Tamir Schlanger is managing one of the biggest voices in Canadian dance music daily. As COO of WRC MGMT and Kaytranada’s day-to-day and tour manager, he is leading the creative production for many of the Montreal super-producer’s biggest career milestones yet: opening for The Weeknd’s record-breaking stadium shows in Canada this past summer, the Timeless headline tour in 2024 which sold over 250,000 tickets and a current co-headline tour with Justice that has sold out arenas across Canada, the U.S. and Europe. Schlanger is behind the careers of some of Canada’s most innovative voices in dance music: WRC’s roster currently includes Kaytranada, Sango, Lou Phelps, STWO and Kitty Ca$h.

The Toronto-based manager’s priority is championing innovative Canadian talent in an era dominated by algorithms and a lower barrier to entry than ever before. With 1 billion streams between all of its artists and top 10 album entries from Kaytranada on Billboard’s Top Dance Albums chart, WRC is actively defining the dance and R&B markets while checking off increasingly big, global feats. “Whether it’s the artists topping charts, the producers shaping sounds, or the crews bringing tours to life, you’ll almost always find Canadians involved,” he says. “I love that we have a way of finding each other and pushing one another forward no matter where in the world we are.”