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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.

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10LEC6 / BREAKBOT / BOSTON BUN / BUSY P / DJ MEHDI / DSL / FEADZ / JUSTICE / KRAZY BALDHEAD / MICKEY MOONLIGHT / MR FLASH / MR OIZO / MYD / PARA ONE / RITON / SABRINA & SAMANTHA / SEBASTIAN / SO ME / UFFIE / VLADIMIR CAUCHEMAR

Resident DJ at Artheater Club, Cologne

Gutkind's sound and sets are techno to the core: diverse, moving, timeless. It's no coincidence that he's been a fixture at Cologne's Artheater for years. But instead of becoming dull and drowning in the midst of changing scene trends and hypes, the numerous gigs as a resident DJ have made him more attentive and sensitive to the mood and the course of a party night. For the right energy and fun on the dance floor, the context is most important to him. Facts like club, party, headliner, set length – whether opening, closing or somewhere in between – significantly influence the composition of his sets. Which can be fast, dark and hypnotic, as well as slower, groovier, with more Detroit influences or breaky vibes. All for a night that should never end.

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