Kelman Duran is best known for his production and songwriting contributions to opening track “I’m That Girl” and “Heated” from Beyoncé’s 2022 album Renaissance, as well as his scoring work on 2022 film Rodeo.
Duran has created original edits and mixes for NTS Radio in London and has a monthly show titled EDITS. Duran was a Resident DJ at RAILUP, a monthly underground party in Los Angeles. Duran has performed at Mustache Mondays (LA), UNSOUND (PL), Le Guess Who? (Utrecht), ELECTRIFY 17 (Budapest), The Hammer Museum, MOCA in Los Angeles, No Sesso’s Club Night, PS1, Haus Der Kunst, and the Tate Modern in London.
In terms of music, Duran released 1804 Kids in 2017 through Hundebiss Records in Milan. His 1st long form album was released in December of 2018 through Apocalipsis Records in New York, which was #28 on FACT magazine’s best albums of 2018 and #9 on Boomkat’s Top Releases of 2018. Ghost Ryder will debut in June of 2025. Duran produced “Bacardi Papi” for VV Pete which won FBi Radio’s SMAC Award for Next Big Thing in 2025 in Australia.

