Kasra Critical

Here’s some of my favourite things of 2023 : swipe ⬅️

Got a few planes , trains and automobiles to do some wonderful shows with wonderful people, we released some amazing music on the label , I finished the biggest musical project I’ve undertaken , dad life got even better than I could ever imagine and my wife continued to be the absolute queen of the best

I leave 2023 excited for 2024

HNY everyone

Kasra x Gardna

Spaceman 🚀

Kasra - Live from fabric with GQ and Mantmast - In memory of Shaun Roberts /

Part of the Neversleep mix tape series /

Fabric played a huge role in shaping me as a music fan and years later became the London home for me and my label. This wouldn’t have happened without the help and support of Shaun Roberts , who left us far to soon in Dec of 2022 after an 18 month battle with colon cancer

When the Never Sleep crew asked me to contribute to their mix series I knew id like to honour Shaun and help raise some money and awareness for Bowel Cancer UK

Without Shaun and people like him taking chances on people like me the music landscape would look very different

This is mix is taken from the Critical Sound 15th birthday event in 2017 and features GQ and Mantmast

Shaun Roberts RIP x

Pre Order for limited edition cassette tape and pay what you want download are live now via link in bio

Tapes will ship in approx 6 weeks

Having a lovely time 📸

You know what? I know i'm biased but our crowds are the best crowds

Smiling screw faces, non violent gun fingers, and positive energy made Saturday such an incredible day

That was one of my favourite ever Critical events and it made me so buzz to hear the underground sonic boom out of those speakers

Huge love to the crew that made it happen

Thats our last London show for a few months now, see you all in 2024

Underground Sonics 4 Eva

Been a great past few weeks, back on the shows, released some music and managed to finish some new bits too, as well as the label continuing full throttle

Months have been leading up to tomorrow - our last Critical Sound London of 2023

To those of you already coming we cant wait to see you all there

(Promise its gonna be great regardless of the weather - we got you covered)

Last 100 tickets left etc etc

Critical Sound 4 Eva

HBD to me

An update about the thing 🥹

The stat technicians at Critical HQ have informed me that it’s 8 years today since Enei and myself released the Inside The Box EP

This was the first longer form project we had worked on together and it is graced by the immense talents of MC DRS on Overthinking

Still so proud of this one, sounds heavy all these years on

Big love to Alexey and Del ©️

Had an idea , lmk 🤝

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New music out today

Go run it up

Link in the comments 🔵⚫️

Favourite bits on the USB for the month of May

2023 shaping up vintage

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(I am now aware of the unintentional snake theme) 🐍

Here’s your daily reminder to put some music on that you like

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Been working hard to get music done and for the first time in forever I’ve found myself with 11 tunes in a folder

Better get some of this stuff out

Have a nice Friday everyone 🤝

I spoke to UKF about our upcoming Critical Sound Show : Systematic

As well as many other things : check it out!

https://ukf.com/words/in-conversation-with-kasra/35647

Social media managers / creators - hit me below : there’s some work going for the right people

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Hi, Kasra here. I run the label www.criticalmusic.com, DJ and sometimes make music. AMA! • r/DnB

If you want to ask me anything head over to

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnB/comments/6gti64/hi_kasra_here_i_run_the_label_wwwcriticalmusiccom/

reddit.com 7 points and 14 comments so far on reddit

Kasra Critical's cover photo

In Depth: Kasra Talks 15 Years of Critical Music - fabric blog

Had a chat with our friends at fabriclondon about 15 Years of running a label. You can also hear the piece of bleak 170 i made for the album :)

https://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/in-depth-kasra-talks-15-years-of-critical-music

fabriclondon.com 15 years is a long time for anything, but for the lifetime of a record label it’s a particularly lengthy stint. Kasra Mowlavi launched his drum & bass label Critical Music in 2002, and through the years it went from being a passion project of a hobby into a full-time existence of A&R and DJ gig.

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