zikade

zikade she/her

As a passionate raver and longtime lover of electronic music, zikade only stepped behind the decks as a way to keep her mind sane during lockdown.

With club doors closed, official gigs seemed a thought of the distant future, and zikade's very personal and emotional approach to DJing led her to quickly develop her own favourite sound.

Inspired by her dedication to hard kicks and gloomy melodies, zikade travels between Dark Disco, Italo Body Music, and Techno, with occasional sparks of Electro, EBM, and Industrial appearing. Her sets always strive to be connected less by genre than by atmosphere —- dark but groovy, melancholic but sexy -- a sound best described as Neo Beat. Her love for the medium vinyl inspired zikade to further develop her sound, adding forgotten pre-techno-era tracks and rare vinyl only releases to her collection.

zikade is part of the vinyl only projects DJ Frottée and Hypnotist, alongside DJ BONEY S. Regular at Mensch Meier and MS Treue, she has also played at Renate and ://about blank amongst others, as well as bringing her sound to club nights outside of Germany like Cyprus or Switzerland. zikade is a member of the female:pressure network and resident at SLIME and ROOT Radio.