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With Me/Too Many Times album cover — I used an image of a good friend for the cover art haha.

Memoirs EP album cover — The title track of this EP was the first to 'blow up' for the label.

08
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2012

1 Year Seeking Blue Anniversary

05
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2013

Lexi & Tal meet in person for the first time

We used to share music over Skype and worked together over the internet for the first 6 months of knowing each other before Tal moved to Portland so we could pursue music together in the same state.

- Lexi

07
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2013

Said the Sky & Illenium Meet

The first time we hung out, I remember Nick picking me up from my moms house, where I was currently living. We drove down to his place in Denver, and immediately just started working on Drop Our Hearts Part 2. As soon as we started working, I knew that this was something special. One of us would sit in the chair, and start cranking out some ideas. As soon as that person started slowing down or running out of a direction, the other would already have loads of ideas, take over, start adding, until they started slowing down, and that process would just repeat until a song was finished...

-Trevor

07
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2013

Said The Sky & Illenium Meet

Working with Nick was unlike working with anybody I had ever worked with prior. I think we ended up finishing 2 or 3 songs in about 2 months. Shortly after that, his lease was almost up, and I was trying to move out of my Mom's basement, so we both found a place in Denver and lived together for a couple years. I've learned so much from him since meeting him, and continue to learn from him every day. Its not even just music related. I respect him, and the way his brain works so much. He's taught me more about life in the past 5 years than I felt I had learned the first 20 years of my life. I'm blessed and so grateful to have him in my life.

-Trevor

It's Alright (feat. Lizz Kellermann) album cover

Falling album cover — My friend and I made this cool home made 'music video' for this. Stabbed myself with a syringe while filming it.

Then & Now album cover — First Compliation

Anomaly album cover — Tried using a coherent style (like Anjuna) for for the cover art for each release. Didn't last very long.

Falling (Re-Creations) album cover — Worked with Nick, of Illenium, and Trevor, of Said The Sky, for the first time.

Recovery album cover — First Collab/Vinyl Release

It's Alright (NGHTMRE Remix) [feat. Liz Kellerman] album cover

Burden album cover — See, didn't last long haha.

Snow Ghosts album cover — Started working with Yoe!

End Credits album cover — I remember EDEN reaching out on twitter asking to be featured on the channel and I wasn't really sure who the artist was. I'd seen him on Koala Kontrol a few times and as a collaborator for bunch of artists I followed but I wasn't that aware. He said he was just finishing off an EP and I asked if I could get an early listen. Was instantly blown away! Decided I needed to sign it immediately.

MrSuicideSheep Presents - Taking You Higher album cover — First Taking You Higher Compilation

Speechless (feat. RKCB) album cover — This is when we started putting more effort into gaining traction on Spotify.

Renaissance (feat. Clairity) album cover — First major label upstream and huge streaming numbers. Steve James "Renaissance" was first track for us on the "Global Viral" Spotify playlist.

Silhouettes album cover — First Echos Release

Ashes album cover — First Illenium Release

04
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2016

Sheepy Sees EDEN's first show in LA on his "End Credits" Tour

While I was in LA for one of EDEN's first shows we met up with Pierce and Griff (his bro/manager) and as we had already worked with him in the past (EDEN remix haha) we wanted to take the relationship a little further. We decided to release an EP together. He came up to Vancouver a few months later with most of the tracks half completed!

04
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2016

Ashes is the first Seeking Blue Vinyl release & first iTunes #1

Tomorrow (Kicks n Licks Remix) album cover

Borrowed Lives album cover — I took a small leap of faith trying out a new style for my "Borrowed Lives" EP, releasing 4 songs that were quite different from the rest of my discography. On a trip up to Vancouver to visit the Seeking Blue team and finish up the EP, I decided to take another sort of leap on a rope swing up near Whistler after a weekend of hiking and snowboarding. That leap didn’t work out quiet as well...I broke some ribs, stayed an extra 2 weeks in Vancouver and returned home to finish the EP while I healed. The whole accident turned into the inspiration behind the music video that I made with friends Rob Wadleigh, Skyler Greene, Griff Fulton, and location scouted by the District’s own Josh Carr-Hilton for the EP’s title track “Borrowed Lives”. That whole period of my life was quite an adventure, thankfully I’m fully recovered and am a lot more cautious around trees.
- Pierce

Stay album cover — Tried again to have a consistent artwork style...

Our Fragment album cover — ...and again decided that it wasn't that cool haha.

Rush Over Me album cover — Seven Lions has always been an idol of mine so it was great working with him. I had asked him to work on a remix of one of my songs and during the course of that he sent over a vocal from Haliene that would become Rush Over Me. Trevor (Said the Sky) had known him previously so the three of us ended up bouncing the track back and forth for awhile until it became what it is today.

- Nick

Parental Advisory Explicit Content album cover

In My Head (Joe Mason Remix) album cover

Fractures (feat. Nevve) album cover — Awake Rollout Starts

Life in Boxes album cover — Life in Boxes was the most genuine project I had ever made, as it spoke of something pure within me. It was mostly about the insecurity I was facing in my life, and how important redemption is. I made an extremely ambient, post rock inspired electronic album, as I felt it was possibly the last album I'd ever make. I was incredibly surprised to find the MrSuicideSheep not only loved the album, but actively helped me achieve my vision for the project. I wanted to have an album that flowed from track to track, as well as an accompanied animated album mix. We worked on the vision for a while and I'm glad it turned out so well, as the album really speaks to people on a deeper emotional level.

- Yoe

Pure Luck album cover — First Australian on the Label

Show & Tell album cover — Wide-Eyed Rollout Begins

Beretta Lake (Listen2Liri Remix) album cover

Where I Won't Be Found album cover — **Signing a Seven Lions EP was pretty crazy, as we supported his first ever release on the channel, which was part of a remix competition for Above & Beyond.**

What Are You Doing Here (feat. Casey Breves) album cover

Fractures (Trivecta Remix)(feat. Nevve) album cover

09
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2017

Illenium wins Remix of the Year at EMAs with "Flume - Say It"

I was stoked to receive the Remix of the Year award from the first EMA's! This was also the day that 'Awake' officially released :) An exciting 24 hours for sure!

- Nick

Our Love album cover — The song 3:00 AM was originally a throwaway track, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to finish it and put it on the EP - but it ended up being the most successful song I’ve released to date.

-Ashton

11
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2017

First show of Awake Tour, with Illenium, Said The Sky, Echos and Dabin

This was the first tour I did with a live band and an actual full scale production. Also my first bus tour!

- Nick

This tour was so so much fun. I feel like I should have more to say about it, but all I really can say, is it was such a beautiful and humbling experience to be able to tour the country with my best friends, playing our music for people who enjoy it. I wouldn't trade that for the world!

- Trevor

Where I Won't Be Found (Remixes) album cover

who cares! album cover — Possibly our happiest release!

Crawl Outta Love (The Glitch Mob Remix) album cover

'Til the End album cover — Mitis' first album

Pyres album cover — Started working with Dabin

04
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2018

Illenium plays Coachella with Dabin & Said The Sky

One of my bucket list festivals. It had always been a dream of mine to play Coachella so to actually get the opportunity to do so was kind of surreal. Still one of my favorite sets I've ever played.

- Nick

Playing Coachella was crazy! By far the biggest stage I had ever played on. The whole experience was so great. During the week we all got to hang, do some swimming, played a bunch of ping pong... haha we actually brought our gaming computers out so we could set them up and play Rocket League or PUBG.

- Trevor

04
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2018

Illenium wins Songwriter of the Year Award 2018 "Crawl Outta Love"

I got the news that I'd won the ISC's Songwriter of the Year during Coachella and it was a total surprise for me. I worked with some great writers on this track and it made an amazing weekend even better.

- Nick

05
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2018

Dabin plays Electric Daisy Carnival

When I started creating electronic music, I told myself that if I worked hard enough, that one day I’d be able to play at a festival like EDC, so playing there was a huge milestone and personal victory for me. It’s a set I’ll never forget

- Dabin

06
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2018

Seeking Blue Livestream: Volume 1

BLUE: VOL 1 Livestream launched to raise donations for TWLOHA, the first of it's kind by YouTube Music Curation channels. Ultimately collecting $17,986.20 in donations in 12 hours.

Wide-Eyed album cover — Trevor's First Album

08
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2018

Said The Sky Wide-Eyed Tour Embark

The first show of the tour was in Hawaii, and it could not have been a better place to have my first tour show. Not only did we sell it out, the first song from the album I play is "All I Got". As soon as the verse came in, I heard what sounded like the entire crowd shouting "I TOLD YOU I WOULD COME BACK HOME". I think I kind of just start laughing, while fighting back tears, all while trying to not f*ck up playing piano. That moment was something I'll remember forever, and that moment is really when I realized that people out there did connect with my album, and I was on the right track.

- Trevor