MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST/DJ/PRODUCER ZEDD TO RELEASE TRUE COLORS ON MAY 19
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MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST/DJ/PRODUCER ZEDD TO RELEASE TRUE COLORS ON MAY 19
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07 APRIL 2015 (Toronto, ON) – Multi-platinum, GRAMMY award-winning artist/DJ/producer Zedd will release his hotly anticipated second album, TRUE COLORS, on May 19 via Interscope Records / Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Zedd executive-produced the album and co-wrote all of the songs. TRUE COLORS is the follow-up to Zedd’s 2012 debut album CLARITY, which spawned five singles, including the Grammy-winning title track, and cemented Zedd as a global star. TRUE COLORS’ first single, “I Want You To Know”, featuring Selena Gomez, is at radio now and quickly approaching Gold status in Canada. Written and produced by Zedd, with contribution from OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, the uplifting pop-influenced dance track has racked up more than 17 million views on Vevo. Watch it here. Zedd will hit the road in support of TRUE COLORS this fall. More details will be announced soon. Zedd, along with Armin Van Buuren, Pete Tong, Carl Cox, Excision and Steve Angello, will headline the 2015 Digital Dreams Festival in Toronto at The Flats at Ontario Place June 27-28. Word has already gotten out about Zedd’s very special roll-out of the #ZeddTrueColors campaign, in which 50 fans in 10 different cities get to hear a new song from the album, party with other fans, and meet Zedd at color-themed events in very special locations around the U.S. The first event began in Austin on March 19 during the SXSW festival and wound up in one of the largest caverns in the state of Texas, Longhorn Cavern State Park. At the purple-themed party, Zedd unveiled the album’s first song, “Addicted to Memory” feat. Bahari — a classic Zedd dance track that acts as “an odyssey that brings the listener into the album,” he says. See more about the Austin event here. The second event began in Los Angeles and travelled to the Integratron in Joshua Tree, California, on March 28. There fans watched as Zedd set a giant wooden Z on fire in the middle of the Mojave Desert and got the first-ever listen to “Straight Into the Fire” at the orange-themed party. The yellow themed third event took place in Phoenix on April 5 under a full moon with boating on Lake Pleasant where Zedd unveiled the track “Bumble Bee”. “I wanted fans to experience the album in a whole new way,” Zedd says, adding that every song on the album is associated with a colour, which inspired the idea for the events. “I can’t wait for everyone to see what’s coming next.” Keep an eye on zeddtruecolors.com as Zedd reveals the music of TRUE COLORS to select groups of fans in unbelievable locations across the country in the coming weeks. Born Anton Zaslavski, Zedd has distinguished himself by drawing from his diverse musical training and a background spanning classical to post-hardcore/metal to electro house. He creates detailed, carefully produced compositions that also appeal to audiences outside of the EDM world. The New York Times has said, “his talent is extraordinary,” while Stereogum has noted: “His beats tend to sound like gorgeously engineered spacecraft that shift into warp speed at the drop, their engines overloading and threatening to disintegrate.” After signing with Interscope Records in 2012, Zedd released CLARITY to much critical acclaim. The title track is 2X platinum in Canada, and won a 2014 GRAMMY Award for Best Dance Recording. The video has racked up more than 122 million Vevo views, while his platinum follow-up hit “Stay The Night” (ft. Hayley Williams of Paramore) has over 102 million Vevo views and won the 2014 MTV Clubland Video Music Award. Zedd first made waves with a series of remixes of tracks by Skrillex, The Black Eyed Peas, Fatboy Slim and Lady Gaga. He has headlined at numerous festivals including Coachella, Outside Lands, Bonnaroo, Ultra, Electric Daisy Carnival, Nocturnal, Tomorrowland, Lollapalooza, Electric Zoo, and many more. For more information on Zedd, visit: smarturl.it/IWantYouToKnow zedd.net facebook.com/Zedd twitter.com/Zedd instagram.com/zedd/-30-