# Kara Okay · Producer, DJ, Artist · OBRA

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Kara Okay · Kara Okay (Joep Harmsen) is an Amsterdam-based DJ and producer crafting euphoric, up-tempo club music that fuses '90s trance piano hooks, vocal samples, UK garage, hard

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## Kara Okay

Producer ·   DJ ·   Artist

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# Kara  Okay

PRODUCER ·   DJ ·   ARTIST

[SPOTIFY](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KyV1kU48HwGZpcQYy9cpR) [INSTAGRAM](https://instagram.com/kara.okay.music) [SOUNDCLOUD](https://soundcloud.com/kara-okay) [BEATPORT](https://www.beatport.com/artist/kara-okay/1206211) [BANDCAMP](https://agriotracks.bandcamp.com/album/holding-on-you-make-me-say) [PEOPLES AGENCY](https://www.peoplesagency.nl/artists/kara-okay/)

Kara Okay (Joep Harmsen) is an Amsterdam-based DJ and producer crafting euphoric, up-tempo club music that fuses '90s trance piano hooks, vocal samples, UK garage, hard house, and progressive energy into something both nostalgic and fresh. After refocusing on production following a knee injury, he broke through with EPs and singles supported by Peggy Gou, Job Jobse, DJ Heartstring, Gerd Janson, Marlon Hoffstadt, Malugi, Benwal, Sam Alfred, and Girls Don't Sync. His May 2026 Agrio Tracks collaboration with Tjade — "Holding On / You Make Me Say" — landed ahead of a packed 2026 festival run including Awakenings, Dauwpop, and Beachrockers. Regular appearances at Intercell, Lofi Amsterdam, and Mondo Disko have cemented him as one of the Netherlands' fastest-rising names in feel-good electronic music.

![Kara Okay](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eb9972537649df7c246b7493aa)

KARA OKAY Portrait · 2024–PRESENT

▸ VERIFIED STREAMS 4.533.537 TOTAL · 4.5M

15 DAYS · Total

Releases 10

Years active 2024–PRESENT

This week  · ▲ 1% · 7K/day

Streams this week +46.572 4.5M TOTAL

Best day +183K Aug 16

Spotify +47K 100% OF TOTAL · 7D

YouTube — 0% OF TOTAL · 7D

SoundCloud — 0% OF TOTAL · 7D

FASTEST GROWING
I Believe ▲ 1.4%  Definition Of Love ▲ 1.1%  Holding On - Short Mix ▲ 3.2%

Collaborators  ·

![Kara Okay](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eb9972537649df7c246b7493aa)

Kara Okay

18 tracks · 4.5M

Sam Alfred

4 tracks · 1.1M

Rob Black

2 tracks · 775.6K

![Kyle Starkey](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eba49ed16ee4e24d1646c4b3c1)

Kyle Starkey

1 track · 734.2K

NewTone

2 tracks · 654.9K

Tjade

2 tracks · 343.7K

Freddi

2 tracks · 258.8K

Bliss Inc

1 track · 13.7K

Underzone

1 track · 12.6K

![Kara Okay](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eb9972537649df7c246b7493aa)

Kara Okay

18 tracks · 4.5M

Sam Alfred

4 tracks · 1.1M

Rob Black

2 tracks · 775.6K

![Kyle Starkey](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eba49ed16ee4e24d1646c4b3c1)

Kyle Starkey

1 track · 734.2K

NewTone

2 tracks · 654.9K

Tjade

2 tracks · 343.7K

Freddi

2 tracks · 258.8K

Bliss Inc

1 track · 13.7K

Underzone

1 track · 12.6K

Trending this week  · 5 climbing

Last records broken  · 8 milestones

Milestones  · 2 milestones

4.5M CATALOG · streams
Kara Okay Sep 2026

1.0M EP · streams Backwards Step EP
Sam Alfred Aug 2026

Top tracks  · Ranked by streams · 10

▸ Curatorial

## OBRA BY KARA OKAY

10 RELEASES

ROLE

### 2026

3 releases

### 2025

4 releases

### 2024

3 releases

Catalog · Notes  · Curatorial

Bio

Kara Okay (Joep Harmsen) is an Amsterdam-based DJ and producer crafting euphoric, up-tempo club music that fuses '90s trance piano hooks, vocal samples, UK garage, hard house, and progressive energy into something both nostalgic and fresh. After refocusing on production following a knee injury, he broke through with EPs and singles supported by Peggy Gou, Job Jobse, DJ Heartstring, Gerd Janson, Marlon Hoffstadt, Malugi, Benwal, Sam Alfred, and Girls Don't Sync. His May 2026 Agrio Tracks collaboration with Tjade — "Holding On / You Make Me Say" — landed ahead of a packed 2026 festival run including Awakenings, Dauwpop, and Beachrockers. Regular appearances at Intercell, Lofi Amsterdam, and Mondo Disko have cemented him as one of the Netherlands' fastest-rising names in feel-good electronic music.

Credits

- Kara Okay·

- Sam Alfred·

- Rob Black·

- Kyle Starkey·

- NewTone·

- Tjade·

- Freddi·

- Bliss Inc·

- Underzone

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