XL IS A SONIC CARTOGRAPHER WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW TO EVOKE MAINSTREAM APPEAL WHILE STAYING TETHERED TO THE WEIRD AND EXPERIMENTAL FOOTHOLDS PREVALENT ACROSS THE HEAVY BASS FIELD. XL HAS RECEIVED PRAISE FROM NAMES LIKE ZEDS DEAD, WITH THE DUBSTEP DONS RINSING HIS NELLY FURTADO FLIP ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS — THE MOST RECENT BEING AT DEAD ROCKS AND BONNAROO.

 

HAILING FROM PHILADELPHIA, HE ABSORBED THE DIVERSE INFLUENCES OF HIS ARTISTIC UPBRINGING, LEADING TO A FERVENT PASSION FOR MUSIC. HIS FIRST RECOGNIZED SONG “ONLY SOUL” FEAT. DARIEN STAXX UNVEILS A DYNAMIC FUSION OF SONIC ELEMENTS THAT TRANSCEND GENRE BOUNDARIES. XL’S SUBSEQUENT RELEASES SHOWCASED HIS EVOLUTION AS AN ARTIST. HIS KEEN SENSE OF SONIC MANIPULATION ALLOWED HIM TO CRAFT TRACKS THAT DEFIED CONVENTIONAL GENRE BOUNDARIES. HIS TRACKS LIKE “PLATINUM” AND “SHABBA DUB” DEMONSTRATED HIS PROWESS IN SEAMLESSLY WEAVING TOGETHER LUSH ATMOSPHERES AND GUT-POUNDING DROPS. WITH EVERY NEW COMPOSITION, XL PUSHED THE BOUNDARIES OF DUBSTEP, BLURRING LINES BETWEEN GENRES AND FORGING A PATH UNIQUELY HIS OWN.