Label Watch: Kaisen Records

Kaisen Records launched in 2015 and has had a very ambitious and active first year carving out it’s slice of the pie in the House music scene. Angelo Paciotti, known as Tradelove and most recently as Yuga, is one of the co-owners of Kaisen Records and a charting artist on Beatport and has trekked across the globe delivering his unique and distinctive sounds to audiences in the United States, the U.K., Spain, Eastern Europe, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.

The fledgling label has to date signed up 9 talented and exciting artists from all across Europe, released 17 fantastic cuts of various styles of House music ranging from Deep to Progressive to Future to NuDisco and established itself instantly as a respectable and relevent label in the Dance Music scene.

One of Kaisen’s latest releases is a joint effort from RoyTson, one of Italy’s leading Club House producers and a fixture in London’s underground scene and Yuga, titled ‘Unz’ described by Yuga and company as “the track goes back to the origins, featuring a distinctive bass line, a House production that is the “Back to the future” of music, that groovy sound that we all know will get your legs moving unconsciously!”

Paciotti is also a friend of Candi Staton, an American multi-genre songtress who’s had numerous charting singles off a whopping 30 albums spanning a career of 40 years. One can deduce that the friendship is fruitful and mutually beneficial seeing that the two have produced collaborations that undoubtably helped establish the label right out of the gate.

There’s more on their friendship in the following Q&A session. To encapsulate the vision set forth by the label—“Perfection is not attainable. It is not even something we want to get, it is old fashioned and uncool. We hate perfection. We love mistakes. We enjoy them all at the highest level. By experiencing them, we discover a new concept of improvement, leaving space for something new. Perfect vibes don’t exist and never will exist, but only by chasing them, can we shape the sound of excellence.”

How, when, and why did you come to the realization of creating Kaisen Records?

AP: Hi Beatselector and thanks for having me. I have been producing music since I was 18 years old and after my moment of glory as Tradelove I felt something had to change and so I called my friend Simo and we set up Kaisen Records. It has been a tough period after a lot of travelling around the world for my gigs, and quite intense reflective period around the changes in the music industry and the role of producers nowadays, so all we wanted to do was to start something new, that I could measure and control the success because I would be in charge, and here we are .

The label has had a pretty good first year. What would you say is the biggest surprise you’ve experienced so far?

AP: Many things surprised me as I have always been a producer, but when you own your own label there are so many things to take care of, not only music. The biggest thing I would say was the collaboration with Candi Staton and I was really surprised to see Gloria Gaynor enjoying our production and asking to do something together! (Stay tuned for something big).

So, you are friends with Candi Staton. Her classic vocal contributions to the label are a natural fit to the House music that is being produced by you and your roster of artists. How did your friendship with her begin?

AP: After I decided to remake her masterpiece “You Got The Love” my manager got in contact with hers to arrange the clearance and the other publishing affairs (thank god he loves these things and covers everything out ) and came out that Candi really loved our production and offered to re-sing for us. She was about to travel to the UK for her annual tour and we met in studio for a few days of recording! She’s awesome! We’re in touch frequently to review our collaboration and open new things.

Tell us what the label looks for when considering adding an artist to its roster.

AP: First the music, that’s where everything starts if there is no emotions there is no reason to sign even the most talented producer. Then of course we evaluate the artistic side, the background. We have a table where we have to rate from 1 to 10 all these different aspect and we decide.

What does the future look like for Kaisen Records in the short and long term?

AP: Short term we are working on collaborations with close friends Djs Mark Ursa, Leandro Da Silva and many others plus we are working on a great collaboration with Gloria Gaynor. We are constantly signing talented producers to enhance and enrich our roster. Long term we are working on our positioning in the market via the music genre we produce and we’re now exploring different sounds to make sure that our vision continues to improve and is always at the center of our decisions.

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