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Pressed to tape, cued to play.

Producer and DJ. Resident at Berghain. Glasshaus Records founder. Eight years between Berlin and Tokyo, three LPs, one ear pressed firmly to the floor.

SubjectKai Mori RoleProducer & DJ LabelGlasshaus Records BasedBerlin × Tokyo LiveMost weekends · 2026
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$ cat about.txt Kai Mori is a producer and DJ working between Berlin and Tokyo. They are a resident at Berghain and the founder of Glasshaus Records, a label releasing six titles a year since 2020. $ tail -n 2 about.txt Their three LPs — Hibi (2021), Ame (2023), and Kanro (2025) — have been released on PAN, Hyperdub, and Glasshaus respectively, and reviewed in Resident Advisor, Pitchfork, and The Wire. Outside of touring they curate the monthly Glasshaus radio show on NTS and teach a yearly production workshop at Red Bull Music Academy alumni events. $ _

The label, the room, the practice.

"Make the record you want to hear at 4 a.m. Then play it at 4 a.m."

Glasshaus Records · An artist-run label out of Berlin, six titles a year. Berghain residency · Klubnacht regular since 2022. NTS Radio · Glasshaus radio show, monthly.

Production workshops once a year at RBMA alumni events. Open to collaboration, especially with vocalists and instrumentalists outside the genre conversation. Not open to remix work right now.

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by the numbers.

04 / tapes
LPs released

3

A — B
Shows played

180+

A — B
Glasshaus titles

32

A — B
Touring

8yrs

A — B
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the tracklist

A1 — A6
A1

Kanro — third LP, released on Glasshaus.

LP · Glasshaus 38:14
A2

Ame — second LP, Hyperdub, vinyl + cassette.

LP · Hyperdub 42:08
A3

Hibi — debut LP, PAN. Resident Advisor top-10.

LP · PAN 36:51
A4

Glasshaus Radio — monthly on NTS.

Radio · NTS 02:00:00
A5

Berghain Klubnacht — quarterly resident set.

Live · Berghain 04:30:00
A6

RBMA Production Workshop — yearly.

Workshop · RBMA 2 days
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history.log

2018 — 26
2025-09-12

Released Kanro (LP)

Glasshaus Records · GH-032

Third album. Recorded between Tokyo and a residency at Funkhaus, Berlin.

2023-04-18

Released Ame (LP)

Hyperdub · HDB-145

Second album. Reviewed in Pitchfork (8.1), Resident Advisor (Best of 2023).

2022-01-14

Berghain residency announced

Berghain · Berlin

Quarterly Klubnacht slot. First set: a four-hour Sunday morning closing on the main floor.

2021-03-05

Released Hibi (LP)

PAN · PAN-118

Debut album. The Wire: "an immediate, restless, generous record."

2020-06-01

Founded Glasshaus Records

Berlin

Six titles a year. Vinyl, cassette, digital — no streaming exclusives.

2018-09-21

Moved to Berlin

From Tokyo

Started promoting weekly nights at OHM. Met early collaborators there.