Focus + MDA Present: NINA KRAVIZ(Underground Quality, Rekids, Naif, Russia) @ X Nightclub – Newport Beach
with Raíz (Droid, LA) & Focus Crew (Wobs, Nonfiction & Josh Billings)
Saturday December 14, 2013
Loft hosted by MDA
• Kedd Cook (MDA)
• D:Tales (IN:VOLVE)
• Dirty Work (MDA)
+ More TBA
X Newport Beach (Right next to Focus)
4647 MacArthur Blvd
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 660-1010
21+ Event
Nina Kraviz is a one-woman show. She sings, she produces, she DJs, and it’s for that reason that she is one of the most influential voices in the underground electronic world. Since breaking through with standout releases on Underground Quality, she has become an essential member of the Rekids family, releasing a string of EPs and a very personal debut album on the long running label.
There are hypnotic and sensuous qualities to all the music this Siberian makes: it stems from the way she works, using her voice as an instrument and preferring to “record from the first take, because that is how I can capture the moment. The vibe. The Feeling.” Listen to deep, stripped back but emotionally resonant tracks like those that made up her self-titled debut album and you will find it hard to disagree. There sure is something in Nina’s music that stands it out from the crowd – an intimacy and honesty maybe, but always is it unique and creative.
With a long time passion for house and techno that dates back to her days as a journalist, Kraviz is first and foremost a DJ. And one engrained with the roots of her first love – Chicago house and Detroit techno. Her hunger to dig deep into the archives of House & Techno balances all of her sets perfectly between now and then, introducing her fans to where this scene has come from and where it might be heading. This unique sound and uncompromising attitude has led to Kraviz becoming one of the most in demand artists in the world, playing at major festivals like the Amsterdam Dance Event, Decibel, and DEMF, as well as landing a much-coveted residency at Richie Hawtin’s ENTER projects at Space in Ibiza plus regular appearances at clubs including Berghain, Fabric and The Warehouse Project.
Key to everything Kraviz does is her own unique expression, her transmission of real and often raw feeling. Not constrained by genre when producing or DJing, she is able to craft pop as she is techno and ambient. For her good music is good music, there is no separation. A keen proponent and long collector of vinyl who has a particular soft spot for Dance Mania (see her inspired ‘Ghetto Kraviz’ track for proof), the cream of the underground world are happy to remix her, be it Marcellus Pittman or Fred P, Jus Ed or the Legendary Victor Rosado.
And there seems to be no slowing down for Kraviz. Recent projects include remixing DVSI and Dance Mania’s legendary Parris Mitchell, as well filming a new video in the Mojave Desert for the album track ‘Fire’. A new compilation album follows in spring 2014 with additional new releases to keep us excited as the year goes on.
Nina Kraviz Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nina-Kraviz
Nina Kraviz Soundcloud – Nina Kraviz -Live@Secretsundaze Easter Thursday(Electric,Brixton)-28-03-2013- I ? MedellinStyle .com by MedellinStyle.com Music on SoundCloud – Hear the world?s sounds
Nina Kraviz Boiler Room Mix – Nina Kraviz 75 Min Mix – BOILER ROOM
NINA KRAVIZ | DOMMUNE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZNBfj6KdK4
Nina Kraviz @ Mixmag Live – Nov 2013 – Nina Kraviz @ Mixmag Live – Nov 2013 – YouTube
Nina Kraviz – Live at Space Closing Fiesta (Space, Ibiza) – https://soundcloud.com/nina-kraviz/live-at-space-closing-fiesta
MDA:
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More info on the club – Focus Tuesdays @ TAPAS Newport Beach – Orange County’s Number 1 House Club
Purchase tickets / Monthly Membership –
Focus – Presale Tickets
Download the mixes recorded live at the club –
Live At Focus – Live House Music recordings from Focus in Orange County
