Sonics, Radiant Love and Super Utu - if not, you are now (:

Mastered by Reel Mastering
Artwork by Popdabadel
PR by RISEN
Distributed by Clone
(P) + (C) 2022 Craigie Knowes Ltd

Tracklist:
A1 - Antithesis
A2 - Aeon
B1 - Drop Down
B2 - My House
B3 - Shy Partiboi

Re-Bound EP

Support @ Bandcamp

CKNOWEP37 | emkay - Re-Bound EP

Finnish creative emkay joins Craigie Knowes for their latest 12". The 5-track "Re-Bound" EP is a mix of all things emkay across 5 varied tracks to elevate dancefloors or massage your brain on the return to planet Earth. You may be familiar with Maria Korkeila's work via Post Sonics, Radiant Love and Super Utu - and if not, you do now (:

https://craigieknowes.com/album/re-bound-ep

https://soundcloud.com/craigie-knowes

PREMIERE: emkay - Aeon [Craigie Knowes]

emkay at Solstice 2023

Maailma. Ethereal, hypnotic, entrancing - emkay's (@emkaybymk) release, the third on Espace Noir, is all of the above and more. Gated vocals, deep pads and shimmering stabs, Maailma feels like a memory from another time, a cloudy dream, or a place you’ve never quite been. It’s familiar but foreign, comforting yet thought provoking. And to top it all off? Maailma includes a remix from Finnish partner in crime (and Espace Noir favourite), Sansibar (@sunnysibar).

BUY HERE

EN03- Maailma - emkay (Snippets)

Buy: https://dualitytrax.bandcamp.com/album/visions-vol-2-v-a

Holly Lester’s Duality Trax imprint continues its mission to find balance within the music industry by bridging gender gaps and pushing the boundaries of contemporary club music. 

The next release sees the label's second VA come to fruition, focusing on six emerging and established artists that are all making their mark within their respective cities and beyond. 

Glasgow hero and resident of dance music institution Sub Club Stevie Cox opens things up on her first ever solo outing, easing us gently in with a hypnotizing mesh of ethereal synths and dynamic drum programming akin to the carefully constructed sets she has become known and loved for. Stones Taro, a pioneering force behind Kyoto's evolving electronic scene, brings his signature touch to ‘Iron Door’ and smoothly bridges the gap between UKG, breaks and house before rising Aussie producer DAWS serves a nostalgic blend of dreamy chords, jacking percussion and bumping bass. Up next, Bsample king Gallegos turns in a raw and crunchy acid workout that is sure to raise the roof with adrenaline inducing risers aplenty.

The VA takes a trippy left turn with Planet Euphorique and Craigie Knowes affiliate emkay, in a perception altering display of warping synths, shimmering gated vocals and loose drum patterns before rising star Body Clinic rounds things off. Fusing DnB and prog  in ‘159 Revolutions Per Minute’ against a futuristic backdrop, the young Northern Irish producer perfectly demonstrates the interwoven themes and concepts that the label seeks to platform. 

100% of compilation profits will be donated to Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

@bodyclinic
@dawsdj
@emkaybymk
@gallegos_1991
@steviecox
@stonestaro

Mixed by Tiarnan McMorrow (track 3)
Mastered by Zzzzra
Artwork by James Lacey

VA - Visions Vol. 2 (ft Body Clinic, DAWS, emkay, Gallegos, Stevie Cox + Stones Taro)

trickpony - Pillow Talk
STEP11

Vinyl Preorder: https://t.ly/_JdmN
Digi Preorder: https://t.ly/_ZybS

Step Ball Chain’s unconventional prototype band trickpony is the 11th release on the ever evolving imprint. An assortment of sensual cyber jams collaged together by the trio over timezones, birthed in Perth, Australia by Mike Midnight and Roza Terenzi; old friends joined by Helsinki’s visionary songstress Maria Korkeila. A trinity of alchemy blossomed into an audio rendition of exquisite corpse, layers of each entity glistening through amongst a united cosmos; trip hop atmospherics and downtempo drippings. 

The five track EP reveals a metamorphosis of nostalgia, a foot in the ever present and daydreams of future. A subconscious deep dive into lustful pop, guided by spine tingling vocal fantasies; textural hallucination, harmonic odes to the golden era underground and a flirtation with drum and bass, tribal percussive freakouts and dream tinged lyrics of desire. 

Pillow talk is a timeless exhibit of esoteric treasures, a portal to a private world of modern enchantment that reveals itself in new ways each listen, music for lovers created by a supergroup of innovators to be digested, shared and cherished.



Written & Produced by Michael Gunson, Katie Campbell and Maria Korkeila
Mastering by Marco Pellegrino 
Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analog Cut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Nicola Tirabasso

trickpony - Pillow Talk (STEP11)

Step Ball Chain’s unconventional prototype band trickpony is the 11th release on the ever evolving imprint. An assortment of sensual cyber jams collaged together by the trio over timezones, birthed in Perth, Australia by Mike Midnight and Roza Terenzi; old friends joined by Helsinki’s visionary songstress Maria Korkeila. A trinity of alchemy blossomed into an audio rendition of exquisite corpse, layers of each entity glistening through amongst a united cosmos; trip hop atmospherics and downtempo drippings. 

The five track EP reveals a metamorphosis of nostalgia, a foot in the ever present and daydreams of future. A subconscious deep dive into lustful pop, guided by spine tingling vocal fantasies; textural hallucination, harmonic odes to the golden era underground and a flirtation with drum and bass, tribal percussive freakouts and dream tinged lyrics of desire. 

Pillow talk is a timeless exhibit of esoteric treasures, a portal to a private world of modern enchantment that reveals itself in new ways each listen, music for lovers created by a supergroup of innovators to be digested, shared and cherished.

Buy: https://stepballchain.bandcamp.com/album/pillow-talk

PREMIERE: trickpony - Shiver DnB [Step Ball Chain]

@mikemidnight
@roza-terenzi
@stepballchain

BC: https://stepballchain.bandcamp.com/album/pillow-talk

Step Ball Chain’s unconventional prototype band trickpony is the 11th release on the ever evolving imprint. An assortment of sensual cyber jams collaged together by the trio over timezones, birthed in Perth, Australia by Mike Midnight and Roza Terenzi; old friends joined by Helsinki’s visionary songstress Maria Korkeila. A trinity of alchemy blossomed into an audio rendition of exquisite corpse, layers of each entity glistening through amongst a united cosmos; trip hop atmospherics and downtempo drippings.

The five track EP reveals a metamorphosis of nostalgia, a foot in the ever present and daydreams of future. A subconscious deep dive into lustful pop, guided by spine tingling vocal fantasies; textural hallucination, harmonic odes to the golden era underground and a flirtation with drum and bass, tribal percussive freakouts and dream tinged lyrics of desire.

Pillow talk is a timeless exhibit of esoteric treasures, a portal to a private world of modern enchantment that reveals itself in new ways each listen, music for lovers created by a supergroup of innovators to be digested, shared and cherished.

pi pi pi premiere: trickpony - Room To Breathe (Step Ball Chain)

Producer, DJ, singer and fashion designer Maria Korkeila aka emkay (aka gem-K) weaves through genres like patchworking fabric.

For Honey Trap, Maria brings to us some of that good moody downtempo ambiance. Think rays of sunlight creeping through a heavy-hanging sky of clouds. A haze over Paris. A crisp January breeze. 

Feel it. Breathe it. Hear It.

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Outsiders: Honey Trap w/ emkay @ Kiosk Radio 23.01.2025

Vinyl preorder: https://link.common-ground.io/ZGtiweVxS
Digi preorder: https://stepballchain.bandcamp.com/album/24-7-heaven

trickpony rightfully return with their sensual sophomore record, a six track tip of downtempo anthems elaborating on the sonic blueprint established through Pillow Talk (STEP11). Contemporary trip hop revivalists at the core; the trio specialise in new age pop collages, stripped, subbed and dubbed for your pleasure. With whispered secrets tangled over atmospheric decay and hooks that tug at heartstrings, the trickpony DNA is embedded deep in the musical discourse; “24/7 Heaven” elevates even the most devious to a divine higher place. 

From top to tail slung breaks crash like waves, rolling and seeping into opulent synthesis which fills the room. Sometimes music can say a thousand words without a single lyric; Ripple and Trick Trick fixating on textural constructions, layers of harmonic delight working in unison with forward thinking percussion patterns. Angel and No/Direction delve deeper into a more sparse, stripped back landscape; delayed fragments with room to breathe between vocal stylings that will lodge themselves into your memory one word at a time. Closing with a psychedelic exploration, Memphis Light derails structure formula and drum&bass starts to feel technicolour. 

With an understated maturity exuding from all angles, STEP17 offers an introspective assortment of illustrious songs ready to reach into your subconscious. 

Music by Michael Gunson, Maria Korkelia and Katie Campbell
Mastered and Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analogcut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Nicola Tirabasso




trickpony - 24/7 Heaven (STEP17)

The first mix on our series closes out the year and begins between pillows and soothing rest. 

@emkaybymk soundtracks that moment just before you wake up and open your eyes; a slow slippage of consciousness from dreamstate to revival, the scattered figments of a dream you desperately try to grab onto as it gradually fractures, disperse and slip through your fingers, floating beyond reach, making way for a dawning reality.

Sink deeper into her vibe with the new Trickpony, 24/7 Heaven now out on Step Ball Chain. 

Listen close... 

Tracklist:

Plane Trees – Laconic
Kruder & Dorfmeister – Lexicon
Kevin – u know me (ft shaun n don)
YSI – Birth-Death
Oklou, Malibu – choke enough (Malibu’s ambient city mix)
Sans-i – Paranormal
Robert Leiner – Zenit
Tifra – International Waters (Roza Terenzi Remix)
The Egg – Lost at Sea
The Starseeds – Heaenairportcoffeeshoprestaurant
Boards of Canada – Hi Scores
Girl Eats Boy – Blue Absence Of Angels (Original Mix)
Deki Alem – Mr Man
Laika – Almost Sleeping
Tosca – Annanas
Wigs – I know (Stone Remix)
Mama Oliver – Eastwest (Stoned Together)
Thievery Corporation – Shaolin Satellite
Nervous Planet – Mix 4
trickpony – Angel
Baby G – Undercurrent
Telafonica – Go to B.Ed
Test Dept – Ingenuous
Aphrodelics – Rollin’ On Chrome (Wild Motherfucker Dub)
Courtney Bailey – In Dream
Maara – Ultra Villain
Lipstick – Struck By Lightning
iO (Mulen) & Silat Beksi – Dub Ass
james K – untitled
trickpony – Memphis

HTMIX 001 - emkay

Love angel music baby

Up-coming:

01.01.2026 - trickpony (LIVE) @ un:send, Australia
03.01.2026 - trickpony (LIVE) @ Miscellania, Australia
06/2026 – trickpony (LIVE) @ Solstice Festival, Ruka

Past:

21.11.2025 – Sotano, Mallorca
15.11.2025 – Post Bar, Helsinki
12.09.2025 – Kwia, Berlin
09.08.2025 – Post Bar, Helsinki
09.08.2025 – UG, Helsinki
10.03.2025 – Paris, France
01.03.2025 – Madrid, Spain
24.01.2025 – Kiosk Radio / Honey Trap
01.01.2025 – Post Bar, Helsinki
08.11.2024 - Club Kaiku, Helsinki
20.09.2024 - Baraka Release Afterparty, Paris
09.08.2024 - Post Bar, Helsinki
09.08.2024 - emkay (debut LIVE) @ Flow Festival, Helsinki
19.07.2024 - Club Kaiku, Helsinki
27.04.2024 - Intonal Festival, Malmö
23.03.2024 - Post Bar, Helsinki
21.03.2024 - Kiasma, Helsinki
04.03.2024 – Music Room, Melbourne
02.03.2024 – Angel Music Bar, Melbourne
02.03.2024 – Xe54, Melbourne
24.02.2024 - Daybreak Festival, Melbourne
27.01.2024 - Ritmica, Verona, Italy
18.01.2024 – Dizo x Courreges, Paris
31.12.2023 - Post Bar, Helsinki
22.12.2023 - Club Kaiku, Helsinki
01.12.2023 - Post Bar, Helsinki
06.10.2023 - Post Bar, Helsinki
16.09.2023 - gem-K (LIVE), Helsinki Design Week
15.09.2023 - Refuge Radio, Berlin
15.09.2023 - Paloma, Berlin
03.09.2023 - VUM, Ääniwalli, Helsinki
02.09.2023 - gem-K (LIVE) @Retriitti
11.08.2023 – Post Bar, Helsinki
28.07.2023 – Club Kaiku, Helsinki
21.07.2023 – Post Bar, Helsinki
22.06.2023 –  Solstice Festival, Ruka
11.06.2023 - VUM, Ääniwalli, Helsinki
09.06.2023 – Post Bar, Helsinki
27.05.2023 - Riche Bar, Stockholm, Sweden
12.05.2023 – Post Bar, Helsinki
05.05.2023 - Ida Radio Birthday, Tallinn, Estonia
29.04.2023 – Pyhä Aisti Festival
01.04.2023 - Refuge Radio, Berlin
01.04.2023 – Renate, Berlin
24.03.2023 - Stidilä, Helsinki
10.03.2023 - Post Bar, Helsinki
25.02.2023 - UG, Helsinki
17.02.2023 - Post Bar, Helsinki
16.02.2023 - Gatorade Arena, Turku
14.01.2023 - UG, Helsinki
05.01.2023 - Club Kaiku, Helsinki
23.12.2022 - Post Bar, Helsinki
17.12.2022 - UG, Helsinki
25.11.2022 - Stidilä w/ DJ Aleksi
18.11.2022 - gem-K (LIVE), SIC Gallery
18.11.2022 - Slush Afterparty / ÄW
29.10.2022 - Post Bar, Helsinki
30.09.2022 - Club Kaiku, Helsinki
09.09.2022 - Club Kaiku, Helsinki
26.08.2022 - Post Bar, Helsinki
21.08.2022 - Ääniwalli, Helsinki
13.08.2022 - Flow Festival, Helsinki
13.08.2022 - UG, Helsinki
12.08.2022 - Tanner, Helsinki
06.08.2022 - gem-K (LIVE), Kallio Block Party
05.08.2022 - Club Kaiku, Helsinki
15.07.2022 - Post Bar, Helsinki
24.06.2022 - gem-K (Live) @ Solstice Festival
24.06.2022 - Solstice Festival
01.07.2022 - Grotesk, Helsinki
03.07.2022 - VUM, Helsinki
18..06.2022 - Stidilä, Hki with Jeku
17.06.2022 -  Jackie, Hki
21.05.2022 - OO recordings release party
07.05.2022 - gem-K (Live) @ AUG, Helsinki
08.04.2022 - Post Bar, Helsinki
19.03.2022 - Stidilä, Helsinki
05.03.2022 - Club Kaiku, Helsinki
26.02.2022 - Sumu UG, Helsinki
02.10.2021 - Variety Birthday, Helsinki
02.10.2021 - Sumu UG, Helsinki
16.07.2021 - Post Bar
16.06.2021 - Merikerho, Helsinki
12.12.2020 - Jackie with Lara Silva and Laura Mrls
18.09.2020 - Radio Student, Ljubljana 
12.08.2020 - Siltanen with Jenny Om, Helsinki
08.08.2020 - Postbar w/ J. Lindroos & Sebastian Holm, Helsinki
26.06.2020 - Release Party w/ Sansibar, Postbar, Helsinki
29.05.2020 – Ida Helsinki Postbar Special
06.03.2020 - Dagda, Paris
17.01.2020 - Skylab Radio with EllaBlou
07.01.2020 - Palazzo Pucci, Florence, Italy
26.12.2019 - Club Kaiku w/ Alvie, Helsinki
18.12.2019 - Post Bar, Helsinki
01.12.2019 - Mtsl UG, Helsinki
30.11.2019 - Stidilä w/ Linda Lazarov, Helsinki
16.11.2019 - Club Kaiku w/ Kai Alcé & Lauri Soini, Helsinki
12.11.2019 - Ida Radio w/ River Yarra, Tallinn
09.11.2019 - Postbar w/ River Yarra & Joshi <3
19.10.2019 - Salon de Normandy (Ascen-Dance)
03.10.2019 -  Dizonord (Ascen-Dance), Paris
09.08.2019 - Flow Festival, Helsinki
04.08.2019 - Postbar w/ Linda Lazarov, Helsinki
13.07.2019 - Outland Bar (Ascen-Dance), Paris
03.07.2019 - Dizonord  w/ River Yarra, Paris
01.06.2019 - Postbar w/ Paquita Gordon & Denzel, Helsinki
31.05.2019 - Club Kaiku w/ Linda Lazarov & Sansibar, Helsinki
20.04.2019 – Polar Festival(Ascen-Dance), Paris
02.02.2019 – Club Kaiku w/ Joshi, Helsinki
15.12.2018 – La Recyclerie, Paris
26.09.2018 – Les Grands Verres, Paris
12.06.2018 – 16H00 CET – Antinote Radio Show (River Yarra invite Maria Korkeila), Rinse France
14.02.2018 - Cotton Club, Paris

Monthly  radio show Tête-à-Tête on Ida Helsinki:

22.04.2022 - 2y anniversary special
25.02.2022 - with JAI
28.01.2022 - with Jaakko & Juuso (Takeover)
05.11.2021 - with Craigie Knowes
08.10.2021 - with Lora Mipsum
18.06.2021 - with Sleek Bitumen & Gloworm
21.05.2021 - with Sansibar & Denzel
23.04.2021 - with Justus Valtanen
26.03.2021 - with River Yarra
20.03.2021 - Ida Helsinki Birthday stream
26.02.2021 - with Jess Zammit & Jaakko
29.01.2021 - with KIDÄ & YSI
18.12.2020 - with D.Tiffany, Denzel & J. Lindroos
20.11.2020 - Birthday Speziale
23.10.2020 - with Zoe's Shanghai & Jaakko
25.09.2020 - with Zulu
28.08.2020 - with Ivy Barkakati
31.07.2020 - with Ella Blou
03.07.2020 - with Tuomas R-F
12.06.2020 - with Mykonos
11.05.2020 - with Appo 2020
24.03.2020 - with Soyoon

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