Handling a family business of manufacturing car spare parts during the day and performing music at night is something that, this artist’s every day looks like. Sagar Thakral a.k.a SAKREL calls himself a DJ, producer and businessman who loves cars, food and traveling. Sakrel refers to sacred rites or symbols. He is a typical Virgo when it comes to cleanliness, perfection, OCD and his things. The way he loves his music is the same way he loves his work too! Though he struggles to make a balance, somehow with his will and determination he fulfills his responsibility and his desire as well. He is a person who believes in living and letting others live. With the mantra of “Do your thing whatever you like, while not thinking about what others will think”, Sakrel has continued to work on his passion as he has a lot of aspirations to fulfill in life.
Sakrel has been into music for quite a time and was listening to an artist once when an element got stuck with him. It was then he realised that he could curate it since he understands it well and loves it. Sakrel believes that the art of storytelling through a DJ set is a tough track to pass but he also loves chasing it while he plays.
Personally, Sakrel has had a rollercoaster ride pursuing the field of music production and DJing where he finds inspiration from anywhere and everywhere. He likes to work on a particular track or emotion where words fail but music narrates the tale.
To know the vibe of the venue himself, Sakrel makes sure that he reaches the place atleast 2 hours before his performance’s time and plays his music. We also asked Sakrel about the way he relates to house and techno music and he shared that it means everything to him! He loves the way the music synchronises and makes one groove to it’s beat, touching every heartbeat and making one feel like flying. As per him, the melodic house consists of various variations where it ranges from happy melodies to dark ones too and he likes experimenting between these two categories.
Sakrel admires and looks up to the work of Maceo Plex, Solomun, Dusky and Blot when it comes to producing music. We further talked about his alternative career if music not have happened to him, Sakrel replied that he would have been in the fashion industry or would be making some exclusive coffee in his small coffee shop.
When asked about “Dusk to Dawn”, he shared that it took a year for him to finish the project. He also spoke to Team Oslava that when he stuck in a project, he leaves it for a while and moves on with something else and comes back to the earlier project only when he feels like it. Though, with this track, he could not leave it till the time he completes it.
Sakrel shared that he is working on some new tracks that he is going to release soon. Also, currently, he is experimenting with his DJ skills and believes in the fact that there is no right or wrong way of creating music. It’s all about how one feels about it.