HOLLY (DJ)

During this period, HOLLY released his music on a number of independent music labels, including Buygore,[13] Fool’s Gold Records,[14] Dim Mak Records,[15] and Monstercat.[16]

In 2019 HOLLY performed around the world at festivals including Coachella,[17] EDC Las Vegas,[9] and EDC Korea,[8] and released the EP "Alameda 1000" that features collaborations with Bloody Beetroots, A$AP TyY and Gunplay.[18] He also produced part of the "Blue Man Group" Speechless soundtrack[19] and worked on ProfJam's album #FFFFFF, which went platinum in Portugal.[20] HOLLY also produced for the rappers Joey Purp, Kami, Slow J, LE of EXID and Kappa Jotta.[21][22][23] In 2019 he was highlighted by Billboard Dance as an emerging artist, describing his sound as ‘tough, but sophisticated and often experimental bass that often properly pummels.’[24] HOLLY also released official remixes for TOKiMONSTA, ZHU and Alison Wonderland in 2019.[9][25]

In 2020 HOLLY released the collaborative project "Berry Patch" with Machinedrum,[26] collaborated with Zeds Dead,[27] Slushii,[28] UZ[29] and co-produced the Grammy Nominated album "Planet's Mad" with Baauer.[12] He also did production on Machinedrum LP "A View Of U" released on Ninja Tune.[30] HOLLY additionally produced a number of hip-hop projects such as CL, Dok2, Lee Hi, Jay Park, Ramengvrl, AK AusserKontrolle, Wet Bed Gang and Kembe X.[31][32][33]

In 2020 HOLLY released the bass-heavy mixtape Dark Skies & Holy Grail,[34] a collection of 11 tracks made between the United States and HOLLY's hometown in Portugal.[35] HOLLY described Dark Skies as a metaphor for how he saw the world at the time of making the project- with 'Dark Skies' representing the difficulties that we face in order to conquer our dreams, and dreams being represented by 'Holy Grail'.[36]

The mixtape includes collaborations with Baauer,[37] UnoTheActivist,[38] OG Maco,[35] Ugly Duck, Sebastian Reynoso, RahRah,[39] TOKiMONSTA[40] and TEARZ.[41] The project also features a collaboration with Mac P Dawg and SUFFER GRiM, on the track "Fridays Night". HOLLY and Mac P Dawg met in Los Angeles where they wrote the song together, and two weeks after the session Mac P Dawg passed away killed due to gun violence. HOLLY and Mac P Dawg's family mutually decided to go ahead with releasing the track with all proceeds donated to Mac's family.[42][39]

As part of the project HOLLY collaborated with the fashion designer and stylist Alexandra Moura,[43] and also did mixes for BBC Diplo & Friends[44] and Complex.[45]

Songs produced and co-produced by HOLLY