KAYTRANADA, born Louis Kevin Celestin in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1992 and raised in Montreal, makes house and R&B with an unmistakable percussive bounce. 99.9% (2016) is the breakout and BUBBA (2019) won the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album — start with either. Browse KAYTRANADA vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Louis Kevin Celestin, performing as KAYTRANADA, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on August 25, 1992 and raised in Montreal, Quebec from age four. He launched his recording career in the early 2010s and signed with XL Recordings for 99.9% (2016), with critical and commercial success. His 2019 album BUBBA won the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album in 2021. He came out publicly as gay in 2016. His 2023 collaboration with Aminé (Kaytraminé) received critical attention, and TIMELESS (2024) marked his return to solo full-length work.
KAYTRANADA's sound combines house, electronic dance music, deep house, contemporary R&B, hip hop, neo-soul, and dance with extensive integration of contemporary R&B, hip hop, and dance music traditions, signature percussive grooves, and production collaboration with R&B and hip hop vocalists.
XL Recordings and RCA pressings of the KAYTRANADA catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to KAYTRANADA typically start with 99.9% (2016) or BUBBA (2019).
