Niles Hollowell-Dhar (born October 6, 1988), known professionally as Kshmr (pronounced "Kashmir" and stylized in all caps), is an American musician, DJ, songwriter, record producer, former rapper, and singer. He was ranked 23rd on ''

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''s 2015 Top 100 DJs poll and was awarded highest new entry for the year. In the same poll he elevated to 12th in 2016 and 2017, and again in 2020. He was ranked 11th in the same poll in 2021; and in 2022 in same poll he ranked 12. In July 2017, he launched Dharma Worldwide, a sublabel of

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. Kshmr performed live at many music festivals like

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, EDC,

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and

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Early life

Hollowell-Dhar was born in

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. His father is a

Kashmiri Pandit The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, located within the In ...

who emigrated from India, while his mother is American. He got his stage name from the Indian state of

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, where his paternal side hails from. His singles "Jammu" and "Kashmir" also derive their names from the state.

Career

2003–2013: The Cataracs

Hollowell-Dhar was originally part of the

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production duo

the Cataracs The Cataracs are an United States, American hip hop music, hip hop record production project and duo formed in Berkeley, California, consisting of David "Campa" Benjamin Singer-Vine (born March 9, 1988) and KSHMR, Niles "Cyrano" Hollowell-Dhar ...

with high school friend David Singer-Vine, releasing hits such as "

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" with

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and "

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" with DEV, and co-producing others such as

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's second song off her debut album ''

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''. Following Singer-Vine's departure from the duo in 2012, Hollowell-Dhar continued producing music with the name the Cataracs until 2014.

2014: Transition into Kshmr

In 2014, Hollowell-Dhar started making

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music under the alias of Kshmr. Under this name, he charted on

Beatport Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards disk jockey, DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that ...

. Before he released songs under Kshmr, he co-produced tracks like '

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' by DVBBS and

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, as well as 'Stampede' by

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, Dvbbs, and

. Hollowell-Dhar released his first single "Megalodon" on February 24, 2014, through

. A Kshmr and R3hab collaboration resulted in the single "Karate" that charted in

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in March 2015. Most of Hollowell-Dhar's songs are released under

. Hollowell-Dhar started raising attention when his single "Burn", a collaboration with DallasK, debuted reached the Top 40 chart on Beatport then eventually reached No. 1. The song has been released on 3 labels:

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, and

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2015: ''Secrets''

Until Hollowell-Dhar was introduced at

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2015 by

Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( , ), is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was voted "The Greatest DJ of All Time" by ''Mix (magazine), Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, h ...

, his identity was relatively unknown. His song, " Secrets", a collaboration with

and Vassy was largely successful, streaming through buzz charts, and reaching the top of the Beatport Chart. In June 2015, Hollowell-Dhar announced he would host with Spinnin' Records a remix contest for his track "Jammu" – the first prize being a collaboration with Hollowell-Dhar on a new track. The contest was held on Spinnin Records' Talent Pool platform and the first place went to Kyfra, who won the collaboration with Hollowell-Dhar. In July 2015, Hollowell-Dhar released his highly anticipated debut sound pack exclusively with Splice Sounds. After the contest, Hollowell-Dhar announced his first live performance, at the Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, which took place on September 19, 2015.

2016: ''The Lion Across the Field''

He released his first EP, "The Lion Across the Field" on May 13, 2016. On July 23, 2016, he performed his first set in the

music festival, on the mainstage. On September 5, 2016, he collaborated with Tigerlily to release his new single, "Invisible Children". Hollowell-Dhar said "The project was already a great start. I added my ideas and it came together pretty quickly. The name comes from a term referring to slum kids in India and places around the world where poverty is so rampant that people begin to stop noticing". Two weeks later, he was awarded "Best Live Act" category on

2016. His place elevated from 23rd to 12th in DJ Mag's 2016 Top 100 DJs list. On October 24, 2016, he collaborated with

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titled "Voices" as a free download on Spinnin' Premium.

2017: Dharma Worldwide and ''Power''

In March 2017, Hollowell-Dhar released "Back To Me" with Crossnaders featuring Micky Blue. He performed at

on March 24, 2017, with

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and played with live musicians throughout the whole set for the first time in his career, as he wrote: On June 16, 2017, "Harder", a collaboration between Hollowell-Dhar and Tiësto, was released via Spinnin' Records. The first song released via Kshmr's label, Dharma Worldwide, was "Festival of Lights", a collaboration with Maurice West. "Festival of Lights" is heavily based on

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. Within a week, Hollowell-Dhar released "Kolkata" on July 28, 2017, a collaboration with JDG and Mariana BO on Dharma. He also played at the mainstage of

2017 on July 29, a day after releasing "Kolkata". "Divination", a collaboration between Hollowell-Dhar and Dutch duo No Mondays was released on August 4, 2017. "The Serpent" was released on the same day as a collaboration with Snails. On September 22, 2017, Hollowell-Dhar released "Power" with

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on Spinnin' Records. Hollowell-Dhar collaborated with

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singer

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for track "Underwater" which was released on October 13, 2017, on his label Dharma Worldwide. On December 1, 2017, Hollowell-Dhar released "Islands" on Dharma Worldwide with

producer R3HAB. Within the same month, Hollowell-Dhar worked with producers Marnik and the Golden Army to release a

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influenced

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track titled "Shiva" on December 29, 2017.

2018: ''House of Cards, Carry Me Home,'' and ''Magic''

Kshmr released "House Of Cards" on February 16, 2018, which features Sidnie Tipton, who provided vocals to "Wildcard". Lacking Hollowell-Dhar's notable big room elements, the track is influenced by

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and acoustic components such as guitar riffs in the song's break. He also played the mainstage of

Miami with a set presenting new tracks and many of his well-known productions. On May 18, 2018, Hollowell-Dhar released "Doonka" which incorporates elements of both big room and

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as a free download with Mr.Black. Hollowell-Dhar collaborated with Jake Reese to release "Carry Me Home" on June 15, 2018, a

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song originally premiered at his 2018 Ultra Music Festival performance. Commenting on the track's production, Hollowell-Dhar stated, "Carry Me Home started with the drop melody. I was scared I wouldn't find a vocal I loved just as much, but Jake Reese and o-writer Joren van der Voortblew me away with what they wrote." He released Greek-influenced single "Opa" with

on July 22, 2018, and "Neverland" with 7 Skies on August 3, 2018, which combined elements from the genres of bounce and big room house. The duo had previously worked together on a sample pack titled Symphony-Serum Hybrid Orchestra on music creation platform Splice. His next single titled "Good Vibes Soldier", co-produced with Israeli

duo Vini Vici and comprising elements of

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and

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, was released on August 24, 2018. On November 2, 2018, he released big room single "Magic", which features uncredited vocals by Vassy. ''

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'' lauded the track as a return to Hollowell-Dhar's older era sound, together with its vocal resemblance to

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's "

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". Regarding the song's backstory, Hollowell-Dhar revealed that "Magic" was originally produced with

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two years prior, with the duo failing to bring the track into the right direction then. Lux eventually gave up on the song, but Hollowell-Dhar continued working on the song until its final release.

2019: ''No Regrets'' and ''Devil Inside Me''

Hollowell-Dhar's first release of the year was a collaboration with Belgian producer

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and American band

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titled "No Regrets". Released through Dharma on March 1, 2019, the track's chord patterns and drop were favorably compared to

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's signature sounds and style. In the same month, Hollowell-Dhar released 'Devil Inside Me' with Swedish producer Kaaze and vocalist Kaara. The melody of the song samples some elements the Jewish ballad, "

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". On June 24, 2019, Hollowell-Dhar announced the release of a new educational Dharma Worldwide platform consisting of tutorials, templates, and samples. Following that, a big room collaboration with Australian producer

, titled "The People", was released on June 28, 2019. The next day, he released "Lies" with Dutch producer B3rror featuring the vocals of Luciana. Hollowell-Dhar then released "My Best Life" with Australian singer Mike Waters on July 12, 2019. Regarding the song, Niles said, "This song, made by me and Mike Waters, is about social media and how it has become a tool for measuring ourselves. We talked about how it can be freeing to submit to the fact that somebody will always have nicer things and from there the lyrics came together".James Todoroski (July 12th 2019
Kshmr drops summer single My best Life with Mike Waters
''We Rave You.'' Retrieved July 8, 2020. The track sparked some controversy with Indian rapper Emiway Bantai's song "Machayenge" as they both sampled some portions from Hollowell-Dhar's sample pack ''Sounds of Kshmr Volume 3''.

2020: ''One More Round''

On October 15, 2020, Hollowell-Dhar released the single "One More Round" featuring Jeremy Oceans. It was released on

and is a collaboration with Singaporean game developer

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for their game Free Fire in celebration of the game's "Booyah Day" event which ran from October 16 to November 1. As a result of this collaboration, Free Fire introduced into their game a new character based on Hollowell-Dhar named K.

2021: ''Harmonica Andromeda''

Hollowell-Dhar released two songs: "The World We Left Behind" featuring Karra and "Around the World" with producer Noumenn and uncredited vocals by Ivy on January 15 and February 26 respectively, as the first and second singles from his debut studio album ''Harmonica Andromeda''. The rest of the album was released on March 19, featuring 11 songs and 3 interludes. On June 11, a deluxe version of the album was released with 5 new songs, amounting to 19 tracks in total. On May 24, 2021, Hollowell-Dhar, along with

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and

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, released their new joint single, "Echo," in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Regarding the song, Hollowell-Dhar said, "Echo is a song about tough relationships that I think we can all relate to. It was a demo I started years ago, unsure of how to finish it until I met Armaan. The voice and story he brought to the song was the perfect fit. Eric lent his awesome talent and it became a cross-country Asian collaboration, which I love." On August 5, 2021, Hollowell-Dhar released the psytrance-influenced big room house track "Winners Anthem" with Zafrir. Later that month on the 24th, he along with Alok and

released a

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track for Garena Free Fire's 4th anniversary, titled "Reunion". He then released "Close Your Eyes" with Norwegian artist and music producer

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on November 19.

2022: Lion Heart

On February 25, Hollowell-Dhar released the single "Lion Heart" in collaboration with Indian rapper

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and Argentine freestyle rapper

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featuring Jeremy Oceans and frequent collaborator Karra.

2023: ''Karam''

In November 2023, KSHMR released his third studio album, ''KARAM'', marking a significant departure from his previous works. This concept album, rooted in themes of ambition, greed, and retribution, tells the story of a young man who navigates a life of crime and the consequences of his choices. The album features a diverse range of musical styles, blending KSHMR's signature electronic dance music with Indian

.Over 20 Indian hip-hop artists collaborated on the project, including KR$NA,

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, Yashraj, Yungsta, Riar Shaab,

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, and MC STΔN.

Musical style

Hollowell-Dhar had a number of Beatport hits, such as "No Heroes", "Burn", "Dead Mans Hand", "Kashmir", "Dogs", "Karate", his remix of duo

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's song "It Feels", and "Jammu". His logo, artist name, and tracks like "Delhi", "Jammu", "Kashmir", "Bazaar", "Dharma" and his EP "Paradesi" are based on and/or inspired by his half Kashmiri ethnic descent: In 2015, Hollowell-Dhar was ranked number 23 on ''

's'' Top 100 DJs of the year poll, the highest new entry that year. His position in the Top 100 DJs of 2016 elevated by 11 from the previous year to be placed at 12th. Hollowell-Dhar currently uses Ableton Live 10 as his DAW. While part of the Cataracs, he used

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. In 2023, Hollowell-Dhar expanded his musical style with the Indian hip-hop album ''Karam''.

Discography

* ''Harmonica Andromeda'' (2021) * ''Karam'' (2023)

Accolades

References

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