HIGHER debuts as a record label with the launch of 'HIGHER live', a series built around the live acts hosted at our own events.

The first release features two tracks from xfira, one of the monikers of Berlin-based musician Vlad Kistner, also known as BB. angel.

Part of a live set recorded at Giri Berlino on 1 March 2025 during HIGHER's first gathering, the two tracks move between dub weight, downtempo glide and ambient trance. Live guitar, hand percussion and looped textures create a close, immersive space.

Built purely on intuition, jams and ideas interlock. A counting motif surfaces and recedes. Pads bloom and guitar lines meet in slow motion. The feel is ethereal and dense, with a trip hop gravity that keeps the atmosphere grounded.
'n3bbia' drifts through fog and low end as hushed percussion nudge a patient rise, in 'skaičiavimas' counting becomes a mantra as rhythmic ticks and pad swells stack toward a quiet lift.

Credits:
Written and produced by Vlad Kistner
A&R: B.BBY and Living Code
Tape duplication and mastering by Martino Pistolato at Giri Berlino
Artwork by Stefano Tamburino
Photography by Luisa Ngoc Linh Pham
Special thanks to Lana Gogotishvili (vip client)