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LOCUS Bali 2026 Artist Guide

Krafty Kuts

Breakbeat royalty with huge party instincts, vinyl-era chops and enough cross-genre muscle to flip a room without losing it.

Big Names United Kingdom breaks, party bass and open-format pressure
"Undisputed King of breaks."
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Artist Guide

Krafty Kuts is technically outside the pure DnB lane, which is exactly why he is useful here. Martin Reeves built his reputation on breaks, big-room movement and total dancefloor fluency. He is one of those artists whose authority does not depend on scene-fashion cycles because the skill set and catalog were already durable before today's genre boundaries blurred again.

The core appeal is range with taste. Krafty can pull funk, hip-hop, breaks and bassline energy into a set without losing the through-line. That makes him a smart addition to a festival in paradise, where the best moments are not always the most doctrinaire. He brings a looser shoulder and more swagger to the weekend while still feeling rooted in rave culture rather than random novelty.

His slot is likely to feel less like a scene seminar and more like a full-party intervention. That matters on a four-day trip where the crowd benefits from texture. He can reset ears, widen the room and then hand the energy back to the DnB acts with everyone more switched on than before. Also, because Australia has loved him for years, he is an easy crowd-win for the Perth contingent.

Quick Reads

Origin
United Kingdom
Lane
breaks, party bass and open-format pressure
At LOCUS 2025
No. Not on the 2025 LOCUS Bali lineup.
Recent Tours
RA lists La Caseta del Breakbeat in Sevilla on April 25, 2026, then Cruisin Boat Party x Ninjabreakz in Budapest on August 22.
Known AU Dates
RA shows a Perth and Melbourne run in late November 2025.

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