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Baltimore’s Kir (@itiskir) and recent Daisychainer (#292) guests on this month’s installation of the Daisychain residency for Refuge Worldwide, playing some of their favorite minimal, electro, and shuffly cuts alongside original productions. It’s a dream cloud floating through the textures both smooth and softly gritty.

This special edition is the first of the residency performed live from Refuge Worldwide HQ at Oona Bar in Neukölln.

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A raver first and born by the California beachside, Kir began making music at a young age; first pop, and eventually, electronic, all inspired by the ocean. After relocating to Arizona for high school, where they witnessed their first desert raves and were introduced to genres like hardstyle and happy hardcore, their eyes turned to underground production styles and DJing. It wasn’t until they moved to Chicago to study music that they began collecting records and investing in gear, and it was truly post-pandemic that Kir had the opportunity to first share their original, tropical-inspired music with the world.

Their hardware sets contain compositions performed live on two vintage Korg Electribes (MX), energetically mixing techno with their gritty, old-school, breaks-centric rave productions in a fashion similar to DJing. With a deep love for shuffled beats and syncopated rhythms, Kir’s DJ sets span a similar range, and explore the bounds of minimal, UKG, electro, breakbeat techno, and drum & bass.

Refuge Worldwide is a Berlin-based independent,
community radio station working in solidarity with
grassroots and non-profit organizations.
@refugeworldwide

Find Kir on…
✿ Soundcloud ✿
✿ Resident Advisor ✿
✿ Instagram ✿
✿ Bandcamp Collection ✿
✿ Artist Bandcamp ✿