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@kijulia

"Seoul-born, currently loving in Montreal, and member of the Toronto-based @sandwichdistrict . Here I present you with a short mix featuring autotune emotions and plenty of space, good for listening at any time of day, any place"

Tracklist on IG

028 - Missed Connections w/ kiju

We've got another Psy-born-earptical-illusion-swamp-lathern mix for you! I don't think spotify wrapped bots could come up with that sentence... maybe next year? :( anyway enough about those evil lil guys and more onto this absolutely sweet mix from Montreals slug enchanter, Kiju. 

Sludgy IDM, Ethereal half-time jungle so downtempo the sofas gonna eat you up.
Wonky-daydream-percussion-heavy excursions into triphop dimensions. Genres so blurred and bass so chunky your brains gonna vibrate in that lovely head of yours. 
The mix, from a live set, we wish we were there for is a consistent sultry en-trance-ment of light and darkness. Stoked to add it to the series.  Here are some words from Kiju about it:

Seoul-born and currently loving in Tio'tia:ke/Montréal, kiju has been tirelessly involved in her city’s DIY circuit since the tail end of the pandemic as a DJ, rave organizer, and dancefloor specialist. Behind the decks, kiju has been noticed for her genre-spanning range, from swampy slo-mo to hypnotic uptempo, that focuses on finding the groove through more subtle rhythms and textures.

“Here, I present to you a my closing set from exposé noir’s vol x, in the chillout room, six floors up from the main stage. I hope you can feel the feeling that was in that room from this recording. I heard that it felt tribal, and sexy. I was playing on the floor, pulsing to the beat on my knees. There was a really good amount of fog, and many dancers were crowding in a circle around the booth as if the music were some source of heat.”

https://www.instagram.com/__kiju_/
https://on.soundcloud.com/Gqdj18vD4X7iCv17A

Tune in, Tune out. Until Next time.
Stay Weird

Kiju (Montreal) ~ inc.ternational Mix Series 08 [Weirdos inc.]


Artist: @kijulia (she/her) 

Location: Tio’tia:ke/Montreal 

About the Mix: 

This is a live recording of the last half of my four-hour opening set before Elena Colombi at Deep Rave, March 2025. The curation was really cool because Elena and I essentially split the peak time hours of the night and each took on the more free-form opening/closing edges of the journey. My intention for this stretch of the mix was to maintain a steady dancey groove, while occasionally spiralling into moments of enveloping chaos. I hope you can feel the strange yet inviting, sometimes overwhelming energy here… like the provocative smell of lilacs on a warm and humid late-spring night. 

About the DJ: 

Seoul-born and currently loving in Tio'tia:ke/Montreal, kiju is one of the core members of the Layer05 outdoor summer rave series and a dedicated member of the DIY community year-round. 

Tracklist: 

Donato Dozzy & Progetto Tribale - Disco Strat
Falty DL - Hardcourage
Bostro Pesopeo - Melchom
KZA - On&On&On
Tom Ellard - 303b The East is Red
Rebolledo - Steady Gear Rebo Maschine
Cardopusher - Just One Fixx
Frequency X - Scottish X
Yuri Suzuki - Hyype
Christopher Just - House 2
FULL EFX - Friends
Sons of Traders - Phrasing Joe (Conception Mix)
Zillas on Acid - Sticker Shock (Toulouse Low Trax Remix)
Kazuyoshi Shimamura - Back It Up
Armadillo Brand - Something Doesn’t Seem to be Working Here
Code Industry - Fury
Frequency X - Acid Czech (Remix)
Gladstone Deluxe - Hot People Party
4E - Gentle Killer
Takuro Hasumi - The Fall
Trippin Aka DJ Octopus - Tentacles Loop 6
DJ Fex - It’s Not Over
Uffie - Hot Chick
Bella Boo - Girls
Prosthetic Hands - Naw Bro What’s Hap[ening
Kimber - Candy Kitchen
Freaky Chakra - Come Back Here
62nd Cell - pH3
Yaleesa Hall - Flood Lights
Jun Kimata - Two Billion Light Years of Silence
Andrea - TrackQY
Taelue - Respect
Jezebell - Trading Places (2AM)
Clemens Neufeld - The Whip
Ricky Montanari - Electric Boy
Duckett - Moped Boy 14 Stabbed To Death
Global Goon & Ossa - Granked in Space
Armadillo Brand - 500 Headphones
Pulse - Fourvoice
[emergency loop USB failure, saved by esme - cut and edited]
Pulse - Outlaw, Part 3
Notte Infinita - Ecstatic Dub (Roller Mix)
Polygonia - Geronticus Eremita
Skee Mask - Korarchaeota
Drexell - Toronto Lift
Rob Smith aka RSD - What I Must Do
Headhunter - Projector
Atrice - Backrooms

Underground Love Affair 014 - Kiju

a snippet of my set at parquette for their monthly 24hr party series 'flip' - september 2025 edition with the narrativ crew. i thought this part captured rly well the peak energy on the dancefloor around 3pm before i went slow-mo for the rest of the afternoon

a huge thank you to parquette, narrativ, and the worlds-best-dancers for giving me this incredible space to express myself

kiju live at parquette

*recorded live in Field, ON at Best Out of Town Year 5 (08/31/25)

Kiju knows. This 8 to 10am showcase slowed things down, picked us all up, and ventured deep dub inside the unique voice of venerable Montreal organizer.

@kijulia

kiju // Best Out of Town Year 5 (08/31/25)

Featuring tracks from some queens I admire