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Kshmr

October 14, 2023

Niles Hollowell-Dhar (born October 6, 1988), known professionally as Kshmr (pronounced "Kashmir" and stylized in all caps), is an American musician, songwriter, DJ, record producer, former rapper, and singer.[7][8] He was ranked 23rd on DJ Mag's 2015 Top 100 DJs poll and was awarded highest new entry for the year.[9] In the same poll he elevated to 12th in 2016 and 2017,[10][11] and again in 2020.[12] He was ranked 11th in the same poll in 2021; and in 2022 in same poll he ranked 12. In July 2017, he launched Dharma Worldwide, a sublabel of Spinnin' Records. Kshmr performed live at many music festivals like Coachella, Tomorrowland, EDC, Ultra and Sunburn.

Kshmr
Kshmr in 2013
Background information
Birth nameNiles Hollowell-Dhar
Also known as
Born (1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 (age 35)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • DJ
  • record producer
Years active2003–present
Labels
Websitewelcometokshmr.com
Signature

Early life Edit

 
Hollowell-Dhar and David Singer-Vine performing as the Cataracs in 2010

Hollowell-Dhar was born in Berkeley, California.[13] His father is a Kashmiri Hindu who emigrated from India, while his mother is American.[14][15] He got his stage name from the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, where his paternal side hails from. His singles "Jammu" and "Kashmir" also derive their names from the former state.[16]

Career Edit

2003–2013: The Cataracs Edit

Main article: The Cataracs

Hollowell-Dhar was originally part of the hip-hop production duo the Cataracs with high school friend David Singer-Vine, releasing hits such as "Like a G6" with Far East Movement and "Bass Down Low" with DEV, and co-producing others such as Selena Gomez's second song off her debut album Stars Dance.[16] Following Singer-Vine's departure from the duo in 2012, Hollowell-Dhar continued producing music with the name the Cataracs until 2014.[16]

2014: Transition into Kshmr Edit

In 2014, Hollowell-Dhar started making electro house music under the alias of Kshmr.[17] Under this name, he charted on Beatport. Before he released songs under Kshmr, he co-produced tracks like 'Tsunami' by DVBBS and Borgeous, as well as 'Stampede' by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Dvbbs, and Borgeous.[18] Hollowell-Dhar released his first single "Megalodon" on February 24, 2014, through Spinnin' Records. A Kshmr and R3hab collaboration resulted in the single "Karate" that charted in SNEP in March 2015.[19] 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 on 3 labels: Revealed Recordings, Spinnin' Records, and Ultra Records.

2015: Secrets Edit

 
Hollowell-Dhar and Tiësto during the latter's set at Ultra Music Festival 2015

Until Hollowell-Dhar was introduced at Ultra Music Festival 2015 by Tiësto, his identity was relatively unknown. His song, "Secrets", a collaboration with Tiësto and Vassy[17] was largely successful, streaming through buzz charts, and reaching the top of the Beatport Chart. In June 2015, Hollowell-Dhar announced he would host with Spinnin' Records a remix contest for his track "Jammu"[20] – 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.[21] After the contest, Hollowell-Dhar announced his first live performance,[22] at the Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, which took place on September 19, 2015.[23]

2016: The Lion Across the Field Edit

He released his first EP, "The Lion Across the Field" on May 13, 2016.[24] On July 23, 2016, he performed his first set in the Tomorrowland music festival, on the mainstage. On September 5, 2016, he collaborated with Tigerlily to release his new single, "Invisible Children".[25] 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".[25] Two weeks later, he was awarded "Best Live Act" category on DJ Mag 2016. His place elevated from 23rd to 12th in DJ Mag's 2016 Top 100 DJs list.[26] On October 24, 2016, he collaborated with Bassjackers to release their single "Extreme" featuring Sidnie Tipton via Spinnin' Records.[27] 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".[27] In October 2016, he released his new song with Will Sparks titled "Voices" as a free download on Spinnin' Premium.[28]

2017: Dharma Worldwide and Power Edit

In March 2017, Hollowell-Dhar released "Back To Me" with Crossnaders featuring Micky Blue.[29] 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:

This was a special show for me, playing with live musicians throughout the whole set for the first time in my career. Respect to them and my good friend Timmy Trumpet for stopping by and bringing his magic as well.

On June 16, 2017, "Harder", a collaboration between Hollowell-Dhar and Tiësto, was released via Spinnin' Records.[30] 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.[31] Within a week, Hollowell-Dhar released "Kolkata" on July 28, 2017, a collaboration with JDG and Mariana BO on Dharma.[32] He also played at the mainstage of Tomorrowland 2017 on July 29, a day after releasing "Kolkata". "Divination", a collaboration between Hollowell-Dhar and Dutch duo No Mondays was released on August 4, 2017.[33] "The Serpent" was released on the same day as a collaboration with Snails.[34] On September 22, 2017, Hollowell-Dhar released "Power" with Hardwell on Spinnin' Records.[35] Hollowell-Dhar collaborated with Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam for track "Underwater" which was released on October 13, 2017, on his label Dharma Worldwide.[36][37] On December 1, 2017, Hollowell-Dhar released "Islands"[38] on Dharma Worldwide with electro house producer R3HAB. Within the same month, Hollowell-Dhar worked with producers Marnik and the Golden Army to release a psytrance influenced big room house track titled "Shiva" on December 29, 2017.[39]

2018: House of Cards, Carry Me Home, and Magic Edit

Kshmr released "House Of Cards" on February 16, 2018, which features Sidnie Tipton, who provided vocals to "Wildcard".[40] Lacking Hollowell-Dhar's notable big room elements, the track is influenced by pop and acoustic components such as guitar riffs in the song's break.[41] He also played the mainstage of Ultra Music Festival Miami with a set presenting new tracks and many of his well-known productions.[42] On May 18, 2018, Hollowell-Dhar released "Doonka" which incorporates elements of both big room and trap music as a free download with Mr.Black.[43] Hollowell-Dhar collaborated with Jake Reese to release "Carry Me Home" on June 15, 2018, a progressive house song originally premiered at his 2018 Ultra Music Festival performance.[44] Commenting on the track's production, Hollowell-Dhar stated, "Carry Me Home started with the drop melody. I was scared I wouldn't find a vocal I loved just as much, but Jake Reese and [co-writer Joren van der Voort] blew me away with what they wrote."[45] He released Greek-influenced single "Opa" with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike on July 22, 2018,[46][47] and "Neverland" with 7 Skies on August 3, 2018, which combined elements from the genres of bounce and big room house.[48] The duo had previously worked together on a sample pack titled Symphony-Serum Hybrid Orchestra on music creation platform Splice. His next single titled "Good Vibes Soldier", co-produced with Israeli psytrance duo Vini Vici and comprising elements of reggaeton and rap, was released on August 24, 2018.[49] On November 2, 2018, he released big room single "Magic", which features uncredited vocals by Vassy.[50] Dancing Astronaut lauded the track as a return to Hollowell-Dhar's older era sound, together with its vocal resemblance to David Guetta's "Bad".[51] Regarding the song's backstory, Hollowell-Dhar revealed that "Magic" was originally produced with Adrian Lux two years prior, with the duo failing to bring the track into the right direction then. Lux eventually gave up on the song, but Hollowell-Dhar continued working on the song until its final release.[50]

2019: No Regrets and Devil Inside Me Edit

Hollowell-Dhar's first release of the year was a collaboration with Belgian producer Yves V and American band Krewella titled "No Regrets".[52] Released through Dharma on March 1, 2019, the track's chord patterns and drop were favorably compared to Alan Walker's signature sounds and style.[53][54] In the same month, Hollowell-Dhar released 'Devil Inside Me' with Swedish producer Kaaze and vocalist Kaara.[55] The melody of the song samples some elements the Jewish ballad, "Shalom Aleichem".[56]

 
Hollowell-Dhar in an interview at Airbeat One 2019

On June 24, 2019, Hollowell-Dhar announced the release of a new educational Dharma Worldwide platform consisting of tutorials, templates, and samples.[57] Following that, a big room collaboration with Australian producer Timmy Trumpet, titled "The People", was released on June 28, 2019.[58] The next day, he released "Lies" with Dutch producer B3rror featuring the vocals of Luciana. Hollowell-Dhar then released "My Best Life" with Australian singer Mike Waters on July 12, 2019. Regarding the song, Niles said, "This song, made by me and Mike Waters, is about social media and how it has become a tool for measuring ourselves. We talked about how it can be freeing to submit to the fact that somebody will always have nicer things and from there the lyrics came together".[59] The track sparked some controversy with Indian rapper Emiway Bantai's song "Machayenge" as they both sampled some portions from Hollowell-Dhar's sample pack Sounds of KSHMR Volume 3.[citation needed]

2020: One More Round Edit

On October 15, 2020, Hollowell-Dhar released the single "One More Round" featuring Jeremy Oceans. It was released on Spinnin' Records and is a collaboration with Singaporean game developer Garena for their game Free Fire in celebration of the game's "Booyah Day" event which ran from October 16 to November 1. As a result of this collaboration, Free Fire introduced into their game a new character based on Hollowell-Dhar named K.[60]

2021: Harmonica Andromeda Edit

Hollowell-Dhar released two songs: "The World We Left Behind" featuring Karra and "Around the World" with producer Noumenn and uncredited vocals by Ivy on January 15 and February 26 respectively, as the first and second singles from his debut studio album Harmonica Andromeda.[61] The rest of the album was released on March 19, featuring 11 songs and 3 interludes. On June 11, a deluxe version of the album was released with 5 new songs, amounting to 19 tracks in total.

On May 24, 2021, Hollowell-Dhar, along with Armaan Malik and Eric Nam, released their new joint single, "Echo," in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.[62] Regarding the song, Hollowell-Dhar said, "Echo is a song about tough relationships that I think we can all relate to. It was a demo I started years ago, unsure of how to finish it until I met Armaan. The voice and story he brought to the song was the perfect fit. Eric lent his awesome talent and it became a cross-country Asian collaboration, which I love."[63]

On August 5, 2021, Hollowell-Dhar released the psytrance-influenced big room house track "Winners Anthem" with Zafrir. Later that month on the 24th, he along with Alok and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike released a slap house track for Garena Free Fire's 4th anniversary, titled "Reunion".[64]

He then released "Close Your Eyes" with Norwegian artist and music producer Martin Tungevaag on November 19.

2022: Lion Heart Edit

On February 25, Hollowell-Dhar released the single "Lion Heart" in collaboration with Indian rapper Divine and Argentine freestyle rapper Lit Killah featuring Jeremy Oceans and frequent collaborator Karra.

Musical style Edit

Hollowell-Dhar had a number of Beatport hits, such as "No Heroes", "Burn", "Dead Mans Hand", "Kashmir", "Dogs", "Karate", his remix of duo Nervo's song "It Feels", and "Jammu". His logo, artist name, and tracks like "Delhi", "Jammu", "Kashmir", "Bazaar", "Dharma" and his EP "Paradesi" are based on and/or inspired by his half Kashmiri ethnic descent:[65]

I grew up being familiar with Indian music and movies because of my dad but I wasn't really interested in making music with Indian elements until later on in my life when appreciation for my heritage grew. That's when I started KSHMR as a tribute to my dad and my grandparents who are from [Kashmir].

In 2015, Hollowell-Dhar was ranked number 23 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs of the year poll,[66] the highest new entry that year. His position in the Top 100 DJs of 2016 elevated by 11 from the previous year to be placed at 12th.[67]

Hollowell-Dhar currently uses Ableton Live 10 as his DAW. While part of the Cataracs, he used Reason.[68]

Discography Edit

Main article: Kshmr discography
  • Harmonica Andromeda (2021)
  • KARAM (2023)

Accolades Edit

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2015 DJ Mag Himself Top 100 DJs 23 [69]
2016 12 [70]
2017 12 [71]
2018 18 [72]
2019 15 [73]
2020 12 [74]
2021 11 [75]
2022 12 [76]

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October 14, 2023
kshmr, niles, hollowell, dhar, born, october, 1988, known, professionally, pronounced, kashmir, stylized, caps, american, musician, songwriter, record, producer, former, rapper, singer, ranked, 23rd, 2015, poll, awarded, highest, entry, year, same, poll, eleva. Niles Hollowell Dhar born October 6 1988 known professionally as Kshmr pronounced Kashmir and stylized in all caps is an American musician songwriter DJ record producer former rapper and singer 7 8 He was ranked 23rd on DJ Mag s 2015 Top 100 DJs poll and was awarded highest new entry for the year 9 In the same poll he elevated to 12th in 2016 and 2017 10 11 and again in 2020 12 He was ranked 11th in the same poll in 2021 and in 2022 in same poll he ranked 12 In July 2017 he launched Dharma Worldwide a sublabel of Spinnin Records Kshmr performed live at many music festivals like Coachella Tomorrowland EDC Ultra and Sunburn KshmrKshmr in 2013Background informationBirth nameNiles Hollowell DharAlso known asThe MVI 1 2 DreamzBorn 1988 10 06 October 6 1988 age 35 Berkeley California U S GenresElectro house 3 progressive housefuture housefuture bouncebig room house 4 psytrance 5 Occupation s MusiciansongwriterDJrecord producerYears active2003 presentLabelsSpinnin Dharma 6 Musical FreedomRevealedRepublicWebsitewelcometokshmr wbr comSignature Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 2003 2013 The Cataracs 2 2 2014 Transition into Kshmr 2 3 2015 Secrets 2 4 2016 The Lion Across the Field 2 5 2017 Dharma Worldwide and Power 2 6 2018 House of Cards Carry Me Home and Magic 2 7 2019 No Regrets and Devil Inside Me 2 8 2020 One More Round 2 9 2021 Harmonica Andromeda 2 10 2022 Lion Heart 3 Musical style 4 Discography 5 Accolades 6 ReferencesEarly life Edit nbsp Hollowell Dhar and David Singer Vine performing as the Cataracs in 2010Hollowell Dhar was born in Berkeley California 13 His father is a Kashmiri Hindu who emigrated from India while his mother is American 14 15 He got his stage name from the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir where his paternal side hails from His singles Jammu and Kashmir also derive their names from the former state 16 Career Edit2003 2013 The Cataracs Edit Main article The Cataracs Hollowell Dhar was originally part of the hip hop production duo the Cataracs with high school friend David Singer Vine releasing hits such as Like a G6 with Far East Movement and Bass Down Low with DEV and co producing others such as Selena Gomez s second song off her debut album Stars Dance 16 Following Singer Vine s departure from the duo in 2012 Hollowell Dhar continued producing music with the name the Cataracs until 2014 16 2014 Transition into Kshmr Edit In 2014 Hollowell Dhar started making electro house music under the alias of Kshmr 17 Under this name he charted on Beatport Before he released songs under Kshmr he co produced tracks like Tsunami by DVBBS and Borgeous as well as Stampede by Dimitri Vegas amp Like Mike Dvbbs and Borgeous 18 Hollowell Dhar released his first single Megalodon on February 24 2014 through Spinnin Records A Kshmr and R3hab collaboration resulted in the single Karate that charted in SNEP in March 2015 19 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 on 3 labels Revealed Recordings Spinnin Records and Ultra Records 2015 Secrets Edit nbsp Hollowell Dhar and Tiesto during the latter s set at Ultra Music Festival 2015Until Hollowell Dhar was introduced at Ultra Music Festival 2015 by Tiesto his identity was relatively unknown His song Secrets a collaboration with Tiesto and Vassy 17 was largely successful streaming through buzz charts and reaching the top of the Beatport Chart In June 2015 Hollowell Dhar announced he would host with Spinnin Records a remix contest for his track Jammu 20 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 21 After the contest Hollowell Dhar announced his first live performance 22 at the Fonda Theater Los Angeles which took place on September 19 2015 23 2016 The Lion Across the Field Edit He released his first EP The Lion Across the Field on May 13 2016 24 On July 23 2016 he performed his first set in the Tomorrowland music festival on the mainstage On September 5 2016 he collaborated with Tigerlily to release his new single Invisible Children 25 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 25 Two weeks later he was awarded Best Live Act category on DJ Mag 2016 His place elevated from 23rd to 12th in DJ Mag s 2016 Top 100 DJs list 26 On October 24 2016 he collaborated with Bassjackers to release their single Extreme featuring Sidnie Tipton via Spinnin Records 27 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 27 In October 2016 he released his new song with Will Sparks titled Voices as a free download on Spinnin Premium 28 2017 Dharma Worldwide and Power Edit In March 2017 Hollowell Dhar released Back To Me with Crossnaders featuring Micky Blue 29 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 This was a special show for me playing with live musicians throughout the whole set for the first time in my career Respect to them and my good friend Timmy Trumpet for stopping by and bringing his magic as well On June 16 2017 Harder a collaboration between Hollowell Dhar and Tiesto was released via Spinnin Records 30 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 31 Within a week Hollowell Dhar released Kolkata on July 28 2017 a collaboration with JDG and Mariana BO on Dharma 32 He also played at the mainstage of Tomorrowland 2017 on July 29 a day after releasing Kolkata Divination a collaboration between Hollowell Dhar and Dutch duo No Mondays was released on August 4 2017 33 The Serpent was released on the same day as a collaboration with Snails 34 On September 22 2017 Hollowell Dhar released Power with Hardwell on Spinnin Records 35 Hollowell Dhar collaborated with Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam for track Underwater which was released on October 13 2017 on his label Dharma Worldwide 36 37 On December 1 2017 Hollowell Dhar released Islands 38 on Dharma Worldwide with electro house producer R3HAB Within the same month Hollowell Dhar worked with producers Marnik and the Golden Army to release a psytrance influenced big room house track titled Shiva on December 29 2017 39 2018 House of Cards Carry Me Home and Magic Edit Kshmr released House Of Cards on February 16 2018 which features Sidnie Tipton who provided vocals to Wildcard 40 Lacking Hollowell Dhar s notable big room elements the track is influenced by pop and acoustic components such as guitar riffs in the song s break 41 He also played the mainstage of Ultra Music Festival Miami with a set presenting new tracks and many of his well known productions 42 On May 18 2018 Hollowell Dhar released Doonka which incorporates elements of both big room and trap music as a free download with Mr Black 43 Hollowell Dhar collaborated with Jake Reese to release Carry Me Home on June 15 2018 a progressive house song originally premiered at his 2018 Ultra Music Festival performance 44 Commenting on the track s production Hollowell Dhar stated Carry Me Home started with the drop melody I was scared I wouldn t find a vocal I loved just as much but Jake Reese and co writer Joren van der Voort blew me away with what they wrote 45 He released Greek influenced single Opa with Dimitri Vegas amp Like Mike on July 22 2018 46 47 and Neverland with 7 Skies on August 3 2018 which combined elements from the genres of bounce and big room house 48 The duo had previously worked together on a sample pack titled Symphony Serum Hybrid Orchestra on music creation platform Splice His next single titled Good Vibes Soldier co produced with Israeli psytrance duo Vini Vici and comprising elements of reggaeton and rap was released on August 24 2018 49 On November 2 2018 he released big room single Magic which features uncredited vocals by Vassy 50 Dancing Astronaut lauded the track as a return to Hollowell Dhar s older era sound together with its vocal resemblance to David Guetta s Bad 51 Regarding the song s backstory Hollowell Dhar revealed that Magic was originally produced with Adrian Lux two years prior with the duo failing to bring the track into the right direction then Lux eventually gave up on the song but Hollowell Dhar continued working on the song until its final release 50 2019 No Regrets and Devil Inside Me Edit Hollowell Dhar s first release of the year was a collaboration with Belgian producer Yves V and American band Krewella titled No Regrets 52 Released through Dharma on March 1 2019 the track s chord patterns and drop were favorably compared to Alan Walker s signature sounds and style 53 54 In the same month Hollowell Dhar released Devil Inside Me with Swedish producer Kaaze and vocalist Kaara 55 The melody of the song samples some elements the Jewish ballad Shalom Aleichem 56 nbsp Hollowell Dhar in an interview at Airbeat One 2019On June 24 2019 Hollowell Dhar announced the release of a new educational Dharma Worldwide platform consisting of tutorials templates and samples 57 Following that a big room collaboration with Australian producer Timmy Trumpet titled The People was released on June 28 2019 58 The next day he released Lies with Dutch producer B3rror featuring the vocals of Luciana Hollowell Dhar then released My Best Life with Australian singer Mike Waters on July 12 2019 Regarding the song Niles said This song made by me and Mike Waters is about social media and how it has become a tool for measuring ourselves We talked about how it can be freeing to submit to the fact that somebody will always have nicer things and from there the lyrics came together 59 The track sparked some controversy with Indian rapper Emiway Bantai s song Machayenge as they both sampled some portions from Hollowell Dhar s sample pack Sounds of KSHMR Volume 3 citation needed 2020 One More Round Edit On October 15 2020 Hollowell Dhar released the single One More Round featuring Jeremy Oceans It was released on Spinnin Records and is a collaboration with Singaporean game developer Garena for their game Free Fire in celebration of the game s Booyah Day event which ran from October 16 to November 1 As a result of this collaboration Free Fire introduced into their game a new character based on Hollowell Dhar named K 60 2021 Harmonica Andromeda Edit Hollowell Dhar released two songs The World We Left Behind featuring Karra and Around the World with producer Noumenn and uncredited vocals by Ivy on January 15 and February 26 respectively as the first and second singles from his debut studio album Harmonica Andromeda 61 The rest of the album was released on March 19 featuring 11 songs and 3 interludes On June 11 a deluxe version of the album was released with 5 new songs amounting to 19 tracks in total On May 24 2021 Hollowell Dhar along with Armaan Malik and Eric Nam released their new joint single Echo in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander AAPI Heritage Month 62 Regarding the song Hollowell Dhar said Echo is a song about tough relationships that I think we can all relate to It was a demo I started years ago unsure of how to finish it until I met Armaan The voice and story he brought to the song was the perfect fit Eric lent his awesome talent and it became a cross country Asian collaboration which I love 63 On August 5 2021 Hollowell Dhar released the psytrance influenced big room house track Winners Anthem with Zafrir Later that month on the 24th he along with Alok and Dimitri Vegas amp Like Mike released a slap house track for Garena Free Fire s 4th anniversary titled Reunion 64 He then released Close Your Eyes with Norwegian artist and music producer Martin Tungevaag on November 19 2022 Lion Heart Edit On February 25 Hollowell Dhar released the single Lion Heart in collaboration with Indian rapper Divine and Argentine freestyle rapper Lit Killah featuring Jeremy Oceans and frequent collaborator Karra Musical style EditHollowell Dhar had a number of Beatport hits such as No Heroes Burn Dead Mans Hand Kashmir Dogs Karate his remix of duo Nervo s song It Feels and Jammu His logo artist name and tracks like Delhi Jammu Kashmir Bazaar Dharma and his EP Paradesi are based on and or inspired by his half Kashmiri ethnic descent 65 I grew up being familiar with Indian music and movies because of my dad but I wasn t really interested in making music with Indian elements until later on in my life when appreciation for my heritage grew That s when I started KSHMR as a tribute to my dad and my grandparents who are from Kashmir In 2015 Hollowell Dhar was ranked number 23 on DJ Mag s Top 100 DJs of the year poll 66 the highest new entry that year His position in the Top 100 DJs of 2016 elevated by 11 from the previous year to be placed at 12th 67 Hollowell Dhar currently uses Ableton Live 10 as his DAW While part of the Cataracs he used Reason 68 Discography EditMain article Kshmr discography Harmonica Andromeda 2021 KARAM 2023 Accolades EditYear Award Nominated work Category Result2015 DJ Mag Himself Top 100 DJs 23 69 2016 12 70 2017 12 71 2018 18 72 2019 15 73 2020 12 74 2021 11 75 2022 12 76 References Edit Staff We Rave You February 13 2018 KSHMR teases his The MVI side project with mysterious YouTube video We Rave You Retrieved August 20 2020 Prichea luliana February 13 2018 KSHMR teases new side project The MVI EDM Nations Retrieved August 20 2020 FJkhan July 21 2017 KSHMR and Maurice West Festival Of Lights EDMTunes EDMTunes Retrieved August 16 2017 Meadow Matthew August 4 2017 KSHMR s Debut EP Is Out Now amp You NEED To Hear The Snails Collab Your EDM Retrieved August 16 2017 Erik July 27 2017 KSHMR Drops Kolkata Off Of His New Record Label Dharma EDM Sauce Retrieved August 16 2017 Kshmr announces his own Dharma Worldwide Record label We Rave You June 19 2017 Retrieved June 20 2017 Jaimes Janet KSHMR Talks Music Career Early Aspirations and Writing A Children s Book Interview EDM com The Latest Electronic Dance Music News Reviews amp Artists Retrieved July 8 2020 Riddhy Chakraborty January 2 2017 KSHMR India Has Been a Large Part of My Success Rolling Stone India Retrieved June 29 2020 Top 100 DJs of 2015 Top 100 DJs of 2016 Top 100 DJs DJMag com Retrieved January 23 2021 Top 100 DJs DJMag com Retrieved January 23 2021 Root cause Why DJ Kshmr s music highlights the conflict in J amp k Hindustan Times December 29 2016 Retrieved December 27 2019 10 Things You Didn t Know About the Cataracs PopCrush Retrieved December 14 2016 Cataracs have clear focus on big time SFGate Retrieved December 14 2016 a b c KSHMR bring new talent to EDM Retrieved September 3 2016 a b Stream Tiesto and KSHMR s Alluring New House Blast Off Secrets SPIN Archived from the original on May 11 2015 Retrieved April 26 2015 Leaked Contracts Reveal Kshmr to Have Production Credits on Borgeous Songs December 6 2016 Steffen Hung R3hab amp KSHMR Karate Lescharts com Retrieved May 20 2016 KSHMR JAMMU Remix Contest Spinnin Records Spinninrecords com Archived from the original on October 11 2015 Retrieved May 15 2016 Splice Splice Retrieved May 15 2016 GDE KSHMR Announces Los Angeles Show at the Fonda Theatre Archived from the original on September 11 2015 Retrieved August 18 2015 Events The Fonda Theatre Retrieved May 20 2016 Melendez Monique June 13 2016 KSHMR Drops Lush The Lion Across the Field EP Billboard Retrieved November 12 2016 a b Bein Kat September 1 2016 KSHMR and Tigerlily s Invisible Children Turns Up for a Cause Exclusive Billboard Retrieved November 12 2016 Poll 2016 KSHMR DJMag com Retrieved August 16 2017 a b Bein Kat October 21 2016 KSHMR amp Bassjackers Take Fun to the Extreme on Latest Collaboration Exclusive Billboard Retrieved November 12 2016 Flynn Huck September 28 2016 Kshmr amp Will Sparks Voices WeRaveYou Archived from the original on May 7 2017 Retrieved January 21 2018 Back To Me from SPINNIN RECORDS on Beatport www beatport com Retrieved August 16 2017 Harder from Musical Freedom on Beatport www beatport com Retrieved August 16 2017 KSHMR Launches Dharma Worldwide Label Promises a Track a Week From New EP Billboard Retrieved August 16 2017 Kolkata from Dharma Music on Beatport www beatport com Retrieved August 16 2017 Divination from Dharma Music on Beatport www beatport com Retrieved August 16 2017 The Serpent from Dharma Music on Beatport www beatport com Retrieved August 16 2017 Hardwell amp KSHMR Power Official Lyric Video YouTube RnMTeam Sonu Nigam collaborates with DJ KSHMR for Underwater Beatport UNDERWATER FEAT SONU NIGAM EXTENDED MIX www beatport com Kat Bein R3hab amp KSHMR s Islands Sets Sail on Waves of Neon Gold Listen Billboard December 1 2017 Retrieved December 30 2017 Alexander Costello KSHMR amp MARNIK SHIVA FEAT THE GOLDEN ARMY SUNBURN 2017 ANTHEM WeRaveYou December 29 2017 Retrieved December 30 2017 Bein Kat February 15 2018 KSHMR amp Sidnie Tipton Set a Solid Synth Groove on House of Cards Exclusive Billboard Archived from the original on February 17 2018 Retrieved February 17 2018 Hernandez Christina February 16 2018 KSHMR House of Cards Dancing Astronaut Archived from the original on February 17 2018 Retrieved February 17 2018 Kshmr Lights Up the Main Stage at His Ultra 2018 Set EDM Sauce March 25 2018 Archived from the original on March 30 2018 Retrieved March 30 2018 KSHMR and Mr Black Finally Release Long Awaited Single Doonka EDM Sauce May 18 2018 Retrieved May 21 2018 Kshmr Carry Me Home Ft Jake Reese We Rave You June 15 2018 Archived from the original on June 16 2018 Retrieved June 16 2018 Bein Kat June 14 2018 KSHMR Brings Big Pop Brightness on Carry Me Home With Jake Reese Exclusive Billboard Archived from the original on June 16 2018 Retrieved June 16 2018 Opa Single by Dimitri Vegas amp Like Mike amp KSHMR on Apple Music iTunes Store July 22 2018 Retrieved July 23 2018 Subotin Adam July 23 2018 Dimitri Vegas amp Like Mike Kshmr Opa We Rave You Archived from the original on July 24 2018 Retrieved July 24 2018 Meadow Matthew August 2 2018 Your Edm Premiere Kshmr amp 7 Skies Neverland Your EDM Archived from the original on August 3 2018 Retrieved August 4 2018 Kshmr Talks Good Vibes Soldier amp More in Exclusive Edm Sauce Interview EDM Sauce August 26 2018 Retrieved August 27 2018 a b Fabrick Mark November 2 2018 Kshmr Releases New Single Magic and Opens Up About Touring and Mental Health Your EDM Archived from the original on November 5 2018 Retrieved November 5 2018 Sweeney Farrell November 4 2018 New single Magic marks the return of the old KSHMR Dancing Astronaut Archived from the original on November 5 2018 Retrieved November 5 2018 Fabrick Mark March 1 2019 Your EDM Premiere Kshmr Yves V and Krewella No Regrets Your EDM Archived from the original on March 1 2019 Retrieved March 9 2019 O Keefe Adriana March 4 2019 KSHMR Yves V amp Krewella unveil No Regrets collaboration The Nocturnal Times Archived from the original on March 8 2019 Retrieved March 9 2019 Tora Pol March 3 2019 KSHMR releases Yves V amp Krewella collaboration No Regrets We Rave You Archived from the original on March 8 2019 Retrieved March 9 2019 Katie Stone May 25 2019 KSHMR AND KAAZE LINK UP ON DEVIL INSIDE ME FT KARRA Edm Com Retrieved July 29 2020 Ross Goldenburg May 25 2019 KSHMR and KAAZE sample a historical melody to rejuvenate bigroom with Karra on Devil Inside Me Dancing Astronaut Retrieved July 29 2020 Kontra Lilla July 10 2019 KSHMR annnounces sic the new educational Dharma Worldwide platform We Rave You Retrieved July 10 2019 Katie Stone June 28 2019 KSHMR releases his first compilation EP Dharma Sounds of Summer EDM com Retrieved July 1 2020 James Todoroski July 12th 2019 Kshmr drops summer single My best Life with Mike Waters We Rave You Retrieved July 8 2020 Negreira Camila October 15 2020 Free Fire s song collab with DJ KSHMR One More Round is out now Dot Esports Retrieved January 23 2021 Sani Niko January 15 2021 KSHMR Announces New Album Taps KARRA for First Single The World We Left Behind edm com Retrieved January 15 2021 KSHMR Armaan Malik and Eric Nam celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Echo Dancing Astronaut May 24 2021 Retrieved May 26 2021 Echo song Armaan Malik s collaboration with K pop star Eric Nam and DJ KSHMR is about love and longing The Indian Express May 21 2021 Retrieved May 26 2021 Alok Dimitri Vegas amp Like Mike KSHMR Zafrir Reunion Free Fire 4th Anniversary Theme Song retrieved August 22 2021 KSHMR Talks Career Progression Genre Expansion and Favorite Places Siam2nite Siam2nite com Retrieved January 23 2021 Top 100 DJs DJMag Retrieved May 15 2016 Poll 2016 KSHMR DJMag com Retrieved January 23 2021 The Producers Conference with The Cataracs YouTube August 2 2014 Retrieved May 15 2016 Cameron John October 16 2015 DJ Mag Announces Their Top 100 DJs Of 2015 We Got This Covered Archived from the original on October 17 2017 Retrieved May 21 2018 Jenkins Dave October 20 2016 DJ Mag Top 100 Djs 2016 Results Announced UKF Archived from the original on November 8 2017 Retrieved May 21 2018 Poll 2017 KSHMR DJMag com Retrieved November 11 2017 Poll 2018 KSHMR DJMag com Retrieved October 24 2018 Poll 2019 KSHMR DJMag com Retrieved October 23 2019 Poll 2020 KSHMR DJMag 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