In late January 2016, SNBRN released his original “Gangsta Walk” single which features an unreleased acapella from Nate Dogg, the first ever licensed original record since his death. Over the summer of 2015, SNBRN hit the North American festival circuit with performances at the likes of Lollapalooza, Electric Zoo, Firefly, Hangout, Electric Forest, Lightning in a Bottle, CRSSD, Hard, & more Simultaneously, Chris Lake and Matroda’s official remix of SNBRN’s single “California” went #2 overall on Beatport. He has accumulated over 47 million plays on SoundCloud per May 2016. SNBRN’s official remix of Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” hit #1 on HypeM and quickly climbed into the Top 10 House chart on Beatport. Kevin Andrews Chapman, commonly known by his stage name SNBRN, is an American DJ and musician from Los Angeles. It also reached #2 on the HypeM Charts, #12 on the iTunes Dance singles chart, and #25 on Billboard’s Electronic/Dance Music Chart. “Raindrops” has already garnered over 14 million plays on Spotify and well over 2 million on SoundCloud. Kerli’ was released January 20th on Ultra Records. With official releases on Atlantic, Astralwerks, Spinnin’ Records, Ultra, Republic and Sony, the SNBRN brand has rapidly solidified itself as an overnight sensation in the indie dance and house music worlds. He was quickly met with a series of career milestones including: multiple HypeMachine chart topping releases, garnering tens of millions of plays on SoundCloud and YouTube, and direct support from Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1. In May of 2014 the SNBRN project was launched with a series of viral covers and remixes. Recognizing the increasing popularity of deep house, indie dance, and nu disco Kevin envisioned a brand that combined all the best elements of each sub-genre while remaining instantly accessible. Shortly thereafter the vision for the SNBRN brand emerged and Kevin embarked on a new creative path. Slowly but surely, he began to immerse himself in the LA and San Diego club scenes.īy 2013, Kevin had completed multiple professional degrees in audio engineering and production. In 2008 he got his first copy of the digital production software, Reason, and started producing his own dance music. When penning an album it can often be that artist pair the biggest features and aim for radio hits, but while many of the tracks have that potential SNBRN’s ‘Solé’ delivers 10 songs fuelled with juicy goodness that we’re delightfully impressed by.Kevin Chapman’s introduction to dance music was at age 12 when he stumbled upon music from the likes of Fatboy Slim and Moby. The album features no other artist, keeping the focus firm and centre on Kevin Chapman and his well thoughtout record that we’re excited to catch him performing over the summer. Giving moments of calm the addition of more blissful progressive productions such as “I Can’t Remember” feature throughout adding a nice element and some songs which can enjoyed on daily rotation. Adding to previously released singles such as ‘Feels My Love’, ‘Tits On A Trycle’ and ‘Never Let You Go’ the album introduces us to new heaving tech house gems and club weapons such as the jacking dark tones on ‘Motherload’ and synth heavy grower ‘Jungle Kitty’. The albums opening track “Prelude’ sets the tone easing you into the journey this delicate record that spans across finer area’s of electronic music. Having cut through with tracks such as “Raindrops”, “Beat The Sunrise” and remixes for Icona Pop, Bebe Rexha back in 2013 it was well overdue that he finally served us up something we could absorb in a full length context. Having been at the forefront of electronic music for the greater part of a decade he now officially releases his highly anticipated debut album ‘Solé’. SNBRN who’s real name is Kevin Chapman hails from LA, has mastered the craft of ethereal catchy house music.
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