Find all my music on Spotify:
http://sptfy.com/kidnap

For all enquires: sophia@tinysaturnmusic.com

Kidnap is an artist whose music overflows with emotion - rich and powerfully evocative.

Recording in London, Kidnap (real name Matthew Relton) likens his process to that of a sculptor, starting with a block of sound and chopping away until a shape emerges. As such, each song exists ornately carved with a handcrafted subtly.

Still just 33, Relton is already something of an industry veteran. Releasing his first single in 2012 kicked off an eight-year stretch of global touring that came to a grinding halt when the pandemic put the world on pause.

2024 marks a new chapter for Kidnap, with his next body of work on the horizon. Set against the backdrop of a changing world and the arrival of a baby daughter, Relton offers a bittersweet reflection on the passing of time. ‘It’s about looking back on the last 12 years — the touring and the friends and the sleeplessness,” says Relton, “and realising that in order to embrace the life I have now, I need to let it all go.’ The music shimmers with nostalgia. Signature sad melodies dance deftly around commanding synth lines, altogether sounding like an artist with a new found sense of purpose.

Nik, also known as KINN, is a precocious Slovenian artist with a passionate trajectory that is growing steadily. His first experience began when he was 13 years old, when his cousin brought over a pair of old CDJ350s, and he has been amazed by the power of music ever since. Since then, he began DJing at local and private events with his friends and family, until one event completely changed his perspective on music. At age 15, KINN's restless creative spirit has led him to create his productions, which he has released many releases on many underground labels all over the world. His passion prompted him to create his own vision through a podcast label called MAVRICA, which is quickly earning a reputation as Slovenia's most consistent underground podcast imprint.

Enjoy It While It Happens.

Owner of Mavrica https://soundcloud.com/themavricaofficial


Releases on:
Traza Music
Nada-Espacial
Hotwire
Friktion
Voices Of The Desert
Irresponsible

Booking:
kinn901@gmail.com

Booking requests: 
bookingtomdescend@gmail.com

A mystic of rhythm, digging beats from the deep and the unknown. Her intent: to create spaces where boundaries between genres blur, and sounds pulse through both body and spirit.
The selection: dark, hypnotic grooves entwined with luminous tones, moving between tension and release, earthbound and otherworldly. A raw, unfiltered experience led purely by sound.

Her performance has taken place in several venues in Slovenia, including Zorica, Klub Kader, Monokel,  Migetalnica, Terminal Club, Space for Transformation, Endemit, Mladi Zmaji Youth Centre and at the Flows and Sinergia Festival in Croatia.

Asia Bookings @globalmissionrecords

UPCOMING GIGS:
25.01.26 Funchal /Portugal
31.01.26 Baza Kulturnih Zbivanja
05.06.26 INFUSE Festival

PAST GIGS:
//2025//
03.01.26 BIRO /Podgorica
27.12.25 QÚQLA Moscow
26.12.25 Baza Kulturnih Zbivanja
11.10.25 INFUSE /Beograd
05.09.25 Discont /Novi Sad
16.08.25 Sfest Strumica /Macedonia
19.07.25 Kite Loop /Ada Bojana
18.07.25 BIRO /Podgorica
13.07.25 Katamaran /Tivat
12.07.25 Kite Loop /Ada Bojana
27.06.25 BIRO /Podgorica
12.06.25 INFUSE /Kalemegdan
10.05.25 Gjirokastër /Albania
26.04.25 Stab Pogon /Pancevo
05.04.25 BIRO /Podgorica
29.03.25 Istina Masina /Nis
08.03.25 Minival /Beograd
01.03.25 Colombo /Sri Lanka
01.02.25 BIRO /Podgorica
11.01.25 Minival /Beograd
09.01.25 Dorcol Bar /Beograd

//2024//
19.10.24 KULT /Beograd
23.08.24 BIRO /Podgorica
22.08.24 Kite Loop /Ada Bojana
19.08.24 Kite Loop /Ada Bojana
04.07.24 INFUSE w/ Sebastien Leger /Bgd
16.06.24 Piknik U Pelince /Mkd
15.06.24 Princip /Nis
11.05.24 BIRO /Podgorica
30.03.24 KULT /Beograd
23.03.24 RLGC /Amsterdam
24.02.24 Tunel /Novi Sad
24.01.24 KULT:R /Beograd

//2023//
31.12.23 BIRO /Podgorica
23.09.23 Memorial Festival /Kumanovo 
17.09.23 Flows Festival /Ugljan
18.08.23 BIRO /Podgorica
21.07.23 Dubina /Dubrovnik
17.06.23 BIRO /Podgorica
19.05.23 BIRO /Podgorica
31.03.23 Half /Beograd
24.03.23 KULT /Beograd
04.02.23 Klub Dubina /Dubrovnik
03.02.23 BIRO /Podgorica

//2022//
05.11.22 Bravó /Reykjavik
24.09.22 Raft 25th /Bgd
19.08.22 Turija 22 Festival /Turija
06.08.22 Discont /Ns
23.07.22 Discont /Ns
15.07.22 Playground /Malta
19.02.22 Tunel /Ns

//2021//
20.08.21 half /Bgd
14.08.21 Teglværket /Copenhagen
17.07.21 Time:Code Festival /Bgd
03.07.21 half /Bgd

//2020//
09.09.20 half /Bgd
03.09.20 Time:Code /Bgd
25.06.20 Bar 25th /Bgd
07.02.20 Ben Akiba /Bgd
11.01.20 Naissus /Nis

//2019//
07.12.19 Ben Akiba /Bgd
06.12.19 Prog.Suza Brthd DOT /Bgd
06.12.19 Stil Vor Talent Showcase /Bgd
28.11.19 half /Bgd
23.11.19 Verige /Tivat
18.10.19 Club Up /Amsterdam
25.08.19 Time:Code /Ada Bridge
09.08.19 Diskont /Ns
03.08.19 Color Festival /Brcko
01.06.19 KC LAB /Novi Sad
22.05.19 Time:Code /Kalemegdan
15.03.19 Gate 54 /Baden
08.03.19 Schlaflos Club /Aarau
18.01.19 Shade Club /Bucharest

//2018//
04.11.18 Time:Code /Kosmaj
12.07.18 EXIT Festival /Novi Sad
29.06.18 Drugstore /Belgrade
25.05.18 Galaksija /Pancevo
06.05.18 Thirteen Venue /Johannesburg
31.03.18 RLGC /Amsterdam
24.03.18 Intertank /Berlin
11.01.18 DOT /Belgrade

//2017//
21.10.17 ADE @ RLGC /Amsterdam
19.10.17 ADE @ RLGC /Amsterdam
19.10.17 Kashmir Lounge /Amsterdam
15.06.17 Lazareti /Dubrovnik
05.05.17 Verige /Tivat
25.02.17 RLGC /Amsterdam

//2016//
05.11.16 RLGC /Amsterdam
13.09.16 NUBA Rooftop /Paris
02.09.16 Ponta /Tivat
11.03.16 Silver&Smoke /Sarajevo
30.01.16 Nibiru Space Bar /Rome
12.12.15 Dom Omladine /Tuzla

//2015//
05.04.15 Sunday Station /Seixal
04.04.15 Barreirinha Bar /Funchal
02.04.15 Mini Eco Bar /Funchal

//2014//
07.06.14 PORT Club /Klaipeda
07.06.14 SKY21 /Klaipeda
06.06.14 G-Loft /Kaunas
05.04.14 Amigos Bar /Klaipeda
04.04.14 G-Loft /Kaunas
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@oneofakindmuzik
@therynth
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biography:
Back in 2004, the fusion of the sounds of soft and mystical house rhythms as well as harmonic parts inspired by trance music gave rise to the first ideas of a project that would only start to appear more actively on the edm scene a little later, a project called Jelly For The Babies.
What adorns the producer behind the above-mentioned project is the variety in his creations, playing with synths and rhythms, experimentation that eventually led to his sound being easily recognizable.
Just like his spirit, his music is not bound by genre, but is "free", and you can see the releases signed both for progressive and techno, as well as for publishing houses that cultivate the sound of deep, minimal and organic house music. .
Therefore, the very thing that makes him original leads to his music, throughout his career, being supported, both through sets and through the charts, by artists such as Hernan Cattaneo, Eelke Kleijn, John Digweed, Way Out West, Guy J and many others.
Then come the first international guest appearances, tours, festivals and club parties in Lithuania, Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland, South Africa, Holland, Italy as well as countries in the region.
Graduated Audio & Video engineer as well as the owner of three publishing houses, The Purr, One Of A Kind and RYNTH, where he mentioned discovering new talents, giving young producers a chance, promoting them in the best possible way and mutual cooperation with more experienced colleagues as the key thing .

If I had to define my existence, it would not be written in a book, but played through notes in life over the years.

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