KMA60 Top 10 | March / April 2025

In the ever-shifting choreography of electronic music distribution, KMA60 moves like a seasoned conductor—its gestures subtle, its impact resounding. Once rooted in Berlin’s restless soil, the entity has since unfurled its wings over Paris, drawn to the city’s chiaroscuro of tradition and experimentation. Under the wing of Kuroneko Media, the relocation felt less like a transfer of operations and more like a carefully staged performance—an elegant pirouette from one cultural crucible to another.

KMA60 is less a distributor than it is a living organism—part gallery, part vessel—threading the unheard and the undercurrent into the fabric of tomorrow’s memory. Through labels like Rezpektiva, Prozpektiva, Chat Noir Tools, Griffé, and Cosa Vostra, it carves a mosaic of intent and influence, each imprint a chapter, each release a brushstroke on a wider canvas. The curatorial minds of Jamie Fry and Sampieru Stefanaggi operate more like archivists of the yet-to-happen, excavating futures with the precision of those who listen not just for what is, but for what could be.

Maria, the unseen nerve center, weaves through the labyrinthine channels of global distribution with poise. She shapes the digital storefront not as a point of sale but as a gallery of transitory moments—where ephemeral sounds find their brief permanence.

Now, another scene unfolds: the quiet rise of a Parisian locus, poised to become both anchor and oracle. If cities could listen, Paris would be tuning in. In this space between meticulous planning and the ineffable pulse of the underground, KMA60 continues to redraw the map—not just of where music goes, but how it arrives.