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Full Name
  
Tim H. Wu

Occupation
  
Disc Jockey

Albums
  
Elephante

Alma mater
  
Harvard University

Role
  
Musical Artist

Name
  
Tim Wu

Other names
  
Elephante

Website
  
Elephante Music

Residence
  
Los Angeles, CA

Years active
  
2013 - present


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Born
  
10 November 1989 (age 35) (
1989-11-10
)

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Tim Wu (born November 10, 1989), better known by his stage name Elephante, is an American DJ and progressive house producer based in Los Angeles. He gained recognition for remixing songs of artists such as Clean Bandit and Lorde.

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Early life

Wu was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is based in Los Angeles. He started to play music at an early age and taught himself to play guitar and was trained to play classical piano. He majored in economics at Harvard University. In 2011, he graduated and wanted to involve himself in the music industry as an acoustic singer-songwriter before he moved on to electronic dance music.

Wu began using "Elephante" as a stage name because it was a reference to the phrase "elephant in the room" which he described as his unhappiness of working at a corporate job since he wanted to be a musician.

Musical style

Wu describes his music as melodic electronic music that fuses with various other genres.

His preferred genres are big room, progressive house and regularly incorporates pop and trap into his music. His songs have been played on streaming services such as SoundCloud for over a million times. Trap high-hats, deep house elements and house synths are incorporated into his melodic sounds. Wu has quoted Skrillex to be his inspiration in music, citing "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" astonished him.

Wu uses Ableton Live as his digital audio workstation and previously used GarageBand, FruityLoops and Pro Tools. He remixed songs for artists such as Calvin Harris, Galantis, The Chainsmokers, Jack Ü and Zedd.

2014: SERC Fall Concert

In October 2014, Wu performed at SERC Fall Concert alongside Sage the Gemini.

2015: Beginnings

Wu started his career by remixing music for artists before began releasing original songs. His first single was self-released, titled "Temporary Love" which features the vocals of Brooke Forman. He released his first single through Armada Records titled "I Want You" featuring Rumors. He opened for headliners Deorro and MAKJ at the 2015 Echostage in June.

2016–present: Debut extended play

In 2016, he released his debut extended play titled "I Am the Elephante". The EP consists of nine songs of progressive house, synthpop and trap. He released a single titled "Age of Innocence" featuring Trouze and Damon Sharpe which was noted by an article writer to be very similar to Zedd's song "Clarity" listing key, tempo, and other common edm themes widely used". The song peaked on Billboard's Dance/Club chart at 18th and received over a million plays on Spotify. His single "Closer" featuring Bishop had peaked on the Spotify 'Viral 50' chart at 27th. Spotify 'Velocity' has "Closer" and another single titled "Plans" featuring Brandyn Burnette charted at 22nd and 28th respectively. The third single "Hold" from the EP was released, it features American singer Jessica Jarrell.

2013

  • Kaskade & Project 46Last Chance (Elephante Remix)
  • The Unlikely CandidatesFollow My Feet (Elephante Remix)
  • 2014

  • AYER – Young (Elephante Remix)
  • Katy Perry featuring Juicy JDark Horse (Elephante Remix)
  • The Chainsmokers#Selfie (Elephante Remix)
  • Lorde – Team (Elephante Remix)
  • Afrojack featuring WrabelTen Feet Tall (Elephante Remix)
  • Oh Be Clever – Next To You (Elephante Remix)
  • Calvin HarrisSummer (Elephante Remix)
  • GalantisHelp (Elephante Remix)
  • Clean Bandit – Rather Be (Elephante Remix)
  • Oliver HeldensGecko (Elephante Remix)
  • Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix, DVBBS – Gold Skies (Elephante Remix)
  • Lemaitre – Wait (Elephante Remix)
  • Dirty South – Unbreakable (Elephante Remix)
  • Penguin Prison – Calling Out (Elephante Remix)
  • 2015

  • The Magician featuring Years & Years – Sunlight (Elephante Remix)
  • Jack Ü featuring Justin BieberWhere Are Ü Now (Elephante Remix)
  • Zedd featuring Selena GomezI Want You To Know (Elephante Remix)
  • Phoebe RyanMine (Elephante Remix)
  • Deluka – Home (Elephante Remix)
  • Jason DeruloCheyenne (Elephante Remix)
  • Mako – Smoke Filled Room (Elephante Remix)
  • Nathan SykesOver And Over Again (Elephante Remix)
  • MIIA – Dynasty (Elephante Remix)
  • 2016

  • Stephen – Crossfire (Elephante Remix)
  • References

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