Ephwurd

Ephwurd
Datsik and Bais Haus of Ephwurd
Background information
Genres	House music Bass House
Years active	2015 (2015)–present
Labels	Spinnin' Records
Website	www.ephwurd.com
Members	Datsik Bais Haus

Ephwurd is a Canadian-American house music DJ Duo made up of Datsik and Bais Haus that was formed in the summer of 2015. Ephwurd first released a remix of Major Lazer and DJ Snake's "Lean On" without revealing who was behind the remix. They later revealed the members leading to the release of their first single "Rock the Party" on Spinnin' Records in July 2015. The single, created in collaboration with Jauz, became popular at music festivals. It has been played by artists such as Skrillex, Diplo, Axwell and Ingrosso, and Hardwell.

In 2014 DJs Datsik and Bais Haus (son of Tim Hauser of The Manhattan Transfer fame), long time friends who were touring together with Steve Aoki at the time, collaborated on a track called "Closer to the Sun". After the collaboration they decided to keep working together, wanting to "experiment with the other side of "EDM"". The two began working on their music together, forming the duo "Ephwurd", originally as an anonymous front for the two DJs. Ephwurd went public with a remix of Major Lazer & DJ Snake's "Lean On,", before revealing who was behind the duo in July 2015 as they released the single "Rock the Party" on the Spinnin' Records label. The collaborative effort between Ephwurd and Jauz would often get played by DJs such as Tiësto, Axwell/Ingrosso, and Skrillex. The music style would later be known as "bass house", which has been described as "has got a lot of classic drums and percussion to it but it has the wobbles of dubstep at the same time".

The duo later released a single called "Duckface", which was featured on many house music radio channels around the world. After releasing multiple singles the duo made their performance debut in late 2015 on Insomiac's Escape: Psycho Circus show held in Southern California. Christopher Conte of the Untz website later stated that Ephwurd's live debut "blew everyone away with their highly energetic and powerful set."