Jauz

Jauz operates under the name Sam Vogel as a Los Angeles-based EDM producer whose guiding principle that music has no boundaries finds expression in his wide stylistic palette. Outputs frequently shift between chill trap and future garage while sometimes veering toward the heavier end of dubstep. His remixes apply a bass-driven contemporary club treatment to material ranging from 1980s electro through 1990s hip-hop and into post-millennial pop. Mid-2010s singles and joint releases established him as an early figure in bass house, and later work in the decade helped originate the speed house subgenre. The expansive, cinematic 2018 album The Wise and the Wicked surveys terrain that includes bassline and electropop, whereas 2023’s Rise of the Wise foregrounds the producer’s house roots in a manner that stays current and forward-looking.

Vogel started posting remixes in 2013, after which his material quickly drew interest from Diplo, Skrillex, and Borgore. The 2014 single “Feel the Volume” came out on Mad Decent, and the 2015 Skrillex collaboration “Squad Out!” appeared as part of Adult Swim’s free singles program. Releases with Pegboard Nerds surfaced on the Canadian label Monstercat, while several singles, among them joint tracks with Eptic and Ephwurd, arrived via Spinnin’ Records. Although numerous unofficial remixes of major pop songs exist in his catalog, official versions have been issued for tracks by Kiesza, Tiga, Knife Party, and others.

In April 2018 Jauz joined French producer DJ Snake for the single “Gassed Up.” Widely regarded as a festival staple, the track is credited with launching the style known as speed house. It appeared on The Wise and the Wicked, the 23-track, four-chapter album that also included appearances by Krewella, SNAILS, Example, Holy Goof, and additional artists. In 2019 Jauz issued heavily streamed remixes of SHAED’s “Trampoline” and Pinkfong’s viral hit “Baby Shark,” along with the house-oriented flashback “Don’t Leave Me” and collaborations involving Zeds Dead, i_o, and DNMO. The five-song EP Dangerous Waters followed in 2020, featuring guest contributions from TYNAN and Jump System.

“Oceans & Galaxies,” the anthemic partnership with singer HALIENE, gained substantial streaming traction in 2021. The more aggressive “Sick,” recorded with Frank Zummo and We Are Pigs, and “Forever,” recorded with Micah Martin, appeared next, together with the club-oriented “Make It Good.” Jauz’s 2022 EP Block Party contained tracks made with Masked Wolf and Habstrakt. He opened 2023 with “S.O.S,” a dubstep cut created alongside Zeds Dead and Nicole Millar. Focus on melodic, futuristic house shaped the 2023 full-length Rise of the Wise, which incorporated a return of the earlier single “Don’t Leave Me.”