Le Castle Vania is an American electronic dance music project created by
Atlanta-based
DJ Dylan Eiland.[1]
Background
Eiland began DJing at warehouse parties and
raves in Atlanta at age 16.[1] He adopted the name "Le Castle Vania" with the release of his remix for Snowden's song "Black Eyes" in 2006.[2] From 2007 to 2012, Le Castle Vania hosted the "Fuck Yesss" indie electronica dance parties at venues such as The Drunken Unicorn and Masquerade in Atlanta.[3]
Eiland uses a simple setup, including a
laptop computer, a mixer, and two
turntables.[4] He writes his songs on his laptop, often while traveling on airplanes, and prefers to play a larger number of his original work compared to his remixes.[4] At one point, his remix of
Black Eyes by
Snowden was the most requested song at a
New Zealand radio station.[4] He has also remixed songs by
Daft Punk,
Kaskade, and
Klaxons.[5]
The sound of Le Castle Vania is specifically intended to avoid the common southern influence of
crunk, and focuses primarily on
Euro-electro influences.[6]
In 2008,
URB Magazine included Le Castle Vania in their list of "Next 100" artists to watch.[7]
In 2014, Eiland contributed to the soundtrack of the film
John Wick with 4 original songs. He had returned to compose original music for John Wick: Chapter 2 as well as making a cameo appearance as a DJ in the film. In 2023, Eiland returned to the John Wick franchise as a contributor for the soundtrack of its fourth film installment; John Wick: Chapter 4.
On October 21, 2015, Eiland contributed three new songs to the video game Payday 2 as a part of the game's yearly anniversary event, Crimefest, and later contributed two more songs in October 2018 as part of that year's Crimefest, dubbed "Breaking News."
In 2016 his song "Play Loud" was featured in the film "I.T." starring Pierce Brosnan.
Related projects
Eiland is the founder of Always Never, an electronic music
record label and music/nightlife event production company.
He is the founder of the Fuck Yesss party held in Atlanta, Georgia.[8]
He has a side project called Lies In Disguise. Eiland also releases more bass-music-oriented productions under the alias Twin Moons.
Discography - Le Castle Vania
"The Phantom" (featuring Man 3 Faces)
"Himmel und Hölle" EP (From
John Wick: Chapter 4 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Blood Flows" (with One True God and Roniit)
"To The Edge" (with Justcuz and Featuring Akylla)
"Shut Up And Listen" (with LUMBERJVCK)
"Waiting For You" (with HIGHSOCIETY)
"The Journey" (with SKUM)
"Bad Company" (with One True God)
"Keep Breathing"
"Confirmed Thrills" (from the game Payday 2)
"Solaris Rerez" (from the game Solaris Offworld Combat)
"D.O.A"
"After Image" (featuring Mariana Bell)
"Pray For My Enemies" (with Hyper)
"Operation Black Light" (from the game Payday 2)
"Komputer Problems" (with Gigantor)
"Freak"
"The Otherside"
"Tape Blaster" (with Addison)
"Payday" EP (from the game Payday 2)
"I Want You / What We Do" (with Addison)
"You Know My Name" EP (with LUMBERJVCK)
"Feels Like Fire" EP
"LED Spirals" (Extended Version) (From John Wick Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)