Daria Kolosova

Daria Kolosova’s 14 years of experience as a DJ, combined with her deep passion for electronic music, have shaped her into a remarkably versatile and proficient artist. Daria was born in the small town of Lutugino in eastern Ukraine. Her love for music was instilled by her father and her devotion to electronic music began at the age of 9 when she first heard “Diesel Power” by The Prodigy. Her passion for music deepened when her mother sent her to music school, where she studied piano. Yet being drawn to DJing from an early age, Daria embraced her vocation which led to her first performance in February 2010. Following this debut, she continued to actively perform in clubs across Lugansk and other cities while also organizing her own parties. After being inspired by Kyiv electronic scene and absorbing the vastness of electronic music genres, Daria honed her taste and recolated to Kyiv. There, she became a resident DJ at Keller, performing under the alias Dar:k and co-launched the party series Materia UA. After actively being involved in the electronic music scene for some time, Daria started to use her own name, leaving her Dar:k moniker aside as an experimental project. She began headlining most of Kyiv’s underground nightclubs like K41, Closer, Otel and began expanding her reach internationally, performing outside of Ukraine and securing her place on the global stage, with bookings at high-profile events and venues across Europe and beyond. Currently, Daria is one of the most actively growing names in the techno scene. She has played some of the world’s most renowned institutions, with frequent bookings at Berghain, Bassiani, Fabric, London’s Fold and festivals like Tomorrowland, Junction 2, Awakenings, Time Warp and played at Amnesia, Hi and DC10 in her first Ibiza season. As a DJ, Daria never aims to deliver what is expected of her, but rather tries to convey her personal narratives through music. Daria views music as the most genuine method of communication, empathy and unity - a tool that helps her transform her distinctive energy into a story that can be shared with people on the dance floor. She desires to not only provide a danceable and enjoyable set but inspire and introduce people to something fresh and daring. Daria’s style is rooted in hard and groovy techno, often infused with elements of breakbeat, electro, hardcore, or jungle, making her performances rich in variety and unpredictability.

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