INTERVIEW: Jewel Kid

Jewel Kid was born in Malta and jumped on the music bandwagon when it was still illegal to enter clubs. Two decades later, this journey has accelerated from DJ to Producer with a one way ticket to success.

He is the Winner of the Carl Cox Worldwide Remix Competition organized by Beatport. for “Best House Remix” and Awarded as “Best Dance Production” at the Malta Music Awards. The manager of numerous Beatport Top 10 tracks, Jewel Kid has signed music to A class record labels such as Toolroom, Cr2, Glasgow Underground, Abode, Nervous, Tronic, Suara and many others.

From different platforms around the world he has embraced the privilege of golden tickets and an international concert program playing infamous clubs such as Space (Ibiza), Egg (London), Cielo (New York), Womb (Tokyo), Space (Miami) , Sankeys (Ibiza) and many more. He hires a tireless commitment and Versitle Sound has created a musical theater for other maestros to play and fans to join. This trip is full speed with the mind full of music and the hand full of dreams.

We have had the pleasure of interviewing him and this has been the result.

Hi, great to have you with us today! How are you and where are you chatting to us from right now?

I’m doing great! Currently sitting in my studio in Malta finalizing some new music.

Can you give us a bit of background about your journey in music so far?

It’s been 22 years now that I got into DJing, not to mention the 6 years before that I spent learning the piano with the nuns at my local convent! I’ve been Djing and producing since I was 14 years old and the last 22 years took me to all 4 corners of the world with multiple chart-topping tracks on some of the best record labels in this industry.

Are you back to touring now? If so, has it felt strange coming back to live appearances after the pandemic?

I think the pandemic was somewhat of a needed break to a lot of us but I’m really happy now to be back on the road. It seems like the club scene had a hard reset in those 2 years and music lovers seem to be more enthusiastic now that they felt the shortage of the industry during the pandemic.

During the pandemic there was a lot of talk about what things people would like to change in the music industry. Now that things are getting back to normal, do you see any major changes?

I think the link between social media and artists skyrocketed during the pandemic since everyone was at home seeing DJs perform in their houses. Now artists are highly active on socials and their followers are intrigued more than ever to see more of their day-to-day life.

What’s on the cards for you in 2023?

An array of releases, collaborations, shows and anything in between. Really excited about everything ahead and I really can’t wait to share all of my upcoming music with the public.