- Kim Swim, the Berlin-based, South Korea-born DJ/producer, has signed with Apelago for worldwide live music and touring representation.
- Agent Mel will lead the deal out of Apelago's Berlin office.
- She was previously represented by Metropole Talent, also Berlin-based.
- The signing lands as Kim Swim continues a packed 2026 festival run, including a July stop at Electric Love in Salzburg.
Kim Swim, the genre-fluid DJ and producer who ditched law school for the decks, has signed with Apelago for worldwide live music and touring representation. Agent Mel will handle her bookings going forward.
Born in South Korea and raised across Germany before settling in Berlin, Kim Swim built her name blending house, trance, techno, and baile funk into high-energy sets. She’s played Boiler Room, RSO, Funkhaus, HÖR, and Watergate, with residencies at DNA Club in Munich and Gotec in Karlsruhe.
On the production side, she’s released “Hands Up High” and “ISSA VIBE” on Hot Meal Records, plus “Floor Is Lava,” a collaboration with ANDATA. 2026 has kept her on the road, with a confirmed slot at Electric Love Festival in Salzburg this July alongside past stops at Monegros Desert Festival and Mysteryland.
The move brings her to Apelago, the Berlin-based booking and artist agency for electronic music founded in 2009 by Nina Tillberg Grindvik.
Apelago has carved out a reputation as one of the genre’s key boutique players, holding a similar market share to fellow Berlin agencies Circle Booking and Triangle Agency at major festivals like Time Warp, and works closely with its roster on creative direction, not just routing.
Kim Swim was previously represented by Metropole Talent, another Berlin agency whose roster spans house, techno, and Latin electronic acts.
The signing fits a broader pattern of agency movement across electronic music this year. Trance duo Parallel Worlds signed with Corson Agency for North American representation, uniting both members’ solo deals under one roof, while Ibiza collective Melon Bomb moved to Radius Artists for worldwide touring as its residency slots ramped up.
Like those deals, Kim Swim’s signing comes during a period of genuine festival momentum rather than a career reset.
Takeaways
This isn’t a rebuild; it’s a rising artist trading one Berlin agency for another with a broader international footprint heading into festival season.
For Apelago, adding a genre-blurring, internationally-raised artist with real 2026 booking momentum fits its pattern of backing acts who don’t sit neatly in one electronic subgenre.
Will Apelago push Kim Swim beyond Europe and into North American or Asian festival slots? Does her genre-fluid style make her easier or harder to slot onto festival lineups built around a single sound? Could this signing signal Apelago leaning further into rising, cross-genre talent rather than established headliners?
