Genres House Website wyfyby.com | Years active 2015 (2015)–present | |
Origin London
New York City
Boston
Los Angeles Associated acts Spank Rock, Vince Staples, Elan Atias, Brittany Foster Members Switch
Daouda Leonard
Rick Trainor | ||
With You. is a Los Angeles based music group composed of Dave “Switch” Taylor, Rick Trainor and Daouda Leonard. The three members independently contributed to dance music culture prior to their formation, with Taylor being a founding member of Major Lazer, Trainor producing and performing as a DJ, and Leonard having done A&R and production work Skrillex, DJ Snake, DJ Mustard, and Brodinski. With You. has collaborated with numerous well known musicians including Vince Staples, Elan Atias and Spank Rock. Their music has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, Complex, Stereogum, Pitchfork and they have been called a "supergroup" by XXL magazine. BBC Radio 1 and KISS-FM have also featured the group's music. The trio has performed alongside Gesaffelstein, Justice, Bob Moses and Lee Foss.
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In June 2015, With You. released their first EP, Speak, which features a remix by rave group 2 Bad Mice. Two months later, in August 2015, the group released their first single entitled Ghost, featuring Vince Staples which included the song of the same name, its radio edit version, and an instrumental version. For the debut of "Ghost" Apple Music's Beats 1 Radio played the song every 30 minutes.
With You. also collaborated with vocalist Brittany Foster in 2015, and plan on releasing a mixtape in 2016.
With You. has described their musical influences as house, R&B, jazz, reggae, hip-hop and dancehall, which Taylor, Trainor and Daouda attribute to their diverse musical backgrounds.