Years active 2014–present Nationality American | Name Niles Hollowell-Dhar Role Singer-songwriter | |
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Born 6 October 1988 (age 36) ( 1988-10-06 ) Genres EDM, electro house, progressive house, big room house Occupation(s) Electronic musician, record producer Instruments Synthesiser, programming Associated acts The Cataracs, Firebeatz, Tiesto, Vassy, Dillon Francis, Becky G, Luciana, Martin Solveig, R3hab, Dev, Dzeko & Torres, Borgeous, DVBBS, Sirah, Disasterpeace, DallasK, Basskillers, B3nte, Vaski, Francisca Hall, Timmy Trumpet, Carnage, Bassjackers, Marnik, ZAXX, KYMRA Music group The Cataracs (2003 – 2012) Albums Technohop Vol 1, Songs We Sung in Showers Record labels Spinnin' Records, Revealed Recordings, Ultra Music Similar People David Singer‑Vine, Freddy Wexler, Marty James, Lindy Robbins, Julia Michaels Profiles | ||
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Niles Hollowell-Dhar (born 6 October 1988), better known by his stage name Kshmr (pronounced "Kashmir"; stylized as KSHMR or sometimes KSHМЯ), is an Indo-American DJ, record producer and musician from Berkeley, California. He was ranked at 23rd on DJ Mag's 2015 Top 100 DJs and was awarded "The Highest New Entry". His place elevated to 12th in the Top 100 DJs of 2016. In July 2017, he launched his own label, "Dharma Worldwide".
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Background
Hollowell-Dhar was born in Berkeley, California. His father emigrated from India. He got his stage name from Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, also referred to as "paradise on earth". He was originally part of the hip-hop production duo, The Cataracs with David Singer-Vine, releasing hits such as; "Like a G6" with Far East Movement, "Bass Down Low" with DEV, and Selena Gomez's second hit off her debut album "Stars Dance." Hollowell-Dhar has been producing electronic music under his own alias following Singer-Vine's departure from the duo in 2014. It was just 2014 when Hollowell-Dhar debuted solo, and in 2015 landed number 23 on DJ magazine's Top 100 DJ's of the year, also he earned himself the award for highest new entry of the year. He also performed at Coachella. Hollowell-Dhar currently uses Ableton Live 9. With the Cataracs he used Propellerhead Reason. Hollowell-Dhar's position in the DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJ's of 2016 increased by 11 to be placed at 12th and he also claimed an award for the Highest Live Act.
2014
In 2014, Hollowell-Dhar started making electro house music under the alias of KSHMR. Under this name, he charted on Beatport. Hollowell-Dhar's collaborations notably include Firebeatz, R3hab, Tiësto, Carnage, Timmy Trumpet and DallasK. Hollowell-Dhar released his first single "Megalodon" on 24 February 2014 on Spinnin' Records. A KSHMR & R3hab collaboration resulted in the single "Karate" that charted in SNEP, the official French Singles Chart in March 2015. Most of Hollowell-Dhar's songs are released under Spinnin' Records. Hollowell-Dhar started raising attention when his single "Burn", a collaboration with DallasK, debuted reached the Top 40 chart on Beatport then eventually reached No. 1. The song has been released through 3 labels: Revealed Recordings, Spinnin' Records, and Ultra Records.
2015
Hollowell-Dhar finally revealed himself at Ultra Music Festival 2015 and was introduced by Tiësto himself. His song, "Secrets", a collaboration with Tiësto and Vassy was a huge EDM hit, streaming through buzz charts, and reaching the top of the Beatport Chart. Hollowell-Dhar had a number of other Beatport hits, such as "No Heroes", "Burn", "Secrets", "Dead Mans Hand", "Kashmir", "Dogs", "Karate", "It Feels (KSHMR Remix)" and "JAMMU". The logo, his artist name and some tracks like "Delhi", "JAMMU", "Kashmir", "Bazaar", "Dharma" and his "Paradesi EP" are based on Indian Culture, inspired by his Kashmiri ethnic descent. In June 2015, Hollowell-Dhar announced he would host with Spinnin Records a remix contest for his track "JAMMU" – the first prize being a collaboration with Hollowell-Dhar on a new track. The contest was held on Spinnin Records' Talent Pool platform and the first place went to KYFRA, who won the collaboration with Hollowell-Dhar. In July 2015, Hollowell-Dhar released his highly anticipated debut sound pack exclusively with Splice Sounds. After the contest, Hollowell-Dhar announced his first live performance, at the Fonda Theater, Los Angeles. The show took place on 19 September 2015.
2016
He released "The Lion Across The Field EP" on 13 May 2016, his first album. He co-wrote and co-produced 'Tsunami' by DVBBS & Borgeous, as well as 'Stampede' by DVBBS, Borgeous, and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, among other songs. On 23 July 2016, he performed his first set in the Tomorrowland (festival) music festival, on the mainstage. On 5 September 2016, he collaborated with Tigerlily to release his new single, "Invisible Children". Hollowell-Dhar said "The project was already a great start. I added my ideas and it came together pretty quickly. The name comes from a term referring to slum kids in India and places around the world where poverty is so rampant that people begin to stop noticing". Two weeks later, he was awarded "Best Live Act" category on DJ Mag 2016. His place elevated from 22rd to 12th in DJ Mag's 2016 Top 100 DJs list. On 24 October 2016, he collaborated with Bassjackers to release their single "Extreme" featuring Sidney Tipton via Spinnin' Records. In an emailed statement, Bassjackers said "Besides a musical connection, we also developed a friendship outside of music. We think that friendship contributes to what makes this song so special". In October 2016, he released his new song with Will Sparks, "Voices".
2017
On March 2017 KSHMR released "Back To Me" with Crossnaders featuring Micky Blue. He released "Imaginate" with Torres, Dzeko and Matías Rodrgz on April 2017 as well. He performed at Ultra Music Festival on March 24, 2017, with Timmy Trumpet and played with live musicians throughout the whole set for the first time in his career, as he wrote:
On 16 June 2017, "Harder", a collaboration between KSHMR and Tiesto was released via Spinnin' Records. The first song released via KSHMR's label, Dharma WorldWide, was "Festival of Lights", a collaboration with Maurice West. "Festival of Lights" is heavily based on Indian culture. Within a week, KSHMR released "Kolkata" on 28 July 2017, a collaboration with JDG and Mariana BO on Dharma WorldWide. He also played at the Mainstage of Tomorrowland 2017 July 29, a day after releasing "Kolkata". "Divination", a collaboration between KSHMR and Dutch duo No Mondays was released on 4 August 2017. "The Serpent" was released on the same day as a collaboration between Snails and KSHMR.