Few artists have arrived on the electronic scene quite like KinAhau. First entering the spotlight through a chance encounter that led to his breakout collaboration with Solid Grooves founder Michael Bibi, the exciting DJ/producer quickly found himself moving through some of the world’s most respected clubs and festivals. Yet while early attention centred on an unlikely origin story, the years since have revealed a more nuanced artistic voice, one increasingly focused on reflection rather than reaction, and expression rather than expectation. That perspective sits at the heart of his return to Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels imprint as he lands on the label with his latest EP, ‘Cicek’.
Opening title track ‘Cicek’, created alongside Mahmut Orhan, unfolds through emotive melodies, organic textures, and a sense of quiet tension that feels deliberately removed from conventional club formulas. It’s a record that prioritises atmosphere and feeling over immediacy, setting the tone for the wider release. “Cicek is yet another effort to challenge the paradigm that influences electronic and club music,” explains KinAhau. “There’s a false sense of freedom in the creative process. Anything that arrives with too much difference is quickly deemed inadmissible by the machine. Keeping things running smoothly has become more important than disrupting them.”
Across the EP, that idea takes different forms, shapes and directions. ‘Plane Jane leans’ is a stripped-back, hazy journey through vibrant keys and woozy textures, while ‘Danza De La Pau’ flips the script and tunnels into trippy, ping-pong synths, cascading tones and off-kilter pockets of sound. Together, the three tracks feel less like individual records and more like snapshots from a broader creative conversation, one shaped by a growing distance from formula and a desire to explore something more personal and unique.
“Since I’m unable to separate my life from my music, Cicek became a reflection of that feeling,” KinAhau continues. “It stands for my growing distance from a sound increasingly shaped by labels, charts and playlists, and for my enduring belief in music as a force capable of helping us understand our world and ourselves in it.”
KinAhau ‘Cicek’ EP drops via Crosstown Rebels on 3rd July 2026.
Tracklist
A1) KinAhau ft. Mahmut Orhan – Cicek
B1) KinAhau – Plane Jane
B2) KinAhau – Danza De La Pau
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