Haven Presents: Ciel, Bambi-S, Castla & neek

HAVEN PRESENTS: CIEL, BAMBI-S, & CASTLA

Haven welcomes Ciel and Bambi-S for a special night celebrating the deeper, more exploratory side of electronic music.

Toronto-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Ciel has carved out a distinctive space in the global underground, known for her adventurous approach to the dancefloor and an eclectic sound that moves fluidly between house, techno, breaks and leftfield club music. With a keen ear for unexpected rhythms, textured selections and hypnotic grooves, her sets strike a balance between playful energy and deep, immersive listening.

Joining her is Bambi-S, bringing her own distinctive approach to electronic music and a selection shaped by curiosity, movement and the ever-evolving sounds of the underground. Together, the two artists promise a night of musical exploration, weaving between styles and moods.

Local resident Castla joins on support, setting the scene and building the energy ahead of the night's proceedings.

CIEL

Ciel is a Xi’an-born and Toronto-based music producer, DJ, pianist, and radio programmer.

Since throwing her first party in 2015 and putting out her stellar debut EP, Electrical Encounters, on Peach Discs two years later, the Xi’an, China-born and Toronto, Canada-based Ciel has blazed a path as one of the hardest-working and most innovative artists in electronic music.

Solo production highlights since Electrical Encounters include Hundred Flowers on Coastal Haze, Why Me? on Ghostly’s Spectral Sound, Orlando on !K7 Records, Ecstatic Editions vol.1, the premiere release on Eris Drew’s vinyl-only label, and her pièce de résistance; the 2023 debut album Homesick, which she toured live internationally in 2024.

Collaboratively, Ciel’s efforts are just as impressive, from the intricate, delicate Free EP with Kilig to the subterranean, propulsive Lunagenesis with Priori as Loopchasers. Excursions in bass and breaks with Dan Only as Cloudsteppers and murky, doofy cuts with CCL (on Tilda’s Goat Stare) and D.Tiffany (as Psychedelic Budz) further demonstrate Ciel’s versatility and seemingly boundless imagination, as do inventive remixes for the likes of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Jacques Greene, Seb Wildblood, Off the Meds and Adam Pits.

An adventurous selector adept at stitching together disparate styles and genres, Ciel has played at some of the world’s most celebrated venues including fabric, Robert Johnson, De School, Hot Mass, Smartbar, Berghain Panorama Bar and Nowadays, and at beloved festivals such as Draaimolen, Dimensions, Movement Detroit and MUTEK. A typical DJ set might move through dreamy downtempo, wiggly tech house, psychedelic techno, UK bass, slamming speed garage, and hardgroove to work through a diverse range of dancefloors and moods, from deep and trippy to unabashedly euphoric.

Community-minded and deeply principled, Ciel has always supported and promoted colleagues and causes she believes in and is currently organizing with Toronto’s chapter of Writers Against the War on Gaza. An outspoken advocate for equity and social justice in electronic music, her values are inextricable from her work as a producer, DJ, label boss and radio host, a quality that endears her to like-minded fans and artists all over the world.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/ciel_dj/

SC: https://soundcloud.com/ciel_dj

BAMBI-S

Bambi-S is a Berlin-based DJ and producer whose sound moves between groove-driven house, Detroit influences, old-school techno and contemporary cuts.

Bambi-S discovered her connection to music at an early age through playing the piano. Growing up near Frankfurt and later moving to Berlin in her early twenties, she was strongly influenced by the city’s club culture and the roots of electronic music. Her sound moves fluidly through different shades of house, blending groove-driven rhythms, Detroit influences, old-school tech house and contemporary cuts. Her journey has taken her from intimate underground clubs to internationally renowned venues including Fabric London while always staying closely connected to the culture that first inspired her.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/bambi_berlin/

SC: https://soundcloud.com/bambi_berlin

CASTLA

Castla is the kind of broad-reaching selector you might not expect to find in a small coastal town.

He has been featured on The Lot radio in NYC and Noh in Istanbul, as well as contributing a mix for Steeplejack rec earlier this year. Recently supporting artists such as Roza Terenzi, Cousin, Moopie, Sleep D, Dtiffany, Softi, 1tbsp, C.Frim, Regular Fantasy and Dj Sweet Sixteen.

With an insatiable appetite for new sounds, expect the process of discovery to be mutual and the selection to be intuitive and alive.

SC: https://soundcloud.com/castla_music

IG: https://www.instagram.com/castla_/