M’Dee: Meet the self-made Kazakh artist who’s shaping the future of Central Asian music

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M’Dee: Meet the self-made Kazakh artist who’s shaping the future of Central Asian music  Reviving legends, producing new voices, and filling concert halls – M’Dee’s journey from self-produced beats to national stages is helping define a new chapter for music in Central Asia.  In partnership with MDQ  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/30/mdee-meet-the-self-made-kazakh-artist-whos-shaping-the-future-of-central-asian-music  Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.

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00:00Music was always like my safe place I don't know what else can I do if for

00:29you bring music out of me so music is everything for me My journey to music began in my school

00:42because I was given to music school in Almaty I'm actually a musician in the class of flute

00:48I was never dreamed of becoming a musician for my lifelong profession I was thinking that

00:55it should be like a hobby or something like that but I should do a proper job in the future

01:02Music was always like my safe place there was a time when I opened a program called FL Studio

01:09and this is where all of my passion for music began I tried to do like sort of a beat and it

01:19came out really well I showed it to my brother showed to my friends and they were so impressed

01:25Music

01:34My first song was like Mnogo Tida that was like my experiment I was trying to produce myself and it came out really well

01:43so that's where my journey started and I came back to school in September quite a celebrity myself

01:53Music

02:01I'm now a producer I have a label called The Kritsa Club I want to do something for Central Asia

02:07for our Kazakhstan community because I thought that I could be the man that could bring some

02:17our new talents from Kazakhstan to big stage and so that's where the idea of The Kritsa Club came out

02:25Members of my label are such female artists as Ayao Rusha I work with Abder and also we work with a lot of our talents

02:36Music

02:47Actually when it comes to the question of how do I feel about this opportunity when I give to these people

02:53I usually think that they give this opportunity to me because they share the stage with me

02:58I think the most memorable concert that I had was my first solo live show in Almaty

03:04There wasn't a lot of people it was like 300 but it was memorable because it was my first time on a big stage

03:13It was my first time when I saw my listeners in person

03:18I felt so much pressure when I was listening to his songs

03:27Badr-Harn Shukenov

03:28Badr-Harn Shukenov is a key figure for almost every musician from Kazakhstan because it's like a role model for all of us

03:35I felt so related to him when I was listening to his songs

03:40My mom, my dad today still listening to his songs like everyday, every night

03:46I felt so much pressure, I felt so much responsibility for doing this type of song

03:53And I was sure that I shouldn't do it on a 50%

04:00I should do it on 200%

04:03I should do the best song I could ever create

04:07People like it and I hope they will love this song for a long time

04:12It's people's songs right now

04:15It felt like people just went back in time and was like

04:32Oh, this is a song of my youth

04:34And I would really love people to remember me as their youth

04:39The music for me is life, the music for me is my passion

04:43The music for me is like my soul

04:46My personality is spoken in my music

04:50I don't know what else can I do if you bring music out of me

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