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Noice! - Episode 197 Kiki (BPitch Control)
HARRY AVERS presents
Noice! - Episode 197 Kiki (BPitch Control)
as heard on our Radio show this Morning... could not resist posting this outstanding Mix... complete with Chaim Interview... Kiki will be Making 6 resident Appearances on NOICE! this year... keep your ears peeled... and Enjoy the Sounds Of Kiki...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 beatsof hip-hop, mixed together with more popular sounds whilst playing at school discos before he waseven a teenager. With such an early start it was no surprise that before he was old enough to entera club, Kiki was holding down a weekly residency at Helsinki’s Tempo club, which was swiftlyfollowed 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 ofa serious DJ. Impressing the legendary Masters At Work at a Marlboro DJ competition led to himsecuring gigs at Berlin’s three cathedrals of techno -Tresor, Pfefferbank and WMF. Gigs in Berlinand Germany were soon followed by a string of international bookings and the release of an infamousthree 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’sBPitch Control label in 2001, who through a happy coincidence he had met when the pair weredouble booked to play the same DJ slot. Since then Kiki has become an integral part of the BPitchfamily growing into a truly international artist, sharing his love of energetic and hypnotic musicacross 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 definingrecords both as himself and later with partner in crime Silversurfer. Kiki was the first artist askedto put together a mix for the now legendary Boogy Bytes series, and has been asked to provideremixes and productions for labels as diverse as Bugged Out, Playhouse and Crosstown Rebelswhere he had the honour of being the first artist releasing on the label. His debut album Run WithMe, 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 acollaboration 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 exploredeeper and more personal forms of expression in music, has led to Kiki working on his follow upto his debut album. Without forgetting his roots in the club, Kiki has reigned back the short sharpthrill of 12” releases to concentrate on his second album.And so the next chapter begins. Kiki is set to release Kaiku (which means echo in Finnish) in latespring of 2009. Like a musical calling card it combines all of the elements that can only be learnedthrough a life dedicated to music and musical expression. Where the space between house andtechno and electronic music becomes blurred to the point of irrelevance and the feeling and emotionscreated by the musicTracklist:1. Gerber, Guti, Crosson & Paulus: Time for change (Supplement Facts)2. Roman IV: Lucy (Running Back)3. Chaim: Alive (Bpitch Control)4. Agaric & Walker Barnard: Bend the light (We Are)5. Stay6. Kiki & Lenz: Morning Maniacs (Bpitch Control)7. Will Saul & Tam Cooper: Hi Lo (Simple)8. David August: Roco Coco (Diynamic)9. Ellen Allien: The Kiss (Bpitch Control)10. Maceo Plex: Sleazy E (Crosstown Rebels)11. Clement Meyer: Piece by piece - Maetrik remix (Family Name)12. Joy Orbison: Ladywell (Doldrums)13. De Signer: Suicide Girl - Subb-an & Robin Porter remix (Hot Creations)14. Azari & III: Into the night - Renaissance Man remix (Scion/AV)15. Jamie Woon: Nightair (Candent Songs)
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