Aaron Static

Aaron Static is an electronic music producer and DJ from Australia, born in Port Hedland and now based in Melbourne. He got into electronic music in the late 1990s through Perth's university radio station RTRFM, falling for Jungle, Drum & Bass, Hardcore, UK Garage, Progressive Breaks and Trance. Around the Perth rave scene he built a reputation for his own productions and DJ sets, including Drum & Bass "Live PA" performances on a 486 DX2-80 at events run by MFI and others. More than a few hard drives gave out to the bass along the way.

His early releases included Tech-Step Drum & Bass on Argon Records and Neurofunk on his own Kinematic320 imprint with Rregula (now part of Zombie Cats). He moved to Melbourne in 2006 and began treating music less as functional dance and more as an art form, with melody and emotion the constant in his work ever since, whatever genre sits underneath. His debut album "Singularity" (2009) explored the coming AI singularity and its impact on society, stepping away from his DnB roots into new tempos and territory.

"Redemption" (2013) showed his range across Chillstep, Future Garage and Autonomic Drum & Bass, and found a global audience through YouTube channels like MrSuicideSheep and MOR. Tracks like "Amen Tune", "Severance" and "Intrepid Journey" reached hundreds of thousands of listeners.

"Shifting Tides" (2019) is his most refined record so far, a search for calm in the noise of the modern world and the first time he wrote full vocal songs. Its lead single "When We Love", a Future Garage and pop crossover, became his biggest track with over two million plays on Spotify.

He has carried on releasing Liquid and Drum & Bass since, through the Melbourne labels onesevenfour and Delight. He is now working on his fourth album, a set of emotional, song-led tracks built over a Drum & Bass foundation, several of which he writes and sings himself for the first time. Alongside the music he is co-building Nekta, a music-first social network made for real connection between artists and the people who listen to them.