Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond Kaytranada
Aug 30, 2022
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First Live Performance Experience
- Kaytranada played his first live set at a Montreal beatmaker event as an unknown from the suburbs.
- He met the community then, performing with influences from Flying Lotus and J Dilla.
Janet Jackson Remix Breakout
- Kaytranada's remix of Janet Jackson's "If" exploded overnight and put him on the map worldwide.
- Early remixes were innocent self-expression rather than attempts to blow up.
SoundCloud's Early Music Community
- SoundCloud was a wild, emerging platform empowering bedroom producers to share their work.
- It created the first accessible online community for emerging beatmakers to connect and inspire each other.