Taimur
Genre: Electronic
Origin: United States
Taimur (Blkmarket Music ) DJ resume includes multiple appearances at world renowned clubs, festivals, and parties: NYC’s Public Records, House of Yes, Output (RIP), Francois K’s Deepspace party, club LOVE (RIP); Miami’s ATV Records, Electric Pickle (RIP) and Space Terrace; Detroit’s infamous Need I Say More party & TV Bar, UK’s fabriclondon, Craig Richards’s Houghton Festival, The Lion & Lamb, Fold; Berlin’s Panorama Bar & Club der Visionaere; Montreal’s STEREO; Verona Italy’s Veniceberg club; Amsterdam’s Trouw (RIP); Chicago’s Smart Bar; Moscow’s Arma17 & Gipsy (RIP) ; Romania’s Sunwaves; Ibiza’s Zoo Project; B018 in Beirut; Dubai’s Analog Room; Istanbul’s new Suma Han club; Japan’s Technique Record Boat Party (Tokyo), Club Bonobo (Tokyo), Club Mago (Nagoya), Club Stomp (Osaka); St Martin’s SXM festival, and many more.
As head of buying and distribution at Halcyon Records from 2008 until mid-2014, Taimur’s work helped lead the resurgence of the local Brooklyn scene. With twelve + years of history and accolades for helping to revive one of the world’s most important dance music scenes, Taimur and Blk|Market Membership hold an esteemed position as architects of New York’s contemporary scene.
On the strength of these accomplishments, Taimur has devoted himself full-time to his DJ & production career and currently resides in Miami. He launched his record label Blkmarket Music which features releases by Reade Truth, a 2 part Craig Richards’s lost tracks with remixes, a collab between Taimur with Miami electro legend Gosub, 2 T.A.O (Taimur.Amo.Ostara) Ep’s ‘Enter your Mind’ and ‘Return to Life’ and more. The latest release just dropped by Toronto’s Hypnotic Mindscapes trio Payphone. Two of the forthcoming releases soon to be out are by JLM Werx and DOTT.
Between his label, events under his Blkmarket Music banner, he has also opened up his new vinyl emporium with his wife in Miami. T Bag Records was born on April 10 2021 and is a vinyl shop that is dedicated to underground dance music of many genres.