Chikiss
https://m.soundcloud.com/chikissecrets
Vitebsk — St. Petersburg — Berlin
You should love the place you live in. Never stay in disappointment — create change. Look behind you and you will see, no one is waiting.
I was born in a small town in Belarus. Those days I never dreamed of becoming an artist — my young musical compositions were simply conditioning my soul, only for the ears of my grandmother. When I turned twenty, I moved to St. Petersburg and soon devoted myself to music.
Along the years, my music has gone from psychedelic, rock, pop, soul, shoegaze, minimal electronics and ambient to techno and beyond. During my last years in Russia I took my sound from classical, understandable style back to more experimental direction. Suddenly it became impossible to be part of any existing musical context and as representation became difficult — I produced great new things that received no feedback. I continued solo.
Though Berlin has broken many mental barriers and changed me around completely, strangely I still feel more like myself here than anywhere. Here in Berlin I stopped caring about popularity — now I’m all about the process. Some musicians complain about the competition but all I see is an opportunity to endless creative collaboration. Collaboration is the key — one should always find dialogue and open up to new discoveries. People from everywhere carry their sound to Berlin, here you can hear all the melodies of the world come together — it’s truly a magical mix!


