Bio
Chicago based, Canadian export Karsten Sollors has earned the attention of electronic music’s finest and his profile has immersed itself across international club culture.
Serving his agenda precisely, the signature sound of past releases on Toolroom Records, Undr The Radr, Nervous Records, Farris Wheel Recordings, Sleazy Deep, Stealth, Great Stuff and more; have lit up the charts with many of his productions landing in the Top10 and Top100 spots on both house and tech house charts.
His recently release ‘Weekend Warrior’ on Sleazy Deep was choose by Beatport as the #1 ’Best New Tech House’ track for December 2018, as well as landing in the Top10 on the Traxsource main Tech House chart.
Karsten hosts a monthly radio show ‘Sollors Systems’ on Data Transmission Radio and was just featured as a guest on Roger Sanchez’ radio show ‘Release Yourself’ after a successful chart-topping release on his label Undr The Radr.
He has dropped down an immense resume of music headlining events on his busy tour schedule across North and Central America as well as India and Asia. Playing alongside the likes of John Digweed, Art Department, Luttrell, Chus & Ceballos, Jay Lumen, Sante, Gene Farris, Prok & Fitch, Honey Soundsystem, Lee Foss, Way Out West, Paul Van Dyk, Justin Jay, Kaskade, Lane 8, Dusky and Cristoph to name a few.
Sollors is also consistently placed on Anjunadeep tours that go through Chicago including their last 2 North American tours, showcasing a more melodic side of his musical character.
He has dropped down an immense resume of music headlining events on his busy tour schedule across North and Central America as well as India and Asia.
Karsten also holds a residency at the world-renowned Sound-Bar in Chicago. Sollors continues to emerge with four anticipated new EP’s coming this spring/summer on Nervous Records, Stealth and Chicago home team label, Farris Wheel Recordings.
How do you know that what you are doing is your long-time passion?
Find out in this episode with Karsten Sollors.
In this episode, he sat down with Alyson and shared his decades of DJing and producing. Karsten also talked about his musical influence and what made him start to be a producer.
Karsten shares his experience backpacking in Thailand, Vipassanā Meditation and Sobriety.
There is a lot of things that unravel in this episode, so listen up and be ready to go with the flow.
Enjoy!
What you will discover in this episode:
- Karsten beginning his love for music at an early age
- Karsten’s first mentor
- When did Karsten realize that being a DJ is what he wanted to do in his life
- The big life remix he made into sobriety at 23
- How “The Power of Now” helped shape his presence
- How he chooses to stand out in the crowd
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