Au5

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Austin Michael Collins (born September 18, 1992), better known as Au5 ( ay-yoo-FYVE), is an American electronic musician, instrumentalist, remixer, and singer based in Denver, Colorado. Au5's output encompasses a wide range of electronic genres including dubstep, electro house, trance, drum and bass, drumstep, glitch hop, and ambient. He is recognized for his work in melodic dubstep, where he is renowned for fusing the influences of trance and dubstep. Au5's musical style is characterized by uplifting melodies and intricate sound design. He is best known for his releases on Canadian label Monstercat, and has also produced several records under Disciple Records, NoCopyrightSounds, and Ophelia. Trained classically from an early age, Collins began releasing as Au5 in 2010. Au5 independently published the albums Minimality (2010) and Anchus Definy (2011) in the project's first two years. Au5's label releases began in 2012, with increasing influence from dubstep. After winning a remix contest for Seven Lions' "Days To Come" with Brazilian duo I.Y.F.F.E in January 2013, he began releasing on Monstercat. Au5 was active on Monstercat from 2013 to 2015, with several successful releases on the label, including the dubstep track "Snowblind" featuring Tasha Baxter, and the progressive house song "Crossroad", featuring Danyka Nadeau. Au5 collaborated frequently with American producer Fractal during this time, including with the release of the extended play Secret Weapon (2013). "Snowblind" and "Halcyon", another collaboration with Fractal, reached number one on Beatport's dubstep charts. Au5 produced the extended plays Freefall (2016) with American singer-songwriter Cristina Soto and the experimental The Recency Effect (2018) with Australian producer Mr. Bill, before self-releasing his third album, Divinorum, in 2019. Divinorum was shortly followed by another extended play, Dusk.