Sesh With Kesh 028 - Kayleigh Maria by Kesh Loi published on 2022-08-27T15:43:11Z Back for another Sesh With Kesh! This time we have good friend and sick selector Kayleigh Maria. Below you can check another exclusive interview with Kayleigh herself! 🤩 Who are you? My Name is Kayleigh and I am from Northampton. I work in customer service, but I have a passion for music and I am currently working to make it into my full-time career. Who inspires you? One of my biggest inspirations all through music has been Sidney Charles, ever since I started this music journey and getting into house music, going to events etc, when I turned 18 which was almost 8 years ago now, he has always been there. I remember always listening to his tracks ‘Going Down, Jack Endlessly and Power of The Underground back’ in the day and as my sound changed it was always aligned with his, I love his fast-paced upbeat Synthy tracks he produces now. It's so hard for me to genuinely pick who also inspires me because I feel there are elements to a lot of DJs that inspire me. What is your sound? Anything that is fast paced, has whacky elements to it and just builds energy. I am also in love with the 90's house, the organ elements in the 90's house are just unmatched. I feel that I have a pretty good selection of music that keeps my sets pretty unpredictable but it's always high energy sets. When did you start your journey? Music has always been special to me. I started getting into electronic music when I was around 15 it started through Dubstep and then Drum & Bass then through to House & Techno when I turned 17 and started to go out to town before all the big scanners and there was just a door man looking at ID's, when you could get away with recycling one of your mate’s ID's. when I was 17 deep house was getting pretty big on the scene as this was the 2013/2014 era and instantly, I was hooked to it. my DJing journey started towards the end of 2019 when I brought some DDJ400 and taught myself off YouTube and then a few months later covid hit so I had so much time I just utilised it the best I could and then by the time lock down eased towards the start of 2021 I played my first gig in Corby in Northamptonshire. Where are you located and where do you want to go? I am from Northampton but I love it up North, just the vibes and people are great. I've always loved Leeds and every time I go it feels so homely to me, ever since I first went in 2015 and kept coming back ever since, I am aiming to move there hopefully next year. Why is music important to you? So, music’s always been a big thing in my life. I’ve always loved it but there is a point in my life that it shifted and became so special and became a passion that I hold to my heart, there’s not one minute that goes by that I don't think about anything that's not associated with music. I have ADHD and have struggled with being able to find my way properly in life, music’s given me a direction. I have been through some really dark times in my life like everyone has but 2019 was probably the worst year of my life, I went through a series of traumatic events that left me suffering from PTSD, the only thing that got me through that year was music. Going to the events and festivals was an escape from my reality for a bit, even if it was for a day/night or a weekend, I didn't care about anything but that present moment, I wasn't worried about anything but just completely submerged in the music. All of my best mates I have at the moment were met through music. The whole scene’s given me so much joy that it started to become clear to me that this is what I want to do. Everyone has something going on in their lives and music is a way to let off steam and let your hair down for a bit, a way to relieve stress. I know it all sounds cringy and cliche but it literally saved my life. When I realised that it was clear that I wanted to be able to give people that escape that I felt, I wanted to give back to the scene what the scene's given me. Genre House Comment by Voyager bad boy selectaaaaaaa 2022-10-27T22:38:03Z Comment by Luke Thompson 🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼 2022-08-27T22:39:53Z Comment by Bruno Faber very nice structure! 2022-08-27T17:27:16Z Comment by Kayleigh Maria Thank you for having me 🕺 2022-08-27T15:59:34Z