GrantWhat

The KP Rekordz roster is full of lad’s taking chances, making life changes and chasing there dreams. Official KP DJ/Producer “Grantwho” is one of the boys following his passion and giving it his all. To be honest he has no choice but to put his heart and soul in to his music because there is no plan B for this man.Starting out as a club DJ Grantwho was making a name in the dance scene and was performing at regular club nights in Wollongong until he developed a constant ringing in his ear that turned out to be tinnitus.After speaking with a doctor and learning that the weekly club sets would decimate his hearing in a matter of years Grantwho thought he had reached a cross road in his life.At first it seemed like music and the loss of hearing in his left ear or get out of the music business all together but then a third option came to mind all most like it was meant to be. MUSIC PRODUCTION!Grantwho threw in his home loan, his job and his nice car and headed down to the snow armed with his music gear leaving civilization behind him.“I had everything but I wasn’t happy and I just sold my stuff off slowly and started getting serious about music.” – Grantwho, Illawarra Mercury Sept 2008.Locking himself away for months on end he began to delve in to the world of production and as the months passed by he developed the skills he needed to create his own style. A style I can best describe as gritty classic hip hop meets technology.Having been involved with both dance music and hip hop and now with a new found talent for producing both styles Grantwho was faced with the dilemma of which genre to focus his efforts on. Hip hop…dance…dance…hip hop….In the end he decided he would keep producing both genres and in turn use the techniques and sounds from both to fuse them in to a Grantwho vibe.Several of his dance tracks were offered commercial release along the way but the deals were not right so he stuck it out and continued polishing his craft.As far as hip hop goes Grantwho has been down since his childhood days, with a fairly crazy life growing up it was hip hop that he could relate to when times got tough and the culture stayed with him as he grew up.“A lot of other hip hop artists have gone through similar up bringings so you relate, they are like your older brothers.” – Grantwho The Canberra Times November 2008.Having shown Big Dave a few beats before leaving for his time in the snow he then showed him his progression when he returned home and Dave was impressed with the level he had taken things to. From there Grantwho began supporting KP Rekordz as a DJ at shows in NSW and the ACT through 2007/08 showing he had the ability both on stage and in the studio.Grantwho kept the beats coming and was brought in to produce the majority of Big Dave’s debut LP “Raw Stories which cemented him as a KP Boy. It was only a matter of time after that until he was signed up and it became official in May 2008 when he finally signed with the label.With DJ PafMack moving away from the music game and a two rapper roster at KP (Big Dave, Doug.) the final piece to the puzzle at the label was a dedicated producer and Grantwho slotted straight in to that role.As far as music goes Grant is a one man attack at KP taking charge of mixing tracks and producing beats for both Doug and Big Dave as well arranging live sets and acting as DJ.Grantwho scored runner up in the Pioneer Pro DJ comp 2008 helping grow his confidence.Grantwho has held fort as DJ for Big Dave, Doug and former KP Boy Shorty since late 2007 including a national tour with Big Dave, numerous KP Rekordz sets and sets at the Earthdance festival and Luna Park. Some of these events featured international acts like The Outlawz, De La Soul, Kool Keith, Tim Dog and Marc Live while on a national level they featured many of the countries best MC’s and crews.Grantwho produced tracks for Big Dave’s “Raw Stories Chapter One”, the entire track list of the upcoming 2009 KP Rekordz label compilation “Loaded Dice” and he has also been giving away selections of free beats at www.kokyprik.com .Raw Stories Chapter One is out now online at iTunes and Bigpond music or in cd format by ordering a copy at JB Hi Fi, Sanity or Big W.Grantwho lives for his music and his bass heavy, electronic, synthed out tracks are definitely going to turn heads.This is just the beginning of this young Aussie producer’s career and with the creative freedom to follow his instincts over at KP Rekordz you can expect this to be the beginning of something innovative and real.Keep your ear to the street for more Grantwho bangers in 2009 and beyond.

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