Eli Brown

Rave bass for festival dancefloors

The warehouse techno that Eli Brown has turned into a festival anthem comes from the same Bristol that raised jungle, drum and bass, and dubstep. It is instantly recognizable: cavernous basslines, a peak-time drive, and a visual aesthetic as dark as his productions. Since bursting onto the scene in 2016, he has moved from the British circuit to the DJ booths of Tomorrowland, Ultra, Creamfields, Coachella, and Awakenings, with over two million monthly listeners on Spotify.

The anonymous submission that ended up in DJ Mag

Self-taught behind the decks and in the studio, he anonymously sent his first house track to Skream, who signed an entire EP for Of Unsound Mind. From there, he chained releases on Toolroom, Repopulate Mars, Relief Records, Truesoul, Defected, Ultra, and We Are The Brave. In 2017, Sumatra (Toolroom) snuck into the best-selling tracks of the year, with support from Annie Mac and Monki on BBC Radio 1. The global leap came in 2019 with XTC, the collaboration with Solardo that Annie Mac chose as Hottest Record in the World and that DJ Mag named best track of the year. That same season, he debuted at fabric (London) and Miami Music Week, toured South America, and announced his first world tour, Come Together.

From RAM Records to the edge of Drumcode

Before this house and techno alias, he had signed drum and bass on RAM Records as Xample—including the number one on the UK Dance Chart with Lowdown in 2007—and the duo Loadstar with Lomax. That bass school is noticeable when he collaborates with Calvin Harris (as Love Regenerator) on Moving, with Green Velvet, HI-LO, or Adam Beyer. Killer, his first track with Polydor, was once again Annie Mac's Hottest Record. In parallel, he founded Arcane, a hard-edged house and techno label, and has released on Drumcode. Tracks like Believe, Diamonds on My Mind, Gasoline, Wavey—the official anthem of EDC Las Vegas 2025—and Overdose of Bass with Beyer have marked his most techno-focused era.

Panic Attack, Sphere, and the stadium scale

In 2026, he signs his debut album, Panic Attack, with Insomniac Records, scheduled for November 13 and preceded by Electrify and It's Like That. The eponymous tour crosses North America—with his largest solo concert at City Market, Los Angeles, for over 10,000 people—and closes at Electric Brixton, in London. In 2025, he headlined a UNITY night at The Sphere in Las Vegas, co-produced by Insomniac and Tomorrowland. Today, he stands among the headliners of contemporary techno: a producer from Bristol who has taken dirty rave to the festival format without losing the warehouse character.