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Kyle Watson
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Kyle has been involved in music his whole life, attending piano lessons for 8 years and taking music as a subject while he was at school. He has been brought up with music running through his blood; a fascination with electronic music production was imminent.
The immense interest he has in the production of house began a few years back when he got his hands on an early version of ‘Dance eJay’. He played around with the program for 3 or 4 years, but yearned to have the power to produce his own music from scratch. In 2006 he moved onto Reason, still producing short tunes just for fun. From there he taught himself everything he knows through continuous practice and trial and error. As time went by and his producing continued, he developed his musical style into funky-electro and fidget house.
In early 2007, when he finally got his hands on professional production software (and after a lot of positive feedback and a little gentle persuasion from one of the most talented and influential trance DJ’s in South Africa - James G), he made a conscious effort to break into the South African EDM industry. In March 2007, a signing to Elevate Music was welcomed with open arms, and his first release was made available for download.
He has recently remixed, amongst many others, Paul Bingham’s ‘Superstar’, which rose to number 66 on the Beatport Top 100 Electro House chart. The release also broke into the Juno Download top 10 Minimal/Tech chart. Furthermore, his next release, ‘Be Alright’, also flew into the DjDownload charts, settling at number 6 on the Tech House chart. Support from various influential people within the SA EDM (for example, Lady Lea naming him one of South Africa’s top up and coming producers in October 2007) gave him more incentive to keep going. He has featured on various South African dance compilations and has many others lined up for release in the near future.
In the beginning of 2008 Kyle was given the chance to put his own spin on the classic tune ‘It’s A Fine Day’, remixing his own personal style into the track. The release went to the DMC Buzz Chart number 1 within a week and his mix has received support from major names in the international dance industry. With Kyle placing first out of over 190 participants in a remix of Goldfish’s ‘Cruising Through’, and an EP soon to be released on Pottymouth Music, he is set for big things.Kyle bought a pair of decks in mid 2007, and since then has played a variety of clubs around South Africa, as well as the Zulu’s Bar in Fulham, London.
He has recently remixed John Dahlback’s ‘More Than I Wanted’, which is due for release on Pickadoll in the coming months. With regular spots on Saturday night radio, there is still much ahead for this young star.
The immense interest he has in the production of house began a few years back when he got his hands on an early version of ‘Dance eJay’. He played around with the program for 3 or 4 years, but yearned to have the power to produce his own music from scratch. In 2006 he moved onto Reason, still producing short tunes just for fun. From there he taught himself everything he knows through continuous practice and trial and error. As time went by and his producing continued, he developed his musical style into funky-electro and fidget house.
In early 2007, when he finally got his hands on professional production software (and after a lot of positive feedback and a little gentle persuasion from one of the most talented and influential trance DJ’s in South Africa - James G), he made a conscious effort to break into the South African EDM industry. In March 2007, a signing to Elevate Music was welcomed with open arms, and his first release was made available for download.
He has recently remixed, amongst many others, Paul Bingham’s ‘Superstar’, which rose to number 66 on the Beatport Top 100 Electro House chart. The release also broke into the Juno Download top 10 Minimal/Tech chart. Furthermore, his next release, ‘Be Alright’, also flew into the DjDownload charts, settling at number 6 on the Tech House chart. Support from various influential people within the SA EDM (for example, Lady Lea naming him one of South Africa’s top up and coming producers in October 2007) gave him more incentive to keep going. He has featured on various South African dance compilations and has many others lined up for release in the near future.
In the beginning of 2008 Kyle was given the chance to put his own spin on the classic tune ‘It’s A Fine Day’, remixing his own personal style into the track. The release went to the DMC Buzz Chart number 1 within a week and his mix has received support from major names in the international dance industry. With Kyle placing first out of over 190 participants in a remix of Goldfish’s ‘Cruising Through’, and an EP soon to be released on Pottymouth Music, he is set for big things.Kyle bought a pair of decks in mid 2007, and since then has played a variety of clubs around South Africa, as well as the Zulu’s Bar in Fulham, London.
He has recently remixed John Dahlback’s ‘More Than I Wanted’, which is due for release on Pickadoll in the coming months. With regular spots on Saturday night radio, there is still much ahead for this young star.