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@ksenia_kamikaza from our stop in Riga on the Eastern Europe edition of Open Dancefloors.

Open Dancefloors: Riga - Ksenia Kamikaza

https://soundcloud.com/ksenia_kamikaza for https://soundcloud.com/femalepressure at HÖR BERLIN (06 December 2021)

Full video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCn90qZI4Ko

HÖR: Ksenia Kamikaza (06 12 2021)

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from Ksenia Kamikaza. The Riga born DJ & producer is also the founder of Under Festival + Platz Für Tanz promo group and is one of the main forces of the rave movement in Latvia. Going beyond her home country she's played globally from Dommune Tokyo to Fabric London. Our mix today showcases her diverse sound from techno to dark disco, IDM and beyond. 

If you're in Riga be sure to catch the next Debosch at Church on December 9th along with The Brvtalist + Might Be Twins. https://ra.co/events/1604300

https://soundcloud.com/ksenia_kamikaza

New Brvtalism No. 356 Ksenia Kamikaza

Ksenia Kamikaza | August 25, 2023

Riga born / Barcelona based Ksenia Kamikaza is a prominent figure in Latvian scene. The founder of UNDER festival and Platz für Tanz label, Ksenia is one of the main moving forces of rave culture in Latvia. You cannot imagine local showcases of Gegen, Voxnox or Boiler Room without her boundless sets. Spinning records in places like fabric.London, Dommune in Tokyo, Sziget in Budapest or Kit Kat in Berlin, losing herself in music and dust at Burning Man, Ksenia varies from techno to ambient, from dark disco to IDM. She puts listeners on a rhythm and sound journey you cannot leave once you have stepped in.

VSLK: Your first DJ gig?
Ksenia: In March 2004. I had started the Intelligent Beats radio show the year before and my friends invited me to play in the chill-out room at their party. I was so nervous that I pressed the play button of the first track, but later I messed up the players and stopped the track. Omg, I will remember it forever and I even remember the track, it was Bonobo - Something for Windy.

VSLK: Your longest DJ set?
Ksenia: 9 hours in Brussels. It was supposed to be 3 hours, but people just didn't leave. I tried to put slower tracks and they started to dance in pairs, so I decided to go on. I got sick the day before, so I was taking Nurofen and drinking shots of vodka and playing and playing. Next day I was totally fine, no temperature at all. In 2 years a guy came to me at a festival in Batumi and said: Heeey, I remember you from Brussels, that was an amazing party! Was totally unexpected, nice surprise. It was a good party indeed, and sweet memories.

VSLK: What is important to you on the road, especially from gig to gig?
Ksenia: Healthy food, which is almost impossible. I literally hate airport food, same sandwiches all over the world. Though there are exceptions, Rome airport has excellent food and choice of drinks. I also loved Kyiv's Boryspil, even had my favorite restaurant and the coffee place there.

VSLK: Rock or Pop?
Ksenia: Pop, because Rock is dead (sorry guys).

VSLK: Any movie or series recommendations?
Ksenia: One of my favorite movies is Our Music directed by Jean-Luc Godard in 2004. He is one of the greatest directors indeed. In this movie he speaks about the war, what it brings to the world. 20 years have passed, but it feels like he would film it about our days. The true masterpiece, not really known to the wide audience. Not to finish on a sad note, I would like to mention another movie: Kebab Connection by Anno Saul. It is a hilarious comedy about love and how it conquers stupid prejudices and traditions.


Listen, enjoy and never forget:
THERE IS NO RAINBOW WITHOUT YELLOW AND BLUE.


KSENIA KAMIKAZA
https://soundcloud.com/ksenia_kamikaza
https://facebook.com/kseniakamikaza
https://instagram.com/kamikaza
https://ra.co/dj/kseniakamikaza
http://kamikaza.info


VESELKA
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https://facebook.com/veselka.kyiv
https://ra.co/promoters/129341

VESELKA PODCAST 058 | KSENIA KAMIKAZA

67th podcast hosts @Ksenia_Kamikaza, the founder of UNDER festival and Platz für Tanz label, is one of the main moving forces of rave culture in Latvia. You cannot imagine local showcases of Gegen, Voxnox or Boiler Room without her boundless sets. Spinning records in places like fabric.London, Dommune in Tokyo, Sziget in Budapest or Kit Kat in Berlin, losing herself in music and dust at Burning Man, Ksenia varies from techno to ambient, from dark disco to IDM. She puts listeners on a rhythm and sound journey you cannot leave once you have stepped in.

Domestically originating from a line of musician, Ksenia spent her early years digging deeper into electronic & experimental music completing the collection of ambient, deep house, nu jazz and IDM records. In 2003, that was an inspiration for her to start the INTELLIGENT BEATS radio show still broadcasting on Radio Naba in Riga.

In year 2007 Ksenia founded the Platz für Tanz collective to bring international sound of electronic music to Latvia. Throughout the years, the label has collaborated with Dasha Rush, Paula Temple, Anastasia Kristensen, Kr!z, Claudio PRC, Matrixxman, Bloody Mary, Projekt Gestalten, Answer Code Request, Etapp Kyle and a list of significant artists follows. Ksenia challenges the most unexpected places for her events: trains, airports, libraries and even churches, — proving that techno is not only music, but the true cultural phenomena.

As a music producer Ksenia Kamikaza has released several EPs, in year 2015 coming to her debut album “Japanese Georgians”, which has been true musical experimentation and self-expression: it includes Ksenia’s love and vision of downtempo, IDM, broken beats and techno. The second album “Pirveli Sitkvebi” in collaboration with Georgian artist Antiproject followed in 2022.

In year 2017 Ksenia and a team of true music fans have organized the first electronic music festival called UNDER in Riga. The festival has become a good tradition and is happening annually. It has hosted such names as SLAM, APPARAT, BYETONE, THROWING SNOW, KASPER BJØRKE, dOP, LUIGI TOZZI, SCHWEFELGELB, ARTEFAKT and many more electronic music artists.

 The new beginning came in year 2022: Ksenia has founded two labels, releasing Latvian electronic music only. KĀDAS DOMAS is concentrated on ambient and experimental genres, while TĀDA GAITA is about techno, house and electro music.

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