Ayokay
Alex O'Neill, aka Ayokay, is a Los Angeles-based DJ/producer known for his effusive pop, hip-hop, and R&B-influenced EDM. He scored two Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs hits, including 2016's "Kings of Summer" with Quinn XCII and 2017's "The Shine" with Chelsea Cutler before releasing his debut album, 2018's In the Shape of a Dream. An EP, We Come Alive, arrived in 2019. He embraced a darker, more sophisticated style on 2022's Digital Dreamscape before delivering the clubby 2024 single "Feel It."
A native of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Ayokay first began making music in his senior year of high school, collaborating with longtime friend Mike Temrowski (aka Quinn XCII). The duo continued to develop their sound after high school, with O'Neill attending the University of Michigan and Temrowski Michigan State University. In 2016 they released the single "Kings of Summer," which was quickly adopted as Texas Rangers outfielder Ian Desmond's "walk-up" song. The track took off (reaching number 16 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart) and helped land the pair a deal with Columbia Records.
Around this time, Ayokay relocated to Los Angeles to focus on his career. A year later, he delivered the solo single "Shine," featuring singer Chelsea Cutler. It cracked the Top 50 of Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart. In 2018, he issued his full-length debut, In the Shape of a Dream, which included the singles "Sleepless Nights" featuring Nightly and "Stay with Me" featuring Jeremy Zucker. More tracks followed, including "Things Fall Apart," "Move On," and "Sleeping Next to You," all of which appeared in 2019. Also that year, he released the EP We Come Alive.
The song "I Still Need You" arrived in September 2021 as the lead single off the DJ's sophomore full-length album, Digital Dreamscape. A somewhat darker, more sonically sophisticated and mature follow-up to his debut, the record featured collaborations with Quinn XCII, Stay Over, Nightly, Disco Lines, and Slenderbodies. The upbeat, summer-ready single "Feel It" appeared in April 2024.
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In the Shape of a Dream
Electronic - Erschienen bei Columbia am 31.08.2018
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Kings of Summer
Electronic - Erschienen bei Columbia am 20.07.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Surrender To The Feeling
Dance - Erschienen bei To Infinity Records am 14.07.2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Digital Dreamscape (Deluxe)
Electronic - Erschienen bei Astralwerks am 13.05.2022
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We Come Alive.
Electronic - Erschienen bei To Infinity Records am 25.05.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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If That's What You Need
Electronic - Erschienen bei Astralwerks am 15.04.2022
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If Only For A Moment - EP
Dance - Erschienen bei To Infinity Records am 22.09.2023
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Here, Forever
Electronic - Erschienen bei To Infinity Records am 09.06.2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo