We recently had the opportunity to chat with Kaos Production!

Kaos Production are two brothers, Amo and Laki Hayer, who have produced bhangra music throughout the years. Their Bhangra music journey really came about in 2009 when close friend and multi award winning producer, Tru-Skool provided the platform with support and guidance and helped give birth to Kaos Productions.

After the success of their previous remix album alongside Tru Skool entitled 'In Tha House,' Kaos have released their next album entitled 'Kaos Was The Case' where they selected songs which have been successful globally and then gave a unique Kaos 'touch.

How did you get into music production?

Interesting story - Back in 1988, my dad who sings Dharmik geet and is an avid collector of Sikhi related music and video, had booked a recording session in a studio in Walsall to record a Dhadi Jatha. They were a no show and as we had a block booking the engineer and owner of the Studio, John (also guitarist for Roshni group) encouraged my dad to record his own album instead.

I (Amo) was 14 years old at the time and only had experience of playing the Tabla with my dad at Gurdwaras every Sunday. John was my first and only teacher and introduced me to synths and helped guide the recording of the album - all in an environment where there were no computers or cut and paste options. The recording was all done live, and in real time and I learned how to play keys, chords and bass lines and program drums during the recording of this first dharmik album.

What is the most important skill a music producer or engineer should acquire when producing a bhangra track?

It's important that a track has a clean sound and good bottom end in Bhangra songs - especially dancefloor orientated songs. We do feel however that the vibe of the track has to drive the song, too many times we see examples of songs that have been over-engineered and lose the rawness and energy that we would associate with Bhangra music.

The skill is in focusing on the overall mix and vibe/groove of a track.

Do you feel as though having the support of a music label is important in today's society?

It's probably down to how much you are willing/able to do for yourself. These days everything required to release a song is readily accessible online and a label is limited to what they can offer due to investment required vs potential returns.

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