Renegade Riddims: Kallan HK

Growing up in Atlanta, the now LA-based Kallan HK has been obsessed with Drum & Bass since she first discovered it as a teenager. Starting as a DJ her passion led to her crafting her own tracks, which had been her escape during her formative years, with a strong desire to engineer sounds that people could connect to.

Kallan HK has released on major Drum & Bass labels such as Viper Recordings, ProgRAM Records, Elevate Records and the mighty RAM Records.  This has now ascended her career, becoming the first female producer to release on both Ram and Program, one of the leading tastemakers throughout the Drum & Bass scene.

Inspired by the game-changing productions of Metrik, Sub Focus and MindVortex, artists who have all graced the back catalog of RAM. Her release ‘So Much Pain / They Live’ back in 2018 on ProgRAM showed a fresh approach to the genre. These inspirations come as no surprise after she witnessed her first night at London’s superclub fabric at just 18, where they all regularly play sets. This would later set the foundations of opening sets for Calyx & Teebee, Noisia, Rene LaVice and more at a range of events like Imagine Festival in Georgia and US legs of the World of Drum & Bass tour.

Kallan quickly followed up her release on ProgRAM with ‘Flight Path / Future Shock‘ in 2019. Since then she’s appeared on RAM’s Drum & Bass Annual 2019 and this year has seen her perform on RAM’s House Party live streams. In July of this year one of our Data Transmission Radio residents, Mel C had Kallan on her show as a guest which you can check out here

We have a lot of love for Kallan HK here at DT and are excited to for her future within the Drum & Bass scene. We’re really pleased that she agreed to do an exclusive mix for our Renegade Riddims series with a really high energy mix filled with absolute bangers and double drops!

Check out Kallan HK’s Renegade Riddims mix below. The mix is also a free download and is available here

Tracklist:

Gydra – Wipe (feat. IHR) 
Kallan HK – Kamino 
Nuvertal – Presage 
Sub Focus & Wilkinson – Illuminate 
Metrik – Hackers 
Culture Shock – Bunker 
Pythius & Black SUn Empire – Kepler 
Sub Focus – Solar System 
Flowidus & Trei – Don’t Breathe In 
Noisia – Running BLind 
Mob Tactics – Pure X 
Grafix – Acid Generation 
Mob Tactics – Thumper 
Voicians – Telepathetic II 
Kanine – Kickons 
Droptek. – TimeTravel 
Deadline – Buttons 
Hive – Backout 
Cabin Fever – Hard Goin 
Inaudible – Authorize 
Brookes Brothers & Kove- Burn 
BOU – Poison VIP 
Aperio & Lowr – Lost Souls 
Koherent – Close to Me 
Kings of the Rollers – You Got Me (S.P.Y. Remix) 
DJ Empress – Future 
Simula – See it Through my eyes 
Everyone You Know – Seen it all (Friction Remix) 
Calibre & High Contrast – Mr. Majestic 
Bou – Envy 
NC-17 – History of Violence 
Justin Martin – Back to The Jungle (DJ Marky Remix) 
DJ Limited – Juvenile 
Koherent – Thunder 
Friction feat Rockwell – Killing Me 
Noisia – Block Control 
John B – All night 
Bulletproof & Optiv – Camouflage 
GEST – The Foundation 
Cabin Fever – Turn 
Data 3- Molecular 
Document One – 1964 
K Motionz – Hack it