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RB 128EP
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New Krystal Klear on Running Back. No re-inventing of the wheel here. Sometimes it is what it is. But let's hear it from the artist himself: "No notes or real inspiration behind this EP. RB128 consists of four tracks that I made to keep gigs coming and the calendar full. In a time where artists are being forced to DJ like maniacs to keep the electricity running to make more quickfire records (except for Gerd who loves it). These pure dance tracks try to mix the cocktail between the trendy trance that people like now and the good house records they liked yesterday. Standard procedure: Melancholic chords over processed drums and breakdowns that make waiting for a train to pull in more bearable." But yes, it is still and will always be pretty damn good dance music.
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RB 118EP
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Ain't no stopping him now. Krystal Klear's streak continues with Automat Kingsland. The recipe remains, perfectly seasoned to taste. The extended menu of four tracks is musical testament to the artist's life of the last six months. Emphasizing movement at a pace that is hard to hold on to, but embraced nonetheless. Trying to transport that "lost in translation" (and transit) sense of normal life due to constant motion to a dancefloor near you. Euphoric melancholia meets rave romance, shutters open to let happiness crawl in and anxiety turns into excitement through the usual cocktail of tearjerkers and white noise risers. Recorded between Paris, New York, Dublin, and London and brought to your city via Running Back. Automatic non-stop existential output.
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RB 113X-EP
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"Essentia" is not only the Latin word for -- you guessed that right -- essential, but also the name of Krystal Klear's return to Running Back. While trance might be a state of mind (according to DJ Dag), it's also a tone theory with a very specific tool kit. Here you get the version that makes sense in the aural universe of a producer that got raised on a diet of hip-hop, boogie, and the foundation tunes in house music. Moderate in tempo, the result is still euphoric to say the least: melted brains, stimulated spinal cords, and rave rampage included. "Essentia" balances the euphoric rush of its topical genre perfectly with the happy-sad moments after the rave. If that is not musical or emotional enough for your taste, you will find content in the "Sunrise" version. Excessive use of the well-beloved choir, breakbeats and breakdowns make it equally irresistible for sun-ups and love-ups. Flip the coin for "Winnies Karaoke". Stemming from the same source and session as "Essentia". Named after the interactive entertainment bar in Chinatown NYC and made sometime in the early morning hours, it's the quintessential Krystal Klear. Sawtooth boogie, if you will. Its counterpoint is the "Sundown" mix. Techno prog for the tilted generation. Sometimes, in the permanent search of happiness, the world of tomorrow needs the sound of yesterday made with the means and minds of today. Essential bliss.
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RB 074RMX-EP
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KiNK provides some mixes for Krystal Klear's "Euphoric Dreams".
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RB 074EP
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How do you go on after a feast like The Division (RB 072EP, 2018)? You can do magic with the leftovers! In any case, Krystal Klear doesn't need to worry about that. Having cracked the DNA code of "dance music" on his first EP for Running Back, this 12" feels alive, floats upstream and fires on all cylinders. "Euphoric Dreams" is the musical incarnation of an Alexander Shulgin formula (your spine gets tingled all the way including a wonderfully prolonged break down). "Miyoki", on the other hand, makes every pair of knees tingle. A relentless bass line and a deadly snare are enough to force almost any kind of dancefloor into submission.
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RB 072RMX
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Neutron Dance Remixes is four reinterpretations of Krystal Klear's summer singalong.
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RB 072EP
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Dublin-Manchester-NYC's finest Krystal Klear (Cold Tonic, All City, Tooth Pick) has been honing his skills as a dress man for years and also made a name for himself as an expert in all things (electronic) boogie. The Division is his dapper debut EP for Running Back. Custom-made club studies shifting between sound factories, hot haciendas, heavenly lagoons, and chrome-plated dance floors: fast, slow, hard, and soft. A love letter to dance music written with pink ink. Oh, and there is "Neutron Dance" on it as well -- yes, the euphoric fun one. Once again: dance!
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RINSE 022EP
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Dublin-born and Manchester-based Krystal Klear presents his Addiction EP on Rinse. The title-track is a funky slice of modern boogie driven by a fat analog bass line and swirling strings, all capped off with a towering vocal performance from Jenna G. It is joined by an extended instrumental edit that blasts the original into deep space. "No Sweat," meanwhile, is a slinkier and more romantic companion to the bombast of the title-track, with chimes and synthetic strings picking out woozy melodies above a strutting bass line.
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