KU.LTURE Present ILLYUS & BARRIENTOS

Hailing from Scotland’s largest city, Illyus & Barrientos have been blazing a

trail in the Dance Music scene. The pair consistently channel their varied

influences into all of their records, consistently offering something truly

unique with each record and performance. Barrientos has Chilean parents

and was born in America, while Illyus grew up in Frankfurt after being born in

Scotland.

They met on Glasgow’s dance floors in 2014, building a friendship over their

mutual love of the kind of unashamedly big, floor-filling modern house tunes

that have since informed their own music and propelled them to the forefront

of the UK Dance Music scene. In many ways, they are an odd couple – while

Illyus was growing up in the vibrant local hip-hop scene in Germany, and then

in Glasgow distributing early mixtapes for an enthusiastic audience of

friends, Barrientos was still taking classical piano lessons, playing Chopin

and Beethoven. The culmination of their diverse ascensions to this point

continues to produce anthem after anthem.

With a collection of releases on labels such as Toolroom, Defected, and

Armada, as well as remixes for the likes of Calvin Harris, Purple Disco

Machine, Armand Van Helden, Sonny Fodera, Kylie Minogue, A-Trak, and

Gorgon City, Illyus & Barrientos have established themselves as one of the

most prolific and in-demand DJ-producer duos in the UK. They’ve performed

at standout venues such as London’s iconic Printworks, CRSSD (USA),

Ushuaia (Ibiza), and supported the likes of Calvin Harris, and Rudimental.

Furthermore, they’ve already released a wealth of records of the years with

their most notable single ‘Promise’ picking up overwhelming support and

smashing it’s way through 6.5M+ streams to date.

Furthermore, Illyus & Barrientos have graced the playlists of internationally

recognised radio stations Kiss FM UK,Capital Dance and BBC Radio 1 as

well as hosting a number of shows on Kiss FM UK.

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