Kaytranada

Drop down and get your eagle on, girl

"Ocean & Montana" available everywhere. Get it now! Apple Music - http://smarturl.it/iOAM Spotify - http://smarturl.it/spOAM Amazon - http://smarturl.it/aOAM Google Play - http://smarturl.it/gOAM Follow Buddy: https://instagram.com/buddy https://twitter.com/buddy https://facebook.com/buddy

Slide the light off you may find some peace

Gorillaz. "Strobelight (feat. Peven Everett) [Kaytranada Remix]." Strobelight (feat. Peven Everett) [Kaytranada Remix], Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company, 2017.

This flip is just what we needed today.

Strobelite (feat. Peven Everett) out now.
Strobelite (feat.

Chowder for the kitten, Mello Yello lemon

KAYTRANADA, Anderson .Paak. "GLOWED UP." 99.9%, XL Recordings Limited, 2016.

You gotta love those Facebook friendship video notifications. Big Blue just reminded me that six years ago, I met Kevin Celestin (aka Kaytranada), when he and his brother, Louis, nervously registered to perform at Hip Hop Karaoke in Montréal. Looking a spitting image of Kid 'n Play with their backpacks and snapbacks, as soon as they stepped on stage, you could tell these kids were destined for greatness. Their nerves dissipated, raw stage presence took over as they fed off the crowd's energy, and I can only imagine they were hooked from there on out.

The self-styled "Celestics" returned to perform at HHKMTL several times (throwback videos below, pardon the audio quality) sometimes as a duo, other times a solo act, and often with their larger crew.

In the years to follow, the Montréal beats scene, affectionately called "PIU PIU music," took off (check the documentary), Kevin would proceed to work his ass off, make killer beats, tour the world, meet some legendary folks in the music industry, and produce one of my favourite, and Polaris Prize award-winning, albums with 99.9%. That record featured a stacked roster of guest appearances, including this jam with the incredibly talented Anderson .Paak.

Taken from KAYTRANADA's debut album 99.9%, out May 6. Pre-order: http://x-l.co/kaytra999 Vinyl: http://x-l.co/kaytravinyl999 Video directed by Bo Mirosseni. http://kaytranada.com https://soundcloud.com/kaytranada https://www.facebook.com/Kaytranada https://twitter.com/KAYTRANADA http://www.xlrecordings.com
www.hhkmtl.com The Celestin brothers brought their backpacks and b-boy steps to the stage for an old school classic from ATCQ. HHK Round 3 @ Le Belmont: July 23, 2011
www.hhkmtl.com Jean-Luc Noël, Hichem Merdassi, Mahdi Saoula, Colin Musoni, Aïsha Cariotte Vertus, Noémie Éclipse Ouimet Meloche, Kevin Célestin and Louis-Philippe Célestin bum rush the stage with this classic Wu-Tang joint. HHK Round 3 @ Le Belmont: July 23, 2011
www.hhkmtl.com Kevin Celestin (a.k.a. Kaytradamus) showed the crowd how to do it up, the Jaylib official way. HHK Round 5 @ Le Belmont: October 15, 2011
Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook! twitter.com/hhkmtl facebook.com/hhkmtl Kaytranada proves his insane tongue twisting skills with this rapid fire Busta Rhymes rendition. Rumor has it he only signed up the night before. HHK Round 9 @ Le Belmont: December 20th, 2012

Young star in the making

Syd. "Shake Em Off." FIN, Columbia Records, 2017.

Can't stop listening to this one. Been digging Syd since her days with The Internet ("Girl" is one of my favourite tracks), her guest appearance last year on Kaytranada's "You're The One" off 99.9% marked one of the record's best jams, and she's seriously brought it on FIN, her debut studio album.

Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment Shake Em Off · Syd Fin ℗ 2017 The Internet, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment Released on: 2017-02-03 Composer, Lyricist, Recording Engineer: Sydney Bennett Producer: Hitboy Composer, Lyricist: Nick Green Mixing Engineer: Fabian Marasciullo Composer, Lyricist: Chauncey Hollis Assistant Engineer: McCoy Socalgargoyle Mastering Engineer: Colin Leonard Auto-generated by YouTube.

This inside the shoe, kitchen loot eh

GoldLink, Ciscero. "Fall In Love." Fall In Love (feat. Ciscero), 2016.

Boom! This video dropped yesterday and is already in heavy rotation. Nice and fresh, with production from Kaytranada and BADBADNOTGOOD. This one's gonna be my weekend banger for real, for real.

Music video by GoldLink performing Fall In Love. (C) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment http://vevo.ly/uuZjC4

Who wants to love somebody like me?

Alicia Keys. "In Common." Here, RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, 2016.

2016 is shaping up to be an incredible year for music. While we've been rocked by the loss of several of our greatest legends -- from Bowie to Prince -- the next generation of artists (Anderson .PaakKaytranada and Solange, just to name a few) have been releasing some truly meaningful work that, I believe, will stand the test of time.

And it just keeps coming. In anticipation of her new album, Here, out this Friday, Alicia Keys earlier this week released her short film The Gospel, directed by A.V. Rockwell. Roam the streets of Keys' New York City as Rockwell captures everyday moments and stories, get lost in the cinematography that propels you forward, in constant motion, as the film addresses the impacts of police brutality.

I'm looking forward to all the remixes I'm sure are about to drop in the coming weeks of today's track, "In Common," bound to be a club anthem this winter.

Music video by Alicia Keys performing The Gospel. (C) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment http://vevo.ly/b71Pna

I tried to put one in the air

Solange. "Cranes In The Sky." A Seat At The Table, Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, 2016.

The remixes for this track just keep on coming in, and they are good. Real good. First, Kaytranada's banger dropped last week, and yesterday Common released his version with a verse exclusively on The FADER

Check out the gorgeous cinematography, choreography, and costume design in the official video below, directed by Alan Ferguson and Solange herself, or visit Solange's website to read her beautiful digital lyrics book via ISSUU.

🎶 Sometimes I don't want to feel those metal clouds 🎶
"A Seat at the Table" Digital Album Available Now!

In an email to The FADER, Common explained just how special the song is to him.

“Every once and a few years, there are certain songs that come out and have the sound of forever. “Cranes in the Sky” is that song for me,” he said. “Every time I listened to it, I keep wanting to hear it again and again. I started mumbling some words to it and then decided I want to write a verse. This is an un official remix simply inspired by the love of art. Check it out.”
— http://www.thefader.com/2016/10/18/common-solange-cranes-in-the-sky-remix

Everybody high five, everybody wanna smile

Chance The Rapper, Knox Fortune. "All Night (feat. Knox Fortune)." Coloring Book, Chance the Rapper, 2016. 

Yeah, it's only Wednesday, but this is how I feel.

Today, Pandora unveiled a new brand that I believe so captures the energy, spirit, and sound of music. Learn more about the rebranding journey and see some of the over 1,000 logo iterations in this Fast Company Co.Design article. Stay tuned for more exciting things to come! ✨

Plus, yesterday Kaytranada dropped two new ill remixes — this one, and a flip of Solange's "Cranes In The Sky," off her latest album.

This track will be my weekend banger. Currently on repeat, just getting a little practice in early.

🎶  Start dancing. 🎶 

Chapters turning, so old fashioned and natural

The Internet, KAYTRANADA"Girl." Ego Death, Odd Future LLC, 2015.

Rainy day vibes. ☔️💧📻

"Girl" taken from The Internet's Grammy-nominated album EGO DEATH. Get EGO DEATH on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/EGODEATH Stream it on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/TheInternetSptfy Stream it on Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/EgoDeathAm Lyrics: http://genius.com/The-internet-girl-lyrics Follow The Internet: http://www.internet-band.com http://twitter.com/intanetz http://www.facebook.com/TheInternetMusic http://instagram.com/TheInternetMusic http://smarturl.it/TheInternetSptfy

I do it for the thrill, for the rush

KAYTRANADA, Syd. "YOU'RE THE ONE." 99.9%, XL RECORDINGS, 2016.

Start your weekend off right with this banger, featuring those sexy, other-worldly vocals from Syd of The Internet and Odd Future fame. And those hand claps. 

Check out the below video, which just dropped earlier this week, directed by Shomi Patwary and made possible by the stellar Canadian entity MuchFACT. Stylistically, Patwary tells Pitchfork that the video "was influenced by the look of black sitcoms from the early 90s -- from Martin to Living Single and UPN sitcoms. The African prince idea derived from the plot of Coming To America."

This is how you hotline bling.

Taken from KAYTRANADA's 99.9%, out now. Stream: http://x-l.co/kaytra999 Vinyl: http://x-l.co/kaytravinyl999 Directed by: Shomi Patwary Creative Vision: KAYTRANADA Produced by: Liam MacRae Co Produced by: William Robillard-Cole Production House: HW&W http://kaytranada.com https://soundcloud.com/kaytranada https://www.facebook.com/Kaytranada https://twitter.com/KAYTRANADA http://www.xlrecordings.com Produced with the financial assistance of MuchFACT, a division of Bell Media Inc. http://www.muchfact.ca