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.

~ heartwarming electronic music for your body, mind and soul ~ 

~ slowrave to techno ~ 

Bookings: 
Berlin -> janomamusic@gmail.com
National/ International -> jacob@mystic-tales.de

Promos, Appreciation and Complaints: janomamusic@gmail.com

Next:
Dec_12 Trips & Ticks @ JK

2025: 
May_21 Klunkerkranich w/ Doob
May_31 Somewhere in Leipzig -> PM
Jun_14 10 Jahre Doob & Janoma @ JK
Jun_22 Musence Portal @ Hive Festival
Jul_03 Trips & Ticks @ Klunkerkranich
Jul_13 Ort zum Sonntag w/ Trips & Ticks @ JK
Aug_23 Wilde Möhre Festival
Sep_06-08 Mystic Creatures Festival w/Doob
Sep_18 Trips & Ticks @ Klunkerkranich
Oct_11 Trips On! Ticks @ JK

Past:
Fusion, Bucht der Träumer, 3000°, Garbicz, Wilde Möhre, LAS, Fairground, Karusselfest, Electronica Istanbul, Freqs of Nature, Mit Dir, Isle 9, Detect Classic, Antaris Project, Plötzlich am Meer, Simsalaboom, Zugvögel, Indian Spirit, Mystic Creatures

Kater Blau, Sisyphos, Rummels Bucht, Ritter Butzke, Mensch Meier, KitKat Club, Crack Bellmer, Beate Uwe, KE//er, Jonny Knüppel, Wilde Renate, Christa Kupfer, H13, Klunkerkranich (all Berlin)

Ballroom Blitz (Beirut), Ruigoord (Amsterdam), Ved Siden Af (Copenhagen), Fluc, Das Werk (Vienna), Contra Punctum (Brussels), Südpol (Luzern), Hafenklang, Südpol (Hamburg), Silq, Lucy´s Sky (Düsseldorf), MS Treue, Ausserhalb (Bremen), KTS (Freiburg), Frau Trude (Gießen), Artheater (Köln) Kantine (Konstanz)

...and a few others I can´t remember right now :)

Kid Fonque has become a vital part of South African electronic music and club culture over the last 20 years. Uniquely accomplished in both influence and scope, he is an over-achiever in every one of his roles; DJ, Producer Label Owner, promoter and more recently, Radio Presenter.

Firmly established as a tastemaker in South Africa, Kid Fonque’s influence can be felt and heard in the music of the many artists he has helped nurture with his role as label manager of Africa’s seminal dance label Soul Candi Records and now his new venture with Jullian Gomes in their new label Stay True Sounds.

Kid Fonque’s talent is the type that refuses to acknowledge boundaries of any kind – be they genres or borders. The respect he is paid by the industry is a result of his no compromise attitude to playing and making music. Rather than following trends, Kid Fonque has always done things his own way. Importantly, every record he reaches for bares all the hallmarks of the Kid Fonque sound - a golden thread that ties all his sets together somehow. 

Like a painter dabbing his brush into different hues, Fonque’s palette embraces everything from bass and broken beats to bossa nova, hip hop and every shade of house - and with this open-minded approach, he’s been deconstructing dancefloors at home and abroad for well over a decade. Over the last couple years he’s played dates in Hong Kong, Dubai, the UK and Switzerland.

Kid Fonque has just recently started his own radio show called Selective Styles on South Africa’s very own 5FM.  Selective Styles has given Kid the platform to showcase the hidden talent from all over South Africa electronic, house, soul & Hip Hop Community while delving into international releases weekly.

In 2011, Kid Fonque launched his long-running monthly night, #2SIDESOFTHEBEAT as a platform to showcase underground music from all genres at the same venue. Dubstep and house rubs shoulders with hip hop, broken beat and everything in between. Kid Fonque handpicks the line-up which has seen esteemed musos like Dego, King Britt, Swindle, Mala, Nightmares On Wax, Zaki Ibrahim and local stars like Jullian Gomes, Cuebur, Kenzhero and The Brother Moves On all on one stage.

In 2014 Kid Fonque moved into the producer’s chair and released his critically acclaimed debut artist album Kid Fonque and Friends and a string of remixes. 

Two singles from the album “BE”, “Usangikhumbula” and a recent collaboration with D-Malice “All This Time” did serious damage in the charts – all claiming the number 1 spot on the YFM Urban Top 20. His recent studio output has paired him with luminaries like Clara Hill, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Nia Andrews, Jonny Miller,  Kev Brown, Okmalumkoolkat and Atjazz. 

2016 has been music as usual and the year started with a Boiler Room set where he was asked to represent his newfound label ‘Stay True Sounds’ and got to share the platform with label partner Jullian Gomes with a back-to-back set recorded and played in Cape Town’s Langa.

2017 sees plenty of new projects on the horizon for Fonque including a full length collaboration with UK’s D-Malice under the alias rkls due for release on r2 London which features a rich and varied cast of artists including Kev Brown, Melo B Jones, Sio, John Robinson and many more.

Whether he’s behind the decks, running Stay True Sounds, preparing for his weekly radio show or in studio making otherworldly music, Kid Fonque’s sonic adventures continue to fill dance floors and thrill earholes, pay attention!

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Booking: https://www.plantage13.com/jonas-saalbach
Relevant Links: https://linktr.ee/jonas_saalbach

Spirited emotion is the protagonist in Jonas Saalbach's brand of electronic dance music. Deeply uplifting and body moving, he has released EPs and long-players on a variety of labels and his own imprint, Radikon. 

Travelling the globe for nearly a decade, Jonas has performed in hundreds of venues on five continents, at the world famous Zamna, Fusion Festivals, Burning Man and on a cliff in the Norwegian fjords for a sensational performance for Cercle broadcast to over 14 million viewers. As a producer, Jonas is extremely prolific. His sophisticated melodic style breathes new life into unusual and distinctive sounds, transforming them into timeless dancefloor anthems full of emotion and percussive energy. 

In 2018, Jonas Saalbach founded the electronic music imprint Radikon together with David Guzy. 80 releases later, some of the hottest players in the melodic house and techno scene are releasing on Radikon and Jonas presents his new mini-album 'Acceleration'. His energetic DJ and live performances and unique brand have captivated listeners and clubbers around the globe. 

As a producer, DJ, live act and label owner, he is set to remain a driving force in electronic music for years to come.

Berlin based DJ  since 2011. 
Co-founder of our collective Trips&Ticks. Organizing and curating partys in Berlin since 2015.

2025 dates

26 I 01 I 25 Beate Uwe, Berlin
06 I 04 I 25 Beate Uwe, Berlin
21 I 05 I 25 Klunkerkranich, Berlin w/ Janoma
14 I 06 I 25 10years doob & Janoma, JK, Berlin
03 I 07 I 25 Trips&Ticks, Klunkerkranich, Berlin
13 I 07 I 25 Trips&Ticks Open Air, JK, Berlin
09 I 08 I 25 Kater, Berlin
07 I 09 I 25 Mystic Creatures Festival, PL
18 I 09 I 25 Trips&Ticks, Klunkerkranich, Berlin
11 I 10 I 25 Trips ON! Ticks, JK, Berlin
12 I 12 I 25 Trips&Ticks, JK, Berlin

Sisyphos - Berlin // Kater Blau - Berlin // Rummels Bucht- Berlin //  Mensch Meier - Berlin // Fusion Festival - Germany // at.tension Theaterfestival - Germany // Garbicz Festival - Poland // Bucht der Träumer Festival - Germany // Karrusel Festival - Denmark // LAS Festival - Poland  // Südpol - Hamburg // Moloch - Hamburg // Objekt klein A - Dresden // The Ballroom Blitz - Beirut // Jonny Knüppel - Berlin // Beate Uwe - Berlin // Salon zur Wilden Renate - Berlin //  g.ART.n - Berlin  // Christa Kupfer - Berlin // Mit Dir Festival - Germany //  Hafenklang - Hamburg MS // Dockville - Germany // Zugvögel Festival - Germany // Wilde Möhre Festival - Germany //  Mystic Creatures Festival - Poland // 3000° Festival - Germany // Fairground Festival - Algeria // Jubeljahre Festival - Germany

Klunkerkranich - Berlin // Crack Bellmer - Berlin // Keller - Berlin // Fluc Vienna - Wien // Birgit / Birgit & Bier - Berlin //

Thanks to Collectives: Trips&Ticks, Amselcom, Circles and Stones, Afterhour Sounds, Voll Schön, Rebellion der Träumer, fernab, Bewegungsfreiheit, fernab,  grenzenlos, Räuberhöhle, Schiffbruch, Wuza, Mystic Creatures...

Bookings:
Berlin -> doooob@gmx.de
National/ International -> jacob@mystic-tales.de

2024
10 I 11 I 24 JK, Berlin
27 I 10 I 24 Beate Uwe, Berlin
26 I 10 I 24 Fluc, Vienna, Austria
05 I 10 I 24 Suedpol, Hamburg
04 I 10 I 24 Klunkerkranich, Trips&Ticks
21 I 09 I 24 Kater Blau, Berlin w/Tom Eichhagen
24 I 08 I 24 Karrusel Festival, Copenhagen, DK
11 I 08 I 24 gart.n, Berlin
03 I 08 I 24 Garbicz Festival, Poland
02 I 08 I 24 T&T Klunkerkranich, Berlin
15 I 06 I 24 In einer Oase, Berlin
06 I 06 I 24 T&T Klunkerkranich, Berlin
26 I 05 I 24 Beate Uwe, Berlin
27 I 04 I 24 Beate Uwe w/ Janoma
05 I 04 I 24 Klunkerkranich, Trips&Ticks, Berlin
01 I 04 I 24 Kater Blau, Berlin
17 I 03 I 24 Beate Uwe, Berlin


2023 past
10 I 12 I 23 Beate Uwe, Berlin
27 I 10 I 23 KaterBlau, Berlin
14 I 10 I 23 In einer Oase, Berlin
07 I 10 I 23 Trips&Ticks microdosing, Crack Bellmer, Berlin
24 I 09 I 23 Beate Uwe, Berlin
23 I 09 I 23 Mensch Meier, Berlin
09 I 09 I 23 Mysctic Creatures Festival, Poland
08 I 07 I 23 Klunkerkranich, Berlin w/ Janoma
18 I 05 I 23 Knüppel, Berlin w/ Janoma
13 I 05 I 23 Sisyphos, Berlin w/ Janoma
07 I 05 I 23 Kater Blau w/ Tom Eichhagen
23 I 04 I 23 Beate Uwe w/ Andi Fader
26 I 03 I 23 Klunkerkranich, Berlin
12 I 03 I 23 Beate Uwe, Berlin
28 I 01 I 23 Kater Blau, Berlin
15 I 01 I 23 Beate Uwe, Berlin
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