BlackGummy

Blackgummy
Background information
Birth name	Iman Marouf
Born	(1992-04-09) April 9, 1992 Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Techno Electro House Progressive House Industrial Music [1]
Occupation(s)	DJ producer musician songwriter
Instruments	Digital audio workstation
Years active	2013–present
Labels	mau5trap
Associated acts	No Mana Deadmau5 Colleen D'Agostino
Website	blackgummy.com

Iman Marouf (born 9 April 1992), better known by his stage name Blackgummy (sometimes stylised as BlackGummy), is an American DJ and producer based in Los Angeles, California.^[1][2] Blackgummy is best known for his dark focused industrial / techno fused productions along with his enigmatic black bear shaped idol.

Early life

Iman states his musical beginnings were spent either in a studio creating music or building studios. He grew up listening to artists such as system of a down, 2pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bach, Nirvana, Sublime, Gesaffelstein, Cirez D, and Carl Cox. ^[1] Iman is a graduate of the Icon Collective Music production school in Burbank, California. There he met Steve Duda, who helped train Iman in sound design and sound engineering through the school's mentoring program. Iman also beta tested Steve's software synthesizer Serum and is listed the VST's credits.^[3]

Career

On June 8th 2015 Blackgummy released his first single, 'Lullaby' as part of Mau5trap's "We Are Friends Vol. 04" compilation. ^[4] In September later that year he followed up with a collaboration with Louis Vivet titled 'Deep Bounce'.^[5] On February 26, 2016 Blackgummy released his first EP, Singularity. The EP was released with mau5trap and consisted of 'The Machine' as the lead single, 'Plucking Technology', 'Alarm', and 'The Unseen'. The EP was inspired by the idea of a more technologically advanced future where artificial intelligence reigns over human intelligence.^[6] August 12th 2016, Blackgummy release another single in collaboration with Brooks titled 'Never Deader'. The Collaboration was part of the 'We Are Friends Vol. 5' compilation. ^[7] On September 30th of that year Blackgummy followed up with the release of his second EP, Impactor. It featured 'Descent' as the lead single, 'KT', 'Incoming', and 'Adaptive Radiation'. The EP circles around the idea of advancement from destruction, using the KT Extinction as a metaphor for the ever changing environment of modern dance music.^[8] On January 27th 2017, Blackgummy released his collaboration with vocalist Colleen D'Agostino on Ninety9lives titled 'Superhuman'. ^[9] Blackgummy followed up at the end of March with a 'VIP' edit to his Impactor EP lead single 'Descent'. He released it on the 'We Are Friends Vol. 6' compilation.^[10] For the mau5trap ten year anniversary, Blackgummy remixed 'Oyster' by Moguai^[11]. On July 28th 2017, Blackgummy released his third artist EP titled 'Monolith'. The EP consists of the lead single 'Iconoclast' followed by 'Arp Makes Sphinx Purr', 'Desert Fire', and 'Edifice'. ^[12][13]

Discography

• Lullaby^[14]
  • 08 June, 2015 mau5trap
• Louis Vivet & BlackGummy - Deep Bounce ^[15]
  • 23 September 2015
• Singularity EP^[16]
  • 26 February, 2016 mau5trap
  1. The Machine^[17]
  2. Plucking Technology^[18]
  3. Alarm^[19]
  4. The Unseen^[20]
• Neverdeader feat. Brooks^[21]
  • 08 June, 2015 mau5trap
• Impactor EP^[22]
  • 26 February, 2016 mau5trap
  1. Incoming^[23]
  2. Descent^[24]
  3. KT^[25]
  4. Adaptive Radiation^[26]
• Blackgummy & Colleen D'Agostino - SuperHuman^[27]
  • 08 June, 2015 Ninety9Lives
• Descent - VIP^[28]
  • 08 June, 2015 mau5trap
• Moguai - Oyster (Blackgummy remix)^[29]
  • 21 July, 2017 mau5trap
• Monolith EP^[30]
  • 28 July, 2017 mau5trap
  1. Iconoclast^[31]
  2. Arp Makes Sphinx Purrt^[32]
  3. Desert Fire^[33]
  4. Edifice^[34]

References