After making his label debut last year remixing Kaspar Tasane's 'Mirrormask' single, Kai Castro now returns on MNL with two strong originals hot on the heels of the release of his song 'Mood Swing' on Manual Music.

Based in Austin, Texas, Kai Castro has a very own unique sound. A sound that is best described as techno music with clear progressive elements, without touching the cliches of the genre. Both songs on this release could be filed under 'underground' and 'timeless' and have a distinctive dark warehouse vibe to them. Music for big sound systems in small rooms with little light. Pure.

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Kai Castro - Background Work

Kai Castro is a genre-blurring DJ and producer known for his high-energy, high-personality sets. 

After building his name in Austin at clubs like Kingdom and The Concourse Project, he launched his label Birds of Play and quickly found new ground in Chicago’s club scene. 

Community, creativity, and a commitment to authenticity remain the constants in everything Kai touches.

Contact for releases, remixes, business opportunities, etc: Kai@KaiCastro.com

All websites and socials: https://kaicastro.set.bio/

Manual Music is a record company, digital distributor and promo pool founded by @paul-hazendonk in 2005. For more info please visit http://www.manual-music.com

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I've been listening to electronic music since I was old enough to tune into the John Peel show on Radio 1. Peel first introduced me to Chicago House, Detroit Electro and Rap. I would listen to an entire show with my finger hovering over the record button of my 'tape-recorder' close to the radio speaker just to record whatever 3 electronic imports he would play each night. I wish I'd kept those recordings.
From the moment I first heard 'Roxanne Shante' I sought out everything I could ranging from Kraftwerk, Mike Oldfield, Kurtis Mantronik, Africa Bambata, Grandmaster Flash, Gorgio Morodor, Axel-F, Jean Michel Jarre and just about anyone who used a synth to make music! With the arrival of House in the mid-late 80's the likes of Marshall Jefferson, Frankie Knuckles, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Steve Silk Hurley, Adonis and many more American underground House producers, the music had developed into a new, seriously exciting phenomena.
Music progressed at pace with House and Acid imports driving change, the UK in particular underwent an epiphany of sorts in the 80's and 90's. From Break-Dancing to New Romanticism, the music developed, finally morphing into the early genres of Acid Trance, Techno and Progressive Trance. Heavily influenced by American and underground Dutch and German artists and with the advent of clubbing and non-speaking mixing DJ's, it opened up a Pandora's box of new music, influences, sounds and styles. What that amounted to for me (and most others like me) was an ever-growing range of electronic music that was continually breaking free from pigeon-holes and mainstream pop culture. Electronic music had become the new classical music of a generation.
I can only say that electronic or computer music has evolved beautifully in the past 40 years and I love it as much now as the day I first heard John Peel play fantastic American imports.
I'm not anything more than a bedroom DJ and electronic music enthusiast. I have the greatest admiration for those who DJ publicly and seek to build a following or career from DJing, but that’s not a path I’ve tried to follow. I do love to put together great tunes, so for me using this sort of platform for sharing music is perfect for me. I do mixes both on my decks and using Ableton, as sometimes I find it easier to create a journey through that medium. 
As for making music, I’m slowly finding my way around Ableton in order to bring life to the musical ideas rolling around my head. 
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the mixes I post, please give me some feedback and if nothing else, support the artists themselves and buy their music.

Angrish

The best thing is when you close your eyes and it's cool and comfortable. Then let the music put you in a different state of minds.