CÉ LA VI Pres. Kristin Velvet

̸BIOGRAPHY 'One of the modern house scene's most treasured adherents' - DJ Mag 'Gleefully maximal, unashamedly nostalgic house... this is fist pumping good fun from start to finish' - RA 'Reawakening the house of Paradise Garage & the techno of Robert Hood' - Tsugi Over the past decade Kristin Velvet’s life has been devoted to music in one way or another - initially as a promoter & DJ in Tokyo, later as the Australian label manager of UK’s Domino Records. Today she is an essential figure of Berlin’s club scene, heading up Arms & Legs records - the label she runs with Daniel Steinberg - which has featured a long line of killer remixes & releases from respected artists including Cari Lekebusch, Paul Johnson, 808 State, Nick Holder & Crazy P. Velvet’s music acumen has been well documented within the label gaining widespread support from house & techno’s upper echelons. Whilst most of her material has landed on Arms & legs, Velvet’s productions have appeared on Felix Da Housecat’s Founders of Filth imprint and Cassy’s Kwench records. Geared directly to the dance floor her releases have also received nods from key tastemakers including Resident Advisor who described her music as ‘fist-pumping good fun’ and DJ Mag who summed up her sound ‘high production values and a feelgood house and techno sound that is subtly nostalgic but not slavishly cowed to the classics, she’s continually providing real heat for the dancefloor.’ 2018 saw a collaborative project named 'Cats Love Velvet' between Velvet and Chicago legend Felix Da Housecat resulting in 2 x traxsource techno #1 for ‘Acid Picky’ and ‘Not Hard’. 2019 is shaping up to be equally as exciting with a remix in the works of Jesse Saunder’s classic ‘On & On’ and remixes from Velvet's own material forthcoming from Louie Vega, Cari Lekebusch and Mark Broom. Kristin Velvet’s music taste is broad and her flexibility behind the decks sees her traversing confidently across genres and decades but always with a keen eye on the dance floor, a place she inherently understands. A skilled DJ who plays with a lot of heart her infectious energy has earned her peak time slots across the globe everywhere from Boiler Room, Snowboming, ADE, OffSonar, Watergate Berlin, Ministry of Sound London, Wire Club Leeds, Jaeger Oslo, Culture Box Copenhagen, Revolver Melbourne to Subsonic Music Festival Australia. ̸SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY Kristin Velvet - I'm Kristin Velvet (12") - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet - High Noon EP - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet - Big Bam City EP - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet - Gone Wrong EP - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet & Harry Axt - Action / Reactions EP - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet - Spinning EP - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet - Roulette EP - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet - Skylar Awake EP - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet - Now or Never EP - DETONE Kristin Velvet - Peach Plum EP - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet - Insane EP - Strange Idols Felix Da Housecat x Kristin Velvet - Cats Love Velvet EP - Arms & Legs Felix Da Housecat x Kristin Velvet - Cats Love Velvet II EP - Arms & Legs Kristin Velvet - High Ache / No Worries EP - Kwench