Artist Bio
Based in Los Angeles, SLANDER are an electronic DJ/producer duo known for their emotional strain of melodic future bass, house, and heaven trap.
Derek Anderson and
Scott Land began working together in the mid-2010s remixing tracks for artists like
Showtek and
Alison Wonderland and forming an ongoing collaboration with fellow L.A. producer
NGHTMRE. During the latter half of the decade they established themselves as globally recognized performers and producers known for hit songs like 2019's "All You Need to Know" with
Gryffin and "Love Is Gone" with
Dylan Matthew. In 2022, after four EPs and dozens of singles, SLANDER issued Thrive, their debut full-length.
Friends since college,
Anderson and
Land later forged their creative partnership at the L.A. production school Icon Collective where they also met future collaborator
NGHTMRE. A spate of 2014 remixes included
Above & Beyond's "Love Is Not Enough" and
Showtek's "We Like to Party." The latter remix was done alongside
NGHTMRE who joined SLANDER for the 2015 joint EP
Nuclear Bonds. Over the next few years the duo split time between remixing artists like
Kill the Noise and
Halsey, releasing their own Duality EP, and playing major festivals like Tomorrowland, EDC, and Ultra. They continued to build up their original profile with 2017's Dilapidation Celebration, a joint EP with
Kayzo, and tracks like "Superhuman" and "Kneel Before Me," a collaboration with
Crankdat and
Asking Alexandria. They also became regulars on the Monstercat label, which released their third EP, 2018's The Headbangers Ball. SLANDER closed out the decade with two of their biggest hits in the
Gryffin collaboration "All You Need to Know" and the
Dylan Matthew-assisted "Love Is Gone."
Throughout 2020 and 2021, the duo remained prolific, releasing another
NGHTMRE collaboration, "Feeling Gud," and working with artists like
Excision,
Subtronics, and
JT Roach. Along with several new songs, the duo's 2022 full-length, Thrive, included the highly streamed "All You Need to Know" and "Love Is Gone."