![]() ![]() We were making the beats, recording live guitar––we were doing everything. We always try to find the cheat code.Īt the beginning of the group, we were doing everything ourselves––recording our own vocals, singing, mixing, mastering, producing the tracks. That was the main idea, and then the name is all about doing what you want, going straight for what you want, not what society dictates. ![]() We have different sounds that we experiment with. If you listen to the music from 2015 up until 2020, it’s been extremely different every single year. ![]() Matthew Russell: The background was, we were all on different individual projects and we felt like we were being put into a box a little bit, so the idea of this project is we wanted to do an electronic, DJ project with the mentality of a producer––that we can pivot to any kind of sound that we wanted to. Music Connection: The band formed in 2014 and started releasing music a year later––what was the mission at the beginning? We spoke to Dahl and Russell about all of that, and so much more. With a very contemporary EDM sound and a gift for polished flair, it’s fair to say that things are going very well as the group comes off of a well-received tour with Steve Aoki and prepares to release their debut album, as well as the Level 3 EP. A collaboration with Irish producer, singer and DJ Daniel Blume, the song pulled in over four billion streams and reached #1 on the dance charts. The track “Who’s Got Your Love?” from the Level 2 EP took things, quite literally, up to another level. In between, they’ve collaborated with a variety of high-profile artists including Demi Lovato (“No Promises”), Little Mix (“Only You”) and Nicky Romero (“Sober”). Composed of DJs and producers Trevor Dahl, Matthew Russell and Kevi (real name Kevin Ford), the group put out the Level 1 EP in 2018 and followed it, appropriately enough, with Level 2 the following year. ![]() It’s been an enormous couple of years for Los Angeles-based electronic trio Cheat Codes. ![]()
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