I had a studio at Tetris in Brunswick at the time, and Stevie C (Setvice) was on a mission to do one song a week for an entire year. (he was in Perth, it was around 2011.)
He made the beats and sent them over, I walked out into open area where a bunch of MC's were sitting and chatting, and announced who wants to be on a track. 
Baptiste (Polyglock) and Joel (Vytal One) jumped at the opportunity, Joel went and got Adele (Muma Doesa), and within and hour or 2 had written and recorded their verses and the  hook. 
Baptiste had to go but made vague promises of being back soon to do his verse, then a week went by, finally he was leaving the country in a few days, so he promised to come at midday monday. 
Midday, no show, 2pm no show, 5pm no show, tonnes of phone calls and "yea yea i'm coming soon", still no show, finally at 10pm, I give up, unfortunately the track won't see the light of day. 
I head down to the local freestyle hip hop night, and find him there!!! I drag him back to the studio, he spits that amazing verse, then falls asleep on the couch haha. Fun times. 
Then I sent the stems back to Stevie C, he did a bit of wizardry and voila, one of my favourite tracks so far!!!

Nomads feat Vytal One, Muma Doesa, Polyglock, Setvice, Kayboku

This track was a collaboration between Trouble (Tal Rotbart, Munt Boy), and myself. Tal was the first one to get me into making music, as I was helping him with his sounds on his tracks. 
He picked out Claire to sing on this track, she is a magical unique little character!. 
So Tal made the basis for the track, then we recorded the vocals, but it still needed something else. One morning I came into the studio at 9am incredibly hungover, (or quite possibly woke up on the floor of the studio haha),and somehow magically came up with the grindy chainsaw dubsteppy bits, then we fiddled and reworked and fiddled and reworked the track forever! 
One week I was recording a death metal band, so decided to run the grindy heavy drop bits through their guitar amps fully cranked to see what it would sound like, so I recorded maybe 6 passes of the heavy bits and panned it left and right for extra fatness. 
Fun Times!!!
 

Aint No Sunshine feat Claire Andrews and Trouble (Tal Rotbart)

This was a track made quite a few years ago, I had been hanging out with lots of Dubstep producers, and fiddling with Massive (a VST dubstep synth), I was on a plane and accidentally made the sound for the chorus, with a synth chainsaw going up in pitch and a sub drop going down, then built some beats around it. 
Later that day I bump into Ezekial Ox, at The Empire Cafe, and he asks if anyone at Tetris is looking for someone heavy on tunes, so I get him in the studio he slams out those lyrics, and after a few days of fiddling a rearranging this track was ready! 
It has been sitting on my hard drive since prob 2010, time to let it fly out into the world!. 

The Hard Way -  EZEKIEL OX And Kayboku

After spending a lovely morning with Alice at Discombobulation festival, discussing all about how she wrote and recorded her album, 16 hours of psytrance and 3 hours of breakcore ensued and rearranged my mental state, so whilst high, I nerded out in my tent and smashed together this remix. 
Sorry Alice!!!!

ALiCeSpAcEdOLL MuThAfUkA BReAkCoRe ReMiX - Kayboku

I love Brazilian Drums!!! This is the new direction my live sets are going to head, funky brazilian drums with Electronica sounds!!! 
Festival season is fast approaching!!! This is a work in progress bounce, I havn't quite found the defining sound yet!!! Will keep working on it!!!!

KAYBOKU Brazilian Electronica Work In Progress Bounce

Benny Goodman Sing sing sing is one of the best tracks of all time, it was written nearly 100 years ago, and when you drop it at an electronic music festival, everyone goes crazy!!! Imagine making a song, and 100 years later kids are dancing to it, at festivals that you can even imagine exist!!! 
This is a work in progress, but will definitely give it lots of spins this summer at festivals!!! 

KAYBOKU Benny Goodman Remix Work In Progress

Studio Traffic

Big City Hippy, Kayboku and Emerald

Rachel By the Machine, Kayboku, Men Imitating Machines, Rachel by The Stream

Rise Up Again, Kayboku, Vytal One and MC Mewz

Medication, Kayboku and Tara Walsh

Easy Way Out, Kayboku, MIM Remix with Emerald

Featuring the vocals of Vulivuli from Nairobi, Kenya rapping in Swahili, the chorus is sung by Alana J and slide guitar by Rick Steward.

Brunswick To Nairobi Kayboku, Vulivuli, Emerald And Alana J

Revolution EP

05 Revolverlution Men Imitating Machines Remix

04 Wildfeet, feat Reo and Koji Matsumotu and Frances Wildfoot

03 Play That Again

02 Revolution DNB Remix feat Emerald, Vulivuli, Alana J and Sparkles

01 Revolution, Feat Emerald, Vulivuli and Alana J

I always say, don't date a lead singer, or when you breakup their next album will be about you! Well don't date a producer either! 
This is a dark emotional tale about an intensely passionate relationship I had, and then getting dumped. "I've been rendered obsolete".
Beats by Kayboku, Vocals by Jikella (Rhianna Kate),  Lyrics by Kayboku and Jikella (Rhianna Kate), Keys by Ellie Sparkles, Industrial beats By Craig Choppa Scriven

I've been Rendered Obsolete feat Jikella and Choppa Scriven

This Ep sums up last year perfectly! It was the craziest year ever!

Vodka Sauce Feat Rednarok aka Muireann Hanrahan

Rendered Obselete Feat Jikella and Choppa Scriven

Look at what i've done now Feat Alana J

Electrify Me Feat Marisa Mewz

Creating smashing beats with a multifaceted electronica sound, his Brunswick studio attracts MC’s, singers and musicians from around the world.
Collaborating, genre breaking, limitless production. Imagination is the only boundary.

Combining technical complexity with outrageous creativity, every track is an auditory adventure!

Promoter and mastermind behind the infamous Drum n Bass Mondays (listed as the ’Number One thing to do this Monday’ by Inner Circle Magazine, Jan 2017), electronic pioneer Kayboku has been energizing the Melbourne Drum n Bass crowds with tracks and mixes that electrify dancefloors. Combining his own upbeat, organic, signature sound (featuring a singer/MC and organically recorded live instruments), with expertly and tastefully selected cutting edge tunes that animate whole rooms, Kayboku is a recognised powerhouse in the Victoria scene.

Residing in the cosy musical hub of Brunswick, Victoria, the last few years have been insanely busy.

Playing festivals in Canada, America, NZ and around Aus
Revolution EP released 2017
Producer for “The Wednesday Experiment” (receiving airplay at some of the world’s largest festivals including Oregon Eclipse 2017),
DJ for all female Hip Hop groups Bahdoesa and Indigo Rising
Sound engineer for countless bands (with a background of tutoring live sound production)
Beat maker, visual designer and DJ
Revolution EP 2017
Emerald and Kayboku EP “Amalgamation” released 2016

The Wednesday Experiment Album 2014, which achieved Album of the week in Melbourne biggest music street press Beat Magazine,

For bookings and enquiries: kayboku@gmail.com

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