That was quite fast. As you may have noticed it usually takes some time until an interview is posted after a review (well, actually my fault since I always say something about no deadline, take your time answering etc.), but the Kendall Duffie from the Kloud 9 twins answered my question in just a day.
So here’s the notorious jazz-not-jazz email interview with Kloud 9 about their recent release Yearning 2 Love, their daytime jobs, their childhood and more…

Q: You also pursued a career in the music buisness as managers since the release of your debut album On Kloud 9. Please tell me more about these jobs.

Kloud 9: Well we’re actually record executives not managers and it’s something we’ve been doing for quite some time. Kelvis has actually been with Sony/BMG/Verity Records as the National Director of Radio Promotions for over 10 years and Kendall has worked for various companies as the A&R head.

Q: Why don’t you release your music on the labels you work for?

Kloud 9: We actually both work for Gospel record companies that exclusively promote and distribute Gospel music and Kloud 9 is smooth R&B/Soul.
However that label Kendall is with now Alliant Music Group/D3 entertainment is doing other things outside of Gospel through Koch distribution and we’ll release “Yearning 2 Love” through that system in March 2006.
Also Kendall produced a compilation last year entitled “Soul Sophisticated” which featured music from Kloud 9, Maysa, Laurnea and others through a division of one of the labels he was working for at the time. So whenever it makes sense we do things for the labels we work for.

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