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Trance maestro Daniel Kandi has produced quality records that have won over the hearts of music lovers around the world. His music invokes emotion and euphoria and have been a constant feature on DJ livesets, compilations, and dance radio stations. With remixes for Above & Beyond, Armin van Buuren, Gareth Emery, and Alex MORPH, and his own original tracks such as “Promised,” “Sagittarius,” “Sticks and Stones,” “Liberate,” and many more, Kandi’s music has earned his a solid reputation as a producer genius in his own right.

We are pleased to reveal that the Kandiman will be making his debut here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this weekend for The Gallery by Ministry of Sound together with local partner TranceFrom Malaysia.

Daniel Kandi

Hi Daniel! Where are you currently and what’s been a recent highlight?
Yo! I’m in Denmark, prepping for a gig in LA and a few tunes for that! Been around a lot lately. I was at Australia and USA is starting now. Asia a lot lately too .. Japan was crazy!

Congrats on all the DJ and airplay support of “Insert Generic Title.” Hardly a generic tune at all! How long did you take to make this tune?
Too long ..haha! But I’m glad it gets a lot of support. Especially the remix from me and Dennis Pedersen which has garnered a lot of response!

Please tell us all about “Azzura,” your new track with Boom Jinx that’s included on Anjunabeats Worldwide 04.
Well I met Boom Jinx for the first time in Singapore at a gig we played together. We’re good friends now and we decided to make this track together, we had a brilliant and fun time producing it.

We like that your releases are quality over quantity. When it comes to productions, how do you keep the Kandi sound a class above others?
I think it’s on par with others, but in the case of above others I’ll let you be the judge. Besides that, it’s about wanting to spend a lot of time EQing and filtering stuff so it delivers particular sound. I’m just a nerd when it comes to that :)

It’s been a while since “Sagittarius” has been out but we still love this record so much. Was this commissioned by Armin van Buuren for his Universal Religion compilation (we heard that you sent it in just in time for him to include it) or was this a track you already made which was just waiting to see the light of day?
I made it especially for that compilation. I talked to Armin personally and asked him for a few things on what he expected of the track, etc. So it was quite nice.

Daniel, you started off making 138bpm uplifting trance music. As you know trance has evolved over the last 2 years with a lot of big room influence. How has this impact your music and DJ sets?
It allows me to play more shuffled. I like everything from 128bpm to 139ish trance and progressive, so it’s good to have variety and try to keep the crowd entertained.

Your music has brought you around the globe. Which has been your favourite city to date and why?
Tokyo really surprised me! LA which I’m going to again now is really great as well. London is nice too. Melbourne and Perth are also very diverse in culture!

Malaysia eagerly awaits your debut here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for The Gallery! What can we expect from your set?
Bass, beats and melody! ;) And a few big surprises!

And lastly, any message for your fans around the world!
Stay off drugs! And enjoy life! See you a at a show soon!

Trance From Malaysia Presents “The Gallery” by Ministry of Sound, London at KL Live on Saturday, 19th May 2012. For more info go to http://tinyurl.com/thegalleryKL

“Insert Generic Title” is out now on Enhanced.

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