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Misha Freshin Bio:
Not long back from playing and travelling in The Americas, having recently spun tunes for The Ragga Twins at Macalla Festival, made an appearance at Electric Picnic and set to headline Fuinneamh Festival, Misha Freshin has been on fire lately.
Over the past 7 years Misha has played support to artist such as Congo Natty, The Ragga Twins, Dub FX, Roni Size, Bailey, Zero T, DLR, MC Gusto, Hydro, Chimpo, Djinn, Ill Truth, Kyrist, Bladerunner and Serum. He has brought his selections to the booth in various cities around the globe including London, Berlin, Prague, Rennes, Bristol, Freiburg, Leeds, Glasgow, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Mexico City and Bogotá.
He established inHabit Recordings in 2018 and the label has only been going from strength to strength. The back catalogue boasts a myriad of strong releases of various styles across three series; inHabit, Momentum and Texture. Since the restrictions lifted in Ireland and events came flooding back, the events side of things at inHabit has been picking up pace of late too as they host release launch parties, international guests and label takeovers.
Kaycii Bio:
Crumlin Lyricist, Kaycii writes very grimy and dark music so he can paint a picture that resembles reality as much as possible. Writing since he was 14, Kaycii didn't take his craft and passion for writing seriously until he was 21. At first a dream and hobby, he was influenced and heavily inspired at a young age by the likes of Jedi Mind Tricks, Nas, Big L and a lot more artists who had very insightful, educational, otherworldly and aggressive lyrics, concepts and thoughts compared to mainstream artists being regularly played at the time, which deeply inspired him later through his creative endeavours.
Albums from these artists inspired him to pursue his dream of making a career from being a true spoken Recording Artist. He felt that underground and hardcore hip hop represented and displayed the reality of the world, in a way that couldn't be ignored or not appreciated.
In 2018-2019 after some personal trials and tribulations, Creative differences and struggles with developing his craft and performance. Kaycii took to the Dublin City Centre streets to busk with his long time friend Ritewell, who helped him develop his confidence with performing
After releasing a group of singles, Kaycii felt confident enough in his craft to work on his debut project and released ‘Hell's Messenger…’ in October of 2023 featuring Daly and student. Since then Kaycii has been on fire releasing project after project most recently a 6 track EP entitled ‘Purgatory’s Scholar’.
STICKS BIO:
Hailing from Dublin 8, Sticks made his debut as a live performer in 2022 at the infamous ‘StikyRyano’s Summer Kick Off’ event.
Since then he has been making waves in the industry both as a solo artist and as a part of his group ‘Soul Temp’. His singles ‘Child’s Play’ and ‘Agora Mono’ earned him the recognition he deserved from hip hop fans and media outlets alike, notably including Hot Press Magazine.
He has played his music in some of Dublin’s most notorious venues including appearing in the SoundHouse for ‘Jaq’s World’ & ‘Jaq’s World II’ as well as the Workman’s Club and the Button Factory to name a few.
Sticks’ acute flowing lyrics on top of bass heavy beats always makes for a surely unforgettable experience for all concert-goers. His music takes influence from the likes of Slowthai and Benny the Butcher all while maintaining his authentic Dublin accent.