Swedish producer Patrik Kindvall has made a truly impressive start to his artist career as Klur. Two years on from his debut release, he has harnessed his magnificent melodic / progressive house sound into the ten tracks that make up his debut album Visions.

It’s this same sound that has garnered him a loyal following with over a million monthly listeners on Spotify, millions of streams across platforms, DJ support from likes of Lane 8, Madeon, Tritonal, Above & Beyond and more, all whilst being recognised as the third most played artist on SiriusXM Chill in the last year.

A remix version of his debut album Visions – with reimaginings from artists like Fejka, Modera and Martin Rott – is due for release April 2023

WWD: Welcome to When We Dip! Thanks for talking to us – how’s 2023 treating you so far?

Hey, My pleasure! Thanks for having me. 2023 Has been jam-packed with new experiences and milestones. I’ve received an award from the collective society STIM in Sweden for being one of the fastest growing songwriters in Sweden and with the remix album soon to be fully released with 9 remixes from my debut album ’Visions’ which dropped November last year it’s been really exciting.

WWD: What are your earliest memories of music?

My earliest memory is me sitting in the backseat of a car and listening to Iron Maiden on a Walkman cassette player.

WWD: How would you describe your music style, and who are some of the artists that you draw inspiration from?

I usually try to simplify the description as it’s almost impossible to describe precisely without sounding too pretentious and confusing with to long description. But Melodic, progressive House I guess. My inspiration comes from everything I listen to from film music to melodic house. The inspiration changes all the time.

WWD: What were the first records you can remember being into, the ones that really made an impression on you?

The first record I bought was an Ace of Base album in the mid 90’s. During that period I listened a lot to Eurodance. But my taste has changed quite a bit since then.

WWD: You released your debut album Visions last year – what was the most challenging aspect of bringing this creative project to life?

It was probably to make a coherent sound on the album which I’m not sure I succeed with but I’m overall happy about the result.

WWD: With electronic music especially driven by singles, why was the album format important to you?

I was against the idea of an album first. But Colorize talked me into it and I liked the challenge of making it happen within a timeframe.

WWD: How did you go about selecting the artists involved in the Visions remix release?

It’s basically the artists that I’ve personally listened to most in recent times together with the factor of who i thought would do a good job remixing my style of music.

WWD: When you’re not working on your music, how do you like to spend your time?

Since producing music causes a lot of time sitting in the studio I like to do something more physical when I’m not. I workout, yoga, go for walks, winter-bathing in the winter, tennis in the summer.

WWD: What else do you have coming up in 2023 that we should be looking out for?

I have some exciting collaborations, new releases and upcoming shows to be announced! And also a vinyl edition for ’Visions’.