Once modern dance musics best-kept secret, the Canadian DJ-producer is ready to go bigger.
Timeless Tourstarts September 14.
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Famous last words from the in-demand DJ-producer for whom partying is both his metier and escape.
Google theorized that some tectonic change or loss is imminent, perhaps the death of an old self.
Whatever, he grumbles in his characteristically blase fashion, leaning back into his chair.
I guess Ill be on the lookout.
He is now seen as one of the most significant musicians from Canada in the past few decades.
Much of his shift from if you know, you know status to almost mainstream has happened fairly recently.
If I was singing and playing along, maybe it would be different.
The occasion has meant reimagining the ambitions of a Kaytranada performance in ways he isnt keen to spoil.
But anyone who has attended a show since his early days DJ-ing will have noticed a gradual evolution.
Whatever shyness he has evaporates when he stands behind the decks.
Growing up, I wasnt going the extra mile to have other shit around my DJ-ing.
I just felt like it was corny to have light shows and all that behind you.
But why shouldnt he command the same amount of space and attention?
But now, I want to go big time.
Timelessis the first time he has contributed lead vocals to his own work.
Kaytranada was born Louis Kevin Celestin in 1992 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Kaytranadas creative passions have always bordered on scholarly.
And he possesses a DJs curious ear for the elements.
Timelessis Kaytras first full-length solo album in almost five years, but he never left the popular imagination.
The year before, Kaytra had won his Grammy.
An interaction with U.K. garage?
Or something from the mind of Canadian electronic mastermind Kaytranada?
I think that finally made me realize, like,Oh, shit.
I am that dude.You know?
Was I supposed to be like, Oh my God, for real?
Im not like that, he says.
Sometimes people dont see your worth and how important you are, he says.
He was comfortable enough saying no: I know what I mean to people.
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