Starting her DJ career just four years ago in Berlin, DJ / musician / vocalist FIDELITY KASTROW has rapidly built up an impressive international circuit of repeat DJ gigs, taking her from England to Sweden to the Balkans to Czech Republic and beyond.

She’s now launching her debut music video with her single 21st CENTURY GIRL remixed in 5.1 surround sound by MARK REEDER and MICHA ADAM, set to appear alongside the PET SHOP BOYS & SAM TAYLOR-WOOD, DEPECHE MODE and BAD LIEUTENANT (NEW ORDER) on MARK REEDER’s upcoming double CD/DVD remix album, distributed worldwide by ROUGH TRADE.

The video directed & edited by TILMANN KÜNZEL (FILMLOUNGE) to fit MARK REEDER's STRIDENT REMIX EDIT, shows FIDELITY KASTROW performing in derelict Berlin locations in eight different costume designs by BAR25 door queen and stylist STEFFA SUPERHEILIG.

FIDELITY KASTROW’s debut solo single 21st CENTURY GIRL first appeared in 2008, attracting glowing endorsements from the likes of influential British music magazine MIXMAG.

"There’s no doubt that red hot Berlin producer / DJ FIDELITY KASTROW has released one of the best tracks this year." said MIXMAG.

"The lyrics are about girls refusing to conform to stereotypical ideas as to how a girl should be. Crunchy electro techniness and goodness all throughout the track will get the chicks saluting in no time. Can’t wait to hear more from this artist soon." (JANETTE SLACK, MIXMAG, UK)

Alongside music making and DJing, FIDELITY KASTROW presents the weekly Friday night radio show GERMANY CALLING on fast rising German radio station BLN.FM with fellow SKRUFFF DJ JONTY SKRUFFF, showcasing her unique blend of cutting edge electro, techno and house that she plays as a DJ.

Regularly spinning peak-time sets to crowds of over 1.000 revellers at London superclubs DEBUT (formerly SEONE) and MASS as a resident at wildly popular alternative fetish institution TORTURE GARDEN, she’s equally at home DJing in Berlin.

Described by TRESOR as “one of Berlin’s sexiest and most provocative DJs“ when the 90’s techno Mecca made her a headline resident in 2009, she’s since progressed to playing at some of the city’s hottest underground clubs including the likes of SISYPHOS, SALON ZUR WILDEN RENATE, K:PAX and RITTER BUTZKE.

Back in London, she’s also rocked some of the city’s hippest fashionista haunts (including TRAILER TRASH and WET YOURSELF) in between trips to Serbia (EXIT Festival), Bosnia (NEOFEST Festival), Sweden (SECRET ISLAND NATION Festival), France (FESTIVAL SOUTERRAIN PORTE), Greece (SECOND SKIN) and Czech Republic, where she’s regularly headlined events such as the SUMMER OF LOVE Festival and Prague’s superclub ROXY.

In the past, FIDELITY KASTROW also recorded and sang with CORVIN DALEK, performing everywhere from China, Tokyo and San Francisco’s LOVEPARADE to CREAMFIELDS Czech Republic, where she sang to a crowd of over 5.000 revellers.

In 2010, she collaborated in the studio with SPARTAK. The UK based band is the brainchild of ex INSPIRAL CARPETS bassplayer MARTYN WALSH and RUTHLESS PRODUCER, who recruited FIDELITY KASTROW to provide vocals on their PRODIGY-meets-EROL ALKAN rocking-electro anthem BAD LOVE.

"The song had been in SPARTAK’s vaults for a while, waiting for the right vocalist to come along to make the track come to life,“ says MARTYN WALSH, "FIDELITY KASTROW has done just that, delivering a sensual electro makeover and teasing out the right level of subversive sexuality in the lyrics.“

Selected Links:

+++ Listen to SPARTAK & FIDELITY KASTROW: BAD LOVE http://tinyurl.com/yjhlcmt +++

+++ Watch FIDELITY KASTROW at TRESOR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eDWq_edE20&feature=related +++

+++ Watch FIDELITY KASTROW @ WOO club, Lithuania: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCkunza9gHw&feature=related +++


Selected Promoter / Press Endorsements:

+++ "A super talent, no doubt about it, and also a thoroughly nice person. Every time I have interviewed her she has always been a joy to deal with; professional, considerate and, dare I say it, a rare breed of DJ who actually has something valid to say. I’ve always appreciated her intelligent contribution to articles/programmes." Neale Lytollis - Vice Mag, Electronic Beats Mag, Deutsche Welle Radio, Germany +++

+++ "There’s no doubt that red hot Berlin producer/ DJ FIDELITY KASTROW has released one of the best tracks this year. The lyrics are about girls refusing to conform to stereotypical ideas as to how a girl should be. Crunchy electro techniness and goodness all throughout the track will get the chicks saluting in no time. Can’t wait to hear more from this artist soon." Janette Slack, Mixmag, UK +++

+++ "You were just great, everybody’s still talking about it. Your set moved even the stones in the fortress. Nothing’s gonna’ be the same again in this city." Zeljko Antonic, NEOFEST International Peace Festival, Banja Luka, Bosnia +++

+++ "Fidelity’s DJ set at PORAT Club showed her understanding of the dance floor. She made them scream for more!" Sergej Lugovic, Promoter Club PORAT, Prosika, Croatia +++

+++ "I first came across Fidelity following a tip from renowned talent spotter Mark Reeder, who back in the day discovered Paul Van Dyk, Cosmic Baby, Ellen Allien and countless others...Fidelity played twice on the opening weekend at the new venue and has since headlined Globus a number of times, always rocking the club with cutting edge exciting new music and her enthusiasm and energy...I am very confident about Fidelity’s abilities and her potential." Tresor chief Dimitri Hegemann, Berlin, Germany +++

+++ "Have you ever had sex on the dance floor? Oh, you have? Well, think again sister . . . Have you heard the expression ‘The most fun you will EVER have with your clothes still on’? Really? That too?! Well listen up honey, because we’ll say this only once. You haven’t lived until you have heard this girl play. You like sex? She gives you S-E-X!! Please... what more can you ask for?!" D*A*V*I*D, Promoter Studio NEON @ EGG, London, UK +++

+++ "Fidelity is welcome anytime at FILM NOIR - she plays the best music, reads the crowd like a pro should and is totally fierce!" Helen Noir, Film Noir @ Bar Music Hall, London, UK +++


? DJ-Residencies: ?

TORTURE GARDEN, since 2008
(London, UK)

TRESOR, April 2009 - March 2010
(Berlin, Germany)


? Repeat gigs include: ?

MASS
(London, UK)

TAL DER VERWIRRUNG @ RITTER BUTZKE
(Berlin, Germany)

ELEKTRA @ ROXY
(Prague, Czech Republic)

SALON - ZUR WILDEN RENATE
(Berlin, Germany)

SECRET ISLAND NATION FESTIVAL
(Ulsholmen Island, Sweden)

DEBUT (formerly SEONE)
(London, UK)

SUMMER OF LOVE Festival
(Pardubice, Czech Republic)

NEOFEST International
Summer Peace Festival
(Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegowina)

NEON RAIDERS @ ZMF
(Berlin, Germany)

PORAT Club
(Prosika, Croatia)

TRAILER TRASH
(London, UK)

CANVAS
(London, UK)

FILM NOIR @
BAR MUSIC HALL
(London, UK)

ROJAM
(Shanghai, China)

GALLERY @ TURNMILLS
(London, UK)

CREAMFIELDS
(Czech Republic)

LOVEPARADE
(Berlin, Germany)


? Previous gigs include: ?

[030] PARTY @ KESSELHAUS
(Berlin, Germany)

EXIT FESTIVAL
(Novi Sad, Serbia)

DANCE4LIFE @ FIFA FAN FESTIVAL
(Berlin, Germany)

EUPHORIA @ KLUB ART
(Opava, Czech Republic)

DOM OMLADINE
(Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegowina)

VILLA
(Berlin, Germany)

FESTIVAL SOUTERRAIN PORTE V @ T.O.T.E.M.
(Nancy, Lorraine, France)

ICH BIN EIN BERLINER FESTIVAL @ SO36
(Berlin, Germany)

OCEAN ROOMS
(Brighton, UK)

MIDSOMMAR FESTIVAL
(Berlin, Germany)

SIRUP
(Zagreb, Croatia)

PARTY FULL MOON @ ABATON
(Prague, Czech Republic)

SECOND SKIN
(Athens, Greece)

COCKAIGNE @ JOSEF
(MARIA AM OSTBAHNHOF)
(Berlin, Germany)

L-KLUB
(Pardubice, Czech Republic)

PERPETUUM
(Brno, Czech Republic)

MECCA
(Prague, Czech Republic)

PEKELNY BAR
(Prague, Czech Republic)

JET CLUB
(Lovosice, Czech Republic)

CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY
Gay Pride Parade
(Berlin, Germany)

JAZZ PALEPE
(Kaunas, Lithuania)

FUNKY MONKEY
(Vilnius, Lithuania)

K4
(Ljubljana, Slovenia)

FACE CLUB
(Kaunas, Lithuania)

WOO
(Vilnius, Lithuania)

FLEDA
(Brno, Czech Republic)

WET YOURSELF @ AQUARIUM
(London, UK)

F**K THE PAIN AWAY @ CANDY BAR
(Brighton, UK)

THE CROSS
(London, UK)

STICKY BISCUIT @ WAREHOUSE
(Bristol, UK)

STUDIO NEON
(London, UK)

EGG
(London, UK)

MIX Club
(Beijing, China)

MAZZO Club
(Nanjing, China)

BABI Club
(Chengdu, China)

OLD HOUSE Club
(Suzhou, China)

LOVEPARADE
(San Francisco, USA)

SLINKY
(Tokyo, Japan)

LOKOMOTIV Klub
(Stettin, Poland)

GMF @ WMF / Café Moskau
(Berlin, Germany)

POLAR TV
(Berlin, Germany)


[August 2011]