LOVING MYSELF is now YOURS
MKSM stands for Maksim – name of the singer, songwriter, violinist, and activist. As an openly gay repatriate, he has lived in Russia, in the Ukraine, in Frankfurt and in London, and lives at present in Berlin.
After winning an ‘LGBTQ Music Award’ as Newcomer of the Year 2019, after writing campaign songs for LGBTQ+ Initiatives and for organisations such as Enough is Enough! and 100% MENSCH (100% HUMAN), after being nominated in 2020 for a LISTEN TO BERLIN Award, and after performing at the virtual GLOBAL PRIDE on the European Highlight Stage, MKSM released in 2021 his first EP HIGH ON LOWS.
In 2021, together with LEOPOLD, MKSM released the Pride song LOVE IN THE DARK. With this track, both musicians support the campaign I AM NOT AN IDEOLOGY – established by the initiative of Enough is Enough! and Fundacja Równość.
Referring to his last single ‘2021’ with songwriter and producer jaako, the queer magazine SCHWULISSIMO wrote: ‘2021‘ may not be the conventional type of summer bop, but it is exactly the summer track we need right now.
With the support of Initiative Musik (German funding and export office for musicians and music companies) and the GEMA (German society for music copyright enforcement), MKSM, after his big Pride Tour 2021, is now working on his second EP – that will be released on Milch Musik, the label of Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer – and the first songs will be released punctually at the start of the Pride Season 2022.