After more than a decade in the scene, Jauz is retiring his project for the foreseeable future.
The globally recognized EDM producer announced the move in a “short and sweet” statement posted to Instagram today, revealing that his upcoming show at Academy LA will be a retrospective set, spanning his recent work and the early records that launched him to acclaim in the mid 2010s.
“After these next few shows, I’ll be taking a break from playing shows or putting out music as JAUZ for the foreseeable future,” Jauz wrote. “With that in mind, it only felt right to do a proper Retrospective type set for my show at Academy this weekend, in the city that made all my wildest dreams a reality. A truly extended set for my day ones and OG sharksquad, featuring the records that shaped my career from 2014 all the way to today.
The producer and DJ—born Sam Vogel—went on to confirm that he’s “not going away forever.” Rather, he wrote, “I’m closing the chapter on this part of my career and life to make way for what comes next.”
Laying claim to bangers like “Feel the Volume,” “Gassed Up,” and “Mercy,” Jauz has remained one of the EDM scene’s foremost figures since he burst onto the scene in 2014, producing an array of bass house, trap, and dubstep hits released by Mad Decent, Spinnin Records, OWSLA, and other influential labels at the time of EDM’s first commercial explosion.
Read Jauz’s full statement in the post below.
Featured image courtesy: Jauz. Credit: Eddie Soto.