Fresh Kicks 110: Holly Lester
When DJ Mag catch up with Lester, she’s recovering from a “a double whammy of Celtic rowdiness”, with special thanks to Belfast and Inverness. She’s spent the last 12 or so months travelling and gigging extensively, a period she describes as both surreal and exciting.
It was during that residency, where she rubbed shoulders with B.Traits, George Fitzgerald, Hunnee and Skream, that she began to imagine the transition between just wanting to play music, and it becoming her career. “I’ve wanted this since I was, like, 13-years-old,” Lester explains, “I just didn’t think it was realistic - especially since there weren’t really many female role models in the early 2000s.”
Last track that blew your mind?
"Synetics 'Zycoon'"
Last film you watched?
"I rarely watch films but the last things I watched were The Planets with Brian Cox and then some old ghost hunting series based in Northern Ireland"
Last DJ that blew your mind?
"Call Super at AVA Festival, probably because he ended on a load of hard dance records"
Catch Holly playing at IPSE in Berlin this weekend (13th July) alongside Session Victim, Rahaan and Secretsundaze.
Lyric Hood announces first solo release
Lyric Hood has announced her first solo EP, 'Nineteen/11:11'.
Joining her father Robert Hood as Floorplan in 2016 and subsequently releasing the 'Victorious' album, Lyric also remixed 'Never Grow Old' for the duo's 'Let the Church' EP.
On her solo debut, Lyric produces a house heater in the form of 'Nineteen' and closes the EP with thunderous techno on '11:11'.
Earlier this year Floorplan released EP, 'So Glad/I Feel Him Moving'.
Live & Kicking: Klingande
In his own life, Cédric Steinmyller plays two roles. There’s the quiet, observant young man, whose crystal blue eyes peer downward as he speaks. And then there is Klingande, the sensational commercial house icon who dominates the decks with the same confident ferocity that’s made him one to watch since 2012. When we connect with him during Miami Music Week, we meet both personas. Though seemingly shy upon introduction, Steinmyller possesses a friendly and relaxed demeanor. “It’s very easy to connect with people here,” he tells DJ Mag.
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Fresh Kicks 105: Reza Athar
Teacher by day, DJ by night, Nijmegan’s Reza Athar’s sound is characterised by sophisticated and patient grooves, playful sonic trills and unpredictable shifts in style.
Last track that blew your mind?
“Hard to pick only one, but the track that shakes my hip the most is the Warrior version of Klein & MBO theme”
Last film you watched?
“The Salesman”
Last DJ that blew your mind?
“Vladimir Ivkovic and Hunee never fail to inspire me. Both have the ability to get you to wild places without feeling uncomfortable”
Tracklist:
Sam Divine Live From #DJMagHQ
KETTAMA Live From #DJMagHQ
Folamour Live From #DJMagHQ
Premiere: Cosmo & Kramer ‘Last Government’
MYNY, Kalyma and D.Y.A’s Berlin-based Solide label are launching a new V/A EP series this month. The first edition of Solid(e) State will be released on 24th May and features tracks from Rhode & Brown, Shan and Cosmo & Kramer.
The label has, since its inception in 2015, been mainly used as an outlet for its founders’ music. Broadening its scope now, ‘Solid(e) State Vol.1’ swerves from the uplifting melodic house and deep grooves and Rhode & Brown and Cosmo & Kramer to the jolting electro of Rush Hour’s Shan.
Fresh Kicks 103: DJ Bowlcut
It’s no surprise that DJ Bowlcut’s tracks on labels like Honey Badger Records and UNFRAME SEOUL and on popular channels like Definite Party Material and Moskalus have been getting attention from the likes of Josey Rebelle, Moxie and Violet. Shrouded ambient beds pour over rattling breaks like a fog, making for a sound that is at once mesmerizing and club-fit.
Premiere: Physical Therapy 'Male Tears'
Daniel Fisher covers nine different aliases, and even more genres, subgenres (and sub-subgenres) on his latest album for his NYC-based label Allergy Season, 'It Takes A Village: The Sounds Of Physical Therapy'.
From the blustery electro his his most renowned moniker Physical Therapy, by way of trippy hip-hop from Green Buddha and ambient as Car Culture there's a lot of ground covered. "Eclectic" is the most well-worn of words, but Fisher has proven as both producer, DJ and label-runner that he is deserving of the descriptor.
