Situated in the heart of Kuala Lumpur under the city\u2019s iconic Petronas Towers and inside the plush Mandarin Oriental Hotel, club\u00a0ky\u014d has descended upon Malaysia\u2019s capital city as a party den and catapulted its burgeoning underground music scene into one deserving of a place on the international music map. The ky\u014d brand debuted in Singapore more than three years ago and has consistently pulled in praise from local and international DJs, artists, lifestyle tastemakers and party-goers. It\u2019s impact on the city\u2019s swift and staggering rise was also the focus of a panel discussion at Wired Music Week last month \u2013 a sign to the international circuit that KL is city amongst other global party capitals.<\/p>\n
Offering a boutique and bespoke environment for discerning music lovers that\u2019s been likened to a cinematic musical playground, the 6,000 sq ft venue borrows design and conceptual elements from Japanese art and theatre.\u00a0The 770-person capacity club opened in December of 2016 with an investment of\u00a0\u00a32.3 million apportioned into two multi-sensory spaces \u2013 ky\u014d being the flagship main room and ren its smaller and sultrier second space. A large portion of the budget went into outfitting the ky\u014d with a monstrous speaker setup, which comes courtesy of Void Acoustics, Stasys and Eastern Acoustics (see below).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe built ky\u014d on the ethos of escapism,\u201d explains ky\u014d founder and director Godwin Pereira. \u201cIt\u2019s an underground space designed to encompass the multi-faceted expressions of personalities that fill the space, by providing a comfortable environment where guests feel free to indulge in creature comforts. It\u2019s a boutique style of clubbing meant to feel more like home than a super club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before opening, Godwin said that he believed the underground club concept would bring a new dimension to the nightlife scene in KL and set his sights on it becoming an iconic destination in its own right.<\/p>\n
\u201cKuala Lumpur has the right elements for a club concept like ky\u014d to thrive,\u201d Pereira shares. \u201cIt has a cosmopolitan dynamism and a music scene teeming with numerous subgenres and collectives, although there is yet to be one specific venue that caters to all of these genres. Ky\u014d KL was created to fulfill this purpose: Housing a spectrum of genres both up-and-coming and forgotten, to bring together a community of music lovers who can enjoy these in one venue.\u201d<\/p>\n
You could you could say its nearing mission accomplished for the club as it\u2019s transformed Kuala Lumpur into Asia\u2019s latest party outpost.\u00a0Since closing the curtain on its first year,\u00a0the subterranean space has been matched with a host of talent catering to music lovers including\u00a0Seth Troxler<\/strong>,\u00a0Pan Pot<\/strong>,\u00a0Jeremy Olander<\/strong>,\u00a0Dubfire<\/strong>,\u00a0&ME<\/strong>,\u00a0Talib Kweli<\/strong>. Over the next three months, a polished weekly calendar will welcome the next selection of heavyweight names to appear in KL for the first time like\u00a0Len Faki<\/strong>,\u00a0Mano Le Tough<\/strong>,\u00a0Ben Gold<\/strong>,\u00a0Nakadia<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Cosmic Gate<\/strong>. ky\u014d has also\u00a0engaged in a partnership with renowned London nightclub The Egg\u00a0<\/strong>that will see the brand head to London in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Situated in the heart of Kuala Lumpur under the city\u2019s iconic Petronas Towers and inside the plush Mandarin Oriental Hotel, club\u00a0ky\u014d has descended upon Malaysia\u2019s capital city as a party den and catapulted its burgeoning underground music scene into one deserving of a place on the international music map. The ky\u014d brand debuted in Singapore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[109],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n