By anyone's standards, KI/KI has had a meteoric rise in the techno scene. She started DJing at queer party Spielraum in Amsterdam in 2018, and by now she's one of Europe's most-talked about techno DJs. She blends modern strands of the genre with trance and particularly acid in a way that feels all her own, veering away from the sugar highs of other DJs or the clobbering kick drums of so much fast techno. Her style is aerodynamic and sleek, not bludgeoning.

In addition to her DJ career, KI/KI runs the label slash, which has put out music from the likes of Alpha Tracks, peachlyfe and Newa, artists who share her canny blend of techno aesthetics and sneaky pop sensibilities. She loves acid too, as shown by her 5HRS OF ACID concept, and the decades-old style has become a key part of her style and appeal, as you'll hear on her RA Podcast. It's a barreling hour-and-a-half through modern techno with trap and dubstep accents, breathless but perfectly-paced.

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