Snails (DJ)

Snails
Birth name Frédérik Durand
Born (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres Dubstep, drum and bass, drumstep, trap
Occupation(s) Electronic musician, DJ
Instruments Digital Audio Workstation (Reason)
Years active 2012–present
Labels SLUGZ Music, Kannibalen Records, OWSLA, Monstercat
Associated acts Big Gigantic, Jack Ü, Pegboard Nerds, Flux Pavilion, KSHMR
Website officialsnails.com

Frédérik Durand (born 4 May 1988), professionally known as SNAILS, is a Canadian DJ and music producer.

Durand's musical style has been described as "vomitstep", featuring "guttural bass gurgles, crushing 808s and synthesizers oscillated well past the point of absurdity" according to Billboard.[1]

Career

Early career

Durand's first tracks, including his debut release "Bubble Gun", appeared online in 2012 through Canadian label Kannibalen Records.[2]

Rising success

Durand continued to gain success, collaborating with artists like Flux Pavilion and Jack Ü and frequent plays from Skrillex and other notable DJs.[1] In 2014, Snails released two singles, "Wild" and "Pump This", and made his first US concert appearances.

In 2015, Durand performed at EDC Las Vegas, Ultra Music Festival and Electric Forest, and released a single titled "King Is Back".

Durand continued steadily releasing music through multiple labels, including several releases on Skrillex's OWSLA imprint.

2016–present: Tours and continued success

In early 2016, Durand embarked on the North American Enter Slugz City Tour as direct support for Flosstradamus, as well as playing festival sets at Coachella, Lollapalooza and Ultra Music Festival.[3] Durand also briefly toured Asia, performing at numerous venues and festivals in China, Japan, and Taiwan. To close out 2016, Durand toured through Australia with Jauz and Slushii on the Touch Bass traveling festival.

The final Snails show of 2016 took place in Denver, Colorado at Decadence Music Festival, where he announced that he would be throwing his own festival, Sluggtopia, at Red Rocks in October 2017.[4]

In May 2017, Durand and fellow electronic musician Botnek released their collaboratory single "Waffle House" on OWSLA, along with a music video. A couple of months later, in August, he participated in the making of the song of KSHMR '' The Serpent '' in his last EP called Materia.

On 29 August 2017 Snails released the song "into the light" as well as releasing the title of his new upcoming album titled The Shell, and releasing dates for his first headline US TOUR and announcing a tour set up that will contain a custom set and 150,000 watts of PK sound.

References

  1. 1 2 "Montreal Artist Snails Is Saving Bass Music, One Vomitstep at a Time". Billboard. 12 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Meet Snails: He's proud to be weird!". UKF. 10 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "2016 Coachella Photos: Day In The Life With Snails". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Rubinstein, Peter (1 January 2017). "One Of The Bass Music Kings Just Revealed His Own Red Rocks Festival". Your EDM. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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