ABOUT

Producer/DJ Karmel Jäger is best known for her dark and hectic ravey sets. Initially a London-based professional classical singer, she toured the UK and Europe before returning to Sydney and her first love, techno. As a DJ she’s been on support for the likes of Stanton Warriors, Krafty Kutz, Denham Audio, Manifesto, Tred, Bushbaby, Dr Dubplate, DJ Jackum, Freshta and Mark N, playing venues such as Club 77, Chinese Laundry, The Abercrombie, and Tokyo Sing Song.

Over the past couple of years her music has been garnering attention from the likes of BBC Radio 1, Rinse FM, FBI Radio, Balaami, Aaja and WNCL with support from Emerald, Ehua, Dead Man’s Chest, Nancy June and Freshta. Her debut solo EP came out on Extra Spicy in 2022 and she’s been contributing to their VA’s since then with her tracks “The Aliens Have Landed” and her N-Trance bootleg of “Set You Free”. Her debut EP was released in 2021 by Berlin label Tooflez Muzik, with remixes from Andi A and the Tooflez All Starz team.

In December 2022, her EP “The Moon Becomes The Sun”, was released by Choki Biki Records in Dublin. A remix EP was released in January 2023, featuring remixes from Borai, Sharpson and Hedchef. 2024 has seen her release “Something For Your Mind” on Patchworks (Bristol) and a new EP “Laundry in Berlin” on Big Ting Recordings featuring a remix from Eluize. The title track was most recently played at Tresor by Berlin legend Tanith.

Karmel’s sets are high energy spanning ravey techno, breakbeats and jungle, and often include unexpected moments that might be anything from hiphop to a Mozart remix.