Panic City

California DJ/producer Panic City blends various house styles with elements of hip-hop, techno, and garage. Since emerging in the early 2010s, he's become known for collaborations with acts including 219 Boys and Miles Media and for numerous remixes, including songs by Daft Punk, Zedd, and Tove Lo. Born in Oakland and raised in Union City, the artist known as Panic City was DJ'ing in the Bay Area when he was offered an opening spot for Andrew B., who continued to act as his mentor in his early years. Panic City eventually got the attention of record labels for doing his own mixes of requested hits at his gigs. In 2011, he topped the Hype Machine chart with his remix of Steve Aoki and Afrojack's "No Beef," a collaboration with Supersede. Over the next couple of years, he followed it with remixes of artists spanning Daft Punk, Lana Del Rey, Diplo, and Zedd. The latter was a trap remix of "Find You" in partnership with GRAVES. Using samples of Calvin Harris' "You Used to Hold Me," Panic City's own production "Real Love" arrived in 2014, followed by "Bang Bang!," which was released by Dim Mak Records that August. With featured guests Kris Kiss, Reid Stefan, and Mike Taylor, Panic City's Up All Night EP followed on Dim Mak in 2015. That year, he also issued remixes of Tove Lo, Tori Kelly, and Syn Cole. Still with Dim Mak, in 2016 Panic City released "O.A.K.L.A.N.D.," and the producer's 2017 output included "Get Higher," a collaboration with CLB. The same year he also partnered with Miles Medina on a remix of Kehlani's "Undercover" and an original production, "Ball Is Life." A fruitful affiliation with San Francisco's 219 Boys began later in 2017 with "Want U 2 Bounce," released by Audiophile XL. He partnered with 219 Boys again on 2018's "Steeze," issued on the Night Bass compilation This Is Night Bass, Vol. 6, as well as on a remix of P-Lo's "Same Squad."
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