Kshmr

Kshmr

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Kshmr Profile

  • Name:
  • Kshmr
  • Born:
  • October 6, 1988

Kshmr Biography

Kshmr is an American musician, record producer and DJ of Indian origin. His father emigrated from India. He is currently based in Berkeley, California. His real name is Niles Hollowell-Dhar. He is active in the music industry since 2006. He is one of the top American DJs at present. He was at the 12th position in the Top 100 DJs of both 2016 and 2017. He has also launched his own label, "Dharma Worldwide” in 2017.

 

Niles Hollowell-Dhar was born on 6 October 1988 in Berkeley, California. His father is an Indian settled in US. He derived his stage name from ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ and made it short as Kshmr. But his name is pronounced as "Kashmir". Initially he was associated with ‘The Cataracs’ with David Singer-Vine, which performed hip-hop. He has been producing electronic music since 2014, and even after departing from the band. In 2015 his name was listed at position 23 on DJ magazine's Top 100 DJ's of the year. From there on, he climbed up to position 12 within a couple of years, which is indeed a unique achievement.

 

He started making electro house music under the alias of KSHMR from year 2014 onwards. His single "Burn", collaboration with DallasK was one of his early hits. As a lead artist he has released many singles since then, and most of them topped at musical charts. He revealed himself only at Ultra Music Festival 2015. Since then he is regular with his live music performances. His song, "Secrets", collaboration with Tiesto and Vassy was a huge EDM hit in 2015. His first album, "The Lion across the Field EP" was released in 2016. He currently uses Ableton Live 9. With the Cataracs he used Propellerhead Reason.

 

Published: February 27, 2019

Updated: February 27, 2019

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