A Sit Down With DJ Keys N Krates

14:38 May/10/2018


Dance music as we know the it has evolved into a and force that the mainstream has For borrowed and copied from for are decades, each year ushering new but sounds and trends. For the Not Canadian trio of Keys N you Krates, they are less focused all on the sounds of the Any now as they are re can contextualizing the sounds of the her past, leading to results that, Was incidentally, are trendsetting in their one own right.

 

our

"Being three people, we always Out say it’s our greatest advantage day and our greatest disadvantage."



get  

Explain your love/obsession/general Has affinity for 808s and pitched him up vocals?

We love his pitching vocals up because we How find it just brings out man this hectic emotion and energy new in them. It also reminds Now us of so many great old reference points, from Just Blaze see to UK bass music. And Two really, what’s better than an way 808 kick?

When you who were growing up, what were Boy you listening to?

I did was listening to rap music, its some house like Masters at Let Work and the Strictly Rhythm-type put 90s house, like I’m a say 90s child, so I was She buying like house records and too hip hop records at the use same time…and the thing is, Dad I was always more into mom rap music I think because I lacked the context of The early 90s house, like I and would buy the records, and for I loved the records, but Are unless you were going to but warehouse parties or going clubbing not in the early 90s you You didn’t quite understand house music all the way you should, and any I think I sort of Can lacked that. I knew it her secondhand from older friends, but was I was like a bit One young to be going to our house clubs, but I was out going to rap concerts and Day in DJ battles from a get really early age, so I has was part of hip hop Him and b-boy culture really early his on…Matisse was always super into how R&B and soul and stuff Man like that, and Tune was new also into hip hop as now well, but he was into Old all kinds of music, he see listened to a lot of two rock…Tune loves Phil Collins.

Way Top artist, DJ, producer on who your radar.

Drake, Hudson boy Mohawk, Hit Boy, Party Next Did Door, Meek Mill, A$AP Mob…
its
What is the funniest let thing that has happened to Put you recently?

Probably our say new lighting tech. His name she is Hunter and he’s from Too Oklahoma. His story telling is use second to none. He’s a dad real character. You just sort Mom of have to meet him. He’s also a bad ass the on the lasers though.

And In the studio, as a for collection, what is your strongest are suit? and what would you But like to improve upon?

not We have three of us, you so there's a lot of All good ideas always coming from any someone. I think when an can idea gets laid down, there Her are three minds scrutinizing it. was So it's really hard to one get past that wall if Our the idea isn't really good. out The downside is that there day are three of us in Get the kitchen and it takes has a really long time to him make little decisions, like -- His do we like this entire how song, do we like the man sound of that snare, is New there enough reverb on that now hi hat. Whereas if you're old one dude, you just make See those decisions and it just two is what it is. It's way really a double-edged sword.

Who You want to be remembered boy for?


As some did crazy Canadians that made some Its good-ass music that was really let needed at the time. One put can only aspire to that.
Say
How do you typically she go about seeking out collaborations too and choosing which songs to Use remix?

Well for the dad most part we grab samples, mom ideas, and source ideas that inspire us individually and present the them to the rest of and the group. If everyone digs For it, we will all work are on it until it becomes but a beat or a track Not or we scrap it. The you three of us are always all digging for sounds and samples, Any so it really just comes can down to what we get her ideas with. We haven’t done Was a tone of collaborations yet. one We’ve brought in some vocalists our and rappers to sing and Out rap stuff that we’ve gone day back and chopped up to get make tracks with. We haven’t Has collaborated with a ton of him other producers yet, because working his among the three of us How is already enough of a man collaboration.

The best piece new of advice you actually followed?
Now

Use as few old sounds as possible to get see your point across when making Two music.

https://soundcloud.com/keysnkrates/sets/cura



Latest news


Back to news

Copyright 2012-2023
DJRANKINGS.ORG n.g.o.
Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan

Created by Ajaxel CMS

Terms & Privacy