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Shifting into higher gears with sound engineer and C12 resident Kafim at Dour Festival 2022. 

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Kafim | Kiosk Radio x Dour Festival 2022

For a heterogen mix of slow breaks and shamanic distortions, brussels based Kafim brings you an hour from the awakening to the climax.

Kafim [23.01.2023]

The REC series carefully selects outstanding performances from XRDS festival 2023. In our latest recording, we catch Kafim's opening set at The Bridge on 20.08.23. 

Kafim, a seasoned raver, is a vigilant architect of the dance floor vibe capturing every gaze. A history and experience that empowered him to fulfill his ultimate purpose – engaging all ears and rallying them towards a common objective.  

A linchpin from the Deep In House legacy since the start where Kafim shaped his particular style as varied as we know it today. Having his own evolved signature on his name characterized by utopian, imaginative and forward-think values, stands as a statement of his musical evolution. 

Privileged to host this piece of Brussels' cultural heritage at our festival and thrilled to share the experience with you.

▪️ Soundcloud: @KAFIM 
▪️ Resident Advisor: ra.co/dj/kafim  
▪️ Discogs: www.discogs.com/artist/6570528-Kafim 
▪️ Instagram: www.instagram.com/kafimax

Kafim — Recorded live at XRDS festival 2023 (20/08/23)

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Former sound engineer now reconverted into coding, Kafim relationship with music goes way back to his young age, being a singer for a part of his childhood in a boys choral. Active in the Brussels city scene for more than 10 years, Max had countless gigs and a residency at C12 for some years to build his experience as a DJ. He now shares a medium of weird unpretentious music, hopeful and thoughtful mixes of zany basslines, moody post-punk riffs and idiosyncratic lyricism exhibit level-headed maturity and assertiveness.

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Max Tournay aka https://soundcloud.com/kafim is an established name in the Brussels underground community. He started deejaying techno music as a resident of the infamous Deep In House collective, who later founded C12 club where he was also a resident for several years. 

Max and I used to play regularly together around 2014/2015 as a deep techno dj duo and shared a couple of nice moments behind the booth. Yet, our paths went separate ways. Max’s interest floated away from club music, pulled towards a more wave-y, slowmo, rock-oriented spectrum. He has been a long-time host on Lyl radio, presenting a show called Basses Besognes focussing on psychedelic rock, garage, shoegaze & other guitar sounds. He also co-runs the (party) collective Curly Teeth, a platform for slowed-down forms of left-field club music.

Flash forward to a couple of months ago. Kafim played a long afternoon set at Horst Club’s intimate “Garage” room during the Gayhaze & Cocktail D’amore 2-day take over. On the dance floor, I was completely blown away by the uniqueness of Kafim’s music selection and super-skilled mixing. The energy that day was very special and emotional for me and the question of asking Max to share his mix after that day/night spent together was very logical. Here is the result of an artist rediscovering himself constantly but always counting on the technical skills of his early techno days. 

Another fact: Max came up with the name Basic Moves when Ailsa and I started the project 8 years ago. I’m so happy that our paths have crossed again, and I can give a platform to this live recording.

So cool Kafim provided the tracklist of the whole mix !!!!

Kobermann - Personal Test
Eat Static - Kothluwalawa
RMP - 3’32 »
Senthulà - Termocanal Sin Retorno
Nada D’Aló - Ten-High Straight
Senthulà - Sub Pàramo
Saafi Brothers - Beautiful Satellite	
Nero Zang - Nassau
Eat Static - Lugubrium Dub
Les Animaux Sauvages - Transsauvages
Bernardino Femminielli - L'amour avec moi (Cosmo Vitelli Dub)
Tagliare  - Forza Gravitazionale 
Tankwart - Lurker
Trenton Chase - Narked
Children Of The Bong - The Veil…
Eat Static - Bony Incus (Mucor Mix)
Spiralmaze - Outlines
Twoonky - To Push
Remotif - The Sunken Place
Signal Theory - Parking The Head
Shit & Cheap - Shadowlands
Hybryds - Envy
Maahrt - Noma (A Strange Wedding remix)
Rockers Hi Fi - Highway
Jacques Satre - Port Chastel
Autumns - Raw Product
Axel Larsen - Dans La Peau D’un Simplist
Iro Aka - Tribe Frequency Oscillator
Jhelisa - There’s Nothing Dub
Autarkic & Hectik - Kippur In Kyoto
Free Range - Psychobunny
Atone - Dubcoffee
Cosmo Vitelli - Die Alraune (feat. Sebastian Lee Philipp)
Ezines - Unspeakable In The AM
Green Beats - Aliens In The Jungle
Morphic Resonance - Into Other Worlds (Stoned Mix)
Nick Mackrory - Side Effect
Nicola Cruz - Piglalião
Laika - Black Cat Bone
Leftfield - Inspection (Check One)
Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus - Protection Rat
Weber - Dr. Clapper
KonsNix - 70A-1
S.M. - Rug Rug Rug
Credit 00 - Slaves Of War
Renegade Soundwave - Renegade Soundwave (The Leftfield remix)
Zillas on Acid - The Corinthian
Headman feat Vongold - Sometimes (New Hook Remix)
Die Orangen - Der Krautback
53X - Solitude
Rayko - Can't Find My Way
Reda Saiarh - Hunters
Khidja - M&M
CEO of Everything - Rozoviy Buhgalter (live)
Jokios Kultūros - Raw Streets
General P.D.C - Amazon Dub (Beesmunt Soundsystem Version)
Curses - Fortify
Wolf Müller - Hochheide Session
SASM - Democracy (Nik Colk Void Remix)
MR TC - Soundtrack For Strangers
MADMADMAD - GWARN
New Hook - Manipulation (Curses Remix)
Credit 00 - New Tech Swing
Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (The Fluke Minimix)

The Basic Moves Of … KAFIM (live at Gay Haze/Cocktail D'amore/Horst Club 2024)

A real low-key, community-driven gem of a party.
Here's a cut of my 3H performance at BUKA Milano

HYDRA - JOY OF THE WORLD 
BANCO DE GAIA - SAKARYA 2002
FUN DA MENTAL - SLICED LEAD (EDIT)
MR TC - DROME
CHRIS IMLER - LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT THE WAR
DRUGFACE - WAKE-UP CALL (SIAUBAS REMIX)
TREASURE ISLAND - TRIPPING MADCHESTER
EAT STATIC - WALL BANGER (EDIT)
REMOTIF - HAJKD015
DADALUS & BIKARUS - KILL YOUR FEED
ANTOINE - TELEGRAPHIQUE
LES ANIMAUX SAUVAGES - DETOX
ANATTA - FIELDS OF PLAY (TOLOUSE LOW TRAX REMIX)
DRUGFACE - FIREWORKS (CHUG MIX)
LINKA - FOGHORN 
ANATOLIAN WEAPONS - NEURAL PATHWAYS (T.D.O.S REMIX) (EDIT)
WOLF MULLER - BABOHN
GANGA GIRI - NUNGABUNDA
COLDER - ON MY MIND
AVENUE - ICE CUBE (EDIT)
SHUNT VOLTAGE - FULLY AUTOMATIC
ADITYA PERMANA - XTC
BUFFIMAN - BLOW YOUR HEAD (EDIT)
RAMBAL COCHET - CEREBRAL PLUMBING
DUNCAN GRAY - DICKIE BISCUITS
MADMADMAD - WANT ME KNOW?
RAYKO - CAN’T FIND MY WAY
SASM - DEMOCRACY (NIK COLK VOID REMIX)
CHRONOS - GIVE ME LIBERTY
DJ_2BUTTON - 2 TIRED
BANCO DE GAIA - LE FOUCAULD
JOSH ABRAHAMS - STAR SONG (EDIT)
INAKTIV - CLEAN
JONATHAN KUSUMA - EL QUE
JACK PATTERN - OF UNKNOWN
UNKNOWNMIX - THE SIREN
MOLECULE - LEITMOTIV
ETBONZ - CURTAINBOX SPACE WORLD
HOLGER HILLER - DAS FEUER
BALDELLI - LOVE’S COMING FRIPP MIX
TRENT - INTERGALACTIC DISCO PATROL
DUNCAN GRAY - TEMPS PERDU
DAS KINN - ONEIRONAUT SEI WACHSAM

KAFIM @ BUKA Milano (12/07/25)

kafim.be@gmail.com
agency@culte.be

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