KSHMR

KSHMR
Background information
Birth name Niles Hollowell-Dhar
Born (1988-10-06) 6 October 1988
Berkeley, CA
Genres Electro house, progressive house, big room house
Occupation(s) Musician, record producer
Instruments Synthesizer, digital audio workstation
Years active 2014–present
Labels Revealed Recordings, Spinnin' Records, Musical Freedom
Associated acts

Niles Hollowell-Dhar (born 6 October 1988), better known by his stage name KSHMR (pronounced "Kashmir"; stylized as KSHМЯ), is an American DJ, record producer and musician from Berkeley, California. He was ranked at 23rd on DJ Mag's 2015 Top 100 DJs and was awarded "The Highest New Entry". His place elevated to 12th in the Top 100 DJs of 2016.

Background

Hollowell-Dhar is from Berkeley of California, United States. He got his stage name from the state of Jammu and Kashmir also referred to as, "paradise on earth."[1] He was originally part of the hip-hop production duo, The Cataracs with David Singer-Vine, releasing hits such as; "Like a G6" with Far East Movement, "Bass Down Low" with DEV, and Selena Gomez's second hit off her debut album "Stars Dance."[1] Hollowell-Dhar has been producing electronic music under his own alias following Singer-Vine's departure from the duo in 2014.[1] It was just 2014 when Hollowell-Dhar debuted solo, and in 2015 landed number 23 on DJ magazine's Top 100 DJ's of the year,[2] also he earned himself the award for highest new entry of the year. He also took the stage at the hottest event of the season, Coachella, sharing his beats with the young and festival fashion clad.[1] Hollowell-Dhar currently uses the Ableton Live 9. With the Cataracs he used Propellerhead Reason.[3] Hollowell-Dhar's position in the DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJ's of 2016 increased by 11 to be placed at 12th and he also claimed an award for the Highest Live Act.[2]

History

2014

In 2014, Hollowell-Dhar started making electro house music under the alias of KSHMR.[4] Under this name, he charted on Beatport. Hollowell-Dhar's collaborations notably include Firebeatz, R3hab, Tiësto, Carnage, Timmy Trumpet and DallasK. Hollowell-Dhar released his first single "Megalodon" on 24 February 2014 on Spinnin' Records. A KSHMR & R3hab collaboration resulted in the single "Karate" that charted in SNEP, the official French Singles Chart in March 2015.[5] Most of Hollowell-Dhar's songs are released under Spinnin' Records. Hollowell-Dhar started raising attention when his single "Burn", a collaboration with DallasK, debuted reached the Top 40 chart on Beatport then eventually reached No. 1. The song has been released through 3 labels: Revealed Recordings, Spinnin' Records, and Ultra Records.

2015

Hollowell-Dhar finally revealed himself at Ultra Music Festival 2015 and was introduced by Tiësto himself. His song, "Secrets", a collaboration with Tiësto and Vassy[4] was a huge EDM hit, streaming through buzz charts, and reaching the top of the Beatport Chart. Hollowell-Dhar had a number of other Beatport hits, such as "No Heroes", "Burn", "Secrets", "Dead Mans Hand", "Kashmir", "Dogs", "Karate", "It Feels (KSHMR Remix)" and "JAMMU". The logo, his artist name and some tracks like "Delhi", "JAMMU", "Kashmir", "Bazaar", "Dharma" and his "Paradesi EP" are based on Indian Culture, inspired by his Indian ethnic descent. In June 2015, Hollowell-Dhar announced he would host with Spinnin Records a remix contest for his track "JAMMU"[6] – the first prize being a collaboration with Hollowell-Dhar on a new track. The contest was held on Spinnin Records' Talent Pool platform and the first place went to KYFRA, who won the collaboration with Hollowell-Dhar. In July 2015, Hollowell-Dhar released his highly anticipated debut sound pack exclusively with Splice Sounds.[7] After the contest, Hollowell-Dhar announced his first live performance,[8] at the Fonda Theater, Los Angeles. The show took place on 19 September 2015.[9]

2016

He released "The Lion Across The Field EP" on 13 May 2016, his first album.[10] He co-wrote and co-produced 'Tsunami' by DVBBS & Borgeous, as well as 'Stampede' by DVBBS, Borgeous, and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, among other songs. On 23 July 2016, he performed his first set in the Tomorrowland (festival) music festival, on the mainstage. On 5 September 2016, he collaborated with Tigerlily to release his new single, "Invisible Children".[11] Hollowell-Dhar said "The project was already a great start. I added my ideas and it came together pretty quickly. The name comes from a term referring to slum kids in India and places around the world where poverty is so rampant that people begin to stop noticing".[11] Two weeks later, he was awarded "Best Live Act" category on DJ Mag 2016. His place elevated from 23rd to 12th in DJ Mag's 2016 Top 100 DJs list.[12] On 24 October 2016, he collaborated with Bassjackers to release their single "Extreme" featuring Sidney Tipton via Spinnin' Records.[13] In an emailed statement, Bassjackers said "Besides a musical connection, we also developed a friendship outside of music. We think that friendship contributes to what makes this song so special".[13] In October 2016, he released his new song, Voices.

Discography

Main article: KSHMR discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "KSHMR bring new talent to EDM". Retrieved 2016-09-03.
  2. 1 2 "Top 100 DJs". DJMag. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  3. ↑ "The Producers Conference with The Cataracs". YouTube. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  4. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Steffen Hung. "R3hab & KSHMR – Karate". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  6. ↑ "KSHMR – JAMMU | Remix Contest | Spinnin' Records". Spinninrecords.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  7. ↑ "Splice". Splice. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Events". The Fonda Theatre. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  10. ↑ Melendez, Monique (13 June 2016). "KSHMR Drops Lush 'The Lion Across the Field' EP". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  11. 1 2 Bein, Kat (1 September 2016). "KSHMR and Tigerlily's 'Invisible Children' Turns Up for a Cause: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  12. ↑ DJ Magazine
  13. 1 2 Bein, Kat (21 October 2016). "KSHMR & Bassjackers Take Fun to the 'Extreme' on Latest Collaboration: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
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