Good voodoo. It´s not only Kiki´s most well known track (with the lovely vocals of Chela Simone) and the name of his radio show on Ibiza Sonica and Proton Radio, but it symptomizes perfectly that moment, when you loose yourself on the dance floor and see him smiling, while he plays music you didn´t know you want to hear.

Joakim Ijäs was born in Helsinki, but has now found his home in Berlin. Initial forays into making sounds with violins and pianos soon gave hway to the mechanical beats of hip-hop, mixed together with more popular sounds whilst playing at school discos before he was even a teenager. With such an early start it was no surprise that before he was old enough to enter a club, Kiki was holding down a weekly residency at Helsinki’s Tempo club, which was swiftly followed by another at the Smile club. A move to Berlin in 1994 to study Architecture was the catalyst for Kiki to step in to the realms of a serious DJ. Impressing the legendary Masters At Work at a Marlboro DJ competition led to him securing gigs at Berlin’s three cathedrals of techno -Tresor, Pfefferbank and WMF. Gigs in Berlin and Germany were soon followed by a string of international bookings and the release of an infamous three deck mix for Sonnenhaus which led to DE:BUG worrying about the health of his, fingers.

With his profile as a DJ growing it was two short steps to releasing his first record on Ellen Allien’s BPitch Control label in 2001, who through a happy coincidence he had met when the pair were double booked to play the same DJ slot. Since then Kiki has become an integral part of the BPitch family growing into a truly international artist, sharing his love of energetic and hypnotic music across the globe from Mexico, to Tokyo and making a little bit of history along the way. With an output that has been nothing short of prolific, Kiki has released a number of genre defining records both as himself and later with partners in crime Silversurfer, Sasse, Chaim, Joyce Muniz and many more. Kiki was the first artist asked to put together a mix for the now legendary Boogy Bytes series, and has been asked to provide remixes and productions for labels as diverse as Bugged Out, Playhouse and Crosstown Rebels where he had the honour of being the first artist releasing on the label. His debut album Run With Me, released on Bpitch Control, was an international success, and led to the video for “Shake Off” (a collaboration with Silversurfer and Captain Comatose) being playlisted by MTV. More recently a collaboration with Sasse and his Moodmusic imprint led to the release of the excellent Grand Cru – a modern club classic already.

However, as he has grown and matured, a yearning to explore deeper and more personal forms of expression in music, has led to Kiki working on his follow up to his debut album: Kaiku, that spawned the single "Good Voodoo".

After "Kaiku" and especially the huge success of the album single "Good Voodoo", Kiki has put out "Cinema Obscura" & "Morning Maniacs" (with a ridiculosuly funny video) on Bpitch, started a radioshow on Proton Radio in 2010 in collaboration with Noice!, that  evolved into his own show Good Voodoo on Ibiza Sonica and Proton in 2013. He is producing singles for Anja Schneider and Ellen Allien and keeps touring all 5 continents. 2014 also saw the highly succesful collaboration with Joyce Muniz, "Warriors" hit MTV and Viva with a video... 

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27.09 Dreamnation festival (Villepinte) 🇫🇷
24.09 Mixmag (Amnesia, Ibiza) 🇪🇸
21.09 Enter Contra (Bronze Beach, Overveen) 🇳🇱
20.09 Desire x Westhafen (Leipzig)
19.09 Lepetitsalon Lyon (Lyon) 🇫🇷
13.09 Smeerboel Festival (Utrecht) 🇳🇱
12.09 Fuse Brussels (Brussels) 🇧🇪
01.09 Hot Meal x 6amgroup (Los Angeles) 🇺🇸
30.08 Hot Meal (Public Works, San Francisco) 🇺🇸
29.08 Hot meal (Knockdowncenter, New York) 🇺🇸
23.08 Sound Department (Taranto) 🇮🇹
22.08 Nibirii Afterparty (Düren)
22.08 Nibirii Festival (Düren)
16.08 Echelon Festival (Bayern)
15.08 Solarwaves Festival (Perpignan) 🇫🇷
09.08 Hot Meal x Intercell (Napoleon Komplex, Berlin)
09.08 Dancenfriends (Leipzig)
08.08 Sonnemondsterne Festival
03.08 Paradiesgarten Festival (Niederösterreich) 🇦🇹
02.08 Teletech Festival (Manchester) 🇬🇧
01.08 Tension Festival (Basel) 🇨🇭
26.07 Glitchfestival Club Series (Club Phoenix, Malta) 🇲🇹
24.07 Feel Festival
20.07 Habitat Festival (MS Artville, Hamburg)
19.07 Dockland x Desire (Münster)
18.07 Seayou Festival (Freiburg)
17.07 Terminal V Croatia (The Garden Tisno) 🇭🇷
12.07 Wet Openair (Sindelfingen)
10.07 SWING pres. Mischluft & Mija (Input, Barcelona) 🇪🇸
06.07 Ploegendienst (Galderse Meren, Breda) 🇳🇱
05.07 Sweetnothing x Hot Meal (Flanders Expo, Gent) 🇧🇪
28.06 Mondo Disko x Hot Meal(Madrid) 🇪🇸
21.06 Hive Festival (Ferropolis, Leipzig)
15.06 Intercell: Funk Tribu All Day (De Binnenplaats, Amsterdam) 🇳🇱
14.06 Waves Openair (Spaßbad Wedemark, Hannover)
08.06 Pollerwiesen (Dortmund)
07.06 Marvellousisland (Paris) 🇫🇷
06.06 Ikarus Festival (Flughafen Memmingen)
05.06 Pleasure Control (Folkets Park, Copenhagen) 🇩🇰
31.05 Elotance (Pittlerwerke, Leipzig) 🇩🇪
30.05 Hot Meal Records (Else, Berlin) 🇩🇪
25.05 Thuishaven (Amsterdam) 🇳🇱
24.05 Smolna pres. Mischluft (Warsaw) 🇵🇱
17.05 Hot Meal x Rebels Events (Bogotá) 🇨🇴  
16.05 Hot Meal x Rebels Events (Santiago) 🇨🇱  
10.05 Hot Meal Records (Garage Klub, Antwerp) 🇧🇪  
09.05 Le Zoo (L'Usine, Geneva) 🇨🇭 
26.04 Fluid (La Cité Fertile, Paris) 🇫🇷  
26.04 Pollerwiesen (Jugendpark, Cologne)  
25.04 Fall Industry (Interference, Toulouse) 🇫🇷  
20.04 Terminal V (Royal Highland Centre, Newbridge) 🏴  
18.04 Origins Sound (Night Tales, London) 🇬🇧  
12.04 Rave Rebels (ING Arena, Brussels)  
11.04 Mischluft Invites (Elysia, Basel) 🇨🇭  
10.04 XXL on Snow (Les Arcs) 🇫🇷  
05.04 Time Warp (Maimarkthalle, Mannheim)  
04.04 Desire x Hot Meal (Schrotty, Cologne)  
30.03 Factory Town (Miami) 🇺🇸  
29.03 Rebels Events (Mexico City) 🇲🇽  
28.03 3AM x Rebels Events (San José, Costa Rica) 🇨🇷  
16.03 2359 x Euronight (Le Sucre, France) 🇫🇷  
15.03 Boiler Room (Complex, Maastricht) 🇳🇱  
14.03 Boiler Room (Maassilo, Rotterdam) 🇳🇱  
08.03 Boiler Room (Arzenál, Budapest) 🇭🇺  
07.03 Boiler Room (Port of Belgrade, Belgrad) 🇷🇸  
01.03 Boiler Room (Rockefeller, Oslo) 🇳🇴  
28.02 Boiler Room (Le Bikini, Toulouse) 🇫🇷  
22.02 Boiler Room (halle02, Heidelberg)  
21.02 Boiler Room (Spazio Novecento, Rome) 🇮🇹 
15.02 Boiler Room (NX, Newcastle) 🇬🇧
14.02 Boiler Room (Hope Works, Sheffield) 🇬🇧
08.02 Desire (Junkyard, Dortmund)
07.02 Boiler Room (MÄX, Zürich) 🇨🇭
31.01 FINE CHAOS (Hangaren, Copenhagen) 🇩🇰
25.01 Boiler Room (Depot, Cardiff) 🇬🇧
24.01 Boiler Room (Index, Dublin) 🇮🇪
23.01 Mondo Disko (Madrid) 🇪🇸
18.01 Boiler Room (Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg) 
17.01 Boiler Room (Gasteig, München) 
---------- 2024 ----------
31.12 || Hot Meal x BCCO (Berlin)
08.12 || Hot Meal Showcase (Sydney🇦🇺)
07.12 || Boiler Room (Sydney🇦🇺) 
06.12 || Hot Meal x Scenes (Melbourne🇦🇺) 
30.11 || A3 Festival (Melbourne🇦🇺)
23.11 || Boiler Room (ZOOM, Frankfurt) 
22.11 || We Are Rave (Club l’Entrepot, Bordeaux🇫🇷)
16.11 || Hot Meal Showcase (EXE Club, Sofia🇧🇬)
03.11 || Elysia (Münchenstein🇨🇭) 
02.11 || EartH (London🇬🇧) 
01.11 || Desire (Schrotty, Köln)
31.10 || Mondo Disko (Madrid🇪🇸) 
27.10 || Raw (Warehouse, Paris) 
25.10 || Forza (Doornroosje, Nijmegen🇳🇱) 
22.10 || Polyamor x DEAD END x Arzenál (Arzenal, Budapest🇭🇺) 
20.10 || Hot Meal Showcase (Nachbar, Amsterdam🇳🇱) 
18.10 || Bad Boombox x Intercell (H7 Warehouse, Amsterdam🇳🇱) 
12.10 || Hot Meal x Stützpunkt (Club Ost, Berlin)
11.10 || Unceen with Mischluft (Pan, Hannover)
28.09 || The Industry (Toronto 🇨🇦)
27.09 || Elsewherespace (New York City 🇺🇸)
22.09 || Boiler Room (Los Angeles 🇺🇸)
21.09 || Afternoonumbrellafriends (San Diego 🇺🇸)
20.09 || Reformpresents (Los Angeles 🇺🇸)
15.09 || Beachclubfuel (Overveen 🇳🇱)
14.09 || Rheingruen Afterparty (Gotec, Karlsruhe)
14.09 || Rheingruen Festival (Karlsruhe)
13.09 || 23:59 x Euronight x Hot Meal (Lyon 🇫🇷)
07.09 || Boilerroom (Gent 🇧🇪)
24.08 || Hot Meal Showcase (Cocorico, Italy🇮🇹)
23.08 || Nibirii Festival
18.08 || BCCO (Else, Berlin)
15.08 || Glitch Festival (Malta🇲🇹)
10.08 || Desire (Junkyard, Dortmund)
09.08 || SonneMondSterne Festival
04.08 || Teletech Festival (Manchester🇬🇧)
03.08 || Elipamanoke (Leipzig)
27.07 || Tomorrowland (🇧🇪)
26.07 || Mahagoni Festival
20.07 || Kulturhafen (Hannover)
19.07 || Origins (MOT, London🇬🇧)
14.07 || SHIFTED Festival (Berlin)
13.07 || WET Open Air (Sindelfingen)
12.07 || Felo Festival
29.06 || AREA x KM25 (Kilometre 25, Paris🇫🇷)
28.06 || Space (Ibiza, Spain🇪🇸)
22.06 || Dance N Friends (Leipzig)
22.06 || Intercell (De Binnenplaats, Amsterdam 🇳🇱)
21.06 || Focal (Brussels🇧🇪)
15.06 || Sound Department (Taranto🇮🇹)
08.06 || Waves Open Air (Hannover)
07.06 || HIVE Festival (Ferropolis, Sachsen-Anhalt)
01.06 || Seven8 SoundSystem (Room 2, Glasgow 🏴)
25.05 || Promise (Schrotty, Colone)
24.05 || Das Zimmer (Mannheim)
20.05 || Hot Meal x Die Rakete Weekender (Club Ost, Berlin)
19.05 || Ikarus Festival (Bayern)
19.05 || PollerWiesen Festival (Dortmund)
08.05 || NEXUS (Paris🇫🇷)
04.05 || Isle of Summer (Munich)
03.05 || Rhythm Labs (Corsica Studios, London🇬🇧)
27.04 || BCCO (Gotec Club, Karlsruhe)
26.04 || Don Jigi Fest (Chemin Du Feil, Brittany 🇫🇷)
25.04 || Mondo Disco (Madrid 🇪🇸)
20.04 || Hot Meal Showcase (Lofi, Amsterdam 🇳🇱)
19.04 || Hot Meal Showcase (Kesselhaus, Augsburg)
12.04 || Lehmann Club (Stuttgart)
05.04 || Tanzhaus West (Frankfurt)
31.03 || Modulair (Flanders Expo, Ghent 🇧🇪)
28.03 || Bodies (Aeden, Berlin)
23.03 || Rec Club (Naples 🇮🇹)
22.03 || Elysia (Elysia, Basel 🇨🇭)
17.03 || Lost (The Racket Space, Dublin 🇮🇪)
16.03 || TBA - Warehouse (Paris 🇫🇷)
15.03 || Encore (Club Transbo, Lyon 🇫🇷)
09.03 || H7 Warehouse (Amsterdam 🇳🇱)
02.03 || Desire (Schrotty, Köln)
24.02 || Spaceship 3000 (Silodrom, Saarbrücken)
23.02 || Hive (Airport, Würzburg)
16.02 || Le Bikini (Toulouse 🇫🇷)
10.02 || Desire (Fusion, Münster)
09.02 || Teletech (Anomalie, Berlin)
03.02 || Bunker (Kiel)
02.02 || DNA (München)
27.01 || XE54 (Melbourne 🇦🇺)
20.01 || Bloom the Venue (Geelong🇦🇺)
20.01 || Guerilla (The Industrique, Melbourne🇦🇺)
19.01 || Stolen Goods (Oxford Art Factory, Sydney🇦🇺)
12.01 || Edelfettwerk (Hamburg)
06.01 || Nachbar (Amsterdam🇳🇱)
05.01 || Stimmen der Nacht (Klubhaus Kickerkeller, Erfurt)
01.01 || Hive NYE (Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin)
---------- 2023 ----------
25.12 || Christmas Gotec Closing (Gotec, Karlsruhe)
24.12 || X-MAS Rave (Junkyard, Dortmund)
16.12 || AURRA (PAL, Hamburg)
15.12 || Future (Altes Postlager, Mainz)
09.12 || Schlaflos im Dezember (Pratersauna, Wien🇦🇹)
03.12 || Boiler Room Afterparty (Decadance, Gent 🇧🇪)
02.12 || tba (BASIS, Utrecht 🇳🇱)
01.12 || Theia Crush (Ciało, Wrocław 🇵🇱)
25.11 || Mondo Disco (Madrid 🇪🇸)
24.11 || Polyamor (Z-Bau, Nürnberg)
15.11 || 3615 ZBEUL (Rex Club, Paris 🇫🇷)
11.11 || PLEINE BALLE SUR L'AUTOBAHN (Espace DS, Bordeaux 🇫🇷)
10.11 || RADAR (Club Ost, Berlin)
04.11 || Cybertribe (Rauch Club, Feldkirch🇦🇹)
03.11 || HALBWELT (Lehmann, Stuttgart)
28.10 || Heizhaus 4Y Anniversary (Heizhaus Club, Gebesee)
27.10 || Apex (Tanzhaus West, Frankfurt)
21.10 || HOTLINE (Elipamanoke, Leipzig)
20.10 || Cybertribe with Mischluft (B72, Wien🇦🇹)
14.10 || Social Kollektiv x Hot Meal (Fusion, Münster)
07.10 || Stützpunkt x Hot Meal (ÆDEN, Berlin)
30.09 || La Zintrie (Alstom Factory, Nancy 🇫🇷)
29.09 || Die Rakete (Radion, Amsterdam 🇳🇱)
22.09 || Obscur (PAL, Hamburg)
16.09 || NUDE (UG2, Mönchengladbach)
15.09 || Flash Club (Rotunde, Bochum)
09.09 || POLYAMOR (Suicide, Berlin)
02.09 || SYNERGY (Connexion, Toulouse 🇫🇷)
01.09 || WOUNDED (Club Paula, Dresden)
18.08 || stimulation (Club Ost, Berlin)
04.08 || Stützpunkt (Oxi, Berlin)
29.07 || Docktunes (Stockholm 🇸🇪)
15.07 || Feel Festival (Bergheider See)
24.06 || SIMLAND (Remise, Berlin)
10.06 || TRANCEformation (Laut Klub, Braunschweig)
09.06 || Formular90 (Suicide, Berlin)
03.06 || The Groove Yard (Kultur Fabrik, Hildesheim)
20.05 || Trashkids (MTW, Offenbach)
19.05 || Synthetic Love (VOLT, Hamburg)
07.05 || Thunder (Petit Bain, Paris 🇫🇷)
05.05 || Energetics (Sucide, Berlin)
04.05 || Atzentrance101 (Die Pumpe, Kiel)
29.04 || Tour De Trance (Passau)
30.04 || Ghettomenta (Grauzone, Kassel)
09.04 || Endrave (JAZ, Rostock)
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23.07 || DanceNFriends (Westbahnhof, Leipzig)
15. - 17.07 || Feel Festival (Bergheider See)

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