====== Nina Kraviz ======

🎧 //Nina Kraviz (born 12 October 1982) is a Russian DJ, music producer, and singer.//

===== Biography =====  
📚 //Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Kraviz)//

Nina Kraviz was born and raised in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia. She moved to Moscow to study dentistry, where she later gained her residency. Before launching her music career, she worked in several roles — including fixing cosmonauts’ teeth🦷, hosting a local radio show in Irkutsk, writing for a fanzine, and holding a Friday night club residency.

🛫 In 2005, Kraviz was accepted into the Red Bull Music Academy in Seattle but couldn’t attend due to visa issues. She joined the following year in Melbourne. By 2008, she was playing regularly at Propaganda Club in Moscow.

🎶 Her self-titled debut album was released in 2012 via Rekids to mixed-positive reviews. In 2014, she founded her own label, трип (Trip), which became a platform for experimental techno and emerging artists. She mixed the 48th DJ-Kicks compilation, released in January 2015.

🎮 In 2020, Kraviz contributed music to the video game *Cyberpunk 2077* and voiced her cameo in both Russian and English versions. In 2021, she joined artists like Marcel Dettmann and Oscar Mulero on the *PX099: 100 Years Of Colombia* compilation, aimed at raising awareness about Colombia’s social unrest.

🎼 In 2023, she collaborated with Jean-Michel Jarre on *Sex in the Machine Take 2*.

⚠️ Kraviz faced controversy following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine due to her perceived silence and past political imagery. Critics, including DJs Nastia and Buttechno, accused her of failing to condemn the war. A 2014 Instagram post featuring a cut-out of Vladimir Putin with a flower-tipped gun resurfaced, intensifying scrutiny.

🚫 Clone Distribution severed ties with her label Trip Recordings, citing ethical concerns. She was dropped from several major festivals including Movement Detroit, The Crave (The Hague), and PollerWiesen (Germany).

🕊️ In May 2022, Kraviz publicly expressed her distress over the war, stating she opposes violence and identifies as a musician, not a political figure.

===== Notable Releases =====  
💿 *Nina Kraviz* (Rekids, 2012)  
💿 *Mr Jones EP* (Rekids, 2013)  
💿 *DJ-Kicks #48* (Studio !K7, 2015)  
💿 *fabric 91* (Fabric, 2016)  
💿 *stranno stranno. neobjatno.* (Trip, 2019)  
💿 *Cyberpunk 2077: Radio Vol. 4* (Lakeshore Records, 2021)  
💿 *Skyscrapers* (Trip, 2021)  
💿 *This Time* (Trip, 2021)  
💿 *Bailando* ft. David Löhlein (Trip, 2023)  
🔁 Remixes for St. Vincent, Jean-Michel Jarre, and others

===== Gigs & Festivals Played =====  
🎪 Movement Festival (Detroit)  
🎪 Awakenings Festival (Netherlands)  
🎪 EXIT Festival (Serbia)  
🎪 Neopop Festival (Portugal)  
🎪 Junction 2 (UK)  
🎪 Amnesia Ibiza (Spain)  
🎪 III Points (Miami)  
🎪 Brunch Electronik (Barcelona & Lisbon)  
🎪 Time Warp (Germany & Brazil)  
🎪 Delta Festival (France)

===== News & Media Links =====  
📰 [Resident Advisor Profile](https://ra.co/dj/ninakraviz)  
📰 [NME: Clone Distribution Controversy](https://www.nme.com/news/music/russia-dj-nina-kraviz-dropped-from-clone-distribution-over-alleged-pro-putin-views-3227208)  
📰 [TIME Magazine Feature](https://time.com/6179208/nina-kraviz-backlash-russia-ukraine/)  
📰 [The Playground: Festival Lineup Fallout](https://theplayground.co.uk/nina-kraviz-dropped-from-festival-lineups-after-breaking-silence-on-the-war/)  
📰 [Official Website](https://www.ninakraviz.com)