3LAU

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3LAU
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3LAU performing at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami in March 2019
Background information
Birth nameJustin David Blau
Born (1991-01-09) January 9, 1991 (age 33)
Syosset, New York, U.S.
Origin Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • producer
Instrument(s)
  • Synthesizer
  • mixer
  • piano
  • guitar
  • vocals
Years active2011–present
Labels
Website 3lau.com/music

Justin David Blau (born January 9, 1991), [2] better known by his stage name 3LAU (pronounced "Blau"), [3] is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer. Raised in New York and Las Vegas, 3LAU left Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied finance. [4] He has produced original tracks including "How You Love Me", "Is It Love", "Fire", "On My Mind", and "Hot Water", as well as remixes for Rihanna, Katy Perry, Shawn Mendes, and Ariana Grande and collaborations with gamer Ninja and HYO of Girls' Generation. [5] 3LAU has also appeared at festivals such as Electric Zoo, EDC Vegas, Lollapalooza, and Life Is Beautiful, and tours extensively internationally. [6]

Contents

Early life

Justin David Blau was born in Syosset, New York, on January 9, 1991 [2] Blau grew up in an artistic family and was soon playing piano and guitar and singing. At 13, he moved with his family to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he spent the rest of his youth. [7] He attended The Meadows School for high school and Washington University in St. Louis for college. [7]

Background

Much of 3LAU's music incorporates electro house, dubstep, deep house, and progressive house. [8] He is known for his melodic take on dance music and live sets that incorporate sampling. The emotional purpose of his style of songwriting, Blau says, is to inspire others to overcome their sense of feeling lost. "Every song is somehow about being lost in some way, whether that's in love, in life, in mental health, whatever it may be. Sometimes the lyrics shed light on the brighter parts, but in many ways, I write as a means to try to combat that feeling of being lost and I hope the music can do that for someone else." [9]

Music career

2011–12: First releases

In 2011, at the age of 20, he vacationed in Sweden, where he discovered electronic dance music. After returning to college he started producing mashups, "mainly because [he] didn't think anyone was doing a good job." [10] He soon began mixing under the professional name 3LAU, and by June of that year, was uploading mashups to YouTube. [11]

3LAU gained recognition in the electronic music world in 2011 with his two bootlegs, "Girls Who Save the World" and "All Night Long". He also won a remix competition for his remix of Tiesto's "Work Hard, Play Hard".

Before 2012, 3LAU spent his days studying at Washington University in St. Louis and DJing at night. He has had remixes charts in the top 10 on both Beatport and Hype Machine. [8]

2012–15: Singles, touring

In 2012, he focused on DJing and launched his 3LAU Your Mind tour. That same year, he released his second bootleg album, Dance Floor Filth. [8] In 2012, the Las Vegas Review-Journal described him as "one of America's fastest-rising DJ-producers." [7] In 2012 he released Dance Floor Filth 2, an album featuring his production. [12]

In late 2013, he went on a short tour with Carnage called the Night Riot tour. [13] [14] Wrote Jonah Ollman of Sound of Boston about 3LAU's live performances in late 2013, "A nice balance of mashups, electro-house, poppy vocal samples, and a 90's throwback here and there keep the young 20-something crowd going and constantly entertained." [13]

In the summer of 2015, 3LAU did his first European tour visiting Barcelona, Germany and Ibiza. Later that fall, he went on his first Asian tour which included Bangkok, Jakarta, Tokyo and more. [15]

2016-17: Blume Records

In 2016 3LAU launched Blume Records, an independent label with a ground-breaking model that harnesses the power of streaming to raise money for charitable causes. 3LAU stated, "Hopefully we can inspire other people to act and there will be this domino effect." [16]

2018-19: Ultraviolet, OMF

On February 16, 2018, 3LAU released his debut album Ultraviolet on label "BLUME" featuring singles "Touch," "On My Own", "Walk Away" and "Star Crossed". The album features collaborations with Carly Paige, Nevve, Emma Hewitt, Max Schneider, Said the Sky, and Neonheart. The album hit No. 1 on iTunes' Electronic Chart, as did lead single "Touch." [17] [18] On June 21, 2018, 3LAU announced the launch of OMF (Our Music Festival), the first blockchain-powered music festival. The festival was held on October 20, 2018, in San Francisco and was headlined by Zedd. [19]

In March 2021, 3LAU marked the three-year anniversary of his Ultraviolet album through an unusual internet auction with "NFTs" (non-fungible tokens) certifying certain digital rights and the one-of-a-kind ownership, for a total of approximately US$11 million in the three-day sale. [20]

Charity work

In 2016, 3LAU launched the record label Blume, the first not-for-profit dance music label. [21] Profits from all songs released on Blume are dedicated to charity. 3LAU has raised over $200,000 for non-profit Pencils of Promise, which used the funds donated to build a seven-classroom school in Guatemala, as well as to fund clean water, education, and teacher development programs. [22] In 2013, 3LAU announced he had built his first school with the non-profit and in 2018 another school was completed in Guatemala. [23]

Cryptocurrency

3LAU is a proponent of and has been involved in a number of ventures and events related to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, having released an NFT special edition album [24] and participated in Our Music Festival [25] and the virtual charity concert Dance, Donate, Decentralize [26] , as well as the digital collectibles marketplace Blockparty [27] and Royal, a marketplace that allows users to invest and earn shares in music royalties. [28]

Discography

Albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
iTunes
Electronic
[29] 		Billboard
Dance/Electronic
[30]
Ultraviolet [31]
  • Released: February 16, 2018
  • Label: Blume Music
  • Format: Streaming
17

Singles

Table shows list of single titles, release dates and record labels
TitleArtistRelease dateRelease label
Escape3LAU and Paris and Simo featuring Bright Lights June 24, 2013 Revealed Recordings
How You Love Me3LAU featuring Bright Lights March 18, 2014 Island Records
VikingsBotnek and 3LAUApril 8, 2014 Dim Mak Records
Somehow Dash Berlin and 3LAU featuring Bright Lights August 29, 2014 Mainstage Music
We Came to Bang3LAU featuring Luciana November 28, 2014Musical Freedom
The Night3LAU and Nom De Strip featuring Estelle January 12, 2015 Revealed Recordings
Alive Again3LAU featuring Emma Hewitt July 6, 2015 Armada Music
Runaway Bright Lights featuring 3LAUOctober 16, 2015 Dim Mak Records
Is It Love3LAU featuring Yeah Boy March 29, 2016Blume Music
Fire3LAU and Said The Sky featuring NeonheartOctober 25, 2016
You Want More3LAU featuring MAX November 25, 2016
On My Mind3LAU featuring Yeah Boy March 31, 2017
Hot Water Audien and 3LAU featuring Victoria ZaroJune 16, 2017 Astralwerks
Star Crossed3LAUSeptember 8, 2017Blume Music
Walk Away3LAU featuring Luna AuraDecember 1, 2017
On My Own3LAU featuring NevveFebruary 1, 2018
Touch3LAU featuring Carly PaigeFebruary 16, 2018
Dirty Neon3LAU and Zaxx featuring Olivera [32] May 25, 2018
Punk Right Now HYO and 3LAU [33] November 13, 2018 SM Entertainment
Game Time3LAU featuring Ninja [34] November 30, 2018Astralwerks
Would You Understand3LAU featuring Carly Paige [35] January 4, 2019Blume Music
Better With You3LAU and Justin Caruso featuring Iselin [36] March 1, 2019Armada Music
Down for Life3LAU and Bright Lights [37] June 21, 2019Blume Music
Falling3LAU and Dmno [38] August 23, 2019
Miss Me More3LAU [39] September 12, 2019
Tokyo3LAU featuring Xira [40] December 6, 2019 Anjunabeats
At Night3LAU and Shaun Frank featuring Grabbitz [41] January 14, 2020Blume Music
Apocalyptic3LAU [42] August 28, 2020 Stmpd Rcrds
Everything3LAU and Funkin Matt featuring Frawley [43] January 22, 2021Blume Music
Worst Case [44] 3LAU featuring Cxloe October 8, 2021
Too Late for Love3LAUNovember 25, 2022
Easy3LAU featuring XIRAOctober 20, 2023 Anjunabeats

Remixes

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