Riding the success of seven album-teasing singles, Quiet Bison continues to mould the electronic pop landscape with his latest glittering triumph, album ‘Dawn’ via Ultra Records.
The 20-year-old producer’s distinctly avant-garde sound has already seized the attention of the industry and led to countless opportunities onstage and in the studio.
A discovery from DJ heavyweight and producer, Flume, lead to additions on Flume’s ‘This Is’ Spotify playlist, before he went on to gain praise from Billboard Dance, Future Classic Recommends, and Dancing Astronaut for his own productions and remixes.
When it comes to live sets, Quiet Bison’s early career saw him play alongside acclaimed dance/electronic music artists including, Whethan, A-Trak, What’s So Not, Good Times Ahead, and more recently, Chet Porter and DROELOE before the pandemic canceled the shows.
The build-up to Dawn has seen Quiet Bison reach new heights, supporting superstar Evan Giia in Brooklyn and Seattle on her U.S. headline tour and releasing an official remix for both Zed Sted’s I think you’re cool alongside Imanu and What’s So Not’s We Can Be Friends featuring Herizen.
The album has been foreshadowed since 2020 with successes that featured prominent names in dance music, including Flume-collaborator Reo Cragun on High Like This, which reached 783K on Spotify and preluded radiant successes Blight (feat. Fortune), which amassed over 100K on Spotify and Call It Even (feat Pauline Herr), which reached over 120K.
Continuing his momentum in the music world, Quiet Bison has delivered an album of gracefully orchestrated chaos with a catchy undertow. Though ‘Dawn’ boasts 30 tracks, a significant project especially considering the young producer mixes almost everything himself, it leaves you wanting more.
Tracks such as Spore screech into the senses and elevate the heartbeat, while songs like Sandpaper (feat. TYGKO) speed through hard-hitting, trap-reminiscent beats and a sudden plunge into heart-wrenching ethereal strings characterizes the concluding track, ♋︎♋︎♋︎. The artist describes the process behind the album’s tone.
“The first song I started working on for this album was ‘Myriad’ in late 2019. Quite ironic that it’s the last single to be released with the entire ‘Dawn’ album. ‘Dawn’ is my biggest project to date and it has captured the entirety of my life pre-covid and during. I became close with people I never thought and this is a sonic journey into my mind and dealing with relationships especially ones from a distance. ‘Dawn’ is also a story about fighting for love and the tragedy that can sometimes come with that.”
What the wide array of anthems in Dawn have in common is that you never know where they are going to take you, but you love where you end up. Whether it’s the artwork awash in rainbow incandescence and hinted stories of fallen kingdoms, an asset that he consciously incorporates to create more of an experience for listeners, or the comprehensive and geometric sound design, a visceral world is created within Quiet Bison’s music.
‘Dawn’ is Quiet Bison’s most striking universe yet- it’s glimmering, intriguing, and most of all, it’s unlike anything else.
Quiet Bison – ‘Dawn’ is out February 25th via Ultra Records.
1. Quiet Bison- Prism
2. Quiet Bison- Goblin
3. Quiet Bison- Grip
4. Quiet Bison- Waiting For You (feat wilo wilde)
5. Quiet Bison- Suncatcher
6. Quiet Bison- Hilt
7. Quiet Bison- High Like This (feat. Reo Cragun)
8. Quiet Bison- Spore
9. Blight (feat fortune)
10. Quiet Bison- Excalibur
11. Quiet Bison- High Velocity
12. Quiet Bison- Sandpaper (feat TYGKO)
13. Quiet Bison- Call It Even (feat Pauline Herr)
14. Quiet Bison- XCVI
15. Quiet Bison- 26Fe
16. Quiet Bison- Blur (feat. Dacy)
17. Quiet Bison- Moth
18. Quiet Bison- Shatter (feat TYGKO)
19. Quiet Bison- Jadeexposit
20. Quiet Bison- Blade
21. Quiet Bison- Myriad (feat. Bijou Violet)
22. Quiet Bison- Citrine
23. Quiet Bison- Eos
24. Quiet Bison- Strike
25. Quiet Bison- The Tower (feat. Fio)
26. Quiet Bison- Windmaker
27. Quiet Bison- Crown
28. Quiet Bison- Crash (feat. Madalen Duke)
29. Quiet Bison- Edge
30. Quiet Bison- ♋︎♋︎♋︎
