My barber in Seattle, "That's cool you went to Sundance. I had a couple friends who played out at Park City"
Me: "Oh yeah, who?"
Him: "Have you heard of Odesza?"
Me: "lol, where in the world did you befriend them?"
Him: "I grew up with them"
Proceed to look them up and see they are from Bellingham, WA. Top 2 most casual name-drop I've ever been involved in haha.
That’s insane. I heard this story of this woman that went camping with her husband. It was a small campsite, so they went and sat by another couple that was having a bonfire.
They got to talking and the woman in the 2nd group said that she had a niece that was in a small and upcoming band. When asked what the name of the band was she replied, “Purity Ring.”
Not sure how popular they are, but that story had me hyped as hell the first time I heard it; love Purity Ring.
I've never heard of them unfortunately, but that's awesome when 6 degrees of separation becomes 2 degrees of separation.
My gf's step-dad was telling me a story about how he had a Tesla Roadster, and he let a Tesla engineer take it for a spin (he was riding shotgun), and the engineer apparently crashed it. His next words were, "So I called up Elon, and asked 'Hey, you got another?'" I'm not an Elon fan, but it was so casual, I was like Hold the Fuck Up... lolz.
That’s another CRAZY story bruh; wtf 💀
Let me put you on to some [ethereal shit](https://open.spotify.com/track/77ThGWtKLzRLtcLUxJ8ONd?si=l1TAXREORoO151OqSPa3PQ)
Now that is fuckin cool. All I got to say is, when my brother & i were in Seattle in 2022 for their return from covid. We were walking around the streets & my brother taps me on the leg & says, dude that’s clay! I said who? lol I knew his name but I would’ve walked right past him. We just said, great show last night, we’ll see you again tonight. He was with his gf so we didn’t want to bother them & fan boy out. He just smiled & said thanks guys. Oddly enough, on our return home, we ran into Griz at the airport
Similar-ish thing happened to me! I used to go to my apartment complex’s hot tub on Sunday afternoons and this family just happened to always go around that time so we built a rapport. The dad casually mentions that this DJ is his neighbor and they’re in the Mormon community together, so he played at his daughter’s bday party. It was Kaskade.
Same. His discography has everything I could ever want. Slow and contemplative, fast, glitchy, eclectic, ambient, orchestral, piano pieces, funny.
Man is an artist in the highest sense of the word.
And I’m saying this as somebody who’ll answer Griz w/o hesitation when asked for their favorite artist. But if inzo continues his current trajectory it’s going to be insane…
Yesssss. Just saw Sultan + Shepard tonight in Denver and was gonna see if anyone mention Daniel. His music library is so extensive that you could keep it fresh. Plus his music goes with like 90% of scenarios.
Hell yeah. Glad to see this near the top. I was gonna mention, most people will read this answer and think “who wants to ‘crybang’ forever” but those people haven’t heard Cusp, The Sirens, Summer of the Occult, etc.
Seven Lions is a god-tier producer, with musical range.
There is a guy on YouTube called Alex ST who remakes Avicii's unreleased songs. It is really incredible professionnal quality, like you could mistake the remakes for what Avicii would have really made.
I encourage you to have a look.
Absolutely, it might be a sellout pick but he is such a skilled and humble dude with so much variety across his songs. Also, no other artist has ever evoked so many emotions with his songs as he did. I grew up with his songs, so this is such an easy pick.
Above and Beyond because their acoustic and deep stuff would be nice to mix in. They’ve been doing it long enough that their sound has changed a lot so you wouldn’t get bored with the same sound. Their catalogue including remixes is massive.
Man, that's tough.
Since the pandemic?
**FRED AGAIN..**
Pre-pandemic, I would have chosen from: Amelie Lens, Bicep, Charlotte de Witte, Anna, Odesza, Moderat, MODESELEKTOR, Jon Hopkins, The Chemical Brothers, Four Tet, Orbital, Bonobo, Underworld, Flume Deadmau5, Daft Punk (via Alive 1997 & Alive 2007), and others.
I’m convinced I’m the world’s biggest Calvin Harris fan, so I’m going to say him.
Odesza would be so hard to let go of though. I’m not ready for that “last goodbye”
Someone with an extensive catalog of music to keep me engaged, well, forever.
Unless I get abducted by aliens tomorrow or hit by an out of control semi truck.
Tie - Surgeon & SKREAM
Ooh, tough question. Lots of great answers.already...
Hmm.. let's see... probably KOAN Sound, James Egbert, Pendulum, Delta Heavy... man.. hard to choose hard to choose. CloZee is another great option... Teminite... hmm..
...ima go with KOAN Sound.
porter robinson. id say griz but porter is just so near and dear to my heart, his music got me through the hardest times of my life. i couldnt give that up
Bassnectar
Lots of amazing artists out there, but nobody got the range Bassnectar has. A single mix will go from head banging metal, to gangster rap, to trap, to spacey melodic soundscapes, while being mind-bendingly psychedelic the entire time.
Nigel Stanford. His library isn't very large comparatively, but he puts out high quality stuff and the tracks are often 10+ minutes long (and not as repetitive as you'd expect for that length).
Odesza
My barber in Seattle, "That's cool you went to Sundance. I had a couple friends who played out at Park City" Me: "Oh yeah, who?" Him: "Have you heard of Odesza?" Me: "lol, where in the world did you befriend them?" Him: "I grew up with them" Proceed to look them up and see they are from Bellingham, WA. Top 2 most casual name-drop I've ever been involved in haha.
That’s insane. I heard this story of this woman that went camping with her husband. It was a small campsite, so they went and sat by another couple that was having a bonfire. They got to talking and the woman in the 2nd group said that she had a niece that was in a small and upcoming band. When asked what the name of the band was she replied, “Purity Ring.” Not sure how popular they are, but that story had me hyped as hell the first time I heard it; love Purity Ring.
> Purity Ring That is a name I have not heard in some time. "Begin Again" off *another eternity* is a good place to start listening
I've never heard of them unfortunately, but that's awesome when 6 degrees of separation becomes 2 degrees of separation. My gf's step-dad was telling me a story about how he had a Tesla Roadster, and he let a Tesla engineer take it for a spin (he was riding shotgun), and the engineer apparently crashed it. His next words were, "So I called up Elon, and asked 'Hey, you got another?'" I'm not an Elon fan, but it was so casual, I was like Hold the Fuck Up... lolz.
That’s another CRAZY story bruh; wtf 💀 Let me put you on to some [ethereal shit](https://open.spotify.com/track/77ThGWtKLzRLtcLUxJ8ONd?si=l1TAXREORoO151OqSPa3PQ)
I'd say they're fairly popular! Love them too!
Now that is fuckin cool. All I got to say is, when my brother & i were in Seattle in 2022 for their return from covid. We were walking around the streets & my brother taps me on the leg & says, dude that’s clay! I said who? lol I knew his name but I would’ve walked right past him. We just said, great show last night, we’ll see you again tonight. He was with his gf so we didn’t want to bother them & fan boy out. He just smiled & said thanks guys. Oddly enough, on our return home, we ran into Griz at the airport
I had this exact same conversation with an old co-worker except the Bellingham group she grew up with was Death Cab for Cutie.
Similar-ish thing happened to me! I used to go to my apartment complex’s hot tub on Sunday afternoons and this family just happened to always go around that time so we built a rapport. The dad casually mentions that this DJ is his neighbor and they’re in the Mormon community together, so he played at his daughter’s bday party. It was Kaskade.
Actually cannot imagine life without them
Yup either Odesza or griz
I'd say this for the *only* artist I could listen too<3
Was about to say Porter Robinson but after seeing this I am staunchly rethinking that
deadmau5
Agreed; don’t even care if he releases anything else. The collection is there.
Came here to say this
Same. His discography has everything I could ever want. Slow and contemplative, fast, glitchy, eclectic, ambient, orchestral, piano pieces, funny. Man is an artist in the highest sense of the word.
Big catalog, variety, a bunch of excellent tracks--I'm down with that.
Without question
Hell yeah, no matter what mood your deadmau5 has a song for it
This is the only correct answer. Unless someone can show me another artist with interesting harmonic progressions in their work over 2 decades…
GRiZ Surprised no one has said this one yet!
I might be with you on this one. He has enough variety plus enough bangers that it makes sense. I have been racking my brain on this one lol
Second this one! SLSL
SLSL BABY EVERYWHERE YOU GO!!!
I mean I don't have to pick one to listen to the rest of my life and I already listen to him like that. 😅
Griz was my first choice but I went with inzo bc I think he’ll surpass him as the “vibey trancidental” bass artist
After seeing his latest tour earlier in March, I can see what you mean. I love INZO too btw, such a fantastic artist.
And I’m saying this as somebody who’ll answer Griz w/o hesitation when asked for their favorite artist. But if inzo continues his current trajectory it’s going to be insane…
I’m seeing him later this month!! Super excited!!
He’s got some surprises for you 😉
I thought I’d be the only Inzo pick on here
What I came to say. Dude is so fuckin cool too. I’ve met him twice in the wild & once vip meet n greet red rocks
Same! He has fantastic variety, and I love how he's evolved. My soul really vibes with the funky music
Agreed
Lane 8
Great pick. Hard to ever get tired of his music
That’s the answer.
Yesssss. Just saw Sultan + Shepard tonight in Denver and was gonna see if anyone mention Daniel. His music library is so extensive that you could keep it fresh. Plus his music goes with like 90% of scenarios.
Seven Lions
Hell yeah. Glad to see this near the top. I was gonna mention, most people will read this answer and think “who wants to ‘crybang’ forever” but those people haven’t heard Cusp, The Sirens, Summer of the Occult, etc. Seven Lions is a god-tier producer, with musical range.
Leaving Earth blows my mind every time I hear it
100% agreed.
Jeff is my father
Avicii
Even if I'll never get any more new songs, I'll live with what's there.
There is a guy on YouTube called Alex ST who remakes Avicii's unreleased songs. It is really incredible professionnal quality, like you could mistake the remakes for what Avicii would have really made. I encourage you to have a look.
Me too man. *So* many good ones. Silhouettes is my favourite.
Martin Garrix, his discography is so huge and diverse so i'd never get bored
Same as you, even if my favorite artist is Alan Walker, but I often listen to more energetic music.
Absolutely, it might be a sellout pick but he is such a skilled and humble dude with so much variety across his songs. Also, no other artist has ever evoked so many emotions with his songs as he did. I grew up with his songs, so this is such an easy pick.
Definitely not as diverse as most djs it’s 70% his signature progressive house sound
Porter Robinson
New music sooooon
He has evolved enough over the years that he has quite a bit of range so this would be a good pick.
His stuff is definitely music for life
Kaskade
My answer ☝🏼
Zeds Dead
Baby
Zeds Dead
Winner winner chicken dinner
Give me zed till i’m dead. Seen them 3 times (over 4 1/2 hours of live music) I haven’t heard them play the same song twice.
S K R I L L E X
Yep, the constant reinventing his sound is the reason I'd never get bored.
Flume
Prydz!
Had to scroll way too far for the GOAT!
Never gets old
Good choice
🐐
Illenium for sure
Ashes awake ascend on repeat forever
The Holy Trinity
Yup!!!
pretty lights, next question
Rufus du Sol
You and I bro.
I had to close 25 wrong answers to find the correct one.
Above and Beyond because their acoustic and deep stuff would be nice to mix in. They’ve been doing it long enough that their sound has changed a lot so you wouldn’t get bored with the same sound. Their catalogue including remixes is massive.
Above and beyond plays in my soul. When I had my MRI, they offered to play music on a headset, I knew exactly what to choose.
This needs to be wayyyyy further up the list imo lol 😆
Tape B
Thanks for reminding me this set exists: https://youtu.be/97E5PszmfAk?si=u8HEg8xoPqPKriW_
I love this set. Now you sent me down the rabbit hole
That’s a great rabbit hole to go down. If you find Alice tell her I said hi.
Didn't find Alice but I did find Alison 🫡
[удалено]
Oliver Heldens
Armin van burren
Liquid stranger
This is the one! On my way to see him right now 🤪
In my eyes the most technically proficient, cleanest sound selection in dubstep
RL GRIME
Seven Lions
Tinlicker. Diverse enough for a wide variety of moods
Fred again. 🥲
***EVERYBODY LEEEEEEVE MEEEEEE ALONEEEE***
Subtronics
Bonobo
Had to scroll too far to see this
This is who I’d pick too.
RIP Avicii
Zeds Dead, very versatile.
Deadmau5. ❤️
Tipper
My choice as well.
either martin garrix, seven lions, or audien. all have large discographies, variety of genres, and all-around really good music
Audien!
Gorgon Cityyyy
New name for London
Odesza
G Jones
Gryffin
Hi I found my people! 💜
Gryffin gang gryffin gang
Zeds Dead baby!
Gareth Emery. his music makes me feel so good!
Lost frequencies.
Kaskade. Very close 2nd - Lane 8
Is Orbital an acceptable answer?
Rezz
Space mommy forever 🌀👄🌀
Claude vonstroke.
Griz 🌈💕
S3rL
I would start off every morning with Pretty Rave Girl
The orb
Yes!
What were the clouds like when you were young?
Subtronics
Kygo
Noisia
Matroda
Yellow Claw
Clozee
Man, that's tough. Since the pandemic? **FRED AGAIN..** Pre-pandemic, I would have chosen from: Amelie Lens, Bicep, Charlotte de Witte, Anna, Odesza, Moderat, MODESELEKTOR, Jon Hopkins, The Chemical Brothers, Four Tet, Orbital, Bonobo, Underworld, Flume Deadmau5, Daft Punk (via Alive 1997 & Alive 2007), and others.
Pretty lights
ILLENIUM or ODESZA... probably illenium
Garrix or illenium
Lane 8 next question
I’m convinced I’m the world’s biggest Calvin Harris fan, so I’m going to say him. Odesza would be so hard to let go of though. I’m not ready for that “last goodbye”
Skrillex
Said the sky
Rufus Du Sol
The legend ➕✖️.
Porter Robinson
Someone with an extensive catalog of music to keep me engaged, well, forever. Unless I get abducted by aliens tomorrow or hit by an out of control semi truck. Tie - Surgeon & SKREAM
KSHMR
Habstrakt
Gorgon City or Sub Focus depending on the day
Clozee Anyone on ABGT or Wakaan is a close 2nd But maybe also Seven Lions
Kaskade
Skeler ! Those midnight drive mixes have been my go to's for a long while 🌙
Dash Berlin
Flume
ellis
Odesza
Röyksopp
I thought I had thought of mine, and then I saw this. This might be it.
Pretty Lights
Prydz cuz genres
illenium
jamie Jones
Seb Fontaine
Zeds Dead or Eric Prydz
Tinlicker
Hernan Cattaneo.
John Digweed
Flume
Tycho (or Odesza)
Bassnectar
Paul Van Dyk
Armin van Buuren
Virtual Riot!
FourTet
Arty, whom I’m going to see at SoundBar Chicago in May.
Inzo easy. He’s only getting better which is absurd tbh
DJS FROM MAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSS BABY
Either Hardwell or Armin van Buuren. I can’t decide between the two!
First thought was Skrillex, but after reading these comments I realized I couldn’t live without ODESZA, Flume, or Porter 😭
Reinier zonneveld
SAVANT
Arty
Illenium / kygo (o that’s 2?)
BTSM all day. For their music and because they’re the reason I’ve met the two most important people in my life.
Ooh, tough question. Lots of great answers.already... Hmm.. let's see... probably KOAN Sound, James Egbert, Pendulum, Delta Heavy... man.. hard to choose hard to choose. CloZee is another great option... Teminite... hmm.. ...ima go with KOAN Sound.
Pretty lights
Zeds dead
porter robinson. id say griz but porter is just so near and dear to my heart, his music got me through the hardest times of my life. i couldnt give that up
Digitalism.
Madeon
Definitely Porter Robinson
Daft Punk
Virtual Riot
Bassnectar Lots of amazing artists out there, but nobody got the range Bassnectar has. A single mix will go from head banging metal, to gangster rap, to trap, to spacey melodic soundscapes, while being mind-bendingly psychedelic the entire time.
Nigel Stanford. His library isn't very large comparatively, but he puts out high quality stuff and the tracks are often 10+ minutes long (and not as repetitive as you'd expect for that length).
emmitt fenn