Alex Kassian | g-HA & Olanskii | Vinny Villbass | MC Kaman & Kash
Kyoto via Berlin selectors Alex Kassian joins Sirkus Sunkissed for the first edition of the new year. Sunkissed has been a bastion of Oslo’s house music scene since time immemorial and in its new home it will continue to invite some of the world’s leading selectors to the concept. Operated by g-HA & Olanskii, Sunkissed has come home in more ways than one and to inaugurate 2024 at Jaeger they bring the whole Sunkissed “Sirkus” to the Sauna. Sunkissed’s kaleidoscopic view to the musical world, which was informed by the personal relationships they’ve forged with their peers, remain a beacon of taste in Oslo and Norway, but where trend informs, g-HA & Olanskii are always a step ahead.
#techno #house #disco
Sauna: Alex Kassian + g-HA & Olanskii + Vinny Villbass + Sirkus Sunkissed
Basement: MC Kaman + Kash
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cc: 180kr / free before 22:00
Alex Kassian
Alex Kassian is a producer, DJ and artist from Kyoto, now based in Berlin, where he splits his days equally between making music and astral projection. Alex’s sound is sophisticated and precise (he previously worked on soundtracks for contemporary dance and theatre); it’s also lush and organic, cinematic and uplifting, bursting with optimism and energy, informed by spontaneity and improvisation and specifically designed to promote the kind of out-of-body experiences demanded by discerning ravers across the universe. As a solo artist, Alex has released on a number of labels here on Earth including Paramida’s Love On The Rocks and Alex Bradley’s Utopia Records. Together with Hiroaki OBA, he is also one half of Opal Sunn, who operate their own imprint Planet Sundae since 2017, through which they self-released a number of EPs, catching the attention of and support from dance music luminaries such as Andrew Weatherall and DJ Sprinkles.
g-HA & Olanskii
Two pivotal bodies in the sphere of Norwegian electronic music, g-HA & Olanskii are an event, a club, a DJ duo, and a musical authority for Norway. Individually adept as DJ, selectors and tastemaker, Ola “Olanskii” Smith-Simonsen and Geir “g-HA” Holger’s musical voices unified for Sunkissed, an events series that has become the backbone of Oslo’s electronic music scene and beyond.
Vinny Villbass
One of the most pivotal figures in Oslo’s DJ community, there is no current narrative in Oslo’s electronic music scene where the name Vinny Villbass could be negated. A producer, artist, sound guru and DJ, if it involves music, Vinny Villbass is somehow involved. He’s an accomplished recording artist with releases on Eskimo and Beatservice and some of his other accolades include working with the experimental electronic artist Pantha Du Prince. He occupies a variety of related positions in electronic music from the studio to behind the curtain and it all culminates in his experience as a DJ. A selector with a penchant for vinyl, whose skills can very easily be adapted for the live set, Vinny Villbass is a versatile performer.
MC Kaman
A larger than life figure and one of the proprietors of Oslo’s “hard core clubbing” (sic) institution, MC Kaman might play underground, but his sole purpose in life is cultivating a convivial atmosphere. His CD cases quite literally bulge with guilty pleasures and affable arrangements from the charts. There’s no musical taboo that MC Kaman is not willing to accommodate and the music he plays. There is no irony to be found in an MC Kaman set… only a good time in the company of good popular music. MC Kaman POPs!
Kash
Kashfa King Gashamura (aka Kash / kash king) is an actor, radio presenter and DJ, who has played a influenced many kyoung Norwegian’s core memories as a Children’s tv host. He’s a familiar face on the Norwegian cultural spectrum and as an actor he’s recognised both on stage and on screen. When he’s not in the public eye, he moonlights as a DJ, making this rare appearance alongside MC Kaman in our booth.