Kink is a Techno act from Bulgaria, ranked #1740 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 116,200 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #1 in Bulgaria and #229 in Techno among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has held around 116K over the 6 weeks we have tracked them. Their tracked peak was 116,600 in Aug 17, 2026. They have 74,393 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 36/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Leko - Session Victim Remix”.
Who Kink is
Strahil Velchev, better known by his artist name KiNK, is a Bulgarian producer, DJ and live performer. Velchev became interested in electronic music in the 1990s and started making his own music a few years later. In 2005, he released his track, "Same Old Thing", on vinyl. He has worked with multiple record labels, including Ovum and Rush Hour. In May 2014, his debut album Under Destruction was released with Macro. His second album, Playground, was released with Running Back in November 2017. In 2018, he launched his own label, named after his hometown Sofia. In his live performances, KiNK is known for improvisation and interaction with the audience. According to a poll, Resident Advisor readers named him the Best Live Electronic Act of 2015 and 2016. In 2018, MusicRadar named him the best live electronic act in the world. KiNK also releases music under the alias Kirilik and with his partner Rachel Row.
Biography from the Kink article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Kink, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Listener trend
7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 117K in the week of Aug 17, 2026.
Scene ranks
Around them in the chart
Artists to compare
Acts at a similar level in techno, and the biggest names from Bulgaria.
Kink vs the field
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Kink in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Kink have?
Kink has 116,200 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Kink's world ranking?
Kink is ranked #1740 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Kink from?
Kink is from Bulgaria, where they rank #1 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Kink make?
Kink is categorised as Techno in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as acid house.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.