Grayson Repp, an artist with roots in Vancouver, Kimberley and Nelson, has been named the official DJ and Music Director of Content for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, happening now in Qatar.
Repp was born in Vancouver and lived for 10 years between Kimberley and Nelson before heading off to Victoria to finish high school.
Repp said he has been in music professionally for 10 years now, and producing music is his full-time job.
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Repp was living in Berlin when the opportunity to DJ for the FIFA Arab Cup arose through a friend whose father worked for the tournament. After that he was invited to be the official DJ and music director for the FIFA World Cup the next year.
He got to work preparing playlists months in advance and said the process of music directorship has broadened his horizons to the numerous genres of music popular in all the nations competing in the tournament.
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In terms of the performance side of the gig, Repp is pitch-side DJsa国际传媒檌ng for three hours leading up to the matches, at half time and post match.
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup is on now and concludes with the final on Sunday, Dec. 18.
paul.rodgers@kimberleybulletin
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