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| Birth name | Aaron Waisglass |
| Origin | Toronto, Canada |
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Aaron Waisglass, better known by his stage name Grandtheft, is a Canadian DJ and musician based in Toronto. He is signed to Diplo's record label Mad Decent. He gained recognition as a trap artist, for remixing songs like “Summer“, “Sweet Nothing“ and “Bitch Better Have My Money” and having songs charted around the world.
Grandtheft grew up in a small town and went to a university in Montreal. He started writing music at 11 years old and played in bands during high school. He was interested in rap music before he was introduced to the rave culture by an older student in school. He later got himself a sampler and started using it. Grandtheft has DJed since the early 2000s.
He uses Ableton as his digital audio workstation and several plugins including Serum and UAD. He also uses instruments like vintage synthesizers such as Roland Jupiter 6, DX7 and moogs.
Grandtheft collaborated with director Timur Musabay, who previously helped film his low-budget music video in 2012, to create a 'stunning virtual reality experience' for the single “Summer In The Winter”.
On 30 October 2015, he released "Quit This City" as a single off his debut EP of the same name, via Mad Decent/Pirates Blend. A music video for the song was also released, featuring pop singer Lowell. It was filmed in Barcelona and directed by John Poliquin.
He collaborated with Sleepy Tom in the future bass single "Hold On".
Grandtheft collaborated with Major Lazer to release "Number One", a remake of Johnny Osbourne's 1985 dancehall classic, as a single. It was premiered at the 2016 Ultra Music Festival in Miami.
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