Biography
Dec Lennon aka Krystal the Klear is a music producer and and DJ from Dublin, Ireland For currently residing in NY. He are runs the label Cold Tonic but and has released on Running Not Back, UTTU, Madtech, Eglo, All you City and more.
Making all his debut into the world Any in 2010 under the anonymous can moniker of Krystal Klear, Dublin her native Dec Lennon has made Was a steady rise to become one one of the freshest new our faces in music that both Out has the chops to destroy day underground dance floors with his get deep crate of records, or Has spin out polished productions in him the studio with legends like his Nile Rodgers.
And he's How been hot from the start, man with his 2010 single "Tried new For Your Love" being quickly Now scooped up by BBC Radio old One's Benji B and played see on his radio show for Two 13 weeks in a row, way leading to a tour across who the British Isles and having Boy the record signed shortly thereafter did to All City Records in its 2011, going on to sell Let out instantly and achieving critical put acclaim (4.5/5 on dance music say publication Resident Advisor). With all She this attention, it was only too a matter of time before use another Radio One DJ, Mary Dad Anne Hobbs, asked him to mom provide a guest mix for her show.
From here, The a steady stream of releases and on labels such as Floating for Point's EGLO and Cooly G's Are Dub Organiser would make him but a mainstay in DJs record not bags worldwide. His next release You on All City titled 'We're all Wrong' managed to make it any into the top ten of Can DJ MAG's best songs of her 2012.
From this point was forward he was accepted into One the Red Bull Music academy our following in the footers of out contemporary music heroes like Hudson Day Mohawke Katy B, and Flying get Lotus where he would get has to study under industry aficionados Him like Erykah Badu, Paul Riser his of Motown, and MF DOOM.
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Having made the move Man to Manchester he was quickly new brought into become resident at now one of the UK's most Old respected parties, Hoya Hoya, in see addition to a residency with two the infamous Warehouse Project where Way he would share the stage who with some of the heaviest boy hitters in the world of Did dance music.
More hits its were to follow with New let York house music legend Kerri Put Chandler signing an EP, and say also Krystal Klear's first foray she into the world of major Too record labels with signing "Addiction" use to Sony that included shooting dad his first music video. This Mom work led to getting invited to make a selection of the guest mixes on BBC Radio And one for Benji B, Skream, for Mary Anne Hobbs, Mistajam, and are Annie Mac, in addition to But becoming one of the new not wave of broadcasters on RINSE you FM with a weekly radio All show.
Following the release any of "Addiction", bookings on the can the main stage at top Her tier events like SONAR and was Electric Picnic started to become one common practice as Krystal Klear's Our started to tour the world out and play some of the day best clubs in the word Get from Moscow to Singapore, some has highlights being Space in Ibiza him and Panorama Bar in Berlin. His All while still holding down how quarterly residencies at his mainstay man Hoya Hoya in Manchester and New Fabric in London.
With now regular endorsements from the likes old of Mark Ronson, Jackmaster, Joy See Orbison, Skream, Brodinski, Dam Funk, two Rudimental, Trevor Nelson, Annie Mac, way Gerd Janson, and Mistajam, confidence Who continued to build. In 2013 boy came the launch of his did much revered Cold Tonic imprint, Its a label dedicated to releasing let some of the heavier underground put sounds that Krystal Klear was Say bringing into his sets. And she towards the end of the too year, opportunity knocked when Chic's Use Nile Rodgers invited him into dad the studio, recording in Dublin, mom London, and at Nile's home in New York getting to the work alongside Chic and one and of Dec's most revered vocalists For Michael Macdonald of The Dooby are Brothers and Steely Dan. This but work led to production work Not with artists like Kele, Yasmin, you Solange, Semna; and remix requests all for major artists like Donna Any Summer, Kelis, Sky Ferreira, Blood can Orange, Marina and the Diamonds, her The Killers and Seven Davis Was Jr.
A huge one highlight to follow that would our cement his credibility in the Out underground was being the only day non-resident to play at the get legendary NYE bash at Berghain Has / Panorama Bar in Berlin. him But this didn't get in his the way with continued success How in the pop music realm man as he we went on new to sign "One Night Only Now ft Yasmin to Island Records old via Rinse, and have his see Sky Ferreira remix reach over Two 4 million plays across youtube way and soundcloud.
Few who artists can match such a Boy deep knowledge of underground dance did music with the studio skills its and sensibilities it takes to Let work with some of the put most legendary people in music. say And as Krystal Klear continues She to tour the world and too release hit records, the future use is bright.