Kosta Radman

Long-running residency at Zrće beach

In the booth at Papaya, the club on Zrće beach that has for years been ranked among the top 100 in the world by DJ Mag, Kosta Radman has become the most recognizable resident of the Croatian dance scene. He arrived there after winning a remix contest for the Papaya Day&Night compilation and, more than a decade later, he continues to headline nights like Mainstage Madness in the 2025 season.

From DJ Akademija to the regional circuit

He began experimenting with samplers and synthesizers in his teens. In Zagreb, he attended the DJ Akademija—he was one of the most outstanding students of the second generation—and toured Croatia with an event agency before his first club residency in the capital. That dancefloor school, of reading the crowd night after night, is what he later polished in Zrće, in front of international headliners, until establishing an energetic EDM sound between electro house, progressive house, and festival big room.

Bellerophon and the Swedish House Mafia rumor

In 2009 he began releasing music. The first official single, Bellerophon (2011), received support from First State, Abel Ramos, and David Tort, and skyrocketed when part of the online community mistook it for a teaser by Swedish House Mafia. In parallel, he signed remixes for D.O.N.S. (Searching for Love) and Mikael Weermets (Let It Go, included in Kontor – Top of the Clubs).

Tiger, Kontor, and the tandem with Vanillaz

The recording leap came with Vanillaz. Back 2 Life, featuring the voice of Hannah Mancini—Slovenia's representative at Eurovision 2013—was released on Tiger Records, premiered on MTV, and the official music video circulated on Kontor.TV; the track entered Kontor House of House Vol. 18. The tandem continued with Drop That Shit (Tiger Records, 2014) and, in 2015, Sidekick alongside Plastik Funk for Flamingo Recordings, with support from Hardwell, David Guetta, Fedde Le Grand, Bassjackers, or Ummet Ozcan. In the local circuit, he also left a mark with Do Neba, with Gidra (Connect), released by Croatia Records.

Ultra Europe and the Adriatic network

In 2014 he took the stage at Ultra Europe in Split, a leap in visibility that he himself pointed to as a turning point. In 2016, Klubska Scena chose him as the Croatian ambassador in the Best EDM DJ category. Later, he joined the resident team at Culture Club Revelin in Dubrovnik and has appeared on lineups for the LMF Festival in Zagreb. In December 2024, he headlined the first Croatian date of the London concept Alive&Live at Tvornica Kulture, with vocal accompaniment by Lu Dedić. Today, his natural terrain remains the coast: Papaya in the summer and the region's club network the rest of the year.