AR Rahman’s music is pure and soulful: Candice Redding

Music producer and deejay, Candice Redding is of French-Canadian descent, who was born and raised in South Africa. She, however, insists that she has found her ‘home’ on Indian soil. Confusing, isn’t it? Well, not to her. The deejay has been travelling in and out of the country since 2008 and is currently touring different Indian cities. Ranked as one of the top 50 deejays in the world on FDJ list, Candice has worked with various F&B companies, played at different music festivals and even worked with top guns like Martin Garrix and Sean Paul, among others. In a chat with BT, Candice, who was recently in the city for a gig, shares a little secret about her brief stint at the coveted football event. “In 2010, when the FIFA World Cup happened in South Africa, I was a part of the contingent that led all the entertainment happening in my hometown Johannesburg. So well, it’d be a great experience to go solo and perform at the World Cup because I really know the adrenaline that rushes through your body when you’ve to entertain the thousands and thousands of people that come to attend the World Cup,” she shares.

Candice was recently roped in for a project that primarily dealt with Hindi songs. Talking about the experience, she says, “The original series — The Remix — was my first encounter with any form of Hindi music. I flew down and got on the 3-4 months journey of being in the studio and shooting literally 24/7. It was really challenging at first, but became a lot of fun when I really started getting great feedback from Sunidhi Chauhan, Amit Trivedi and Nucleya for all my songs. It turned out to be a unique experience because I also got to rap to live audiences. It really inspired me to work with more musicians from different genres.”


Candice is a big fan of AR Rahman and has often said in her interviews that his music resonates with her. "Pure and soulful — these are two words that describe the elements from Rahman’s music that resonates with me,” she specifies, adding, “It would definitely be a dream come true to be working with him in any capacity.”