Zeds Dead
Schedule
Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
450 S Galena St, Aspen, CO, United States, Colorado 81611 | Aspen, CO
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Doors: 9pmShow: 10pm
21+
One of the most successful independent electronic acts of the past decade, Zeds Dead is a pioneering duo hailed as “trailblazers of the modern North American bass scene” (DJ Mag). Formed in 2009 in Toronto, Canada, by producers/DJs Dylan “DC” Mamid and Zachary “Hooks” Rapp-Rovan, the duo has garnered hundreds of millions of cross-platform streams, dozens of Top 20 Billboard hits and multiple JUNO Award nominations. Across their expansive discography, Zeds Dead have crafted a limitless sound that fuses diverse genres, from hard-hitting dubstep and throttling drum & bass to ethereal electronic and raw hip-hop. Following their debut Rudeboy EP (Dec. 2010, San City High Records), re-released in February 2011 with an added guest feature from Toronto rapper/electronic artist Omar LinX, Zeds Dead released Adrenaline (Jan. 2012, Inspected Records), which has accumulated +8 million Spotify streams to date. They followed up with a pair of collaborative EPs with Omar LinX: Victor (March 2012, Jeffree’s/Mad Decent, 5.7M/SoundCloud) and The Living Dead (July 2012, Ultra Records, +4.7M/Spotify). In 2013, Zeds Dead expanded their sound on their club-focused Hot Sauce EP (Jan. 2013, Mad Decent), which saw the duo exploring new sonic territories, including house, breakbeat and glitch. Elsewhere, their Somewhere Else EP (July 2014, Mad Decent) featured cross-genre collaborations with Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, Dirtyphonics & Bright Lights, Omar LinX & Big Gigantic, and Twin Shadow & D’Angelo Lacy, among others. A momentous creative breakthrough for Zeds Dead, Somewhere Else charted on the Billboard 200 chart, garnered a win at the 2015 Much Music Video Awards (MMVAs), and secured the group two major nominations at the 2015 JUNO Awards (Breakthrough Group of the Year and Video of the Year for “Lost You”). On Northern Lights (Oct. 2016), the duo’s debut full-length artist album and their most creatively ambitious project to date, Zeds Dead collaborated with leading artists from the wider pop music spectrum, including Diplo, Twin Shadow, Pusha T, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo and many more. A breakout critical and commercial success, Northern Lights has since garnered +83 million collective Spotify streams. A Top 10 hit on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums and Heatseekers Albums charts, the crossover release was nominated for Dance Recording of the Year at the 2017 JUNO Awards. Northern Lights also marked the first major release on Zeds Dead’s then-burgeoning Deadbeats imprint. Via their tastemaker Deadbeats Records, Zeds Dead are cultivating the future wave of groundbreaking electronic music and next-gen artists. Officially launched in February 2016, Deadbeats is today one of the leading, fastest-growing independent labels in dance music, counting more than 150 releases across its genre-blurring discography. Recognized as a “critical label for uncovering the next generation of bass stars” (DJ Mag), the imprint has helped discover and develop emerging artists like DNMO, PEEKABOO, Subtronics, ZEKE BEATS, 1788-L and many others. Deadbeats has released a handful of renowned label compilations—Deadbeats Compilation (Vol. 1) (2017), Deadbeats Compilation (Vol. 2) (2017) and We Are Deadbeats (Vol. 3) (2018)—which feature original tracks from its wide artist roster, including REZZ, Megalodon, Champagne Drip, LICK, Gentlemens Club and, of course, Zeds Dead themselves. In January 2020, the imprint released We Are Deadbeats (Vol. 4), which sees Zeds Dead collaborating with a number of the label’s artists and friends and fully captures the sense of community across the close-knit Deadbeats universe. Most recently, Deadbeats has expanded into the live events space, with Zeds Dead and the label launching international tours—Deadbeats Tour 2017-2019—and curating hosted stages at global festivals and marquee events, including SXSW, Miami Music Week, Nocturnal Wonderland and more. Since 2014, Deadbeats and Zeds Dead have produced the annual DeadRocks gathering, a massive headlining show held at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver. The fan-favorite series, which expanded to a two-day event in 2018, has sold out every year since its inception. Now entering its seventh year in 2020, DeadRocks has hosted groundbreaking performances from REZZ, Tchami, Rusko, Noisia, G Jones, Ekali and countless others. On the live front, Zeds Dead have remained a staple on the international festival and touring circuit since first making their stage debut at a small Toronto club in 2009. The duo has delivered high-profile performances and headlining sets at major global music festivals, including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival, EDC Las Vegas and more, in addition to their own international headlining and label tours across Europe, Asia, South America and beyond. In 2020, Zeds Dead will launch the next chapter of their ongoing Deadbeats Tour series and the seventh installment of the annual DeadRocks event in July. As the latest extension of the duo's creative footprint, Deadbeats is today the culmination of Zeds Dead's journey that's seen the group lead the electronic music industry as independent artists for more than a decade. Leveraging the power of music technology—from the days of Hype Machine and music blogs to YouTube channels and streaming services—and social media, Zeds Dead have sidestepped the music industry machine to carve their own artistic path in their singular vision. Zeds Dead and Deadbeats now enter the new decade standing at the vanguard of global dance music once again. What started as a buzzing label has today morphed into an all-encompassing lifestyle brand and live events powerhouse, with Zeds Dead as its enterprising curators and visionaries.
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