February 9th, 2024 — Trap pioneers UZ and TroyBoi today unveil groovy trap collaboration, “IBTFY,” on Monstercat Uncaged.
Stream – https://monster.cat/IBTFY
UZ has charted an astonishing journey boasting nearly two decades of influence in the global bass scene. Prior to taking off as the moniker UZ, emerging on Soundcloud with the renowned Trap Shit series in 2012, he was known as DJ Troubl, earning recognition as a two-time DMC world champion in 2002. To this day, UZ remains a force with numerous genre-defying classics under his name including a #24 Billboard charting album, and collaborations with major artists such as Ice Cube and T-Pain. UZ’s long lasting impact on the scene also stems from his dynamic live sets, with performances around the world at Coachella, EDC Las Vegas, Ultra Music Festival, and groundbreaking contributions to the music industry championing rising artists through his own label.
Known for his dynamic trap stylings effortlessly blending layers of diverse genres, TroyBoi remains a true trap icon, captivating fans in electronic dance music enthusiasts, but also attracting the likes of fellow artists. With multi millions of streams to his name, including collaborations with Justin Bieber (“Red Eye”), Diplo (“Afterhours (feat. Nina Sky)”), SLUMBERJACK (“Solid”), an official remix for Billie Eilish’s “MyBoi,” and having records featured in Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty fashion shows, TroyBoi remains a sensational tastemaker. He’s taken over the live stage with performances at Coachella, EDC Las Vegas, Mexico, and Orlando, Electric Zoo, HARD Summer, and more.
Marking their highly-anticipated second collaboration, “IBTFY” maintains an exhilarating blend of punchy beats with a poignant touch, complemented by raw melodic notes. The track remains steady with powerful energy, elevated by an alluring bassline evoking a range of emotions throughout. The artistic synergy between UZ’s iconic beats and TroyBoi’s distinctive melodies flow effortlessly, creating a captivating fusion bound to take over dancefloors.
UZ shares, “Troyboi and I both kicked off our music journeys at the start of the trap movement. After chatting online for ages, we finally met up this year at a London show. It was definitely overdue. Sharing the stage with him was a total standout moment. We began tossing around song ideas, and some just clicked instantly. I feel that the modern trap sound is a bit too saturated and overdone. Our aim was to create a feel-good track that harkens back to the roots. Our styles sync up well – straightforward yet packed with punch and bass. I’m pretty confident we’ve got a killer track on our hands.”
TroyBoi adds, “Collaborating with UZ on this track was really seamless. He sent me the idea that he had in mind and immediately I knew I could hear what I could add to it. We both came up together during the Soundcloud era and this track felt like an homage to that time. UZ and I had just finished working on our first collaboration so this was a very complementary heavy hitting track to follow it up with.”
With “IBTFY” kicking off a strong year for UZ and TroyBoi, fans can stay tuned for live tour dates to be announced soon from both artists.
UZ Bio
French-born producer UZ is a leading light & pioneer of trap electronic music alongside Baauer & Flosstradamus. An influential tastemaker with a little over 250 releases to his name, UZ first exploded onto SoundCloud in 2012 via his Trap Shit series, 25 genre-defining trap classics, and subsequently released other heavyweight releases such as ‘BallTrap Muzic Vol.1’ compilation commissioned by Redbull Studios, and Billboard charting (#24) debut album ‘Layers.’ His discography also features many singles and collaborations with major pop, rap, and electronic artists, including T-Pain, Ice Cube, Trae Tha Truth, Problem, Elliphant, OG Maco, Flosstradamus, Zeds Dead, DJ Shadow, MISSIO among others.
On the live front, UZ is an internationally touring artist with a dedicated worldwide following. His high-octane performances, which explore the newest and most underground sounds and artists in trap, rap, bass and beyond, have taken him to virtually every global music festival stage, including Coachella, Sonar, EDC Las Vegas, Ultra Music Festival, Shanghai’s Storm festival, and countless others. Additionally, his headlining tours have taken him to the top clubs and venues across North America, Australia, Canada, Asia, Europe, South America and Africa.
Today, we commemorate over a decade of UZ’s pioneering in the global bass scene. He continues to make a significant impact through his electrifying live sets and his future-forward collective label, Quality Goods Records. Since its inception in April 2016, the label has been instrumental in discovering and promoting breakout artists like Rome In Silver, ATLiens, Nitti Gritti, Oski, Jon Casey and many more.
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TroyBoi Bio
T-R-O-Y-B-O-I. These letters are chanted by the masses at his shows, but the question is who is the artist incorporating stunning visuals, live instruments and talented dancers.
Troy Henry, the elusive producer, got his start making his beats standing up in his London studio apartment kitchen with his MacBook and a midi keyboard. Today, the TroyBoi Experience is indeed a musical journey of hard-hitting beats, lights, visuals, and the unexpected. While his musical style can be broadly classified as trap, it’s extraordinarily unique, versatile, and fuses various textures from multiple genres.
Beyond his career releases which include his debut album ‘Left Is Right’ (2017) and series of ‘V!BEZ’ EPs in 2018 and 2019, his productions have caught the ear of major music stars. His 2018 remix of Bille Eilish’s “MyBoi-TroyBoi Remix” has garnered almost 79 million Spotify streams and in 2019, Rihanna featured two of his songs “Do You?” and “Malokara” at her Savage x Fenty show, seen globally via Amazon Prime during New York Fashion Week.
In 2020 released, his highly anticipated ‘VIBEZ Vol.4’ featuring top hits like, “Do You?” and “Bellz”. In early 2021, he released more hits like, “Mad Ting,” “Buss It,” and “RedEye” with Justin Bieber which currently has over 75 million streams on Spotify. In 2022, Troy showed his true love and inspiration for Latin Music with an EP titled ‘INFLUENDO.’ And in April 2023, the long-awaited EP ‘SAY LESS’ was released assembling some of trap music’s OGs.
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