How I Play: KiNK Interview + Live Rig Walkthrough 

people here seem to be misunderstanding something. he brings all this gear because he uses all the gear. its very clear when he actually shows you what he is doing, how he is doing it and the gear he is using to do it." Live" in electronic music is a misleading term but this is as live as you are going to get. this guy is a great producer and excellent performer and all round good-guy

I will never understand how anybody can hate on this dude / true fan of music - gave away what other charge for / droppin science for free / just now answered like 10 questions I had / kink we need you in hip hop - much luv for all the pros that take the time to help us amateurs

I've been listening to electronic music my whole life. And I was always amazed how people can create music live out of nothing. He only needs a few devices and his own endless imagination. It's just incredible to me.

Holy shit, I've wanted him to do something like this for so long!

One of the best, most high energy live shows I've ever seen - kept getting random crowd members to come press random buttons on the launchpads to create sequences etc, and would just run with it. Played close to 4 hours and didn't look tired at all, but the club had already exceeded their licence by 40 minutes. Friendliest guy ever to top it off.

This guy always was just unreal, so confident and so smooth with everything he does, big love KiNK!

"we can leave some space for the next time" Come on DJTT, we're waiting. Can't get enough of this guy

Genuinely enjoyable watching an artist as talented as him talk about how he creates

Kink is a straight up beast.

So happy to see people making music in front of your face! I've seen a Boiler room set from him and he is awesome.

Kink is a real beast ! Thank your for this video DJTT

More of these live rig interviews please! I love em.

To help backup the opinions of everybody here who believes this guy is awesome, the original meaning of DJ is disc jockey, he had applied this classic concept of crossfsding between two vinyl decks instead to his digital laptop situation, incorporating loops and different samples and percussion, KiNK is one of the endless amount of guys who persuaded me that my laptop and I myself wasn't useless when it comes to creating this genre of music, he goes about his music in a unique way, not always brining in the the right loop at the right time, yet, this sort of mistake/intended action brings about diversity in his pieces, hope you see this KiNK so you know that you definitely have some well believing fans out there :D keep it up, especially love your past boiler room sets, get on there again mate! :D

this dude needs a Master's Class .... great producer/dj and able to tell you exactly what you need to know within a very complicated and easily overwhelming field

this man changed my life - inspired me to play live 💎

Its absolutely impressive how good he is at live performing. For me the hardest part is to get the right setup and to basically set it all up with ableton, some loops and all that stuff. And thank you four sharing your setup, it will definitely help me :)

This is amazing. Thank you KiNK for sharing your knowledge and techniques! Much love from Brasil!

This series is one of the most engaging ever, I don't get so much out of Against The Clock, just some Techno being banged out in a sweaty ten mins. This shows the mechanics of live performance and reassures me my own approach, however limited by economics, is right up there with the best.

what a great live performer!!! this is as live as it gets...

Never seen anyone enjoy what he does as much as this guy.. Kink, you're a real master!

Thank you for sharing technical knowledge ;)

Impressive. This is a well thought out setup, with a bit of chaos factor thrown in for good measure. This guy knows his gear and executes some very dynamic sequences on the fly. I really enjoy these live p.a. type of sets.

Aaaalways inspired by KiNK. You're one of a kind my friend.

KINK GREETING FROM BMORE!!!!!!!!! love what you do

Can't wait to check him out in Chicago this weekend!

Greetings from Bulgaria! Kink is briliant

When that beat dropped, i started to dance. KiNK, you are the master!

finally! this is so dope! thank you DJTT

So happy i got to meet this man, fuck everytime i see this bloke i get fate in humanity, his attitude is awesome! #fanboybehavior, but no seriously, Kink you do inspire me as a producer and writer.

Finally saw him live at Straf_werk ade, what a awesome style has this guy, so groovy and funky and love all the bleeps!

So musical. This is a pretty mindblowing example of using midi and midi controllers in a live environment. Thank you for sharing

Nice video. One of my favorite DJ and producer!

this guy is a wizard! so much feeling and he never forgets to reverence the past

What a great insight into the live aspect of playing electronic music, super dope!

what a pleasure to listen to that just amazing

great use of equipment..made me rethink my own stuff...thanks

Awesome.. very creative, dynamic and just so deeeeep !!

from Bulgaria ...my country . seeing you soon kink , i will be meating you in my dj career

I love watching this, hella innovative !

Brilliant stuff !

I love it - wow so inspiring. I hope to do live sets someday

Wow, that was seriously impressive and enlightening.

thank you for being lay back, and gives us feed back!

the idea of what the ring does, is very similar to what the "D-Beam" used to be for on the roland mc-505. and that was GREAT fun! he cracked me up when he said "make it nice for NORMAL people in the club" ha ha ha... eyh... i think we know what he means there!

this was so awesome

True legend!

He is my hero !

just became my favourite dj.. WoW just WoW

You look some, what like DJ Li' Louie Vega. Great stuff bro.

Great breakdown , thanks.

What a talented and nice guy...bravo

live looping the lp...#salute

lol i wonder where he got the kinky nops from on the TR-8 from. nice work, love his style.

If you think about it, these sounds are about as new as an electric guitar was in the 90s. That's nice IMO, because they are classic instruments already.

Immer wieder top

KINK is da man

I love him so much!

Stuff like this is so much better than regular 1s & 2s work

he is soooo talented, and he is totally Immersed in house and techno music. U can see AND hear that he grew up with it. besides his gifted talent for the leploop (which I envy because I am beginning to make music with it) he uses some boxes (not the most expensive, not the shiniest ones) but what comes out is the whole range of club sound from ca. 81 to 98 in perfect style. AND it is as live as it can be. Made for the crowd to dance. Better than most of this LIVE guys with CDJS and TRAKTOR. Absolutely bloody amazing and NICE:) I will book him to VIENNA as soon as possible.

Absolute master at work

That ring thingy is just mindblowing

Man my hats off to you... you are amazing do you know how to play keyboards or did you just pick it up as you went along...and what cool is all that equipment is not that expensive...the most costly thing there would be the laptop then the mixer

Awesome!

KiNK you're the best!!

His sound ain't my cup of tea but big respect for true livesets! Love it..

This is where I come for inspiration before I start jamming on my TR-8

Finally!

Absolut genial! Thanks😎

im loving it! SA house producers- let's ride on it!

This guy is a genius !

Thanks for KiNK Djtt. What plugin he uses to play these nice strings in the end?

Respect !!! What skills !!!

This is priceless ❤️

this is mind blowing

Thanks Kink!

This guy’s a genius!

What laptop are you using to run all this? Looking for a better one xP

Love it!

Fantastic! 👏👏

a real talent...

Amazing Artist !

Amazing

very cool sounds.

what is he using for a string synth/sampler ? anyone know?

Thanks! What usb hub do he uses?

this guy is amazing im a dj a really good one and what this guy does is so beyond djing best way to explain it is making music on the fly unique with every set ... the firest track he did with the jack the house vocal would take most producers at least a few days in a studio ... best part about him is he isnt scared to try things live ..... blows the doors off of these crap edm , diplo, marshmello , jawz crap dj's

Love it.

KiNK is a god amongst men

buenisimo!!!

the ring is really cool.

What kind of laptop hardware do you need to play all of this with no buffering and low latency

Solid!

the tape on the vinyl for the vocal loop! genius.

Nice composer!🎸

4:49: Beautiful organ hook.

great! i'd like to see Strahil vs Ean

master!

Just great

BEAST

Now I understand why he dancing that hard while performing.. I jam only with software and sequencer, man it's fun.. Someday I'll go hardware too