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2021 Summer Sampler incoming! Officially our 50th (!) release, and couldn’t be more happy than to celebrate it with this great group of artists. A double vinyl with eight tracks: Label regulars Konduku, Oceanic and Pugilist. A first track of Djoser, Panda Lassow and RAFF on the label, and it’s an honour to release the debuts of Kia and Floid. Special thanks to Woody92 for the shining artwork. 

A1 - Djoser - Faded Red
A2 - Pugilist - Contagion
B1 - Raff - Yeye
B2 - Floid - PJEE
C1 - Panda Lassow - Trip
C2 - Oceanic - Sulphur Streams
D1 - Konduku - Extrakt
D2 - Kia - Blue Rain

Pre-orders up everywhere, releasedate is August 23rd!

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V/A - Nous'klaer Audio Summer Sampler 2021 (previews)

my mix for berlin based @refugeworldwide as part of the @nousklaeraudio showcase, which aired on 01/09/21.  A collection of downtempo tunes i've been enjoying to get through lockdown in Melbourne. feel free to hit me up for any track IDs :-)

hope you enjoy <3

Kia for Refuge Radio: Nous'klaer Showcase

Little bit of everything recorded live in the @refugeworldwide studio in Berlin on the 14/07/22. Was so nice to check out the space, thanks to Richard for having me & the @animalia-label crew!

Kia (Animalia) live on Refuge Worldwide 14/07/22

my dj set recorded live on a radio station that I have now pulled ties with due to their failure to stand up for Palestine and for censoring pro-palestine artists.
you can't find the youtube streams or recordings of these online anywhere else.

free Palestine, from the river to the sea <3 

recorded live 30/08/22

hope you enjoy 

<3

Kia (live dj set @ ? ) 30/08/22

my dj set from @sustain-release-nyc 2022. (@kia-sydney)
 1-3am saturday night before wata igarashi @ the grove (an absolute honour)

a very special time <3

ps. the recording came out in mono/ there was some issues with it so at times its a little rusty, but you get the gist ;) thanks to joe buchan for mastering/ helping out with it!

ani/live One: Kia @ Sustain Release Year 8

Australian Kia very quickly rose up through the grimy after-hours rave scene of Melbourne to make her mark on the international stage. Now Berlin-based, her unique grasp of rhythm is rooted in a love of bass, IDM and deeper techno though she is adept at exploring a wide range of moods within those worlds. She has done so at places like ADE and our own festival and extends her good taste to the curation of her Animalia imprint and its ambient sub-label Cirrus as well as her own original tracks on Nous'klaer Audio.

In this week's mix, Kia showcases a colourful and kaleidoscopic take on techno which she says was awakened by an early trip to Japan's famously head Labyrinth festival. It's a hi-fidelity feast of supple rhythms, icy synths and deep space ambiance that unfolds in late-night fashion. The melodies are as delicate as silk, the drums rubbery yet punchy. It's high-paced future music that manages to be as delicate and beautiful as it is dynamic.

Dekmantel Podcast 440 - Kia

Juanita's Mix 096 with Kia @kia-sydney

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. easily distracted, busy bee, passionate, nomadic, pensive.. :)

Q. What was your last memorable club night in NYC?
A. nowadays nonstop in may was epic.. that room is honestly the dream in the right context. the lighting and sound is so on point and the energy during my set time was so infectious (I played 3.30-6am before the legend PLO man). also special shout-out to groovy groovy which i played in july :) DIY parties are always extra special when done right

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. this is a very honest/ sombre personal diary I’ve been compiling all year. it’s almost for me the musical embodiment of an infinite plane ride.. watching the sun rise and then set and then rise again. also an ode to all the new & old people that were in my life this year.

this year brought lots of purgatory moments, lots of solo transit.. times of isolation and change, also new friends, positive growth, and people coming into my life… so I guess it’s supposed to represent the ups and downs, change and the journey,

I was struggling to finish the mix and it was sitting at 80% complete for the last little while but I feel like the current situation in Palestine </3 really inspired the missing pieces of the mix. for me, I use music and storytelling as an outlet for frustration and emotion generally. lots of old classics in this and pensive moments.. hope the listeners can feel some of that emotion through listening too..

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Juanita's Mix 096: Kia

Kia is an acclaimed Australian DJ & founder of the Animalia & Cirrus labels. A highly skilled selector and open-eared music digger, who is ever searching tirelessly for lost obscurities and hidden gems. On the dancefloor her sound spans bass heavy rhythms, IDM and the deeper shades of techno.

About the mix Kia said: “This mix is a big amalgamation of sets and moods I've been playing recently on my travels in Mexico, Colombia, the US & Canada, and some shades and new styles influenced by my time in Latin America & Detroit specifically. Like a travel diary in a mix :) ”

At Monument Festival 2022 Kia gifted us with the perfect afternoon set, laying down three hours of tightly woven hypnotic grooves. This year she will be closing out Friday night playing b2b with Polygonia. Not to be missed. 


Follow:
https://soundcloud.com/kia-sydney
https://www.instagram.com/kiasvs/
https://soundcloud.com/cirruslabel
https://soundcloud.com/animalia-label

Full details & final tickets available to Monument Festival 2024 available here: https://festival.mnmt.no/

MNMT 422 : Kia

The tunnel is a magical stage and im very grateful to have been asked to play the Saturday late afternoon set, before one of my biggest electronic-music inspirations, voices from the lake. I took the opportunity, considering the impeccable programming, open minded crowd, and perfect soundsystem to play a more slow building, delicate festival set - which felt very true to my real taste, and an homage to many of my deepest and longest standing inspirations. Thank you so much to the entire Draaimolen team for the trust.. and for the other worldly reality you have created in this very special festival. - Kia

Kia at Draaimolen Festival 2024

Kaleidoscopic psychedelia from one of Australia's finest.

While it might feel early to call bets on DJs of the decade, Kia Sydney, best known as Kia, is undoubtedly one of them. The Animalia founder began in Naarm's (Melbourne) underground scene in the mid-2010s, crediting a trip to the influential deep techno Japanese festival, Labyrinth, as the inspiration behind her sound.

Deep techno might not cut it as a descriptor for Sydney's sound, though. Hypnotic ribbons of steely techno mix with atmospherics and nimble grooves, drawing from IDM, dub and tech house, sharing as much with DJ Nobu and Donato Dozzy (try to find the track that overlaps with Dozzy's own RA Podcast) as well as modern practitioners like Priori and Beatrice M.

This distinctly Australian scuttling psychedelia has made Kia one of the most sought-after underground DJs globally. Her brainchild, Animalia, showcases a plurality of sounds and scenes, serving as living proof of the fruitful shift of the 2020s: less serious, perhaps, but with a sense of open-minded worldliness that offers a far more promising vision of what dance music can be and achieve.

Sydney's rare talent lies in forging connections, bringing people, sounds and ideas together with a distinct playfulness. Her RA Podcast showcases this alchemy in abundance, weaving classics like Monolake and Enya with peers such as OK EG, Cousin and Command D.

As she told us in her 2023 Breaking Through profile, "people tell me I have quite a distinctive sound but I can't tell so much because I hear so many different versions of it." RA.973 serves as confirmation that Kia's style is, to say the least, the mark of a generational talent.
 
@kia-sydney @animalia-label  @cirruslabel

Read more at ra.co/podcast/973

RA.973 Kia

There’s a rhythm to how the festival unfolds. Thursday opens slowly, almost like a breath in. By Friday night, the pulse is stronger, but not too heavy. Monument festival had settled into its rhythm, and Kia and Polygonia stepped into the wooden dj-booth together.

The forest floor was vibrating, the crowd fully present. Their set matched the moment—playful, warm, and alive. It felt like Friday was always meant to sound like this. Varden became their playground.

This was more than a strong back-to-back. Two years earlier, they met here, both playing solo, both part of the Monument line-up for the first time. This night marked an anniversary of their friendship. From solo artists to close friends, now creating something special together.

Follow:
https://soundcloud.com/kia-sydney
https://www.instagram.com/kiasvs/

https://soundcloud.com/polygonia
https://www.instagram.com/_polygonia_/


Monument Festival 2024 : Kia b2b Polygonia

Universal and electric, flowing with liquid and environmental sounds. Latin rhythms collide with broken fragments, building a crescendo of sensuality and velocity. Intriguing vocals ride over rolling grooves, acid tones, and techno kicks, creating irresistible bursts of energy.

Kia’s meditative cosmic aura meets Bitter Babe’s rhythmic fire in a tribal, sassy mix that moves, pulses, and evolves. Layered textures, ancestral grooves, and veteran bass carry the set through ravishing hours of sound.

Kia b2b Bitter Babe - Climate of Fear x Sustain Release - June '25

in a spontenous mood today so i’ve decided to upload a recent special memory -  a snippet of my set on a sunday night in amsterdam at noclubs

noclubs has all the elements of the perfect party… diy, community oriented, incredible sound (addit audio !!), stacked with locals, extended sets, amazing music & a lovely and down to earth community surrounding it.  shoutout to naone who played before me and richard gregory who played after... amazing music nonstop

more of an afterparty vibe for this set  (´• ͜. •̥`)✧  +  a very self indulgent closing song (one of my favourites of all time)  that felt fitting for the infectiously happy & open vibes at this party.. (but who doesn't love this song?)

big love to the whole noclubs crew!!!!

<3

Kia @ noclubs, October 2025

an ode to my dissociative tendencies
compiled in moments of transit on tour in asia, december 2025 

_be - because
louis marlo - word space
radioactive man - goodnight morton
autocreation - snatch
dreamlogik - rain dear rain
spooky - what are we waiting for? (dub)
axine m - avoid eclipsed memory (k wata remix)
aquila - identity
WOLVVES NYC - communication (patrick russell mix)
bop - skeptikos
calibre - fall away
IYA SHILLELAGH - scyatta
velv.93 - inner self
jeff samuel - hopefullness
yin - cooldown
aspetuck - model de loop
sabla + D.K. - dove
terrain - barossa dub
dls - de-disco
exos - stagm
terrain - hive
o yuki conjugate - forgotten summer
lb honne - untitled wechsel
el irreal veintiuno - fisura
efdemin - be here now
CAIV - shimmer
2501 - foil

pic is a still from chungking express by wong kar wei

purgatory tapes pt. 87640 (asia)

recording from my radio set for de school  on @redlightradio on 18/10/2019 during ADE, before i played a more upbeat set at de school's het weekender (best party ever)

i had the best time in amsterdam and can't wait to be back there soon.

hope you enjoy <3

De School x Red Light Radio

@animalia-label / @cirruslabel /  un:send festival  :) 
based on Wurundjeri land in Naarm/melbourne 
touring northern hemisphere.. a lot 
resident at @nowadaysnyc and @climate-of-fear

bookings/ connect@disconnect.li 
usa/canada / s@icartists.net
au/nz / glyn@watartists.com

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