Kaytranada on Finding His Sound and Rise To Fame | Red Bull Music Academy

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At just 24 years of age, Montréal producer Kaytranada - real name Louis Kevin Celestin - has already emerged as the next in a long line of great beat-making talents from his hometown. Getting his start in his city’s Artbeat community, he first gained international recognition for an unofficial Janet Jackson remix.
He toured with Madonna in 2015, and in 2016 the Haitian-born artist released the soulfully retro 99.9%, his debut album on XL Recordings. The record puts his myriad passions - Dilla’s beats, old disco oddities and ’90s R&B - on full display.
In his 2016 Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Kaytranada traced his early rise to fame from a sleepy Montréal suburb to collaborations with established artists, digging in Brazil and finding his sound. .
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TOPICS:
06:04 - Early influences
21:12 - Piu Piu
28:38 - Janet Jackson remix
42:32 - Madlib
51:38 - Haitian music
1:14:54 - Finding your own sound
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► Read more on Kaytranada here... www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/kaytranada-lecture

[@SerjALovelyDeadBoy]

Red Bull you have to find a solution: it's not possible to watch lectures about music without music.

[@caleblatreille8224]

do you have your annotations turned on? a direct link to the songs appear onscreen as soon as they are played, it's a pretty good solution i think

[@SerjALovelyDeadBoy]

yeah, I have the annotations turned on. But it's not the same thing without the sound of vynils and without people chilling out

[@trentcalloway7910]

copyright tho but i feel you

[@Huumf]

Serj yeah you wanna see the artist listen to it

[@Enersonn]

Thanks @Serj...true story

[@Origamibeats]

Thanks for puttinng out these interviews on here they are great. If you could ask more in depht music production questions i think that would be interesting for the audience here i assume there is quiet alot of producers here wanting to learn. Rather than just knowing what music he likes.

[@maxgiles9939]

Origami love your beats dude

[@pipikakachu]

Origami making paper

[@bentinho]

Man, youtubes copyright kind of ruins watching these here... :-/

[@Huumf]

bentinho so annoying bruh

[@porvidacarnal]

Kay is such a humble dude. Love the interview!

[@Noem3D]

”You know” - Kaytranada ❤️

[@CodysFavorites]

Swing recognize swing

[@randykon8871]

Roadman.... is this you bruv?

[@thegreatest6198]

Thats a hard ass quote

[@rapsta2255]

Got damn it! That last bit of the "Breezy" track sounds dope, man! Sample clearance is a pain!

[@Avantgarde001]

DANCE is inspirational as a catalyst for many different arts !!!

[@Haztacokilla]

I LOVE THESE

[@TheRidinLife]

Legendary interview

[@selasiehesse5953]

I got a lot of love for kaytranada man

[@udaura]

This guy is so cool, love you Kaytranada!!!

[@ToadstoolNgema]

Watching this interview to grasp on some inspiration from Kayy.

[@DANYALLAYNAD]

@62:48 in FL studio if you have a sample in Edison and select 'Convert right or left channel to mono' from the tools menu sometimes elements of the song get erased and what's left is some shit you didn't even know was there. Like a whole piano will just vanish and some background vocal will pop uo that you didnt know about. Jake one showed himself doing that with a sample for the 3 kings beats he did for Dr dre rick Ross.

[@kobyarthur5451]

Dope

[@Ben-gw7ki]

That is sauce wow

[@nicolasvanruysevelt8735]

59:55 the maaaan shash'u.. lot of respect for him too

[@Huumf]

40:19 that Wu-Tang jacket tho!

[@TheFrenchFox]

Thanks man to exist

[@rasraetc]

THE SHIRT THO!!!! :)

[@HarrowerJX]

the song I really loved and danced to as a kid was Mr Oizo - flat beat..... could even be my first cd . what was other people's ?

[@Andygharrison]

Big up for flat beat man, the video too. Junior Senior - Move your feet was and still is the one!

[@CasanovaDMCM]

Does anyone know where he got his glasses from????? Much appreciated

[@misterrcha6623]

first, nah just playing - this is tight!

[@Blue69HD]

when its out the alex tumay interview ?

[@naminamicapybara]

1:02:30 Damn I know exactly what he's talking about, I remember having broken headphones and hearing stems in songs unexpectedly. Does anybody know the term for this?

[@Deeshaw91]

naminamicapybara and me like when the lead breaks on your headphones and you hear the left side or right side of the song it's like you can hear the multi track masters comin through

[@ilikescreaming]

Phase cancellation. Both sides of your headphones will have a positive and negative lead in the wire running to the driver. These pos and neg leads feed the speakers electrical current and basically push the speaker out or pull it in, making sound. Ok, so if you have a short in your broken headphones, it's possible that the positive and negative is flipped and this is where the fun starts. Usually something like vocals comes through on both left and right equally, so if your headphone's short flips the phase, the vocal can be cancelled out, because the speakers are playing the same thing, but out of phase with each other (inverse waveform with each other). Google 'phase cancellation' for audio examples. The cancelling out of the vocals (or any material that is played equally on both L and R) will only leave the material that is more spaced out on the stereo spectrum, and that's why you hear the other backing stuff that is more stereo.

[@martinr.3764]

i see you jåm 🙃

[@hollaatyaboy12]

I see my man swisha sitting front row!

[@thnkvoid16]

swing recognize swing

[@gbpferrao]

Waiting for Kaytranada appear on the Broken Record Podcast with RIck Rubin

[@DunkMasterflex53]

The interviewer done her research and she's a good writer. But if she approached this as more of a conversation where you listen and process what the other person is saying and let it flow she could of asked better questions. Luckily he gave detailed responses to such questions.

[@SiidGames-el1dh]

Flex that part

[@conniacosta1683]

Bruh exactly she was way too worried about each question she was gonna ask from all the research she has done.

[@maxwell_young]

7:38 HI EDDIE

[@raihanshrk1955]

What is that vinly 3:58 anyone knows it?

[@benoitdambrine2666]

Alaclair Ensemble represent

[@SerjALovelyDeadBoy]

57:05 look at the face of the white dude on the right

[@NoiseThatLaughs]

Kay is in the minority of Black Eyed Peas fans who prefers their electro era😅

[@tomfoxmusic]

really not gonna show us the beat he flipped at 45:50...

[@frederiksassmeyer8200]

anyone know what the album they're talking about at 58:00 is called and who made it?

[@Kryptdegen]

This is the album en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeds_(Georgia_Anne_Muldrow_album)

[@_CUANDO]

dam

[@man_g4me]

1:02:33 Hey Shash'u ^^

[@MrJerryHsu]

21:45 I see this chick everywhere. Who is she. Saw her in Young Thugs engineers video. The engineers name is Alex.

[@user-vg7zv5us5r]

Do you know, guys, what's playing on 45:47 and 46:29?Pleeeeease

[@Wrangledinkspud]

It was used on Buddy's latest EP in a track called 'Guillotine'.

[@imsamposener]

46:28 anyone know what tune this is ???

[@Wrangledinkspud]

This might be too late, but it was used on Buddy's latest EP on a song called 'Guillotine'.

[@VaporGawd]

AM I the only one who noticed Just Blaze??????

[@deejayandrewbr]

45:36 - Milton Nascimento - Os Escravos de Jó Listen to "Milagre dos Peixes" full album here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpWpaoCFaJiqsM0

[@Jocart96]

If you heard "untitled unmastered." you know what "piu piu music" is...

[@SerjALovelyDeadBoy]

5:40 what are the artists he quoted?

[@RBMA]

5:40 Logobi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logobi Azonto - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azonto

[@RBMA]

There is a full transcript of the lecture here - www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/kaytranada-lecture

[@tr3ntonrob3rtz]

The crowd looks soo dead. I would be on the edge of my seat if KAYTRANADA was in front of me.

[@SerjALovelyDeadBoy]

25:16 group name? 41:00 who did he quote before Neptunes?

[@RBMA]

25:16 Alaclair Ensemble - alaclairensemble.bandcamp.com/album/les-fr-res-cueilleurs 41:00 He mentions Just Blaze here. Is that what you mean?

[@SerjALovelyDeadBoy]

yeah, thank you

[@diveintrees9427]

you know

[@Solomunehdasilva]

Why have they stopped playing the songs? It was more organic when you listened to the songs they played as if you were present in the lecture :(

[@sprb4725]

Seoul Boy copyright bro

[@KevinDoseBeats]

1:07:56 God Damnit, these people sitting right next to Just Blaze probably didn't even know who he is... That's a damn shame...

[@RyNeaSoulMusic]

KevinDoseBeats they knew. Everyone in the room knew because he was there throughout the week as well doing workshops and panel discussions.

[@juliankenzo]

is that just blaze @ 50:50?

[@juliankenzo]

lol nvm @ 1:07:30

[@yungcereal9232]

whats the name of that milton nascimento? kaytra is a genius btw

[@keixoun]

the LP is called "Milton" from 1970

[@davidchapman5782]

@keixoun do you know which track it is? or the kaytranada track that sampled it?

[@SuperAzzkkr]

Os Escravos De Jó

[@karimd88]

@@SuperAzzkkr Thanks so much, was looking for this!!!!

[@clairei299]

he's so fkn cute

[@AYYYEEEEYOOO]

Cat man

[@AYYYEEEEYOOO]

WITH THE CNN HOODIE!!!!!! A REAL ONE RIGHT HERE

[@DIRTY-MERLIN]

hes so nervous and cute

[@juvinchaudhary5607]

i was watching it 0.75 and was wondering whats wrong with both of them

[@nenej12]

it so great that more men of color are coming out the closet and still can live freely, especially amongst the hip hop scene

[@moozycla6]

Bring fkin *Knx.* in this fkin show, ffs.

[@MrSMFC1877]

Moozy Mathers goat

[@mchawkjunior6500]

Moozy Mathers fucking genius, idk if knx would do that though

[@Huumf]

I don’t think he would

[@foamet]

that nigga dont speak

[@peters1223]

Real sad... they skip right though the music played in the interview in almost all of the academy’s stuff... I feel like it’s just as important as the words said

[@oldethangoogleacc8484]

take it up with the U.S. copyright system. they have to avoid it so the channel doesn't get nuked by greedy record labels

[@peters1223]

You’re right wasnt really thinking, but I feel like they could play the artist that they’re interviewing without that problem but then again the KZbin algorithm is pretty ass and would probably take it down regardless

[@peters1223]

That and it’s probably owned by not the person who created it so I’m just talking out my asshole

[@emafrnk]

ugh some of these questions. c'mon

[@haydenjuan-thomas1586]

mr. scruff

[@yannickwerther2464]

Crap questions when you got someone like K in front of you ..

[@imosdefinite]

what questions would you prefer?

[@invisiblecurious856]

Lol just blaze

[@snowdjagha]

Ah yes. Cutting off the music so the owners of the songs, who are being interviewed in these videos, don't claim them.

[@SashaFujiwara]

You're so stupid

[@_kizum]

Damn, her interviewing skills are lacking. Dry....Big ups to Kay tho!

[@imosdefinite]

trust i've been to 1 of these in real life and she's pretty good compared!

[@siaseeds8950]

I think Katranada is also one of those super smart introverted dudes that can be challenging to interview. Needless to say he is a genius.

[@karimd88]

@@siaseeds8950 Yea her Pusha T interview is completely different, not to knock on KAYTRANADA ofc, loved him, but Push was a lot more talkative. As you already said, probably just a personality thing and maybe the stereotype is true of rappers being more talkative than producers hahaha.

[@whoishereally4028]

while the interviewer asked good questions and did her homework. the conversation seemed stale and wasn’t flowing. she doesn’t seem interested (which i’m sure she is) but it was boring nonetheless

[@mrmomokar]

make the video public

[@Coflo]

"black musicians don't make house music".....lol. It hurts my American feelings hearing those types of thoughts coming from someone who is crossing the lines of "pop" and "house music".

[@galaxzy5265]

Coflo Ferreira Right

[@garanceahran7953]

it's so stupid, i don't know if kaytranada knows that house and rock music are music which was created by the afro-american community, it's hard when people forget the history, house and rock are black music even if the music industry and american society tend to whitewashed these musics.

[@Coflo]

I don't think its fair to say the music has been "whitewashed" but I get the undertone and can understand the sentiment. Various stories tel us that much more than just "house and rock" were created by "black Americans". Much of this countries music gifts to the world have their roots in that of Black America: Jazz, Blues, Funk, Rock, House, Hip Hop.

[@galaxzy5265]

Coflo Ferreira Rock and blues have most definitely been whitewashed.

[@Coflo]

+Galaxzy By white washed I assume you mean, taken over by a "corporate, mainly european decent" infrastructure that is selling out "the culture"? I think its just a state of mind. There is plenty of amazing rock and and blues that has moved on from its humble beginnings (time keeps rolling forward) but hasn't "sold out"...and there is also some that is still coming from the deep country side I'm sure haha

[@roryblakemore16]

he likes rubbing his leg

[@mikkel7357]

why is this interview so boring. i love kaytranada, but that interviewer...

[@vancasser4972]

Whyb the fuck is he so nervous? iMvery uncomfoatlbe1111111

[@AYATOLLAHBEATS]

I would like to be a guest on the red bull academy. Ayatollah.

[@jeffryschmidt635]

if only it'd be that easy

[@l00pdigga42]

You must not know who Ayatollah is...

[@RandomPerson-jg5qm]

I'm not going to lie, I love Kay's music but it was a struggle to listen to this interview. This interview is so boring.