Kangding Ray

He has a num­ber of crit­i­cal­ly-acclaimed releas­es, all of which test bound­aries while engag­ing both the body and the mind with his explo­ration of rhythm and texture.

Kangding Ray’s col­lab­o­ra­tive project ​“Neon Cham­bers”, with Sigha, gained glob­al atten­tion since the pre­mière of their mind-bend­ing live show at the leg­endary Aton­al Fes­ti­val in Berlin. 

With only one EP released on the Dek­man­tel label, they have already played a num­ber of high-pro­file fes­ti­vals includ­ing Sonar Barcelona, Dek­man­tel Ams­ter­dam, Brave Fac­to­ry Kiev, Nowa Muzi­ka and Forte, paving the way for what is set to become an era-defin­ing record.

Since 2019, Kangding Ray has curat­ed his own imprint called ​“ara” (About Record­ing Artists): a plat­form for artists with unique son­ic iden­ti­ties that seeks to induce deep emo­tion through sound.”

After embark­ing on 3 years of son­ic research into find­ing new direc­tions to devel­op his music, mov­ing ​“beyond tech­no,” 2022 brought the return of Kangding Ray with a land­mark album on his own ara imprint. ULTRA­CHRO­MA shows the esteemed pro­duc­er at the height of his craft. Through push­ing his unique sig­na­ture of angu­lar beats and hyper-detailed tex­tures, he reach­es new frontiers.