Bambii

{{Infobox musical artist | background = person | image = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Kirsten Azan | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | origin = | genre = {{flatlist| * Dancehall * UK Garage * Jungle * Drum and Bass }} | discography = | years_active = 2019-present | label = Innovative Leisure, Because Music | current_member_of = | past_member_of = | spouse =  }}

'''Kirsten Azan''', known professionally as '''BAMBII,''' is a Jamaican-Canadian DJ/producer,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bambii: ''Infinity Club'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bambii-infinity-club/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> based in Toronto. She rose to popularity through the Toronto nightclub scene.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Bambii, the life and soul of Toronto's club scene |url=https://i-d.co/article/bambii-nitevision-pamputtae-video-interview/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref> In June 2023 she performed at Melbourne's Rising arts festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bliszczyk |first=Aleksandra |date=2023-06-08 |title=DO: 'Black Thought, Black Expression, Black Art' at Melbourne's Black Mass Club Night |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/do-black-thought-black-expression-black-art-at-melbournes-black-mass-club-night/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref> Around that time, ''Pitchfork'' characterized her as "a queer club innovator whose exhilarating, rave-ready songs exist at the crossroads of jungle, dancehall, drum’n’bass, and UK garage."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santiago |first=Gio |date=2023-04-04 |title=Bambii: "One Touch" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/bambii-one-touch/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

''Infinity Club'' was released on August 4, 2023. The release was rated four out of five stars by NME,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Nathan |date=2023-08-02 |title=Bambii – 'Infinity Club' review: bass-heavy dancehall and jungle bangers galore |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/bambii-infinity-club-ep-review-radar-3475518 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> and was a shortlisted nominee for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chelosky |first=Danielle |date=July 11, 2024 |title=Polaris Music Prize 2024 Shortlist Includes Cindy Lee, The Beaches, Allison Russell, & More |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2271331/polaris-music-prize-2024-shortlist-includes-cindy-lee-the-beaches-allison-russell-more/news/ |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=Stereogum}}</ref> The EP also won the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 23, 2024.</ref>

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Category:Canadian DJs Category:Canadian record producers Category:Canadian electronic musicians Category:Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year winners Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people Category:Canadian queer musicians