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Kenn Colt on the Virtual Sessions presented by The DJ Sessions 7/30/24

Kenn Colt | July 30, 2024
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In this lively Virtual Session, Darran Bruce connects with Belgian DJ, producer, and label owner Kenn Colt, whose career spans more than 16 years and includes nine consecutive appearances at Tomorrowland. Known for his Latin house and tech house influences, Kenn shares his passion for both massive main stage performances and intimate club sets where fan connection is at its peak.

 

Kenn talks about the unparalleled energy of Tomorrowland’s Freedom Stage, global gigs from Cape Town to Jordan, and the balance between high-production festival shows and cozy boiler room-style sets. He dives into his dream event setup, complete with a DJ booth in the center of the crowd, CO shots, confetti, and interactive entertainment to bring fans closer to the music.

 

Beyond the stage, Kenn discusses his introverted nature, how running and cooking help him reset, and why music has always been both passion and therapy. He reflects on his most personal track, “Come Back to Me,” a tribute to his late girlfriend, and shares stories of hearing his music unexpectedly while traveling.

 

With his label Feels Like Home Records, Kenn focuses on authenticity, trusting his instincts when deciding what to release. He offers insight into evolving with trends without compromising identity, balancing creative output with social media demands, and supporting emerging talent in Belgium and beyond.

 

From upcoming releases on Smash Deep to global tour stops in China, Nairobi, Ecuador, and Mexico, Kenn’s dedication to uplifting fans—both on and off the dance floor—remains at the heart of his journey.

 

Host: Darran Bruce
Guest: Kenn Colt
Location: Virtual Studios, Seattle WA & Belgium

Overview:
Darran Bruce talks with Kenn Colt about Tomorrowland, global touring, personal inspiration, and the balance between large-scale festivals and intimate club sets.

Topics Covered:

  • Tomorrowland Legacy: Nine years performing on the Freedom Stage.
  • Global Highlights: Sets in Cape Town, Jordan, and Ultra Music Festival Asia.
  • Festival vs. Club: Contrasting massive crowds with intimate fan interactions.
  • Dream Event Setup: Center-stage DJ booth, CO shots, confetti, and live entertainers.
  • Personal Balance: Running, cooking, and introversion as creative resets.
  • Music as Therapy: Inspiration behind “Come Back to Me.”
  • Unexpected Moments: Hearing his track in a café in Mendoza, Argentina.
  • Feels Like Home Records: Independent releases guided by instinct.
  • Artist Evolution: Adapting to shifting trends while maintaining authenticity.
  • Supporting New Talent: Spotlighting up-and-coming DJs from Belgium and Spain.
  • Upcoming Releases: Monthly singles on Smash Deep and collaborations with Luciana and Bizarro.
  • Global Tour Plans: Shanghai, Nairobi, Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, and ADE.

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Kenn Colt on the Virtual Sessions presented by The DJ Sessions 7/30/24

About Kenn Colt –

WELCOME TO THE THRILLING WORLD OF THE EUROPEAN PRODUCER & DJ KENN COLT

Where music becomes a transformative experience that sticks in the hearts and minds of audiences.

PREPARE TO BE IMMERSED IN AN ATMOSPHERE PULSATING WITH BOUNDLESS ENERGY AND INFECTIOUS JOY.

Kenn Colt’s high-energy performances radiate with an irresistible blend of Tech House and Latin House music. 

With feel-good beats, catchy melodies, and heartfelt lyrics, he creates an electrifying ambiance that gets people moving and grooving,transcending the ordinary to reach new heights of exhilaration. 

At the core of Kenn’s artistry lies a deep passion for processing important life moments and conveying his feelings through music.

His songs are not mere compositions; they contain a strong message that resonates with listeners on a profound level. While reaching 50,000,000 streams on his tracks on Spotify only, Kenn launched his own record label and publishing company Feels Like Home.

Kenn Colt, resident at Club Versuz (55th best club in the world–DJ Mag Top 100 Clubs), played already on world’s biggest festival stages: such as Tomorrowland Belgium, Tomorrowworld United States, Ultra Music Festival South Korea, Sunburn Festival India, Pacha Cape Town In South Africa, among many others. and had the honor to be the support act of David Guetta In Concert and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike show multiple times.

KENN COLT’S CREATIVE PROCESS IS METICULOUS, HEARTFELT, AND AUTHENTIC.

Drawing inspiration from his own life experiences, he carefully weaves his unique mindset and personal stories into every beat. His music possesses a genuine quality that touches the hearts of his listeners, making his performances a true artistic expression that leaves a lasting impact.

But Kenn Colt’s music is not solely about the beats; it’s about the powerful message behind it all.His songs carry an uplifting and inspiring narrative that speaks directly to the souls of those who listen.

“WHERE MUSIC MEETS EMOTION, AND EVENTS BECOME EXTRAORDINARY.”

KENN COLT WEBSITE: www.kenncolt.com

TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@kenncolt

INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/kenncolt

SPOTIFY: www.kenncolt.com/spotify

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/kenncolt

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Transcript

[Darran]
Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of the DJ sessions presents the virtual sessions. Hi, I’m your host Darran right now I’m sitting in the virtual studios in Seattle, Washington and with me none other coming in from Belgium I have the one the only Ken Colt Ken. How’s it going today?

[Kenn Colt]
Very good. Very good, Darran. Thank you very much.

[Darran]
Awesome. Thank you so much for coming on the show today I know you’re a busy guy. You’re on tour right now You know, you just finished up and I checked out some of the PR photos and video from Tomorrowland Tell us all about that.

What kind of experience is that man?

[Kenn Colt]
Well, I think like Tomorrowland is one of the festivals that every year that you do like one of one of those shows that you Think like well, this is the best show of your life Well next year you can do it again and you think like hey this is again the best show of your life and I’m very blessed that I can do it already for nine years that I’m Tomorrowland was amazing And it’s like the decoration is like Disneyland for adults like like electronic dance music fans They they they’re go they go really wild and they are very excited from day from minute one And they just entered the place and it’s like it’s wild

[Darran]
You know I was looking at some of those shots and and after being the EDC here a few years back in Vegas Which I was just blown away with the production there and I’ve seen production photos from Tomorrowland I can only Good beer there on a nice beautiful day out there. Thank you.

[Kenn Colt]
Thank you.

[Darran]
You’re in Belgium right now, correct?

[Kenn Colt]
Yes, I’m in Belgium right now. I I need to play this Saturday in club versus in the hospital Um, and yeah, of course, I’m staying here and then afterwards I’ll go to China.

[Darran]
So I’m enjoying the beer because I’m Belgian, of course and then Also, you know, I’m actually experiencing like I was saying I went to EDC in Vegas I’d love to make it out to Tomorrowland my next venture in a couple weeks here. I’m going out to rave the planet in Berlin we’re gonna be on one of the floats there with Riverside Studios and Be broadcasting live from a float with about 250 to 350 thousand people I’m super excited for that to see that production But Tomorrowland had some production that I saw on the stage you were on that was really amazed to see happen I’d love to see this more. Hopefully I’ll do it at more festivals, but they had like triple layers They had the ground floor then they had that the floor which I saw that at EDC They had a VIP booth upper floor bars Yes had a floor on top of that and a floor on top of that and I was like Sickness

[Kenn Colt]
True, it’s like they they built kind of rings and like it the the biggest indoor stage It’s a freedom stage and the that freedom stage I play like now six years I think and This this stage is just amazing. We I think a couple years ago. I did the hollow hollow stage, but it’s like the hollow Construction about Eric Britz that was really insane and on this year was like from Budweiser But they had like the the production is really sick.

[Darran]
It’s really it’s really unseen unseen And you said you played Tomorrowland for the past nine years how you played many different festivals Which one of those would be your favorite one or the most? I guess what I say favorite person probably all of them your favorite But what would be the most memorable one that you you’ve played?

[Kenn Colt]
Well, I I play for Pacha Ibiza world tour as well And there was in Cape Town and I also play like in in in Jordan. It was amazing as well I mean like if I really need to so I really like to play at big festivals But also a small festival because like a small club small Like intimate places because you can connect with your fans like very very closely and that that’s something like that’s very unique Yeah, that’s something about Tomorrowland Of course you’re on stage and it’s so you’re at this kind of level as in like height of the stage You cannot see really who’s in front of you You see just a mass of people and you just want to entertain them and while if you’re in in this kind of club Which is very cozy. It’s like a boiler boiler room. In fact, like everyone is around you you have more interaction It’s more like an intimate thing.

So for me, I think Depending on the energy and stuff like that Asia like ultra music festival Asia and for 100% that Tomorrowland for for sure is the best festival in the world.

[Darran]
So I You know, I always love it then guests basically, I don’t know if it’s telekinesis well, it wouldn’t be telekinesis or mental to let mental something, but they actually Answer the question that I’m about to ask next on the show And I don’t feed questions beforehand. So this isn’t pre scripted or pre none You know, you’re just answering right away because the next question I was just about to ask you is does a bigger crowd satisfy you more or is there some magical element that satisfy you when? It comes to playing music for a crowd of people and I think you kind of sum that up that yes There is this magical performance being with thousands of people screaming their songs at the top of their lungs and hit into it But you also love that intimate vibe experience like the boiler room.

You’re right there to touch the hands of the people Yes, you know that you’re seeing and and a lot of artists. I know some artists that will only play intimate venues They won’t go over 500, you know, because they want that connection with the crowd Dr. Fresh who went on tour earlier this year kind of did some of his venues I think I don’t know if all of them were set up this way But they were kind of an in the round in the middle of the dance floor So instead of him being up on a stage away from everyone Yes, he was there and everyone was around him and he’s able to yes, you know do that

[Kenn Colt]
I’m gonna touch him like it’s like very closed. Yeah, very intimate intimacy

[Darran]
Set up like I really like it in we used to have a club here in Seattle called the see sound lounge and that was one of the most Coolest vibes if you had artists from around the world come in and the club only held I mean, I think capacity was 200 but they put a lot more than 200 people in there But you could you were no more than 10 feet away from the artist at any given time and the sound was just perfect The vibe and everything was just awesome.

So totally come in Juggling both of those because some people just do big performances. Some people will shy away from the littler performance But you do both. That’s pretty awesome.

[Kenn Colt]
Now you go ahead No, I want to say like and I know that why some people are like like going down back towards like the intimacy Stages because at certain point you don’t you’re at a stage and if you don’t see the guys in front of you You you kind of like feel like you’re lost. You can you don’t have the connection, you know, so At a certain point you just want to feel more connection with your fans And I feel like some some artists want to go like exclusive and they want to just reach more like fans so I understand that it will go back to like being more like a like a fan connected Artist while others like big shows and like big venues big energy is like when you when you exit the stage I’m not kidding. You’re you’re just like like like tumbling is like because everything happens so fast and it’s so intense It’s like yeah, you’re not a roller coaster like a roller coaster you finish and it’s like oh my god It’s what’s the biggest ride of my life.

[Darran]
I mean like this is the kind of So now if you could host an event of your own Without any limitations, you’ve got the black American Express card unlimited bank account It’s all gonna be paid off at the end of month. So you don’t have to worry about it It is your is your bank account. It’s my bank.

It’s my yeah, I’ll bang Name five things you would want to have at that event and why each for each one? Why would you want that?

[Kenn Colt]
Well, I would I would have I would love to have the DJ set in the middle of the stage 100% so if there’s a room I won’t have the DJ set in the middle of the stage and why The reason is because you have this intimacy is in You have so much love from your fans, even though if on a big main stage, they can definitely sing your song but Closely you can even feel them You know what? I’m trying to say like you can feel their energy that you feel their intention just to Sing your songs while on a big festival. You don’t really hear it’s like or yeah Which other five things I would definitely say the smoker the smoke is very nice.

I love Get a co2 shots some stuff like that Yeah, confetti confetti is a like a subject thing that I love the book and love everyone get this their glasses ruined But it’s like fun at the end Oh Entertainment entertainment like dancers like people they’re just trying to engage with people just trying to get them You know around the DJ booth or just like not being like in at the entrance because they’re scared to go

[Darran]
It’s close to the DJ what about location do you have a dream location you would love to play at

[Kenn Colt]
Madison Square maybe

[Darran]
Nice

[Kenn Colt]
Yeah, actually I love I love main stage But I would I would I would definitely think think about it differently like like I see the main stage It’s like super busy, but the DJ is like at the back There’s a big scenery but I I would say like keep the scenery and just keep like that the stage but keep the DJ boot like in the middle of the That would be create another vibe. I would be another you know another center people would be like looking at the stage But also looking at the DJ.

[Darran]
It’s like yeah Yeah, absolutely Was that a bell that I heard being in the background? Yes, it’s the clock. It’s a half-hour mark, right?

[Kenn Colt]
Yes, exactly It’s beer 30 Okay, okay say no more What what are you drinking there?

[Darran]
What do you got there?

[Kenn Colt]
It’s caramel.

[Darran]
It is like a strong Belgian beer Actually, it looks like it looks like from here that it’s a strong Belgian probably a triple ale one of my favorite types ripple Yes.

[Kenn Colt]
Yes.

[Darran]
Yeah, it looks like Definitely awesome. Well, you know, I’m gonna experience some beers when I get over there to Germany. I’m super excited for that I have my one of my favorite top heaven wise is the West the Fahner Mmm, it’s actually the original from what I understand It’s the original heaven wise and recipe that created all heaven wise and back by the monks like in the eight Way long ago way way long ago.

[Kenn Colt]
I’m a huge heaven wise and fan, but I love a triple as well Got to be careful with those things though Mmm, if you if you’re gonna used to this kind of like beer, of course If you drink Heineken hiking Heineken is like 5% and this it would be like 8% It’s like okay if you can I used to drink this beers, it’s it’s a different a different approach But of course you need to be careful. Yeah.

[Darran]
Yeah slowly. Yes. I mean I’ve had like two or three of those and I’m like Yeah, you know but I’ll pry myself before I get to Germany, you know, where is one of the weirdest well Let me jump in.

We’re still talking about some touring questions We’ll get any tracks and all that fun stuff. So we have a ton of stuff to talk about But you know you’re in Belgium right now you’re going to China after weeks or months of heavy touring What do you like to do in your home country to chill chill out and enjoy life drink beer is probably one of them

[Kenn Colt]
Well When I to be honest when I’m when I come back home, I live in Valencia in Spain but when I come home what I do like is like go for a run or go like just be with Be alone on myself I’m a very introverted person and I love to be on myself and that that’s that’s the the moment that I really feel like okay and now I Can I can I can connect with myself? But also I can connect again with my music because of course traveling around give me a lot of inspiration that’s how I get to my music because you can you if you if you check my my Spotify page, you know that I like The the kind of life that I had because in the beginning was more commercial now It’s more like Latin house and it always go it flows in the direction where I probably be at that moment And I think that that that that’s something that a story from that’s at my story that I tell if I play a DJ set I want to tell my story just want to explain what but I feel yeah

[Darran]
You know that that makes a lot of sense I mean sometimes producers, you know You don’t get a lot of time when you’re on the road because it’s always go go go go go go go You know and then you know, you come back home and it’s like, okay now you said I’m introvert I’m in the studio a lot of people, you know, it’s funny. I’m a television or television show host Okay, I just dated myself back in the day but I started in broadcast television got into the podcasting video streaming did live streaming and you know Personally myself like you’re like like what you just said I’m out there.

I’m a personality. I’m on the air. I’m doing live stuff.

I’m out in the go I’m out and about of the people, you know trying to do what we’re doing in the entertainment world But when it comes back home, I’ll put on an anime and binge watch that for days, you know I’m just like what’s up? Yeah, you know, I’m inside. I like to cook I like, you know, I’m a home I work from home.

But you know, I kind of I can understand it can definitely Understand that I’m back in the studio zone. I’m back in the work zone type of introverted mentality You know a lot of people like nope, you’re an outgoing person You’re a Leo and I’m like, well, I’m on the cusp. I’m a Leo Virgo, but I’m really more of a Virgo

[Kenn Colt]
But but I I do think I do think the cooking thing is just me like if I go for a run then I can just clear my head and when I’m when I’m cooking I have the same thing like I love to cook when I have time of course and Then I can just clear my head and that’s something that that I I do love a lot Yeah, I I do understand like if you if you travel a lot it’s sometimes good to just come back to yourself and just

[Darran]
Disconnect favorite meal to prepare.

[Kenn Colt]
What is that now that we’re talking about cooking is I’m a huge food Asparagus come on as With the salmon.

[Darran]
All right.

[Kenn Colt]
I like it. I really love a lot a lot and Well, what else? Pasta I love pasta.

I love Asian food, man. I love love Asian food. It’s like you have no more idea I love spicy food, obviously So any any type of food that I like I do I do love a lot You just got me wanting to now.

[Darran]
I have a piece of salmon in the fridge. I have some asparagus You’re hungry, right?

[Kenn Colt]
You’re hungry.

[Darran]
I haven’t a breakfast today yet I’m kind of four hours and five hours sleep at night and I usually eat breakfast Haven’t had lunch today. My lunch is gonna consist of making some tacos. I’ll make a little spicy for you again and Perfect perfect free tacos for lunch But no I think I might pull out that piece of salmon go down and get some asparagus and do a nice bear days or hollandaise sauce over top of it and then Yes

[Kenn Colt]
I put some some lemon on on the bottom and then just put the salmon on top and make it like a nice sauce of The salmon it was like you you’re gonna you’re gonna love it.

[Darran]
Yeah Some recipes yes, I would love that definitely definitely would love that, you know Um, what was your what has been your strongest motivation to pursue a career in music? you just wake up one day and like I want to do this or Did you start with we come from a musical background musical family?

[Kenn Colt]
No, my family is totally not musically Not not music at all. It’s like they they never had any connection with music Music for me is like It is have been my passion since I was very young but also be my therapy and as in Music always solve things that I actually felt like how I need to go through a phase in my life of course you had a lot of phase in your life, but at certain point you just want to go through a phase and You don’t know how to process it. Like some people go to therapists in some people so I I I just love to listen to music in the beginning was listen to music now I make music and that’s something that helps me to just How can I say like process the the problems that I that I face and that I want to like solve?

[Darran]
That’s something like very powerful You know what what happens if you what happens when you hit sort of a in writing, you know people for writers They call it writers block when you hit a music block or a block or when you just get fed up with with doing all This what do you do to disassociate and get yourself re-centered again? Are there any tried-and-true methods that Ken does like I go and meditate I go for a run I I don’t touch my computer for a week and whatever what it well I mean tips and tricks are back ends of what helps you re-center yourself Whatever, whatever your flavor is I for for me It’s running or any any place where you can just don’t think about your phone.

[Kenn Colt]
Don’t think about your daily life Don’t think about the struggles you have in life, but just think about At doing this run for me the run is running is like like putting your head on zero and just go run run run and then you you you don’t really face all those Problems that you face when you just go into studio and like hey I need to make this song because of course everyone expected like a new song for me but you just disconnect and just like hey, give me give me my my My time and I just go for a run our meditate meditation is also very good, but everyone has its own flavor so some people like to meditate some people like to I don’t know go to the beach or they just Can can just get like disconnect from everything and and I think disconnecting from real life will actually help you Facing or like like solving your writing block.

[Darran]
Yeah, it’s really awesome I love the fact that you brought in the whole Disconnection or you know putting down the phone because Something I saw a long time ago I don’t know if it was a TED talk or not But this gentleman was being interviewed on stage and he talked about being so tethered to our mobile devices or our computers and getting that dopamine kick that you really just have to disconnect from it from time to time and You know, he says instead of using your don’t keep your phone next to you by your bed Another room.

[Kenn Colt]
Yeah, it’s hard. It’s hard because you have your alarm.

[Darran]
Yeah People say well I use my phone for an alarm That was one of the things he said people say well I use my phone for my alarm and it wakes me up in the morning. He goes Right to me. I will buy you an alarm clock Leave your phone in the other room and use an alarm clock Don’t use your phone because you’re gonna be tempted you’re gonna pick that up You’re gonna hit the blue light the blue lights gonna activate you you’re gonna sleep Well, you’re gonna be getting notifications all day long that lights gonna pop up when you get a notification on it Unless you put it on do not disturb my phone goes on do not disturb at 11 o’clock at night doesn’t turn back on until 7 8 o’clock in the morning and My pattern is I’ll wake up in the morning at 7 a.m. And I’ll walk around I’ll make my tea. I’ll start my tea in the morning I’ll walk around the house, you know get ready for the morning But I don’t I might grab my phone after about 30 40 minutes to do that Just to look and see what’s coming to my emails And know what I might have to prioritize once I go and sit down on my computer And then I’m looking and red flagging on my emails I still not answering or doing anything back, but I’m just setting up my day But I’m not running and grabbing that phone and saying what’s on Facebook? What’s here? What’s it but then my process would be a shout out to whoever’s back there Is that your photographer?

Yes Oh, what’s up? But no, you know and just having that process of not being so connected all the time to disconnect, you know, we’re we’re so Dependent on you know social media or emails or even watching Netflix or Hulu get back out to nature Leave your phone behind I mean I started recently working out and I go upstairs to my gym and I’ll go four miles on the elliptical, you know and just like chill, you know and just He’ll be up there for about an hour. So yeah, definitely got to find ways to disconnect and reconnect.

So that’s awesome You said that you know if there is something you’ve been in the industry How long have you been in the industry for you said nine Tomorrowland? So at least nine years, but how long have you been doing this? Well, I would say I would say At least at least 16 16 17 years, okay, so back in the mid-2000s, okay awesome You know if you can If you could change one thing that bothers you about the electronic music scene What would that be and how would you go about it?

[Kenn Colt]
well well, it’s It’s everything like everything comes back. It’s not like like this thing. I would definitely change like every period has this Unique thing and I really appreciate that It’s not really that I want to change anything it’s like as an artist you need to evolve you need to make yourself more Adaptable to that kind of time right now So I mean in the beginning when I started like trance was like very hot like hot hot hot It was like everyone was playing trance and then it evolved in Electro and then it was like like kind of like retro and then it always changed now is tech house now It’s also like techno. So as an artist you need to like like that that’s what I think like if you need to evolve or what you want to change is like You don’t need to change like I mean, you cannot change the industry just like people just don’t want to listen to the same thing over and over and over again, so you just need to evolve as an artist to Just make sure that you you’re more like acceptable like not acceptable more like and more more yeah Currently currently like like like a current sound and and evolve yourself in something something like Something like something yeah, like right now.

Yeah

[Darran]
Understandable, you know and that’s I hear a lot of producers say a lot of people say, you know When you’re producing tracks don’t go out there and look at beat port and what’s hot on beat port right now and try to produce that sound Produce and stick with what you love producing and find a niche and find collaborative collaborations or people that make or in that same kind of John and Work there in that environment because you’ll be a lot happier one I guess you’re making stuff that you love to make but to By the time it’s already number one and before that trend is going By the time you get out there and get published and get out there.

It’s gone Yes, you know, you know, that’s just something I’ve heard a lot of top producers say a lot of top Also say even with their genres if they switch a John because oh that’s hot right now They’re just like nope. I’m staying in my lane. This is what I played.

This is what I’m known for and you know That’s where it’s gonna be. You know, if you could describe your music in Three words, how would you describe it?

[Kenn Colt]
my music Wow, it’s like Well, it depends on the crowd. I am I love to see people Smiling and so far for me the idea so if I would describe my sound is more like happiness Making sure that people enjoying so I would if you would want to have a style more like tech house Latin house It depends on on the crowd of at that point but I think it’s more about what people want it just I feel like music’s more like a feeling and I’ve yeah, that’s something I want to like transmit to the people also in front of me because they Bought a ticket.

I don’t know how much they pay for a ticket But probably something they want to do and they want to Kate they came to my show So I want to give them the best show that they that they actually like experience. So also people right now like like at some certain point like and There there people are struggling with with with with the fact about life and then maybe relationships and stuff like that so if they are on the on the stage and if they If they go to a music festival They just want to don’t think about all those crazy shit that happened in their life all the time So I’m like give them the best time of their life and just forget about all the problems at least for an hour that they’re In front of me.

So at least I can see their smiling faces that that’s that’s kind of a thing that I want to transmit Awesome, you know, we’re gonna give a shout because somebody chimed in the chat room offline.

[Darran]
I want to give a shout out to Johan Senevy Says, you know, hey Ken. I’m listening and it’s very interesting Disconnection is necessary to connect with yourself greets from Lindbergh topper. I just want to give him a shout out nice Thank you for tuning in Johan Yeah, you know, it’s it’s um You know, I always ask that question people how they describe their music and sometimes they’ll say Like yesterday.

I was interviewing somebody to say it’s a story You know some people like yourself will go, you know You’re describing how you have and this is in your your bio with your tech house and Latin kind of influence there You know, it’s always interesting to see how people describe their music Especially when they’re described to them describe it as they are my children You know These are my babies that I make and then I put them out there in the world and they flutter and they grow and they have Their own life and do their own things and some may go somewhere some may not go anywhere, you know But is that how you feel about your tracks when you release them?

[Kenn Colt]
Well, not like babies I would I would not I would I would definitely not say they’re babies. I would say I would more so like hey these are my my my creations that I want to release to the world like I want to make them and Like kind of unique to more to my style or the style that I feel right now as I’m connected right now and then just bring them out and make sure that you know, like people are Feeling the kind of energy the feeling the kind of like emotion that I want to put in in this kind of track so if you bring out this kind of baby or like like creation like you said that at least People feel very emotional or feel like a kind of emotion like happy sad.

I don’t know loving so those kind of emotions are Stronger than than ever and of course at certain point it could be like your baby that you’re you’re putting in in in in the In the in the world and just make them grow and just maybe it it works or it doesn’t work It’s like it’s all about them about how it’s about how it floats.

[Darran]
Yeah Absolutely, you know, it’s it’s it’s it’s some people ask me like when I ask them to tell me one of your favorite most memorable tracks you’ve ever produced and I have to take that I’ll ask you maybe I’ll ask you that but people always come back and I always add in that People come back and ask me after 2,500 episodes, which is my favorite episode. I’m like Every single episode was my favorite episode. I wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t like well If you had to pick one and I’m like, yes, I can’t pick one and then they asked me Do you ever go back and watch your old episodes?

I’m like, no if I did that I’d never be producing new episodes So if you did have to Pick a track that was one of your most memorable is is there is there one that just says this one stands out this is the one that I still listen to from time to time or

[Kenn Colt]
well Of course, I mean like like all my all my songs are like based on on things that happened in my life So, of course the the one that actually for me Like hits hits the most is a come back to me I wrote that song for my deceased girlfriend like seven years ago. And Yeah for me is that that that’s something for me like very very intense.

So every time that I listen to the song So yeah, there was like a like a tribute or like a honor to her to make this kind of songs. Yeah.

[Darran]
Yeah And you have your latest release that just came out. I hope I get this, right? Mueve a say booty.

I Relax it.

[Kenn Colt]
Yes. Yes. Yes.

You said you said it very well.

[Darran]
You said if it was Yes, which also stands for what I did when I? Deciphered it to say was move your butt Move your butt. Yeah, how is have you been playing that out?

Has that how has that been received so far?

[Kenn Colt]
Well to be honest like in the beginning I was like, okay Let’s see what it does is like when you put it out and you don’t know what it does What it’s what it’s gonna do so at a certain point people like Responding people were making making stories and and in the club also like it was going off like I played in in many countries And and a certain point like hey, this song is like is getting somewhere, you know, like Yeah, we had like big support for like this American cream on Hugo Plastic funk all of the DJs like played this song and like that for me is like a very I’m very honored I’m very blessed that they this kind of Played his song.

[Darran]
So yeah Hi, and it’s been more received people are putting out there Have there been any remixes scheduled of it yet, or I mean you just released it. I mean, yeah Yeah, that’s true.

[Kenn Colt]
That’s true. But not not yet. Not yet Any any any releases scheduled for for the remix?

No, no, not yet.

[Darran]
But maybe it can come who knows nice And you know, um, you also have your label publishing company feels like home when was that started When did you start that? I Started maybe feels like home records in 2018 I think okay And do all your all your tracks get published on that and then do you work with a parent company or did I’ll just come?

[Kenn Colt]
Right from feels like home Well, I just most of most of my tracks are actually released on on feels like home records It’s my my own record label and and it’s the publishing is like feels like home.

[Darran]
So yeah, that’s a kind of company nice and when you look at current publishing or distribution companies, is there something that that Labels should be doing for their artists and are they currently doing a good job with that or do you look what other? Labels do and say I’m not gonna do that. This is what I focus on.

[Kenn Colt]
This is how I publish and I’ve had good results with that well to be honest, I Think the best way is just not to look at anyone. I mean I don’t I don’t For me, it doesn’t matter what other people do like the if they they book success. It’s good for me.

I’m happy for them I’m really like that. Um, I If some people won’t have a lot of success, I’m very happy for them, but I would not look at them like hey How did they do it and I will do the same thing? I just like think like hey, how do I feel and how do I think like?

That can be like acceptable to be like to do me like in this game the same kind of direction. So that’s something Well what I personally do I mean like maybe it’s wrong or right? I mean there is no so for what I feel is like in in this world that nothing is wrong or right?

It’s just like how you feel that you for example, you wanted to to do your like your your broadcast I mean like how would you do it? It’s like this how you feel it so For my label is the same thing Like if I feel today that this song can do something well Then I would release it if I if I feel like hey, this is this song is shit Like like let’s let’s throw it in the garbage like okay, then then it probably happened like and it will not be released So that’s why Let’s say the last five years Let’s I didn’t release a lot of songs because of song like at some point like I didn’t feel like it was like This is it. I need to release it. No, I felt like It’s average, but it’s not like I really want to bring it out.

So and now I think like hey, I Have the feeling like oh this song can be something because more visibility is something like I I didn’t know But and in the in the initial phase that it would be like hey, this is this kind of good and then I like Okay, let’s release and then see what happens. So I might have the wrong Idea in the past, but I’m adopting to the current the current world.

[Darran]
Let’s put it that way I like that attitude because I was just hanging out with one of the people that I got started in this industry with Almost over 30 years ago. I was hanging out with them the other day and I had an opportunity to get a little social media plug with a very prominent DJ and and and get him get him scheduled to be on the show and While the DJ had gotten up there and got on the decks and was playing in front of the crowd My friend looks to me and says hey, how come you’re not filming this right now and I go Why would I be filming it and he goes you got an iPhone pro 15 max in your hand? You got a video camera in your hand. Why don’t you film this?

I said because I don’t have an audio patch to the board. He goes what does that have to do with anything? I said I don’t produce stuff unless I have good audio quality because I put that out there on social media and somebody’s first impression Might be watching that video and while the video might look cool and it might be a little snippet of them live and in the mix That audio isn’t gonna be up to what my show quality is and that’s gonna be their first impression That’s like going on a date not showering for the date or wearing dirty clothes or something and that’s gonna be your first impression I don’t want somebody’s first impression to be and I don’t want to represent the artist in that way either I want to be able to have an audio patch to the board with a clear defined audio That is the actual performance not overdubbed audio with some other track of some b-roll montage Hey, I’m not giving any any distance to people that make I’m looking to make it a bunch right now myself But why aren’t you filming we used to do a guerrilla style back in the day This is what we used to do I said that’s because that was when it was on television and we had limited distribution and we only had that Wasn’t the internet where it’s going out to the entire world and people from other countries and other Languages can see this and they might look at that and go never mind and you never get them back ever again

[Kenn Colt]
Yeah It’s but how about how you you feel at that point and it’s not the thing that is good or right It’s like if there’s not a good or bad It’s just like how you felt at that point and for you it felt right to do it like that I mean, I don’t I don’t for me Being authentic is more important than being Someone to pretend to be someone else because I like them and I oh my god This art is doing this and isn’t this and I want to be exactly the same No, I want to do my thing.

And if people don’t like it, I have all the respect I mean, it’s like I have all the respect for for people that actually don’t like my music. It’s okay I mean, no problem. We can still be best friends.

It’s just like I mean Yeah No, I Absolutely.

[Darran]
It’s it’s it’s I can feel you there. I had a little To that note. I had a little disparity with somebody online the other day and and I came in I’m saying hey You wrote a message.

It looks like this and They came back and tried to defend themselves. I’m like, you don’t really got to defend yourself I’m just saying how I saw it how I read it and they put some mean words online But then they took those mean words off and said in a message say I’m sorry I didn’t mean to be mean with you and I said it’s okay. We can go grab a beer sometime.

I still love you I’m not trying to spit hate I’m just your message looks like you’re throwing shade and if I took it that way other people could take it that way. So Yeah, let’s just all get along and have fun and then again It’s you can you can go have a beer and hang out with somebody who doesn’t respect your views and opinions and still smile and listen To some music with them, you know and have some fun, you know, so I think that’s pretty awesome What is one of the weirdest moments you’ve ever heard one of your own tracks play? Oh Then that someone else played my own tracks I’ve had people say, you know I’ve been walking through a hotel lobby or I was watching a movie and somehow my track played in the background What’s the weirdest moment you ever heard one of your own tunes play or unexpected moments, maybe well It was very unexpected.

[Kenn Colt]
I was like in Argentina in Mendoza And I was on tour. I was just like like vacation like vacation let’s put that way and And Yeah, like okay. I wanted to have breakfast.

So I walked in the first like I was looking on on Google like Google Maps I was like, okay, where’s the first? Where’s the first breakfast coffee or where can I have some some breakfast? So and I found something I walk in this room and like I ordered something I walked back and my song came up.

It’s like hey and I just like what is this is like I’m in the other side of the planet and my song get played and you know, like Yeah for for for nobody. Nobody was yeah, everyone was sitting there so nobody knew like it for for me it meant a lot because of course I’m I pay I played a lot of a lot of Hours to make the song and then to rerecord the guitars and and it was for me It was an amazing moment and I I actually went back to to the to the girl like hey So which kind of playlist do you play because you know the song that’s right now is on Is mine and she’s like no, it’s not true. So yes, it’s mine. I can show you he’s like, yeah No, and then if I know like it was kind of some kind of like Spotify playlist or YouTube placed I don’t know and so so you can see like how small the world is like everyone is listening to some kind of playlist or some kind of like YouTube playlist and Your song is getting broadcast and like all of the world’s like if you if you think about it’s like very very very crazy

[Darran]
Yeah, yeah The world has definitely gotten smaller, you know again going back to that label question Do you take submissions from other other artists or are you just only watching you?

Okay, so you do I do I do Cuz you know, I know with the obviously over the last 20 25 years now the internet making it more accessible for more people to get Online distribute and push their music out there You know, it’s it’s we’re all looking to open up a label over here. I talk about this almost in every show We’re looking to open the label to DJ sessions And the question is is do we only produce and release internally or do we open up that door and have the floodgates of seven? people sending us Mixes and I go who’s gonna listen to all this how much time does one have?

To sort through and say these are good. These are bad, you know and those kind of things You know and like you say you’re walking to a restaurant some random person who’s behind the counter playing a Spotify playlist is playing your Track and it just happened pull up from the Spotify algorithm that goes in there, you know That’s kind of amazing. You know, how do you?

Without the help of something like spotter. How do you curate and sift through all that music now? I mean we would go to the record store.

This kind of leads me into one of my next questions I call it record store. Just tell you how I’m not that old I mean, I started there was cassette tapes and CDs by the time I started buying music and let me do No, actually I did own a couple records in the 80s I think I had some pop records in the 80s. I play on my little pocket 95, you know But I wasn’t going to the storm buying about we got cassette tapes back then and then when the CDs I started working the music Store, but that’s where you went to find your music, you know, there was no online source I mean, maybe you’ve got a magazine it might say so-and-so’s albums coming out Twelve o’clock or wait, what time is it?

[Kenn Colt]
They’re not nine nine nine Time for a drink time for a drink Of course, I mean like oh my god, there’s nine sips it would be like There you go

[Darran]
But cheers, but you know Now you find your music online now, there’s so much I mean even with the advent of the iPod coming out and be able to walk around I think it was first you had a thousand songs in your pocket now I mean we got access to online in our pocket and you do Spotify streaming and and all that fun stuff You know, which I said, it’s gonna lead me into one of my next one.

My next questions is Is the first did you start with vinyl or did you start in the digital club? Okay started with Do you remember the first record you ever bought and is it worth mentioning? Is it worth mentioning or is it embarrassing?

[Kenn Colt]
well to be honest like I At that point at a certain point you buy this track because you felt like okay This is the track I really want to buy. It’s actually yes to a dagger for strings Because I told you like in the beginning when I started like trance was like super hot So people like everyone was playing like trance, but what I’m talking about like 2000 I don’t know like 2011 or something 2010. So people were like like listening to trance a lot a lot a lot So yeah, that was the first It was a limited edition from Madagascar even had like a after that I bought like like a Tiesto limited edition album it was to two vinyls, but what like a colored disc like colored Very nice, and I still have it at home.

So it’s like see this is this is where I started I Evolved to this but yeah, no, this is my my road So I mean it’s it’s it’s not something to be like embarrassed about like it’s not that I bought like I don’t know Katy Perry or something like that.

[Darran]
I Know I remember the first the first real electronic music or DJ Album, and it wasn’t an album. It was a CD that I ever purchased I would remember I was at the Tower Records in downtown Seattle here in my hometown and I happen to be at the register buying a CD of something else There’s a lot of grunge music a lot of stuff going on But I was in the grunge and hip-hop at the time in the sense Now I was going to the clubs and listening to underground electronic music, but I saw that my first ever global underground Double-disc collection. It was Paul Oakenfold’s global underground zero zero seven Yes, it was for $20 and most CDs at the time were $15.99, but this was for 20 bucks So I picked up on what’s this and the guy behind the counter is like this is really awesome You got to get this you got to listen to it and I picked it up I bought it right there on the spot took it home and it was always on repeat and That was my first ever DJ compilation Discs that I ever bought and then obviously I got the Sasha I got the dig we got the 10 G. Leah of course like Evolving is like, you know, I mean those are just phenomenal Phenomenal sets and even at that time. I hadn’t ever had the idea of doing a live streaming or a DJ show at that point because that was just so early on but You know, I had the opportunity of interviewing Oakenfold years ago.

He’s one of my first celebrity interviews I ever did and and on the back of that album I just remember asking him. I wish I had the copy of it for the sign. I would have been like, yeah You know on the back of the album there was a little paragraph and it was like his bio said if he was a glove He’d be Gucci if he was a car He’d be a Mercedes-Benz and when I did the interview with him, unfortunately the interview never came out But I asked him that question when I was on the couch and he’s like it said that on the back of the cover I’m like, yeah, but you know, he had lived up to his reputation of his career at the time So yeah, you mentioned Tiesto.

I remember seeing his discs in the store back in the day But you know Oakenfold is my first experience and getting that first album. That’s an awesome story there You know who has been your biggest influence when it comes to your career as an artist and why?

[Kenn Colt]
I Would I would say definitely Eric Pritz Eric Pritz has been me my My biggest inspiration for definitely from music wise. He’s like a musical genius he Of course, I think two years ago. I played at this hollow show So I was like the opening DJ of his all hollow stage So I was like a very I was very horn honored to and blessed to be there.

I mean like how many people can Can experience or can relive the moment? Of the of the of the person that more why you actually started so I was like, wow, this is amazing Yeah, Eric Prince was definitely like one of the one of the guys he he also have like a very out a lot of like alternatives like serious D and like What is it? Like of course Eric Pritz, he has his own thing And then Pryda and then you have like the whole like all of the stuff from Pryda It’s like very deep like very progressive very Melodic, I love it a lot and with the Eric Pritz alternatively I alter a boy He has more like let’s put it away like commercial.

[Darran]
It’s more commercial I think you know, I still always get a kick out of that song call on me, you know I just yeah, I mean that is just I just if I want to get pumped up That’s probably one of the ones I put on I just yeah I grew up the funny thing is is I grew up and my parents kind of ushered in and brought in It’s funny. The video itself has a lot of personal meaning to me in the sense. Not only the lyrics but the video itself because my parents were heavy into the health club scene in the 80s and introduced Aerobics to a major health club chain 42 health clubs up and down the west coast You know one of the biggest health club chains in the history United States and they were in charge of the whole aerobics program So I grew up with that in my household My mom was the one that trained the aerobics instructors how to do their aerobics of programs For thousands of people every day every year and would you know, it’s just really crazy My dad has own aerobics team, you know, and in the club Yeah, we were pretty pretty into the health club scene back then in the 80s So when I see that I’m like, that’s exactly how it was kind of, you know The dress the look the feel but that song just I mean I can feel it lifting me up right now You know, I love what he comes on with.

I know it’s a little bit old But you know, it’s still one of my top favorite songs of all time Speaking of success, you know, we’re looking at success. How would you define success as a DJ producer? Would that be a beatport top 10 hit a sold-out tour?

What are your thoughts on that?

[Kenn Colt]
Well, there is it like there’s there’s something in me that speaks like it like a DJ and it’s something me like speak like a producer so producer wise I would say well a beatport a beatport top top 10 would be DJ wise as like like more like tech house like more Yeah, I don’t know. I for house and any any style right now like that. That’s kind of and for me, I I really want to see people happy so I mean like I would definitely go for like Like a next step would be like main stage I mean main stages would be like for me So I play on freedom stage, which is like the biggest indoor, but it’s not the main stage So and I really want to grow into some kind of like like style that they just accept Me as like a DJ that actually can can and pull it off I mean like right now people are like they hear my songs like hey again because it’s like it’s more poppy is more radio But yeah, what are you gonna do on the stage? Like hey Listen to can give me give me give me the chance to to prove what I can do and then We can we can talk about it like then and it’s other people like people see what what I what what I play is like Oh, that’s totally different that you you have produced on Spotify.

It’s like yes, of course, but it’s not it doesn’t it doesn’t need to be The same there is a lot of people like for example, like David Guetta in the past They paid he played a lot of like like radio hits But everyone knew that David Guetta was playing more like like hard like electro like more this kind of style progressive house and at that point so They knew but for for me, it’s like it’s like a barrier to to break through so I think for me the next step of the next success would be like playing main stages or yeah, at least going to into that direction and Producer wise it would be left definitely like like If I would ever get a top 50 global, I would be like very happy and I will call you again to a new show

[Darran]
That sounds great. Maybe I’ll even be backstage or be with you on tour with that show I’d love to be there as well. You know, I definitely know one fan of yours, though I’m gonna bring her in the show really quick.

Sandy Ray makers. I hope I said that right saying He’s really good he is really good Sandy thanks for tuning in today and checking out the show I think that’s a vote of confidence to get you out to that main stage there You know Yeah, if you could take one non-famous person and put them in the spotlight Who means a lot to you other than your direct family or friends? Who would that be and why?

[Kenn Colt]
my top fan Without my family or friends not family or friends Somebody do you think deserves to be I’m not family or friends. Okay well, there there are a lot of fans that actually come to my sorry, so Coming artists that I always like in Belgium. Oh, okay.

Okay. Okay Well, there there are a lot of artists that are like like up-and-coming I mean like Like in my neighborhood even in in in Belgium. I can name like a few like The guys that are playing at my club, for example, or like say Manuel’s from from He’s also playing at some certain point at my club.

So Though those guys are really like up-and-coming. I know Joseph de Mara from from From Spain. He’s a guy he’s been around for many many years, but now he’s get finally like recognition.

So I’m happy for him as well Well, I’m not I just like that people also get success It’s not about like me having success and the rest doesn’t have I mean that’s not how it works I mean, I just want to like if if I I would get somewhere someday I would also be like hey, I also want to give you like the opportunity to To just do to have the same. I mean like it’s kind of normal, I think

[Darran]
Yeah, that was one of the founding mission statements behind the DJ sessions was to give local DJs the show something as a local show to give local DJs kind of access to a worldwide platform through live streaming their sets To pod putting them in a podcast series and helping them get that video element that didn’t really exist 15 years ago I mean YouTube was there but for a DJ producer musician to now throw in this video mix on top of everything they’re doing and the social media aspect and pushing out there I Kind of saw that and they said let me fulfill that for them Let me handle that and let me put them in the spotlight. I’m not a DJ I play one on live streams but I’m not a real DJ and I just want to say that to the world because a lot of people think that I am a DJ and I’m like, no, I’m an executive producer I produce shows, you know But I let the DJs and the musicians get that spotlight and I love talking with them like yourself You’re halfway around the world now. This is capable.

We can do this. It’s live. It’s going to your meta.

It’s going to my met We’re pretty high-ranked right now and twitch I’m pretty excited with the viewership the draw we pulled for this show we’re gonna do more but you know Helping these smaller artists get that limelight is really about what our mission statement is and really getting them out there and giving getting That experience so they can hit a more worldwide audience or diverse audience rather than just what’s going on in their hometown I really like that use definitely resonating and helping out, you know, your people that are there in your mix in your circle That’s really awesome and getting them going, you know all of this going on touring production How do you balance your DJ production career with your other obligations in life, so I know it’s What is it?

[Kenn Colt]
Wait, wake eat rave repeat a rake sleep or something like that I should know that please don’t murder me or not So for me the most important thing is to plan everything I just if if someone see my calendar is it was it like oh my god You have a problem because you’re very very super structured and they have a lot of things in my calendar And people would get kind of crazy for it. So The only thing that I would not put in my calendar would be like when I could need to go to the toilet for example So but all the rest is in the it’s in the calendar. So sorry.

Yeah, this is this is exactly how this and Yeah, beside beside the DJ thing and producing. I I have my own marketing agency which is based in Valencia and like ten people working for me then and They actually do like they help me with the social media So that’s the part that I like kind of de-stress from me for myself So for example, if I need to like they make the content that they I also of course I need to make I need to record them, but they make the content They just they just produce all the video clips and they they they put it online So for me, it’s like a distress of putting more attention to my phone because at the end like I’m on my phone almost like like I don’t know like Like 90% of the time and I just also want to enjoy as in what what’s happening in life and just like get the inspiration I want to get go back to producing and and and DJing while Right now everyone is kind of Forced to be like the social media expert while you’re a DJ and so you need to be social media expert You need to be like, I don’t know like your social need to be good. You need to be Promoting yourself.

You need to be an artist need to be a producer. Yeah, there’s too much things in this artist that’s happening right now that you cannot actually like Contain everything.

[Darran]
So yeah Absolutely. I know how that goes with the scheduling A lot of people don’t see what goes behind the scenes of everything that you do They don’t see what behind the scenes of what I do, you know, it’s a full-time job behind the scenes you know, I’m just getting up there on the decks hitting play and be like, let’s go or you know, Producing tracks and just it’s just magic and it just pops out and something happens.

There’s a lot of Gears in the back in that keep things going even though I took a hiatus last year for a little bit of time There was still 40 hours 50 hours a week going on the back and that nobody knows about and it’s funny You know, I use my calendar very specifically I have my to-do lists that I write on paper I got my phone that I put stuff into as well and it’s funny you brought up the fact that You don’t put in your calendar that you actually have to go to the bathroom and all that Well, I actually do put on my calendar that I have to shave

[Kenn Colt]
You put it in the calendar I have to brush me crazy

[Darran]
That it’s in the list of things to do to go go shot just it’s there like even I’ll put down do the dishes take out The trash even those major conversations of things I gotta do I will still put in those daily routines to my calendar just to make sure that I’m doing those So I just don’t pass it up, you know, it’s not like I don’t say I mean if I’m going to a meeting now I’ll shave and brush my teeth anyways, but it’s just they’re like

[Kenn Colt]
Remember so it’s funny and it’s also I think it’s also good to like even for example What I struggle in the beginning when when I had like this kind of like two kind of three jobs at the same time I was like kind of struggling because at the end of the day, I was just I was going to bed I’m like, hey, so I need to do this and then of course I need to brush my teeth I need to so but all all the other things tomorrow like and I was thinking like hey, what what what what is going on? I cannot even sleep.

So I was like very like in Occupied of thinking about stuff that I need to do tomorrow. So I was like, okay I’m gonna have like this kind of like a calendar and I’m gonna put everything there and like my to-do list I I put everything in Trello Trello is like a very nice application. I love it So that’s the that’s my my kind of hack to do at the same time

[Darran]
And we were talking earlier in the show about keeping that mobile device or the keeping that next to your bed You know So you can if you have notes in the middle that you can put it down and then forget about it Reminds me of the movie Indiana Jones in the Last Crusade when when when Harrison Ford is having the conversation with Sean Connery and and he says Harrison Ford says you wrote this book.

You didn’t memorize the facts and Sean Connery says no I wrote them down so I didn’t have to memorize the facts But then later on the movie you find out that Sean Connery had memorized everything that was in the book When I say that only the penitent man will pass and he knew that saying was there to pass the challenges Just thought it was kind of you know, that’s how I look at it by writing down put down but you know They do say and say, you know keeping that phone next to your bed again We’ll go back on that just a little bit for mental health to put it away, but keep a notepad and pen next to your bed So if you do have that idea guys like you and I we get an idea in our head It’s like we just had a power nap and we got to jump up and get out of bed and go do something about that I will do that instead. I’m like, nope. I wrote it down Let me go back to bed Yes, 100% 100% so, you know We are gonna believe you’re gonna be sending this over an exclusive video guest mix to here in the near future, correct?

We’re super excited to get that. Thank you so much for coming on the show today Is there anything else you want to let our DJ sessions fans know about before we let you go?

[Kenn Colt]
Well There’s a lot of things going on. So I mean like I have a lot of tracks coming up Let’s say I’m gonna release a new song in the August and that would be on smash deep from smash the house It’s a sub label That’s called a nickel. It’s like the drink the titular drink and then in September I have cannibal There’s another song with Luciana and bizarre’s from Mexico and then in October I have like another release so I have like I’ve been planning like planning like every month another release So that that’s what that’s what I’m trying to do right now like planning a release every month So people are like and I kind of know that that there’s something coming for me So and to be honest, like I’m right now is the fifth I know like I’m leaving the fifth to back to Valencia and then go to China I will go I will play in Shanghai and then afterwards I played Nairobi And then Ecuador Paraguay Mexico So yeah that it’s gonna be like a trip and then Amsterdam dance event that will be like October So I will not be home for the next two months

[Darran]
So like I think now tell me you are taking time off or as least in your right or that you get some time to Spend in these wonderful countries to get some food in you

[Kenn Colt]
Well, I love I love I told you been in the beginning like I love Asian food so for me Asian food is like the thing is like Shanghai would be the best the best the best place to to Experience like all the all the food from China Yeah, and of course let them have the food from Latin America is also amazing I mean like I I’m a very like I’m a foodie.

So at a certain point I Kind of kind of enjoyed the tour as well But taking time off is not really in my schedule because I love to like like you said like hey you need to go For example, I take a siesta. I take like a like a little nap Okay, so and I put my phone down as like and I just lay down looking In at the ceiling like I was like 30 seconds like hey, ah, this is this thing like I want to do like a phone and like I put my phone back. It’s like I mean at the end.

I’m just from the 30 minutes yes, but I’m trying to do maybe like 10 minutes was being sleeping and the other one was just being like I Think it was Einstein.

[Darran]
Please don’t internet Trash me if I’m wrong with this, but Einstein he would hold two spoons in his hand and as he fell asleep and drifted off when those Wake him up and that was his power nap Yeah But other than that, you know give us a couple we’re gonna give a couple shoutouts here Sandy Johan Thanks for tuning the show today for all of you out there in the internet land watching the show Thank you for tuning into the DJ sessions. This is Ken Colt coming in from Belgium on his Tour do a lot of fun stuff.

Can where can people find out more information about you? Where’s the best place to go?

[Kenn Colt]
Well, I have my my Instagram page and of course tik-tok tik-tok ever like I use tik-tok And my website, of course can call calm Yeah, I think every and every social media platform on my my account is Ken calls Okay, and then so double M see all T so you can find me for sure come out at Ken Colt calm We’re looking forward to some of those releases.

[Darran]
We’re looking for the exclusive mix Thank you so much for coming on the DJ such as they super awesome be following you and what’s gonna be going on we will definitely touch base over the next six months always are Always our mission to get and stay in contact with artists and find out what they’re up to It sounds like you got a lot of stuff going on might have to catch up with you. I’m 80 later this year I’ve been the last years. I love it 80 is just one of those One of those are most amazing experiences and I love Amsterdam too.

It’s such a beautiful city So Ken, thank you for coming on the show today Thanks, Aaron, thanks for having me and Cheers and cheers. All right.

[Kenn Colt]
Oh wait now you got white wine Yeah, is it my friends are here as well? So I mean like they they they wanna did they give me like a it’s like a champagne champagne awesome We’ll get let you get to the champagne here in just a few moments. Thank you very much.

[Darran]
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