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Enver is a DJ and producer based in Bristol, whose work ranges in style from enthralling, 2-step garage bits to hard-hitting drum & bass. "Sans" is one of 8 upcoming tracks on NC-based record label Maison Fauna's upcoming compilation, Unrivaled Groove. Out Friday, the 13th of August.

Premiere | Enver | Sans (Featuring Kir) [Maison Fauna]

Limited edition transparent blue and solid black marbled vinyl on pre-sale now. Limited to 300. Drops Friday the 13th of August. 

A1. Warning - https://soundcloud.com/panaruk
A2. Sans - https://soundcloud.com/enveruk feat. https://soundcloud.com/itiskir
A3. Axis - https://soundcloud.com/danielmileswhite
A4. Aarai - https://soundcloud.com/lewisaung

B1. Solid Ground - https://soundcloud.com/hidd3nhand
B2. Howard - https://soundcloud.com/whenuknow
B3. Cloud Lament - https://soundcloud.com/two-toke
B4. La Flamingo - https://soundcloud.com/berwickjpg

Unrivaled Groove Vol. I

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VA - Unrivaled Groove Vol. I - CLIPS

Kirated is a new monthly series on 1020 Radio, which airs the second Monday of the month at 00:00 - 1:00 UKT (7:00 - 8:00PM EST). The series is hosted and curated by myself (Kir), and features some solo mixes from myself in addition to mixes from my favorite artists that are either from or based in the US, as well as some friends abroad <3.

Tracklist:
Lazee Luq - Whatever I Play
Sister Zo - Earth Mover
Vladimir Dubyshkin - Company of 302s
Destroy - Serious Pulse
SVZZ - Ghetto Superstar
Melodramatic - At Night
CcC - 90s Grad
Last Life - Theorem
Surusinghe - Heaven
YTP - Drop It
Bae Blade x Robin Tasi - Chu Chu
LSDXOXO - False Idols
Angel D'Lite - R U Ready?
Brain Rays & Quiet - Slacker
Alfaz - Rattlesnake
Missy Elliott - Get Your Freak On (Papa Nugs' Jungle Booty Remix)

Kirated 001: Kir

Kirated 004: Kir

The Hardware Bedroom Set

Kirated 005: Evelyn

mix hour worldwide + kir - 14.02.2023 - foundation fm

Kir (Durham, NC) debuts on The Lot with a hybrid set, featuring original work on hardware, unreleased tunes from Kir + friends, and a few of their favorite tracks from the past few years :). 

DJ and producer Kir hops on to debut some of their new and unreleased original work, alongside their favorite "essential" vinyl and digital releases of the past few years. This mix is landing in the height of Kir's first-ever tour, as support for Leeds-based, UKG legend Peaky Beats.

http://www.instagram.com/itiskir

Kir @ The Lot Radio 03-04-2023

This month, @zaradekho takes over Kirated on 1020 Radio for an hour of techno, breakbeat, world dance/club, and more! Streamed live on Monday, March 13 at 7 PM EST / midnight UKT.

Zara Dekho is a multi-disciplinary artist from Karachi, based in New York since 2015. Her sound varies from club/dance music, to techno, acid, and drum & bass. Zara's versatility not only relies on tonalities but also on time, space and emotion. With her Pakistani heritage, she strives to pay homage to her South Asian roots through her selections in music, and inspire others from the region to follow their passions. Zara Dekho co-runs the record label and event series based out of Brooklyn, Rare Frequency Transmissions, along with Dynoman.

Kirated 006: Zara Dekho

Name: Sarah Damsky
Alias: Kir (@itiskir)
Pronouns: They // Them
Location: Baltimore, MD

Influences: The ocean

Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: Unrivaled Groove, Maison Fauna, Merperson

Favorite Quote: "You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.” ― Joan Didion

Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: It's okay to have boundaries, and to hold parts of yourself private or sacred. Art might be about expressing and sharing yourself, but it doesn't necessarily need to be about baring yourself.

About the mix: I was lucky enough to meet Leesh at Movement, on the precipice of several life changes and around two weeks before moving to Baltimore from North Carolina. All of the tracks that you will be hearing in this mix were written between meeting Leesh and exporting this mix, with the exception of three tracks that have been edited or reimagined since originally produced. While some of these tunes are fully-fleshed out tracks with beginnings, middles, and ends, many of them are in the works. In a way, this mix is more like a podcast than anything I have done before: it's my diary, of sorts, with some pages fully-written, composed, emotional and complicated. Others are unfinished, simple notes of the day -- small reminders to dance, drink water, get some anger or anxiety out, or just giggle. As I flip through notes, so do I genres: this mix is more meant to show the breadth of my work and what I am currently working on, as opposed to a buttery, one-genre exploration, where I play only finalized tracks.

This mix was performed live on 2 x Electribe MX models, that I mix together with a Xone:96 -- basically, it's like DJing with hardware. With this live set, I embrace all the wackiness of what it means to be a live producer, and the magic (and sometimes chaos) of that unexpectedness and lack of control. If any of these tracks see the light of day beyond Daisychain, they will be self-released on itiskir.bandcamp.com.

With this mix Kir asks for you to please learn more about and consider donating to: 
❁ The Okra Project (https://www.theokraproject.com/)

More at - https://thedaisychain.club/2023/08/15/daisychain-291-kir/

Daisychain

Daisychain 291 - Kir

Baltimore’s Kir (@itiskir) and recent Daisychainer (#292) guests on this month's installation of the Daisychain residency for Refuge Worldwide, playing some of their favorite minimal, electro, and shuffly cuts alongside original productions. It's a dream cloud floating through the textures both smooth and softly gritty. This special edition is the first of the residency performed live from Refuge Worldwide HQ at Oona Bar in Neukölln📡🌐🌼

A raver first and born by the California beachside, Kir began making music at a young age; first pop, and eventually, electronic, all inspired by the ocean. After relocating to Arizona for high school, where they witnessed their first desert raves and were introduced to genres like hardstyle and happy hardcore, their eyes turned to underground production styles and DJing. It wasn’t until they moved to Chicago to study music that they began collecting records and investing in gear, and it was truly post-pandemic that Kir had the opportunity to first share their original, tropical-inspired music with the world. Their hardware sets contain compositions performed live on two vintage Korg Electribes (MX), energetically mixing techno with their gritty, old-school, breaks-centric rave productions in a fashion similar to DJing. With a deep love for shuffled beats and syncopated rhythms, Kir’s DJ sets span a similar range, and explore the bounds of minimal, UKG, electro, breakbeat techno, and drum & bass.

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organizations.
refugeworldwide.com @refugeworldwide

Tracklist - https://thedaisychain.club/2023/08/30/daisychain-x-refuge-worldwide-kir/

Kir - Refuge Worldwide x Daisychain | 025

Our new episode of the Blankhaus Podcast Series delivered by @itiskir

Baltimore's talented producer and DJ, Kir shares their love for music with a special mix which was performed live with 2 x Korg Electribe EMX models. With the tempo synced on both devices with an ERM Multiclock, Kir DJ between the two sequencers on a XONE:96, flipping around between original patterns, longer tracks, and drum workouts.

Blankhaus Podcast 051 - Kir

Born by the California beachside, Kir began making music at a young age. First, they experimented with pop and hip-hop, and eventually -- after relocating to Arizona for high school, where they attended their first desert raves and were introduced to genres like Hardstyle and Happy Hardcore -- they began experimenting with hardware production, analog synthesis, and manifesting the sounds of the ocean through dance music. Kir's hardware sets contain compositions performed live on two vintage Korg Electribes (MX), energetically mixing techno with their gritty, old-school, breaks-centric rave productions in a fashion similar to DJing. With a deep love for shuffled beats and syncopated rhythms, Kir’s DJ sets span a similar range, and explore the bounds of minimal, UKG, Electro, Breakbeat Techno, and Drum & Bass.

Featuring house, minimal, breaks, and even some hard techno, this two-hour mix never sits in one mood for too long; instead, it weaves between differing, underground sonic scapes that aim to both hypnotize and embody a peak-time vibe. 

Genres: Minimal, House, Electronic, Breaks, Breakbeat Techno, Techno

Quantum Botanics w/ Kir ~ 131223

My live set from 03.21.23 on HÖR Berlin. I am uploading this because to this day, it is still one of the live sets I am most proud of. I had never worked so hard on anything. I understand there is some controversy surrounding HÖR, and so let me make my viewpoints clear: I stand with Gaza.

Kir - Live Hardware Set on HÖR Berlin (Week 189//03.21.2023)

Man, this tune is old. Found it in my stuff. Hope you enjoy <3.

Higher

All tracks were recorded live, as just one track. This is a culmination of what I was working on and what I learned in 2019, and as we step in to 2020, I want to share it with you. It's both an ode and ending. 

I almost didn't release this, but if there's anything I've learned this year, it's that being an artist is consistently recognizing that the person you used to be is valid.

A special thank you to Gage Wente (Insta: @slag_lunch) for the album art. 

Tracklist: 
No. 1 (TIPTOE)
No. 2 (Puppetry 101)
No. 3 (Double Dribble)
No. 4 (Elevator Music/Innermission)
No. 5 (Beach, Part E.)

Released with Maison Fauna. (Instagram: @MaisonFauna)

MFR-000 - Kir's Live Hardware Mixtape

>< CRUDE Exclusive Premiere ><

Artist​: Kir
Title: Fine By Me
VA: Field Guide I
Label​: Maison Fauna
Release date​: 13th November 2020

Support the artist & label:
Bandcamp >> https://maisonfauna.bandcamp.com/album/field-guide-i

Maison Fauna is a newly launched record label from North Carolina, an imprint and lifestyle brand focused on House, Techno, and UKG. 
The first release is a sprawling compilation from a wide assortment of artists due for release 13th of November.

Follow:
@itiskir
@maisonfauna

Maison Fauna Field Guide 1

CRUDE Premiere: Kir - Fine By Me [Maison Fauna]

Kir (pronounced like keer)
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