2015 is the year of renewal, refocus, and emergence of Rain Man. Formerly as part of Krewella, Kris Trindl (aka Rain Man) has spent the last several months hard at work in the studio to establish his own sound as a solo act. Choosing to go back to his roots by creating music with metal and industrial influences, Rain Man released a powerful track with Grammy winning Sirah called "Visionary" which gives us a preview of what is to come from this talented producer.
EDM Canada managed to talk to Rain Man in an exclusive interview that talks about his latest releases, new projects, views on the scene and so much more. This interview is an absolute must-read for all bass fans out there as I believe Rain Man will be someone to watch in 2015 and beyond. Enjoy:
The past year has been a testing time, but it seems like the clouds are lifting. Is 2015 a happier time for Rain Man, where are you at right now?
Rain Man: I'm totally stoked right now. I've gotten some new management and I think we're on the same page a little bit more. My new manager is Brandon from Red Light and he sort of gets me. He understands where I come from, what inspires me, what I'm interested in, and what I'm not interested in. When you're in a group with 3 people, you do what the majority says. But now I get to make all of the decisions creatively, artistically, and make decisions on shows I want to play, or don't want to play.
It's been great. It's been inspiring to make new tracks by going back to my roots with a little bit of metal and industrial. That's just been awesome. So I've been doing what really inspires me. When I wake up in the morning I head straight to the computer and just go at it.
I'm reaching out to vocalists that I am inspired by and we're just doing tracks.
"We pull[ed] a palm tree out of L.A., drove it out to the desert, and we lit it on fire."
You've now released “Visionary” with Sirah and you had a track with this new trio Hunter Square. Are you kind of experimenting right now? Or are you now just a solo artist?
That Hunter Square remix we put out was for the track “Falling In Love Will Kill You” with Gerard Way, and my friend Matt, who was one of the singers on that track, was one of the first people in Chicago hear my records when I was 19 years old.
He loved my first productions and back then he was in a popular band called Kill Hannah. Last summer we reconnected after 5 years. We worked on a Wrongchilde remix which was sort of a product of just sitting together and making a tune. And now the outcome of our work together will be two upcoming singles under Rain Man.
So I'm focusing on the Rain Man thing and Matt will be featured as a vocalists on two of my upcoming records. We've already shot a video for one of them actually. The video is awesome as we pull a palm tree out of L.A., drove it out to the desert, and we lit it on fire. We did a bunch of crazy antics. The video is done and we're just waiting on finalizing the record. We're going to call it “Earthquake”.
Will it be signed by Buygore?
I think so. We'll talk to them to see if they're interested in putting it out. Those guys are so cool and so down to earth. We came to them with “Visionary” and asked if they liked the record. They said yes and within a week we put it out. No bullshit, no problems. So the first thing I'm going to do is go to them with this next one and ask if they want to put this one out. I hope they dig it.
Tell me about your “Visionary” track featuring Sirah.
Like I said before, I got together with my friend Matt in the summer and we were working together 2-3 times a week. Around November I had this beat and asked Matt if she knew of any vocalists and asked me if I knew Sirah. I was like YES, of course I do! So Matt texted her that day and after she heard the record she said yes.
