Collins began producing trance music at age 15, around 2008. He later played in several rock and metal bands. At age 13, he began learning bass guitar and digital music production on Logic Pro. At age 11, he obtained a new Mac with GarageBand, which furthered his music production interest. Collins's first experience with music software was Easy Beat by Ergonis Software, a multitrack MIDI sequencer for Mac, which he used at age eight to sequence out random music ideas. 2.4 2018–present: Return to Monstercat and Divinorumīorn in New Jersey, Collins was exposed to music at an early age and began weekly classical piano lessons at age four.2.3 2016–2017: Freefall and other projects.Dancing Astronaut described him as a "meticulous producer" with a "unique, complex brand of melodic dubstep and surrounding genres". Bill, Last Heroes and Seven Lions, among others. Au5 returned to Monstercat in 2018 with the single "The Journey", featuring Australian musician Trove.Īu5 has collaborated with various artists including BT, Crystal Skies, Fractal, Mr. He also made two releases on British label NoCopyrightSounds, "Lush", with American duo Last Heroes featuring Holly Drummond, and "Closer", featuring Danyka Nadeau. He later toured with Swedish producer Liquid Stranger and Israeli duo Infected Mushroom and performed at Motion Notion festival in British Columbia, Canada, in 2016. Au5 also performed at South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, in 2015.Īu5 departed Monstercat in late 2015. "Halcyon" and "Snowblind" reached number one on Beatport's dubstep charts. Au5 had several successful releases on the label, such as "Halcyon", with American producer Fractal, "Snowblind", featuring Tasha Baxter, and "Crossroad", featuring Danyka Nadeau. Au5 is best known for his releases on Canadian label Monstercat, some of which have received millions of views on YouTube.Īu5's label releases began in 2012, and after winning a Seven Lions remix contest in January 2013, he joined Monstercat. Au5's music encompasses a range of electronic genres such as dubstep, house, trance, drum and bass, drumstep and ambient, and he is known for fusing the characteristics of trance and dubstep in his music. Austin Collins (born September 18, 1992), better known as Au5 ( / eɪ j uː ˈ f aɪ v/ ay-yoo- FYVE), is an American electronic musician from New Jersey.
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