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Artist of the Month: 🏆 JKriv 💫
https://volumo.com/artist/51904-jkriv

📝 `JKriv is a Brooklyn-based producer, DJ, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and label
owner. Widely known as a co-founder of label Razor-N-Tape, J is also a highly respected producer, prolific remixer, and incendiary DJ.
In a music career stretching 2 decades, JKriv has blazed an unconventional path through club world, beginning as a trained jazz musician and live performer before honing his studio and DJ skills. JKriv’s prolific production work has yielded scores of releases on Razor-N-Tape, Glitterbox, Soundway Records, Heist Recordings, Moton Records, Z Records, and many other labels. As a songwriter, arranger, collaborator, and studio musician, J has worked with luminary artists Dimitri From Paris, Horse Meat Disco feat. Kathy Sledge, Adi Oasis, John Morales, Dames Brown and many more. JKriv’s music has garnered support from all quarters of club and radio DJs, such as Gilles Peterson, Antal, Hunee, Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy, Derrick Carter, Disclosure, Andrew Weatherall, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Craig Charles, and Jamz Supernova, among many others.
In early 2025 J released his Intuition EP on Razor-N-Tape featured singers Megatronic and Pahua, and explored heavier club sounds in line with the high energy DJ sets he has been delivering. He also has a huge stockpile of releases lined up for the year that includes edits and originals on Make-A-Dance, an exclusive song on Quantic’s forthcoming K7 DJ Kicks compilation, remixes on Music For Dreams and Wah Wah 45s, EPs on
Rocksteady Disco, Star Creature, and more.

A resident on The Lot Radio, JKriv’s DJ sets showcase his deep and diverse taste, weaving eclectic disco, house, world grooves, and offbeat selections together seamlessly. J has also recently been a featured guests on NTS Radio, Openlab Ibiza, Balamii Radio and hosted his own regular “Living Sounds” show on Radio Alhara throughout lockdown. And as co-founder of Brooklyn label Razor-N-Tape, JKriv has had a sizable impact on both the local NY and global dance music scenes. The label’s prolific and consistent quality output across 150+ releases over 12 years of operation has earned them eminent respect and support from club DJs, radio selectors and listeners around the world.

Summer 2025 will see resuming a massive touring schedule, returning to Hi (Ibiza) for Glitterbox, Heidegluhen (Berlin), Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here Festival, and numerous other dates throughout the UK and EU.`



*Insights via jkriv.com

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