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Prior to Drum & Bass KLR would listen to a lot of Metallica and other metal bands, then he gradually got into Old Skool & Happy Hardcore.
By the mid 90's KLR was hooked on underground music and after getting a set of Technics and buying some tunes he was off.
Mute:8 was formed in 2003, with KLR, AlleyKat, Dyazide & Coldshoulder. Various nights were then organised and from early 2000 through to 2003
KLR had played at various venues in Northampton, Sheffield, Watford, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Rugby and more, alongisde some of the industries bigger names
like Dylan & Tech Itch, Ray Keith, Twisted Individual & Nicky Blackmarket to name a few.
In 2005, under the Mute:8 Recordings banner, KLR started mixing on internet radio with DJ's Coldshoulder, Dyazide, Cypha & Smyla - alongside MC's AlleyKat & Hostile.
This show aired every Friday night from 7pm - 10pm. The summer of 2007 saw this brought to an end in order to pursue music production with more focus.
Over the last 2 - 3 years, KLR has worked on various projects, including his "Journey" album, a mix of breaks, chillout and DnB influences.
Starting in 2011, KLR, Skandalaz & AlleyKat set up Mutated Noize, a Drum & Bass night being held at the Flag in Watford and is now back in the studio working on new material including
collaberations with Hostile & Smyla.
KLR's writing style has a lot of musical riffs and padded breakdowns with rolling beats. Tracks will generally have a clean, rollin tech beat with crisp sounds and well blended samples.
Nowadays the main influences come from the more obscure labels, from the producers & labels who like to break new ground - Offkey, Obscene, Hardware, Barcode, Subtitles and Position Chrome to name only a few.
As KLR would put it, this is what Drum & Bass is all about - pure energy, face peeling bass and seriously disgusting samples. To sum up in one word - TECH!
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