Kent Stephany, aka DJ K-Rec is a hip-hop artist and producer based in Vancouver, Canada.
Inspired by musicians such as J Dilla, DJ Shadow, and Prince Paul, K-Rec’s journey into instrumental hip-hop reflects his growth as an artist since leaving Nettwerk Records in 2004. Moving on from the eclectic up-tempo pop of earlier days, K-Rec’s latest album “King Rectangle” blends poignant samples and melody with signature big-beat drums, cutting and scratching to create an intelligent trip-hop sound.
Signed to Nettwerk Records from 2001 to 2004, K-Rec worked with Delerium and Frontline Assembly while producing his solo album Disque Jockey. During his time with Nettwerk, K-Rec’s remix of ‘It’s Tricky’ by Run-DMC was used as the title track on the soundtrack to the popular Electronic Arts video game ‘SSX Tricky’, and his music video for ‘Turn My Back’ was nominated for two MuchMusic Video Awards.
Kent Stephany was the winner of the the first global Nokia Trends Lab Experiment “What does your city sound like,” hosted by DJ Shadow.