Khaz is writer, producer, and vocalist Carey “Khaz” Stansfield.
“I can’t fake it. Music for me is a venting of emotions, a creative bath for the soul. If I didn’t have a piece of musical equipment around me, I’d be scratching feelings on walls with knives.” That’s how electronic-pop/dance artist and songwriter KHAZ describes what he does.
KHAZ’s drive is a permanent need —or “curse”, as he often calls it— to voice his feelings through music. It’s been that way since he was a 12-year-old kid who played tunes on his portable Yamaha keyboard, trying to deal with happiness and loss.
His eclectic mix of sounds combines rock, house, progressive and pop music among other styles. It also inspires in others mostly good, loving feelings. “It makes me happy,” is a frequent thing his followers say about his music. KHAZ knows this. “I can’t create music that is not emotionally based,” he confirms. “I create emotions in others from venting my own.”
Hundreds of songs written over the years testify to his creativity. In the 90’s, he self-produced and released three albums of all-original material under his one-man-band, Purple Fuzzy Love Machine, developing a good fan base for his characteristic upbeat sound.
Then came a dry point in his emotions. “Bad decisions, bad circumstances in life, a lack of creative juices,” he describes, after almost five years without producing music. He picked up DJ’ing as a way to explore new avenues of music and end the creative dry spell. It worked. Within five months, KHAZ had a DJ residency at a large Los Angeles club. Many other large venues and high profile gigs followed.
Throughout the last few years, KHAZ has been immersed in producing new music that screams rebirth and love, while collaborating with many well-known dance-music figures. New melodic retro sounding tracks, deep vocals packed with luscious harmonies, all within the progressive house & trance genres make for his most recent work.
“It’s a resurrection from being musically spiritless for so long,” KHAZ says of his new sound. “Love has been my inspiration in this entire process of rebirth: love for life, love for others, love for music. I’m happy for every day, and I’m trying to make every minute count.”
Resurrection sounds right. KHAZ is doing the one thing he’s always been passionate about. “To be able say that you create audible emotions in people, that’s a good thing,” he admits. “However, as much as I love hearing how my music affects others, the greatest satisfaction that I have is getting it off my chest.”
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