Krystal Blue is an accomplished electronic music artist and performer from San Antonio, Texas. Born in 1984, her singing career began at the age of nine when she entered and won her first talent show. Her unique talent as a singer, coupled with a raw energy in front of a crowd had won her numerous competitions and awards over the next five years.
Not content with performing other artist's material, Krystal Blue began writing and arranging her own Hip Hop and R&B music at the age of 14. Her first single "Ghetto Cemetery" is still a fan favorite, and introduced her to the recording studio and record production. "Ghetto Cemetery" has also won her a Texas state award for 'Best Female Vocalist' in the year 1999 at an awards event at SXSW. Her talent continued as a performer, backup singing and dancing for her older sister Candy AKA DulXeniA. This led to more performances around the state of Texas. As well as Disney World in Orlando, FL, and Kansas City, MI as guest performer for the Miss USA Pageant.
In 2001, moved by the tragedy of the events from the World Trade Center, Krystal Blue wrote "Silence In The Rain", as a tribute to the victims of 9/11. She accepted an invitation to perform the song on the internationally syndicated Domingo television show. With the many successful sales from her 2nd single, Krystal Blue sent her profits to the Red Cross for the 9/11 victims.
Right after her 17th birthday in 2002, Krystal released her first full length Album entitled, "Krystal Blue Vol. 1 & 2", a solid mixed collection of infectious dance music brought into two levels of production and singing. This had given her immediate state wide publicity in the electronic industry as her popularity grew intensely. Radio stations had contacted Krystal Blue requesting to air her music in San Antonio, Houston, Austin and Dallas following with radio interviews. Her subsequent touring to support the release introduced her to a legion of fans that follow her performances religiously. Electric stage presence and captivating performance have earned her a loyal following live and on the Internet.
A busy performance schedule didn't keep Krystal Blue away from the studio, and she was quick to follow up in 2003 with her 2nd album, "Kiss It!" More musically evolved now, she pushed herself to new limits to create complex new sonic textures in her arrangements. The music shows a progressive maturity and voice of experience. She had continued making appearances in many festivals, conventions, and shows like Hot Import Nights in Houston, Dallas and Orlando, FL where she had won the overall award for 'Best Model'. One of her favorite festivals she had performed live at had drawn fans from different states specifically to see Krystal Blue perform live at Love Parade in San Fransisco, CA.
Now a career-oriented artist and producer, Krystal Blue has begun performing alongside other touring acts; DJ Irene, DJ D:FUSE, Kimball Collins, DJ Collette, and DJ MEA just to name a few.
The Internet has helped transform Krystal Blue from a regional talent into a world wide phenomenon. Voted Number 1 Live Female Artist in Texas in 2004 on The DJ List (www.djlist.com). Her website KrystalBlue.net includes Events Calendar, Newsletters, Message Board, Fan Sites, Performance Pictures, Photoshoots, Music Samples, History of Krystal Blue, and the Krystal Blue Store! Krystal Blue's presence isn't just at her website; her MySpace site (www.myspace.com/krystalblue) has over a quarter of a million registered fans! She was also ranked as the number 1 unsigned musical artist in 2004 and 2005 with page views that ranged from 20,000 - 40,000 a day! Fan Mail pours in from all over the world, with thousands of messages every day. A typical Krystal Blue fan message consists of live performance schedule requests, new music requests, and positive feedback on albums purchased. Presently her profile views are more than 5,600,000+. Her total music plays: 4,100,000+ and increasing everyday!
Krystal Blue's TV appearance's include E! Entertainment with Club TV which aired on June 25th 2005. The 30min show consisted of an interview about Krystal Blues previous albums and whats to come in the future with any new projects or albums. From the show receiving so many viewers, E! Entertainment had aired Krystal Blue's interview 5 more repeated times!
SpikeTV was also another TV appearance in July 2006 as she appeared on SpikeTV show UFC with Tito Ortiz in Huntington Beach, CA.
"KISS IT!", Krystal Blue's latest album, has gotten so much recognition and exposure that she has become a world wide musical icon to many fans as well as other musicians. Many major artists such as The Crystal Method, Bad Boy Bill, JJ Flores, Steve Smooth, Alex Peace (to name a few) have taken quite the interest to Krystal Blue's exotic musical sounds personally complimenting Krystal on her production and vocal skills.
Pure Nightclub in Las Vegas another appearance Krystal Blue had in June 2006 as she was hand picked by MySpace.com and Pure Nightclub as 1 of the Top 10 Most Downloaded Girls on MySpace.com in the US! Krystal Blue also holds the record of being one of the Top 100 musicians on MySpace.com in the Country! Number 2 in the genre of Trance and number 1 in Ambient.
Krystal Blues 3rd studio Album, currently unnamed, is set to be released 2007. Easily her deepest offering yet, the album reflects her own personal experiences struggling with the success of a career and her private life as well as up lifting songs expressing her happiest moments while producing this album. Her first record to release with national distribution, this new album will be available at Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Tower Records, Barnes and Noble, Virgin Megastores, Borders, Target and many other brick and mortar stores. Web distribution includes www.krystalblue.net, Amazon.com, Apples ITunes Music Store, and CD Baby.
As a fully developed talent, Krystal Blue understands what it takes to succeed in the music business. Not just another pretty face fighting for exposure, she has propelled herself to places most artists only dream of, without the support of a record label. Even before the age of 22, the approaching success of her newest release promises to bring a new throng of fans into the fold and catapult this siren to superstar status. This is one ride you're not going to want to miss. |
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