This duo have been on fire recently and we were super happy to get them involved in the Matt Fear - Absolute Terrace release by providing a big house remix!
Please introduce yourselves…
Hi we are K&K, DJ and production duo
from the London & Kent areas - Robin and Dan. We've been DJing together in
different guises for around 20 years now. We began DJing in local clubs and bars in
Kent in the late 90's, then moved up to Hertfordshire where we ran a club night for
just over 5 years. We've been lucky enough to play at many
iconic venues including Ministry of Sound, Egg, the old Pacha and many more.
I think our music style takes into account
our 20yr journey spanning many genres... It's a solid mix of bouncy tech house
with a definite old school influence and in the last 5 years we have had humbling
success with our productions, original tracks, remixes and edits. Again our
love for the house classics is heavily noticeable in everything we do.
Peaceful Crowd literally came out of
nowhere. The vocal sample was already part of a track but it just needed
something else. So a chill out in Ibiza listening to house classics around the
pool became the eureka moment just as that famous piano kicked in.
The amount of play it’s got over the past
year and a half has been ridiculous and nothing like what we expected. Everyone from Annie Mac to Hodor has played
it and every time we see a video or get a message saying it’s been played, it
still doesn’t quite sink in!
You also did a great edit of Double 99 –
RIP Groove… were you guys into the UK
garage sound?
As previously mentioned, we were DJing at
the height of the UK garage phenomenon and loved it (still do), so yes most of
what comes from the K&K camp has an element of this sound in it. We try and constantly look for old club favourites to rework and edit so we can
get them into modern day club sets. That particular edit received crazy support
and is still getting hammered now!
It's in a strong place, there is a lot of
exciting investment and clubs are bringing some massive names to the capital! It's not just London either; venues across the UK are really putting out strong
line ups, Maidstone is firmly on the map right now!
The buzz is definitely there again in the
clubbing world, it's often we will end up on the dance floor before, after and
sometimes even during a gig partying. Another amazing thing at the moment is it's
such a diverse crowd in every way, you have 18yr olds alongside 50yr olds all
just loving the music.
When you got the parts for Absolute
Terrace, how did you approach your remix?
It’s a great track so we wanted to keep the feeling of the original but move more towards a percussive roller. We were really pleased how the remix turned out!
Finally, what are your plans for 2018 and have you set yourselves any goals or targets on the production/DJ front?
We have some massive gigs lined up early 2018 including House Of Silk at GSS, supporting Fatboy Slim at Source Bar, supporting Mark Knight at 33hz and continuing our residency with Habitat supporting Latmun b2b with Detlef at Source!
Lots of releases lined up including a collab with Vanilla Ace and our track “I Can Do It” on Daylight Robbery this has been getting massive support.
We obviously have dream gigs we’d love to play and dream labels we’d love to sign tracks to but don’t set goals as such. We just want to carry on doing what we do and hopefully next year will be just as successful as the last!
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