Magnetic Fields Nomads
MAGNETIC FIELDS NOMADS
Hawaii-born, San Francisco-seasoned, and NYC-based musician Kim Ann Foxman has always been a capital-R Raver.
The label owner, singer, and queer musical icon got her start as a high schooler blending fruit smoothies at an all-ages club while acts like Deee-Lite performed on the stage behind her. In 1995, when Kim moved from the island of Oahu to San Francisco, she spent her weekends chasing down map points to dance under the stars and warehouses of Funky Tekno Tribe and Bassex parties. The look and sound of raving have transformed many times over in the three decades since, but so too has Kim evolved; as a solo artist releasing records via her Firehouse & self:timer labels or as a vocalist for her club hits ('Creature') and as a singer on the first two Hercules & Love Affair LPs.
Regardless of the space and time, whether she is performing at nightclubs around the globe (Berghain to Bassiani), or festivals (Honcho to Pitch Arts), rest assured that one of Kim’s time-tested rave anthems will be in her DJ bag. Rinsing a 30-year-old anthem is one of the many ways KAF has alchemised and honoured that hard-to-describe feeling of the records she produces and plays, the groovy, timeless sound of the rave.
Photo credit: Augusto Silva Alliegro
