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{{Short description|English DJ and record producer}}
{{EngvarB|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Kryder
| image           = Kryder, Beats for Love 2019 03.jpg
| image_size      = 300
| caption         = Kryder performing at festival [[Beats for Love]] 2019
| birth_name      = Christopher Simon Knight
| birth_date      = 28 October 1980{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
| birth_place     = [[Hertfordshire]], England
| origin          =
| death_date      = <!-- {{death date and age|df=y|YYYY|MM|DD|1980|10|28}} -->
| death_place     =
| genre           = {{flatlist|
* [[Electro house]]
* [[progressive house]]
* [[tribal house]]
* [[trance music|trance]]
}}
| occupation      = {{flatlist|
* DJ
* record producer
}}
| instrument      =
| years_active    = 2011–present
| label           = Kryteria Records<br />Sosumi Records<br />Cartel Recordings<br />[[Spinnin' Records]]<br />Axtone Records<br />Protocol Recordings<br />Size Records
| associated_acts = [[Tom Staar]], [[Danny Howard]], [[Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano]]
| website         =
}}
'''Christopher Simon Knight''' (born [[Hertfordshire]], England), better known by his stage name '''Kryder''', is an English DJ and record producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedjlist.com/djs/KRYDER/|title=KRYDER|publisher=The DJ List}}</ref>
He is best known for his record "K2"<ref>{{Citation|last=Musical Freedom|title=Kryder - K2 (Original Mix)|date=2011-10-14|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-rsIzbwosg|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref> and original track "Aphrodite"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/track/aphrodite-original-mix/4660080|title=Aphrodite (Original Mix) by Kryder on Beatport|website=beatport.com|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> released on Axtone Records and his remix of [[Rune Reilly Kölsch|Kölsch]]'s "All That Matters" featuring Troels Abrahamsen both of which reached No. 1 on the [[Beatport]] Top 100 chart. He is also the owner of Kryteria Records.
Many of his other singles also experienced great success: "Treasured Soul" and "Jericho" figured many weeks in the top 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bptoptracker.com/artist/kryder/173555/tracks|title=Kryder|publisher=Beatport Top Tracker|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126184944/http://www.bptoptracker.com/artist/kryder/173555/tracks|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Year
!Award
!Nominated work
!Category
!Result
|-
|2015
|IDMAs
|Kryder
|Best Progressive House/Electro DJ<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2015|title=31st Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winter Music Conference 2016 – WMC 2016|website=Winter Music Conference|access-date=9 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001441/http://www.wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2015|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Nominee
|-
|2015
|IDMAs
|Kryder
|Best breakthrough artist (solo)
|Nominee
|-
||2015
||''[[DJ Mag]]''
|Kryder
| [[DJ Mag#Top 101-150 DJs 2015|Top 101–150 DJs]]<ref name="djmag2015">{{cite web|url=http://djmag.fr/articles/1049-top-100-djs-2015-les-50-suivants-101-150|title=Top 100 DJs 2015 : les 50 suivants (#101-#150) !|first=Ludovic|last=Rambaud|accessdate=20 June 2015|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809232842/https://djmag.fr/articles/1049-top-100-djs-2015-les-50-suivants-101-150|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|{{Won|No. 108}}
|-
|2016
|IDMAs
|Kryder
|Best Progressive House/Electro DJ<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/|title=31st Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winter Music Conference 2016 – WMC 2016|website=Winter Music Conference|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>
|Nominee
|-
|2016
|IDMAs
|De Puta Madre – Kryder, Tom Staar and The Wulf
|Best Latin Dance Track<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/|title=31st Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winter Music Conference 2016 – WMC 2016|website=Winter Music Conference|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>
|{{Won}}
|-
|2016
|''DJ Mag''
|Kryder
|Top 101–150 Djs<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://djmag.com/news/top-100-djs-101-150|title=THESE ARE THE DJS WHO JUST MISSED OUT ON 2016'S TOP 100 DJS|website=DJMag.com|date=27 October 2016 |access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>
|No. 134
|-
|2017
|1001Tracklists
|Kryder
|Top 101 Producers
|{{Won|No. 10}}
|}
==Discography==
===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of compilation albums
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:18.5em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''God Save the Groove Vol. 1 (Presented by Kryder)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/god-save-the-groove-vol-1-presented-by-kryder/1441438696 |title=God Save the Groove Vol. 1 (Presented by Kryder) by Kryder |website=[[iTunes Store]] |accessdate=2018-11-22}}</ref>
|
* Released: 9 November 2018
* Label: Kryteria Records
* Formats: Digital download
|-
|}
===Singles===
* 2011: ''Me'' [Maquina Records]
* 2011: ''K2'' [Musical Freedom]
* 2012: ''Damaged'' (feat. Bo Bruce) [House Trained]
* 2012: ''Sending Out An S.O.S.'' (with [[Danny Howard]]) [Spinnin Records]
* 2012: ''Ultima'' [Armada Trice]
* 2012: ''Scorpio'' [Armada Trice]
* 2013: ''Vyper'' [Cr2 Records]
* 2013: ''Aphrodite'' [Axtone Records]
* 2013: ''Pyrmd'' [Protocol Recordings]
* 2014: ''Tarzan'' [Sosumi Records]
* 2014: ''Big Momma's House'' (with [[Tom Staar]]) [Sosumi Records]
* 2014: ''Feels Like Summer'' (with Still Young and Duane Harden) [Sprs]
* 2014: ''Fiji'' [Sprs]
* 2014: ''Jericho'' (with Tom Staar) [Size Records]
* 2015: ''Good Vibes'' (with The Wulf) [Spinnin Records]
* 2015: ''Percolator'' (with Cajmere) [Spinnin Records]
* 2015: ''Chunk'' (with Cid) [Free download]
* 2015: ''Apache'' (with Dave Winnel) [Size Records]
* 2015: ''De Puta Madre'' (with Tom Staar and The Wulf) [Sprs]
* 2016: ''Crocodile Tears'' [Axtone Records]
* 2016: ''Selecta'' ([[Chocolate Puma]] Edit) [Spinnin' Records]
* 2016: ''The Chant'' (with Eddie Thoneick) [Cartel Recordings]
* 2016: ''Dogs On Acid'' [Sosumi Records]
* 2016: ''La Luna'' (with Hiio) [Sprs]
* 2016: ''You & Me'' (with The Cube Guys) [Cartel Recordings]
* 2017: ''Street Life'' (with [[Daddy's Groove]]) [Cartel Recordings]
* 2017: ''Unity'' (with [[Roland Clark (DJ)|Roland Clark]]) [Sprs]
* 2017: ''MTV'' [Musical Freedom]
* 2017: ''Uh Oh'' (with Leandro Da Silva) [Kryteria White]
* 2017: ''Waves'' (with [[Erick Morillo]]) [Subliminal Recordings]
* 2018: ''Romani'' (featuring [[Steve Angello]]) [Kryteria Records]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youredm.com/2018/07/20/kryder-unveils-new-record-label-and-single-interview/ |title=Kryder Unveils New Record Label and Single  |last=Fabrick |first=Mark |date=20 July 2018 |website=Your EDM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722052949/https://www.youredm.com/2018/07/20/kryder-unveils-new-record-label-and-single-interview/ |archive-date=22 July 2018 |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref>
* 2018: ''La Cumbiambera'' (with Cato Anaya) [Kryteria Records]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/la-cumbiambera-single/1423740740 |title=La Cumbiambera - Single by Kryder & Cato Anaya on Apple Music |website=[[iTunes Store]] |date=31 August 2018 |accessdate=2 September 2018}}</ref>
* 2018: ''Billionaire'' (featuring Sam Martin) [Spinnin' Records]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/billionaire-feat-sam-martin-single/1437286440 |title=Billionaire (feat. Sam Martin) - Single by Kryder on Apple Music  |website=iTunes Store |accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref>
* 2019: ''Get Funky'' (with Fast Eddie) [Musical Freedom]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/get-funky-single/1474062230 |title=Get Funky - Single by Kryder on Apple Music |website=iTunes Store |accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref>
* 2019: ''Stay'' [We Rave You]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://weraveyou.com/2019/08/kryder-stay/ |title=Exclusive: Kryder – 'Stay' |last=Partington |first=Lewis |date=21 August 2019 |website=We Rave You |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105080647/https://weraveyou.com/2019/08/kryder-stay/ |archive-date=5 January 2020 |accessdate=5 January 2020}}</ref>
* 2019: ''Drumkore'' [Kryteria Records]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/drumkore-single/1488937292 |title=Drumkore - Single by Kryder on Apple Music |website=iTunes Store |accessdate=5 January 2020}}</ref>
* 2020: ''Rusty Trombone'' [Spinnin' Records]
* 2020: ''Waiting On My Love'' (with Tom Staar featuring Ebson) [Axtone]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chiang |first=Nina |date=2 June 2020 |title=Kryder & Tom Staar feat. Ebson – Waiting On My Love |url=https://www.edmtunes.com/2020/06/kryder-tom-staar-feat-ebson-waiting-on-my-love/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617031750/https://www.edmtunes.com/2020/06/kryder-tom-staar-feat-ebson-waiting-on-my-love/ |archive-date=17 June 2020 |accessdate=17 June 2020 |website=EDM Tunes}}</ref>
* 2020: ''Stay With Me'' (with Nino Lucarelli) [Spinnin' Records]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stay-with-me-single/1515267613 |title=Stay With Me - Single by Kryder & Nino Lucarelli on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=1 July 2020}}</ref>
* 2020: ''LSD'' [Musical Freedom]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fabrick |first=Mark |date=10 August 2020 |title=Kryder pays homage to acid house with new banger 'LSD' |url=https://www.youredm.com/2020/08/09/kryder-pays-homage-to-acid-house-with-new-banger-lsd/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812053442/https://www.youredm.com/2020/08/09/kryder-pays-homage-to-acid-house-with-new-banger-lsd/ |archive-date=12 August 2020 |accessdate=12 August 2020 |website=Your EDM}}</ref>
* 2021: ''Pleasure or Pain'' (with Mark Roma) [Black Hole Recordings]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pleasure-or-pain-single/1554491945 |title=Pleasure or Pain - Single by Kryder & Mark Roma on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=4 April 2021}}</ref>
* 2021: ''You & I'' (with Deadline) [Black Hole Recordings]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/you-i-single/1556465211 |title=You & I - Single by Kryder & Deadline on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=1 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2021: ''Rapture'' (with Natalie Shay) [Black Hole Recordings]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/rapture/1568248859?i=1568248860 |title=Rapture by Kryder & Natalie Shay on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=31 July 2021}}</ref>
* 2021: ''Girlfriend'' (with B Jones) [Spinnin' Records]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/crashing-down-ep/1591588560 |title=Crashing Down - EP by Kryder & Asymptone on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=30 August 2021}}</ref>
* 2021: ''Crashing Down'' (with Asymptone) [Black Hole Recordings]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/piece-of-art-single/1592510706 |title=Piece of Art - Single by Kryder on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=10 January 2022}}</ref>
* 2021: ''Piece of Art'' [Armada Music]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/piece-of-art-single/1592510706 |title=Piece of Art - Single by Kryder on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=10 January 2022}}</ref>
* 2022: ''Wish'' [Armada Music]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chiang |first=Nina |date=25 February 2022 |title=Kryder – 'Wish' |url=https://www.edmtunes.com/2022/02/kryder-wish/ |accessdate=3 April 2022 |website=EDM Tunes}}</ref>
===Remixes===
* 2012: [[Afrojack]] and [[Shermanology]] – "Can't Stop Me" (Kryder and Staar Remix) [Wall Recordings]
* 2013: [[Nicky Romero]] vs. [[Krewella]] – "Legacy" (Kryder Remix) [Protocol Recordings]
* 2014: [[Showtek]] and [[Justin Prime]] featuring [[Matthew Koma]] – "'Cannonball (Earthquake)" (Kryder Remix) [SPRS]
* 2014: [[Arno Cost]] and [[Norman Doray]] – "Apocalypse 2014" (Kryder and Tom Staar Remix) [Spinnin' Records]
* 2014: [[Armin van Buuren]] – "Ping Pong" (Kryder and Tom Staar Remix) [Armada Music]
* 2014: [[Rune RK|Kölsch]] featuring Troels Abrahamsen – "All That Matters" (Kryder Remix) [Axtone Records]
* 2015: L'Tric – "This Feeling" (Kryder Remix) [Neon Records]
* 2015: [[Michael Calfan]] – "Treasured Soul" (Kryder and Genairo Nvilla Remix) [Spinnin' Remixes]
* 2015: [[Sam Feldt]] featuring Jaya Beach-Robertson – "Show Me Love" (Kryder and Tom Staar Remix) [Spinnin' Remixes]
* 2015: [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]] vs. [[Ummet Ozcan]] – "The Hum" (Kryder and Tom Staar Remix) [Smash The House]
* 2015: [[Tommy Trash]] featuring JHart – "Wake the Giant" (Kryder and Tom Tyger Remix) [Armada Music]
* 2015: [[David Guetta]] featuring [[Sia]] and [[Fetty Wap]] – "[[Bang My Head]]" (Kryder and Dave Winnel Remix) [What A Music]
* 2016: [[Chicane (musician)|Chicane]] – "Saltwater" (Kryder Remix) [Xtravaganza]
* 2017: Provenzano and Federico Scavo - "Folegandros" (Kryder Mix) [Cartel Recordings]
* 2018: Nico de Andrea - "The Shape" (Kryder Remix) [Spinnin' Records]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/kh/album/the-shape-the-remixes-single/1411538650 |title=The Shape (The Remixes) - Single by Nico de Andrea on Apple Music |website=[[iTunes Store]] |date=3 August 2018 |accessdate=5 August 2018}}</ref>
* 2018: [[Benny Benassi]] – "Everybody Needs a Kiss" (Kryder Remix)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://weraveyou.com/2018/08/everybody-needs-kiss-kryder-remix/ |title=Benny Benassi – Everybody Needs a Kiss (Kryder Remix) |last=Todoroski |first=James |date=23 August 2018 |website=We Rave You |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828063141/https://weraveyou.com/2018/08/everybody-needs-kiss-kryder-remix/ |archive-date=28 August 2018 |access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref>
* 2018: [[Basement Jaxx]] - "[[Bingo Bango]]" (Tom Staar and Kryder Remix) [XL Recordings]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bingo-bango-tom-staar-kryder-remix-single/1435920293 |title=Bingo Bango (Tom Staar & Kryder Remix) - Single by Basement Jaxx on Apple Music |website=iTunes Store |date=24 September 2018 |accessdate=24 September 2018}}</ref>
* 2019: [[Lost Frequencies]] featuring Flynn - "Recognise" (Kryder Remix) [Found Frequencies]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/recognise-feat-flynn-kryder-remix-single/1462411453 |title=Recognise (feat. Flynn) [Kryder Remix] - Single by Lost Frequencies on Apple Music |website=iTunes Store |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>
* 2020: [[Grum]] featuring Natalie Shay - "Afterglow" (Kryder Remix)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/afterglow-kryder-remix-ep/1504122791 |title=Afterglow (Kryder Remix) - EP by Grum & Natalie Shay on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=6 May 2020}}</ref>
* 2020: David Tort - "Afraid of the Dark" (Kryder Remix)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/afraid-of-the-dark-kryder-remix-single/1530963114 |title=Afraid of the Dark (Kryder Remix) - Single by David Tort on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=17 October 2020}}</ref>
* 2020: [[York (group)|York]] - "On the Beach" (Kryder Remix)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/on-the-beach-kryder-remix-ep/1545486485 |title=On the Beach (Kryder Remix) - EP by York on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=10 January 2022}}</ref>
* 2021: Ilan Bluestone and Maor Levi featuring [[Alex Clare]] - "Hold On" (Kryder Remix)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Remram |first=Jasmin |date=2 March 2021 |title=Kryder remixes 'Hold On' by Ilan Bluestone & Maor Levi |url=https://www.edmtunes.com/2021/03/hold-on-kryder-remix/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312141406/https://www.edmtunes.com/2021/03/hold-on-kryder-remix/ |archive-date=12 March 2021 |accessdate=12 March 2021 |website=EDM Tunes}}</ref>
* 2021: [[Solarstone]] - "When I Dream" (Kryder Remix)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/when-i-dream-kryder-remix-single/1566859110 |title=When I Dream (Kryder Remix) - Single by Solarstone on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=7 July 2021}}</ref>
* 2021: [[Nervo (DJs)|Nervo]] and Tube & Berger - "Lights Down Low" (Kryder Remix)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/lights-down-low-kryder-remix-single/1582014252 |title=Lights Down Low (Kryder Remix) - Single by NERVO & Tube & Berger on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=15 September 2021}}</ref>
* 2022: DJ Kuba and Neitan & Bounce Inc - "Watch Out" (Kryder and [[Thomas Newson]] Remix)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/watch-out-kryder-thomas-newson-remix-single/1598926112 |title=Watch Out (Kryder & Thomas Newson Remix) - Single by Dj Kuba, Neitan & Bounce Inc on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=6 March 2022}}</ref>
* 2022: Richard Durand and [[Christina Novelli]] - "The Air I Breathe" (Kryder Remix)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-air-i-breathe-kryder-remix-single/1609265671 |title=The Air I Breathe (Kryder Remix) - Single by Richard Durand & Christina Novelli on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=3 April 2022}}</ref>
* 2022: Chicane - "Offshore" (Kryder Remix)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.kryder.co.uk/ Official website]
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