Jordan Rakei (born 23 May 1992) is a New Zealand-Australian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer currently based in London, United Kingdom. Rakei has also released and performed under the moniker Dan Kye.
Born in New Zealand, Rakei moved to Brisbane, Australia at the age of three. He lived in Brisbane until he made the move to London in 2015.
Rakei's first release was Franklin's Room EP in 2013, self-released via Bandcamp, aged 21 years old. Less than a year later in 2014, Rakei's second release, Groove Curse EP, was the first release on the Soul Has No Tempo label. Less than a year after this EP, he made the move to London. After working with artists such as FKJ and Tom Misch, in December 2015 he was part of a Grammy nomination for his work on Disclosure's track "Masterpiece", released on their 2015 album Caracal...
