![]() ![]() His face is half-covered by his glasses and his tone is earnest, going almost into a Christopher Walken sing-song when he gets caught up in responding to a question by telling a long-winded but entirely connected story. His luxurious jet-black hair, courtesy of his part-Indian heritage, is the perfect degree of wavy to make it interesting but not unmanageable. From the top of his T-shirt, which covers his almost concave chest, an intricate tattoo peeks out. He settles on the couch, cross-legged, his knees impressively low, frequently cracking his knuckles, but more often, his toes. Away from his million-plus Facebook followers, his tens of thousands of likes on Instagram, his hundreds of reactions to every tweet, his formidable, international tribe of devoted fans, and his impressive list of studio collaborators, Hollowell-Dhar is alone here in the real world. Hollowell-Dhar is here with his best friend, but the house feels empty. Holed up at the very top of the house, he has assembled a studio in the same room in which he is sleeping. He has taken this house for a week as a place to work, amassing germs of song ideas, and in some cases, finished songs. Hollowell-Dhar, who in dance music circles is known as KSHMR, doesn’t live here. Niles Hollowell-Dhar pads softly in his socks and a cozy hoodie around a multi-storey house in the affluent neighbourhood of Bel Air in Los Angeles. The former rap/pop producer has taken the EDM world by storm with his emotive, cinematic productions, and is set to make even more of an impact during Miami Music Week this month with shows at Ultra Music Festival and beyond.Ĭover Pic: CHRISTOPHER PARSONS Live Pics: AJR PHOTOS The fortunes of Niles Hollowell-Dhar, aka KSHMR (pronounced ‘Kashmir’), have skyrocketed since he adopted his chosen moniker, with a nod to his Indian heritage. ![]()
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