Kiana Mickles
@kmickles1
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Reviews editor @residentadvisor | they/them
Joined September 2020
A few words from me on this year's edition of @dwellerforever. I discuss the passing of ancestral creativity and the ineffable soul of Black techno w/ reflections from @undergroundres, @frankiefatgold, @deeediggity, @dyanidouze and @kilopatrahjones
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The New York City festival's revelatory third edition signaled its nationwide reputation as an essential meeting point for anyone invested in Black electronic music's past, present and future.
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This stuffed and gleefully self-aware 34-track project is the sound of @Skrillex, street cred enhanced, winking at nostalgia for the bass-boosted festival frenzy that made him a star.
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This stuffed and gleefully self-aware 34-track LP is the sound of Skrillex, street cred enhanced, nostalgic for the drops that made him a star.
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Here's an interview I'm proud to share: a conversation with @TRAXMAN_TEKKDJZ filmed a few hours before his last set in New York. Some amazing stories about the beginnings of ghetto house, Dance Mania and footwork here. Thank you for sharing your wisdom! https://t.co/0Bqhf1M8ti
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RT @residentadvisor: After ten years, Da Mind Of Traxman returns. The third volume highlights @TRAXMAN_TEKKDJZ's long history with ghetto h…
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The third volume of Traxman's series captures the enduring wit of the ghetto house and footwork luminary.
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Earlier this week, @residentadvisor published our first cover story of 2025. For this one, I traveled to London to sit down with @bjork. We talked DJing, digital culture, avatars, nailing the balance between emotional vulnerability & privacy & more.
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For over 30 years, the peerless avant-garde star has enthralled millions through electronic futurism, vulnerable songwriting and a generous matriarchal aura. She invited Kiana Mickles to probe deeper.
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Good time to revisit this Rewind I wrote in 2021
20 years ago, MF DOOM released his hilarious, indulgently sample-heavy MM..FOOD. When it came out, it was initially misunderstood—by both critics and peers. The album's journey from fan favourite to rap classic is now complete. Revisit our 2021 Rewind: https://t.co/WVFlA5x1uP
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Reviewed @LSDXOXO_’s debut album—a treat for me after interviewing him about it three years ago! The record makes a solid case for his pop star era and is nostalgic in all the best ways https://t.co/nw8KYiEozq
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The king of bawdy club pop's long-awaited debut moves from the darkroom to the glittering dance floors of the '00s.
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Breaking another Twitter hiatus to announce 1) that I reviewed Tinashe’s gorgeous album 2) that I’ve been promoted to reviews editor at RA and thoroughly enjoying it for the past month
.@Tinashe's seventh album isn't quite "nasty"—outside the independent artist's brief flirtations, her introspective seventh album is really about striving for authenticity. Read the RA-Recommends review
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Breaking my twitter semi-hiatus to invite you all to a show I've been working on for the past year. Come early for a conversation on rage music, stay later for @mebetygapaw's first live performance of the year. https://t.co/XPEok6KeQe
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Jamaica-born and New York-based artist TYGAPAW asks, what if, instead of fleeing from the vitroil witnessed in our everyday lives, we sought to develop new languages to understand it through rage...
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A Sunday read: @kmickles1 explores the legacy of Alice Coltrane's spiritual journey through an essential new 1971 live album Read the review https://t.co/WXIIf3gXRj
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A previously unreleased benefit concert for Alice Coltrane's since-defamed spiritual mentor offers an opportunity to examine her spiritual journey in the late '60s and '70s.
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The good folks over at @residentadvisor asked me to contextualize the history of Baltimore Club in 10 tracks. Extremely challenging task but I pulled from different eras to try and lay it out chronologically. S/O to @kmickles1 for a very engaging convo 🦀😤 https://t.co/NEJSY0AnbR
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Journalist Lawrence Burney guides us through the evolution of one of America's most enduring dance music sub-genres.
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OUR STATEMENT on layoffs at @pitchfork: “The reporters, editors, producers, researchers and all the people who make award-winning music journalism for Pitchfork, deserve better than to be treated like disposable parts,” said @susandecarava.
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Deep in the Voice Actor discography and I feel like I’ve been let it on a beautiful secret
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"Hi guys, I'm still alive." This 25-year-old Gaza content creator has been documenting the realities of living under Israeli bombardment for a month now.
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NOW: Thousands call for a ceasefire in Gaza at a rally in Washington, DC 🎥 @BenjAlvarez1
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Wonder who will grow up to be cooler, Sustain baby or Unsound baby
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Sustain baby stans will be pleased to know that there was a baby on stage the last night of Unsound
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Another successful session at the pool: swam a mile and intimidated the man in my lane
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