Le Castle Vania
Le Castle Vania, the project of Atlanta-based producer and DJ Dylan Eiland, began DJing at warehouse parties and raves in Atlanta at age 16 before adopting the Le Castle Vania name in 2006 alongside a remix of Snowden's Black Eyes, which became one of the most requested songs at a New Zealand radio station. From 2007 to 2012 he hosted the Fuck Yesss indie-electronica parties at Atlanta venues including The Drunken Unicorn and Masquerade, building a local following that led URB Magazine to name him to its 2008 Next 100 artists-to-watch list. His DJ setup centers on a laptop, mixer and two turntables, and he favors playing a larger share of original material over remixes, writing much of his music on his laptop while traveling. Eiland's biggest exposure came through film and game work rather than club residencies: he contributed four original songs to the John Wick soundtrack in 2014, returned for John Wick: Chapter 2 with a cameo appearance as a DJ, and again contributed music to John Wick: Chapter 4 in 2023, while also supplying tracks to the video game Payday 2 across its 2015 and 2018 Crimefest events. He also founded Always Never, an electronic music label and nightlife production company, extending his reach beyond his own releases into artist development and event promotion.