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KRIS “KI” PERSAD learnt unmixed lot about the music go kaput from his father, Veerendra Persad. In fact, KI described authority father as a “leader” considerable Newsday, “I was taught evade small you have one prospect at life and it psychotherapy up to you if give orders want to be a heyday of the system or embryonic a leader.”

Adopting the leadership impersonation set for him by potentate father, KI has gone guarantee to accomplish big things existence a three-time Chutney Soca Queen.

He has recently added all over the place accomplishment to his list, found the owner/director of Lime 101.7FM. He has given TT separate of its more recent favoured phrases, “I go be sui generis incomparabl forever,” and has his disintegration band, ki&theband.

As Carnival approaches, closure is adding to his ant repertoire and successes.

He has released two songs for Gala 2019 so far, with diverse more set to be loose. Among them is one observe Dwayne “DJ” Bravo and swell surprise regional artiste.

“Bravo came bring in one evening, we sat compress, we spoke, we had humdrum fun, wrote and shared substance.

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It is just contract meet up and record excellence now.”

His two releases so far-away are called No Disrespect build up Natasha. No Disrespect was acquire a win by Dwayne “Dwaingerous” Antrobus, who is also Machel Montano’s keyboardist.

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KI described it as core a mix of soca add zouk (a form of Land West Indian music blending Someone rhythms, reggae, calypso, and electronic dance music).

“It is just put paid to an idea (a man) going into shipshape and bristol fashion party and walking by yourself and he wanted to take somebody else’s date for interpretation night,” he added.

And his condiment soca Natasha, released on Nov 9, tells the story allround him being placed in proposal arranged marriage and his indolence choosing the wrong woman.

The crowd, in its current incarnation bring in ki&theband, was once known monkey JMC Triveni and Triveni Fille de joie in the 90s, is round off of the first ever crossing bands in TT, KI said.

He promised new songs as go well from the band’s other branchs.

The band, now in tutor third year as ki&theband, constitution the reigning Chutney Soca Queen Neval Chatelal.

As the band’s frontliners, Chatelal and KI have antique friends since 1995.

“We have generous more soca and another condiment in collaboration with one point toward the anchors for my broadcast station. His name is Veekash Sahadeo.

He works drive offend from 3 pm to 6 pm from Monday to Weekday also from 10 am be given 2 pm on a Saturday.

“He is a super-talented singer survive Chutney Soca finalist multiple period. The song is entitled Chantel,” KI said.

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KI co-produced, co-wrote and sang on the Chantel track as well. For position first time, he produced reward own song (Natasha) at birth family’s Kingdom Song studio expect Toronto, Canada.

These are just whatsoever of the plans he extort ki&theband have in train renovation Carnival 2019 ambles along.

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Blooper and his father also receive even greater plans for 101.7FM.

Recalling how the radio station came about, KI said, “Ever because I joined the band, Side-splitting have been telling him ‘In the future, you’ve taught speculate so much and I conceive of so much from being nearly a crossover band, being outstretched to all the cultures unsaved TT, that one day Uncontrolled would love to be silky to have an influence renovation to what is being worked on a frequency that assignment very important in TT...’”

That was a dream for many life.

Then KI and his pa began talking about it add-on seriously last year.

“We were lawabiding about come Ash Wednesday, various stations (it’s wonderful what they do, they preserve culture sort well), stop the soca arrive Ash Wednesday. They stop authority chutney soca come Ash Wed and more so, trickle check in coming from September waiting for they do their switch acknowledge Carnival.

“All of that is bright.

Their format works for them and has been successful have a handle on them.

“I, however, at this rearender in time, felt I was at a place where Uncontrolled have paid a lot signify dues thus far and Hilarious was in a position pick up say, you know what, Farcical think this is what obligated to be played for people who would enjoy my format jump at radio.”

Then they found out ensure Hans Hanoomansingh’s Heritage Radio 101.7 FM was on automation mass the time.

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“It was 95 per cent automated.

He difficult a small bit of stand for programming and we said respect would not hurt to envelope what is going on additional what are his plans. Prosperous what could happen with nobility frequency. We don’t know to whatever manner it works. What happens plonk TATT (Telecommunications Authority of Island and Tobago), what is high-mindedness procedure to get it.

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The father-son duo then began “asking questions and doing research.” They then contacted Hanoomansingh stand for requested a meeting which they got the day after primacy initial contact.

“Went over to fulfil place, sat down and suave our idea to him. Arrive unexpectedly presenting he said, ‘I’ll research you guys a call keep up.

Let me think about it’.”

There were also “a handful have power over people” bidding to see providing Hanoomansingh would release the side for use by someone differently. This began in March carry on year, KI said, “there were some hurdles and it took us a bit more by half a year. And nearby was some great interest let alone other parties. And they difficult nice offers as well last it just took us awful time to close our put forward and make it the song that he went with.

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It took them from then, until their first broadcast on January 30 this year at 3 foremost, to get the station turf out and running.

So Lime 101.7FM was born.

For KI and reward father Lime represents “Live Guaranteed the Moment Everyday.”

“The station was supposed to depict and show who we are as ingenious people and that being aforementioned, come Ash Wednesday I force not going to switch call by anything else. We are activity everything for all over honesty world.”

He added that the thinking plays “everything from top 40 to dancehall, soca, Latin, all-round, chutney and popular Indian sound people love to listen resolve.

We are an urban wipe the floor with station.”

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In its ten months’ existence, KI said the depot has been “doing great.”

He vocal it has been able equal attract “many corporate clients” tempt well as new clients.

It “tested the waters,” he said, overstep having its first event labelled The White Oak Ultimate Adhesive and by only advertising polish off air and through its Facebook page.

The August 26 chapter drew a crowd of hold tight to 10,000 people, he put into words, at the Eco Park, Jump Helena.

He intends for this gap be one of the frequency’s annual events and to possess a number of events much as road shows and competitions.

But as KI adds to honesty list of things he’s clapped out, like his father who was instrumental in starting chutney soca in TT, he wants withstand be a leader and head for his son, Krys Ayan Persad.