Attlas

Jeff Hartford, better known by his stage name Attlas (stylized as ATTLAS), is a Canadian DJ, electronic music producer and musician.[1][2] Hartford is known for his progressive house and electronica releases on the electronic label mau5trap and has often appeared the label's We are Friends album series. He has released three albums, five extended plays, and several other singles and has received two Juno Award nominations over the course of his career. The producer's third album Carry it with You was released March 11, 2022.

Attlas
Hartford performing live in July 2021
Background information
Birth nameJeffrey Hartford
GenresElectronic, Electronica, Progressive House, Ambient
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • producer
  • musician
InstrumentsPiano, guitar, keyboard, digital audio workstation
Years active2014-present
Labelsmau5trap , This Never Happened
Associated actsdeadmau5, Maylyn

Early life

Hartford grew up surrounded by a variety of musical influences, including New Orleans jazz, Beethoven, hip-hop, and hard rock. After moving to Detroit, he learned to play a piano that was left in the basement of his home and began composing his own music. Later, an interest in electronic music was fostered by listening to productions from Matt Lange, deadmau5, and various artists from Warp Records.[3]

Career

2015-2016: Debut extended play trilogy and Bloom EP

Eventually, Hartford sent his music to mau5trap who signed him.[3][4][5] The moniker ATTLAS was a sort of mask that he could put on to assume a new identity and separate his music from his personal self. The name was chosen because the ambiguity would allow him to cover a variety of sounds and was a reference to the influence that physical and emotional geographies, histories, and stories have on his writing.[3][6]

In 2015, Hartford released the singles "Scarlett",[7] "Wastaga"[8] and "Beside".[9] These tracks were later included in an EP trilogy consisting of Siren,[10] Scene[11] and Sin[12] through mau5trap throughout the year.[13] He also performed his first live shows as Attlas in June.[3]

In February 2016, he joined other mau5trap label artists on the MAU5HAX BU5 TOUR across the United States.[14] Hartford then released the single "Aspen" in April.[15][16] After a brief hiatus, he released another single,"Ryat", in June ahead of the full Bloom EP,[17] a self-described collection of calm, fresh air and vocal collaborations.[18] The EP saw general praise, and the track "I Need You More" was recognized on Billboard's Top 25 Relaxing & Calming Songs to Chill To playlist in 2017.[19][20] He also released the song "Blood Work" in November.[21] At the end of 2016, Hartford embarked on a seven show tour across Canada and the United States to promote the second installment of his Storyline mix series[6] and closed the year out by giving away the song "Thanks" for free to his Soundcloud followers as a way of expressing gratitude for his fans.[22] Hartford was named in Billboard's "One to watch" for 2016.[23]

2017-2019: Charcoal Halo and various singles

In 2017, Hartford released the singles "Frost",[24] "Further",[25] and "What You Do To Me".[26] A collaboration with deadmau5 titled "bad at titles" was included on mau5trap's We are Friends, Vol. 6 compilation and received positive attention.[27][28]

Near the end of 2019, Harford suffered an accident related to his foot that made activities like hiking, songwriting, and occasionally even sleep impossible for a time. Some of the ideas that came from this hardship eventually found their way onto later tracks, such as "Polar Concept" from his second album, Out Here With You.[29]

2020-present: Lavender God, Out Here with You, and Carry it with You

On November 17, 2019, Harford announced via Twitter that he would be releasing his first full-length album early the following year.[30][31] "Sinner Complicated", the first single from the album was unveiled on December 6, 2019 and was accompanied by a visualizer made by artist Cyclo.[32] The following January saw the release of the second single, "Hotel" featuring Maylyn.[33] The full album released in February, to positive reviews, being called "stunning", "soothing", "cinematic", and "an unprecedented adventure" by some.[31][34] Lavender God featured collaborations with Lambert, Maylyn, and Alisa Xayalith (of The Naked and Famous fame) and would go on to be nominated for the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year.[31][35] A tour to support the album was planned, but most events were canceled due to the spread of Covid-19 across North America.

In August 2021, Hartford released the single "Into Arms of Lovers" featuring Maylyn.[36]

Mid-February 2022, the Attlas and mau5trap Twitter pages both announced that Harford's third album, titled Carry it with You, would be released on March 11 and would be precieded by the single "Waterbug" on February 25. Hartford remarked that the album would be very personal, emotional, and vulnerable.[37]

deadmau5 alias rumors

After a few of Hartford's songs were released on mau5trap, a rumor circulated that Attlas was a side project of Joel Zimmerman aka deadmau5 akin to the Testpilot moniker debuted in 2014.[38][39] Some even theorized that the name was a reference to the video game Bioshock and was a clue to the secret nature of the project.[40] Although he mentioned his first name in some interviews,[6] Attlas' identity was not fully known until Pete Tong revealed it on his Evolution broadcast on iHeartRadio.[41] Tong said "There's been a sneaky suspicion that he's deadmau5 in disguise. However I can now reveal that he's a fellow Canadian producer called Jeff Hartford."[42][39]

Speaking about the beginning of his career and how fans assumed he was an alias of deadmau5, Hartford said:[19]

"When I sent my music to deadmau5's label and he chose to release it, people started assuming that my music was actually his side project... That response was such a big compliment to me... because Joel has always been a huge inspiration. But while it was fun for a bit, I suddenly thought about how I had to start being Jeff, so that I wasn't being disrespectful to the brand that deadmau5 has built over the years."

Discography

[43]

Albums

Lavender God

  • Released: January 31, 2020
  • Label: mau5trap
  • Format: Digital download

Out Here With You [44]

  • Released: November 6, 2020
  • Label: mau5trap
  • Format: Digital download

Carry it with You

  • Released: March 11, 2022
  • Label: mau5trap
  • Format: Digital download

Extended plays
Title Details Charts
US
Dance
[45]
Siren —
Scene
  • Released: August 7, 2015
  • Label: mau5trap
  • Format: Digital download
 —
Sin
  • Released: November 20, 2015
  • Label: mau5trap
  • Format: Digital download
 —
Bloom
  • Released: July 22, 2016
  • Label: mau5trap
  • Format: Digital download
 20
Charcoal Halo
  • Released: December 11, 2018
  • Label: mau5trap
  • Format: Digital download
 —
Half Light (Remixes)
  • Released: August 18, 2020
  • Label: mau5trap
  • Format: Digital download
 —

Singles and other songs
Year Title Other Notes
2015 Sabs Released on mau5trap's We are Friends, Vol. 3 compilation
Scarlett
Boxed Released on mau5trap's We are Friends, Vol. 4 compilation
2016 Sunset over Manaan Released on Star Wars Headspace compilation
Aspen
Ryat First single from Bloom EP
Crawl Released on mau5trap's We are Friends, Vol. 5 compilation
Blood Work
Thanks
2017 Frost
Further
What You Do to Me
bad at titles (with deadmau5) Released on mau5trap's We are Friends, Vol. 6 compilation
Cold Mountain Air Released on mau5trap's We are Friends, Vol. 7 compilation
2018 You (Close)
Concussion
Treehouse
Want
Courante
A Higher Frequency (with Tom Morello and Serj Tankian) Released on 10 Years of Mom+Pop anniversary album
2019 Minor Rain (with HolyU) Released on mau5trap's We are Friends, Vol. 8 compilation
Sinner Complicated First single from Lavender God
2020 Hotel (featuring MAYLYN) Second single from Lavender God
The Night Air Was Cool
Faya/The Crack
2021 Feels Like (featuring Colleen D'agostino) Released on mau5trap's We are Friends, Vol. 10 compilation
86cc
Long Ride Home (featuring Oliver Wickham)
In the Arms of Lovers (featuring MAYLYN)
2022 Waterbug First single from Carry it with You

Remixes

[46]

Year Song Title Original Artist Ref.
2015 Scream My Name Tove Lo [47][48]
America XYLØ [49]
Bitch Better Have My Money Rihanna [50]
Make a Baby Aphex Twin [51]
Weight in Gold Gallant [52]
Ramble On Led Zeppelin [53][54]
aural psynapse deadmau5 [55]
2016 Needed Me Rihanna [56]
Strobe deadmau5 [57]
You'll Remember Me Matt Lange [58]
Trouble OFFAIAH [59]
You Don't Get Me High Anymore Phantogram [60]
Whatever (feat. KOLAJ) Kaskade [61]
2017 Heartbreaker I Hate Models [62]
Elsium Eekkoo [63]
SIMMER DOWN ionnalee
2018 Streamline Pendulum [64]
Better Not (feat. Wafia) Louis the Child
Monophobia (feat. Rob Swire) deadmau5
2019 Lost (feat. Chelsea Jade) Jai Wolf
Ursa Minor Kidnap
No Captain Lane 8
Baby Baby Noizu
2020 Kingdom ARTY, Conrad Sewell
Rush Hotel Garuda
From Here CloudNone
2021 Be Someone (feat. EKE) Joachim Pastor [65]
Wasted on You DVRKO

Awards and nominations
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
2021 Juno Awards Electronic Album of the Year Lavender God Nominated [66]
2022 Juno Awards Electronic Album of the Year Out Here with You Nominated

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