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Kraddy Returns!

Kraddy (Matthew Kratz) returns to Minneapolis on February 9th, 2011--which is quite a stretch since his last performance in the autumn of 2009--with Archnemsis supporting the evening.  More info on the Facebook event page.

Be sure to grab Kraddy's Labyrinth Remix Project (which is unabashedly bad ass), available exclusively on Beatport right now and everywhere else February 15th.

Kraddy was rad enough to throw down on a little Q&A with 507, check it:

507: We last talked toward the end of 2009…Since then you have been steadily affirming your name as one of the top heavyweight bass-blasting crunkstars in the business; touring and spreading your sound, you released the Labyrinth EP and the Labyrinth Remix Project is out on Beatport…do you still love slaying crowds?

Kraddy: Absolutely.  There's nothing like it!

507: We read that you are adding a live drummer to your show…has this happened yet?  If not, when can fans expect the addition?  What prompted you to add a live drummer?

Kraddy: It has happened.  I've had the drummer a few shows already and he will be playing with me at my show at The Fox Theater in Boulder.  I wanted to add the drummer because it makes a more interesting show.  Also, my new music is very heavy and includes a lot of live drum parts so I wanted to accentuate that in the music.

507: Last time you played in Minneapolis, you rocked the crowd with a computer, a mixer and an M-Audio Trigger Finger…has your setupchanged since then?

Kraddy: It has.  I've replaced the Trigger Finger with a iPad that I use to control Ableton live.

507: There is some great video from your performance in Red Rocks and it looks like you threw a total rager!  What was it like to play at Red Rocks?  Does any other venue compare (how about The Barn our homies in Fargo throw down in)?

Kraddy: Red Rocks is amazing.  It's a very special spot on the planet and you can feel that when you're there. That show was special to me because it was my first time playing Red Rocks and it was my birthday.  I can't say I've ever played a venue that was similar.  Not to take away from The Barn in Fargo.  I love that place too!  I'm down with honkey-tonk bars any day!

507: Is it still relevant to call your music “glitch” or “glitch-hop”?  If not, what would you term it?

Kraddy: I use glitchy elements in my music but I don't call it glitch hop.  I think the best description is bass music because it always has bass.

507: In Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Random House, 1971), he writes about the peak of the hippie movement: “...[and with] the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark —that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.”  Has dubstep reached its high-water mark?

Kraddy: That's cool you quoted H.S. Thompson!  I'm not sure if dubstep has reached it's "high water mark". In some ways it feels like it has because even very established dubstep artists are branching out into other genres and sounds.  But on the ground, playing shows for people around the country, people still love those dubstep bangers.  I guess time will tell.

Reader Q1: “Why are you so boss?  And what can one eat to be at least as half as boss as you?”  I think what he meant was, is there something inherent to your composition that lends itself to the amazing music you create?  A veritable breakfast of bass champions?

Kraddy: I'm not sure what to say. Thank you! All I want is to bring the music to the next level and create something that inspires me and other people.  I eat a mostly vegan diet so you may want to give that a shot ;)

Reader Q2: Was there ever an “anti-influence” that lead you to write the kind of music that you write, i.e. did you have an uncle that forced you to listen to country music, or something to that end?

Kraddy:  No uncle forced me to listen to country music. I really like country music, actually.  Country music clicked for me when I was Driving from NY to SF crusing across the Midwest in the middle of the night.

But I think an "anti-influence" is an accurate description of a feeling I get when I hear music that doesn't inspire me.  When I hear music that feels soul-less and empty it makes me want to make music that destroys that empty candy music.

507: Thanks again for the Q&A!  Minneapolis can't wait for your show.  (We're coming to Madison, too.)  Any shoutouts?

Kraddy: Check out www.kraddyodaddy.com for new tunes and the Labyrinth Remix Project.  I'm excited to head your way!

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