LAYTON GIORDANI

New York’s Layton Giordani stands fi rm as one of the planet’s most popular tastemakers from techno’snew school. His pioneering musical vision serves as a contemporary voice for the passionate youngergeneration of cutting edge electronic music fans.

A studio obsessive with absolute dedication to his craft, Layton’s diverse repertoire of sounds todaypresents a new forward facing soundscape of hi energy techno and underground house aimed fi rmly atthe peak time dance floor.

Inspired by the profound experience he had in his teens, of watching the masterful Danny Tenaglia rockPacha NY all night long, Layton began to hone his own skills behind the decks, eventually landing apivotal residency at Brooklyn’s iconic clubbing institution Output NY. It was here Layton’s abilitiesquickly sharpened and where he began to catch the eye of the A list guests playing the venue eachweek. It was thanks to the initial faith Output instilled in him that Layton then began making a namefor himself far beyond America’s east coast.

Under the mentorship of Adam Beyer, Layton honed his talents further by closely studying the cardinalcuts from techno’s illustrious and rich history. The affiliation resulted in his fi rst EP, Unspoken beingsigned to Beyer’s Truesoul label which was shortly followed by Rivington, Layton’s debut release onDrumcode, the label that would then become Layton’s home.

It was in 2017 that Layton Giordani erupted onto the global scene with his aptly-named debut artistalbum on Drumcode - Where It Begins. This 12-track LP served as the fi rst seismic indication of histalent and capabilities and it subsequently received great critical acclaim from press, peers, fans and thewider industry. Months after the album’s release Layton found himself collaborating with DannyTenaglia to create Live Again which many today still consider to be one of Drumcode’s contemporaryclassics.

One year later and the advancement of Layton’s career showed no signs of slowing as he joined forceswith Adam Beyer and Chicago icon Green Velvet to create Space Date which subsequently assembledover 19 million streams on Spotify. This record became the anthem of the summer in 2018 and itmarked another pivotal step up in tempo for Layton’s European touring schedule which now includedmain stage appearances at Drumcode Festival NL, Awakenings, Resistance Ibiza, Melt! Festival,Warehouse Project and many more.

2019 saw more hits as stellar solo EP Phase II landed and after that Layton’s Drumcode hit Chrome.Fuzion - his collaboration with Green Velvet closed the year and went on to be one of the biggestreleases for Relief Records.

Consumed with creative aspiration and further seeking to express his unique perspective on the genre,2020 saw the delivery of Layton’s most complete and robust offering to date, with his sophomorealbum New Generation. Crafting an immaculate sound through inspirations far removed from techno,he presented an opus that favoured ambiences and immersive urban soundscapes. The LP marked adecisive moment in Drumcode’s evolution, establishing Layton’s nouveau strain of modern techno as afocal part of the label’s output from then on.