Illenium — Future Bass & Melodic Dubstep DJIllenium
Nicholas Daniel Miller, known as Illenium, is an American DJ and electronic artist who has lived in Denver since 2013. He began producing electronic music in 2008 and decided to pursue it seriously after seeing Bassnectar at Red Rocks in the summer of 2012. His DJ-facing sound is emotionally driven future bass and melodic dubstep, supplemented by progressive house, electro house, drum and bass, electronic rock and pop-punk elements. Guitar and drums are integral to that crossover approach, giving his sets and songs a strong connection to rock instrumentation.
Illenium has made prominent festival appearances at Ultra Music Festival and Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, debuting Takeaway with The Chainsmokers at Ultra in March 2019 and Hard to Say Goodbye with Ekali at EDC two months later. He founded Kasaya Records, an imprint used alongside Seeking Blue for albums including Ashes and Awake. Ashes reached six on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart, while Awake became his first Billboard 200 entry. His unofficial 2016 remix of The Chainsmokers' Don't Let Me Down passed 101 million SoundCloud streams by 2018 and remained the platform's most-played remix that year.
Awards include Remix of the Year at the first Electronic Music Awards in 2017 for his Flume Say It remix, plus Best Remix at the 2019 International Dance Music Awards for Halsey's Without Me. His work combines large festival moments with a personal, melody-led electronic style.