{"id":17345,"date":"2015-03-16T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T10:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deephouselondon.com\/?p=7167"},"modified":"2015-05-14T14:42:22","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T12:42:22","slug":"exclusive-interview-krystal-klear-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/exclusive-interview-krystal-klear-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview: Krystal Klear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up there in Manchester Krystal Klear has come through as a shining light. After moving to the north-west region from his native Ireland a few years ago, he has quickly established himself as a purveyor of top quality dance music, whether it be disco-leaning cuts, to straight up house bangers. He’s been working closely with the wonderful Yasmin over the last couple of years and the fruits of the labour is out right now on Rinse… the single, called ‘One Night Only’, is a great funky little number that channels the eighties in a big way. We chatted with him about Manchester and his link up with Yasmin… <\/strong><\/p>\n

How\u2019s 2015 going so far?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s probably the most productive start to a year that I have ever had, to be honest. I\u2019ve been in the studio all of January.<\/p>\n

Have you started out 2015 with a firm plan about what you want to achieve? If so, what are you key targets?<\/strong>
\nYeah, I feel like I have got off to a good start. I\u2019ve been making a lot of music, which is something I haven\u2019t done in some time, as I\u2019ve been gigging a lot. It\u2019s been nice to take some time off and get some tracks done. That\u2019s what I kind of want to achieve this year, just releasing more music on my own terms<\/p>\n

Tell us about the new single on Rinse\u2026<\/strong>
\nYasmin and myself were working extensively together about two years ago. We were constantly meeting up and writing demos, from house to r\u2019n\u2019b, slow jams to ballads, even some singer songwriter stuff. But with the most recent track, Yasmin was up staying with us in the studio and she was having a really bad day, and went back to her apartment, locked herself in her room and came back about two hours later, saying, \u2018I\u2019ve got this hook for this track, get to the studio quickly\u2019. We had a couple of beers and it was done.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s everything in Manchester, music-wise, at the moment?<\/strong>
\nManchester\u2019s pretty prosperous with music at the minute, it seems like the north of the UK has had an increasing boom in music over the last five years. People are taking a huge interest in the likes of Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, as well as other places like Sheffield and Nottingham. Nightlife has had a massive spurt, so it\u2019s kind of propelled a lot of younger people and crews to get together to make more music and put on more club nights. For me, living in Manchester, we\u2019re pretty spoilt for choice. There\u2019s very rarely a weekend that passes that there\u2019s not something worth checking out.<\/p>\n

In terms of the scene, there\u2019s no such thing as rivalry, everyone\u2019s really supportive of what everyone\u2019s doing. For myself, I\u2019m not really into bashment or grime, but I still mix with those guys that are doing that thing over here. It\u2019s a communal vibe and everyone\u2019s out for the same goal, so everyone\u2019s very supportive of each other.<\/p>\n

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How has the city\u2019s club scene changed over the last few years?<\/strong>
\nWhen I first moved to Manchester, everyone seemed to be into dubstep, maybe a bit of jungle and garage at a push, and the only thing I could sort of relate to was garage – even though I wasn\u2019t that hip to garage music, as it wasn\u2019t a part of my aesthetic growing up, but from listening to disco and house, garage is obviously a derivative of that.<\/p>\n

Obviously everyone is listening to house now, which is a good and a bad thing. Good, because it gives solid promoters that chance to bring over the likes of Glenn Underground or Ron Trent to Manchester, knowing that they\u2019d be able to fill the club out, whereas there may have been time when that wasn\u2019t doable due to the lack of popularity around the scene. The bad thing though, is that it\u2019s become over-saturated, so there\u2019s a lot of shit club nights going on.<\/p>\n

The city itself has seen a fair amount of changes, how do you feel about Manchester\u2019s development over the last decade or so?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve only been living here fro around six years, so I\u2019m probably not qualified enough to give an opinion compared to an old-school Mancunian, but like I said, unity is definitely a word that describes the scene in Manchester. For the past five years it seems more people are coming together to try and achieve individual goals, be it setting up club nights, setting up labels, or in bands, I think before hand, maybe six to seven years ago people may have thought the idea of going out and making tunes and being successful off the back of it was little far fetched, and I think they realise now that you\u2019ve just got to put yourself out there.<\/p>\n

How has the local scene inspired you as a musician?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s taught me tons of things, number one, it\u2019s taught me to know what I\u2019m talking about, as I learned very early on, Mancunians aren\u2019t arrogant but are very knowledgeable on what they like. I came over here a bit wet behind the ears, thinking I knew a lot about what I knew, but you learn very quickly you don\u2019t. I think that\u2019s been a big thing, being easy to learn in an environment and not feeling stupid for wanting to know certain things.<\/p>\n

Also, the people I hang with are very influential on what I do (not necessarily influencing the sound of the music I make), it\u2019s very – without sounding like a wank \u2013 inspiring. It gets me motivated to write a tune. There\u2019s been many times when I\u2019ve gone for a coffee with either Lone, Illum Sphere or Jon K and we\u2019ll be having a brew and I\u2019ll just need to get back to the studio as the conversation has really changed my perspective. I could be having a shit day and it\u2019ll put me in a good mood.<\/p>\n

Any local artists who you looked to when you were younger?<\/strong>
\nBeing from Ireland, there wasn\u2019t really anyone from the mainstream scene, but there were a lot of people who influenced me and who I looked up to, wanting to follow in their steps.<\/p>\n

Be our tour guide briefly\u2026 if we were coming up to Manchester for a day or so, which spots would you recommend for:<\/strong>
\nFood: Soup Kitchen.
\nDrinks: Soup Kitchen.
\nRaving: I\u2019d be mad not to say the night I help run called Hoya:Hoya. Apart from that: Warehouse Project, Sankeys, Basement at Soup Kitchen.
\nA place to lay your head: Hopefully beside a beautiful girl.<\/p>\n

Where do you like to hang out\/DJ when you\u2019re in London?<\/strong>
\nThere\u2019s nowhere in particular, but I guess Market Caf\u00e9, in terms of hanging out. A lot of people I know around London seem to enjoy it there. Again, for DJing, nowhere in particular, but probably room 2 at fabric.<\/p>\n

We hear you\u2019re working with Bodyjack on some stuff, can you tell us about that collaboration?<\/strong>
\nBodyjack is releasing a remix for me, we\u2019ve spoken about doing a couple of things together, which we probably will. I\u2019m currently moving out of Manchester so we won\u2019t have that much time to work on a collaboration, but there will be something in the pipeline. I really enjoy some of the 12\u201ds he\u2019s released, I\u2019m a soft touch for records of pure club fodder. You give me four tracks of pure hard drums, I\u2019ll probably buy double of it every time, I\u2019m an absolute sucker for that. So I think it would be cool to collaborate on something in the future.<\/p>\n

‘One Night Only’ by Krystal Klear (featuring Yasmin) is out now, pick it up here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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