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Birth name | Tyler Marenyi |
Born | Stamford, United States |
Origin | Los Angeles, United States |
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Years active | 2014–present |
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Tyler Marenyi, better known by his stage name NGHTMRE, is an American DJ and trap producer based in Los Angeles, California.
Marenyi was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He went to Icon Collective music production school. He met fellow producer duo Slander there and developed a working relationship. He also went to Elon University and obtained a degree in finance. He then decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career.
At the beginning, he created trap and house remixes of songs by Tiësto, Rae Sremmurd and Skrillex. Later on, he start producing his own songs as well as collaborations with other producers. He gained recognition when Skrillex played one of his songs during a show at Ultra Music Festival. Marenyi was eventually signed to Diplo's record label, Mad Decent and has had his first release "Street" released shortly after. He debuted at EDC Las Vegas 2015, which was his first festival performance. He has regularly toured and collaborated with fellow DJ and producer, Slander with whom he released his debut EP, Nuclear Bonds.
In 2016, he released his EP titled "NGHTMRE EP" which had charted on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. He collaborated with Pegboard Nerds to release "Superstar" as a single. He later collaborated with moombahton musician Dillon Francis to release the single "Need You". An official music video for the song was released by Francis on May 9, 2016 via YouTube. He later collaborated with Flux Pavilion to release "Feel Your Love" as a single. He collaborated with rapper Afro to release the single "Stronger". He also collaborated with Zeds Dead to release "Frontlines" as a single. He collaborated with LOUDPVCK to release "Click Clack" as a single.