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Kaytranada, Sango, and Stwo Talk Drunk Food and Louisiana Cooking

Blurring the lines between beat-making and burgers.

If you've followed WRC MGMT artists Kaytranada, Sango, or Stwo for any length of time, you'll know they're some of the most down-to-earth dudes out there. I met up with the trio along with their manager, William Robillard Cole, in a suspicious park in downtown Austin and the conversation quickly turned to drunk food. If you've read other interviews with any of these artists and thought, "Yeah, yeah, I get what your inspirations are. Tell me something that makes you real," then look no further.

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Eager to speak on the matter, French producer Stwo spoke poetically about his love of burgers, "I'm from Paris, so I really like cheese. I'm not too complicated with food… I like being full right after. I really like the burgers, every kind of burger you can do. That's my shit."

Sango, who doesn't drink, was quick to reveal a love of cooking that took us completely by surprise. More than a little unconvinced, I asked him what his five favourite dishes to cook are. His response was immediate, involved, and especially hilarious in retrospect considering this the man absolutely blew the roof off closing out Soulection's SXSW showcase days later. He went on to say, "Oh man, I love cooking Étouffée, it's a Louisiana dish, my favourite thing. I love cooking Pad Thai, I love spaghetti with really, really thick noodles. Shelled noodles too, you know I like to change the game. Another thing I love to cook is burgers. Nice, juicy burgers. Best for last, I love baking cheesecake. Really natural cheesecakes, slash bread pudding. My mom's bread pudding is better than mine, but cheesecake, man. You let it sit in the refrigerator for a few days and let it moisten. It's great. "

Always ending our conversations on a lighter note, Kaytranda does in fact, drink and chimed in with a level of enthusiasm previously unknown to modern science. "Dayum, there are so many places I have to hit up when I'm drunk in Montreal. Tight-ass poutine too, you don't have to care if they cook bad or cook good. It's going to be good shit, man. I don't live in Montreal, I actually live outside in the suburbs and there's this restaurant where I get these big-ass burgers from… and a fuckin' milkshake. This place's slogan is "25 hours open" so it's open forever. They'll cook you everything you want—chicken wings. 5 AM, when you're drunk, best shit ever."