Goldroom

Goldroom
Goldroom, 2014
Background information
Birth name	Josh Legg
Born	1983/1984 (age 30–31)[1]
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Deep house, disco, electropop, tropical house
Occupation(s)	Producer, songwriter, singer
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Binary
Associated acts	NightWaves
Website	http://goldroom.la

Josh Legg, known professionally as Goldroom, is an American electronic musician.

Background and career

Legg grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and studied psychology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.^[2] He and classmate Kyle Peterson formed the synthpop band NightWaves and co-founded the record label Binary Entertainment, although the former went on hiatus in 2011.^[2] From its establishment in 2007, Binary has worked with artists including Anoraak, Bag Raiders, College, Futurecop!, Miami Horror, and The Twelves.^[3]

Legg began producing music under the name Goldroom in 2011, with remixes of tracks including Niki and the Dove's "Mother Protect".^[1][4] He took his stage name from the name of a bar in Los Angeles' Echo Park area.^[5] He released his debut EP, Angeles, the same year, followed by the EP Embrace in 2013.^[4][6] Although Goldroom had performed vocals on all Angeles tracks (he also sang harmonies and backing vocals in NightWaves), for Embrace he enlisted vocalists including Chela, Ariela Jacobs, Mereki, and Say Lou Lou.^[7] In 2014, Goldroom released the single "Till Sunrise", the music video for which was directed by actress Dianna Agron.^[1]

Goldroom's musical influences include Alan Braxe, Daft Punk, Bob Dylan, Fred Falke, Al Green, LCD Soundsystem, Nirvana, and Tom Petty.^[8][2][5][9] He describes his output as "modern dance music production incorporating live instrumentation" and "dance music for the backyard, dance music for the beach".^[10]

Discography

Extended plays

• Angeles (2011)
• Embrace (2013)

Singles

• "Fifteen" (2012)
• "Sweetness Alive" (2012)
• "Only You Can Show Me" (2013)
• "Embrace" (2014)
• "Till Sunrise" (2014)

Remixes

• Penguin Prison – "Fair Warning" (2011)
• Poolside – "Do You Believe" (2011)
• Niki and the Dove – "Mother Protect" (2011)
• Lancelot – "We Can Dance" (2012)
• Alpine – "Hands" (2012)
• St. Lucia – "All Eyes on You" (2012)
• MS MR – "Hurricane" (2012)
• Atlas Genius – "Back Seat" (2013)
• Charli XCX – "You (Ha Ha Ha)" (2013)
• The Knocks – "Modern Hearts" (2013)
• Owl Eyes – "Jewels & Sapphires" (2013)
• MØ – "Don't Wanna Dance" (2014)
• Architecture in Helsinki – "I Might Survive" (2014)

References

External links

• Goldroom on SoundCloud