Latest Release
- OCT 11, 2024
- 7 Songs
- Talk That Talk (Deluxe) · 2011
- Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 1 · 2017
- This Is What You Came For - Single · 2016
- Motion · 2014
- How Deep Is Your Love - Single · 2015
- Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 1 · 2017
- Motion · 2014
- 18 Months · 2011
- One Kiss - Single · 2018
- 18 Months · 2012
Essential Albums
- Even Calvin Harris might not recognize the Calvin Harris of this debut; the Scottish DJ bears little resemblance here to the EDM superstar he became. Rather, I Created Disco is the work of an artist in the mold of LCD Soundsystem: ragged, cheeky, and deceptively lo-fi. More akin to Devo than Diplo, the album is a beautiful mess of analog beats and vintage synths. "Colours" features a cheeky Harris singing over an 8-bit disco groove, while "Love Souvenir" is a chirping experimental slow jam. Disco's willful tackiness is part of its charm, as in the macho braggadocio and roller-rink beats of "The Girls." Harris' artistry is in evidence, but the signature EDM sound of songs like "Feel So Close" had yet to coalesce.
Albums
Artist Playlists
- How one man transformed pop with dance dynamics and soulful hooks.
- Eye-candy fantasies from a chart-topping dance-pop mastermind.
- Get energized with the dance music icon’s most inspiring tracks.
- Get to know the electro-giant away from his own hits.
- From hits to deep cuts, breaking down the samples that have inspired one of music’s most vital artists.
- Grab the mic and sing along with some of their biggest hits.
Appears On
- “Slide” was a meeting of the minds for four genius artists.
- The DJ speaks to Zane Loweabout “Miracle” with Ellie Goudling.
- The artist on 'Funk Wav Bounces, Vol 2.'
- The artist on his new track “Potion” with Dua Lipa & Young Thug.
- The latest in dance music, plus Calvin Harris and Jax Jones.
- Roddy Ricch on "Late At Night" and a chat with Calvin Harris.
- The Canadian opens up on her 6LACK collaboration "Imported."
About Calvin Harris
Talk about an unexpected career trajectory. In 2007, 23-year-old Calvin Harris released I Created Disco, a cheeky shot across dance music’s bow that presented him as Scotland’s brow-arched answer to LCD Soundsystem. Fast-forward a few years, and the scruffy fellow playing house-party host in the “Merrymaking at My Place” video is suddenly baring oil-slicked abs on Emporio Armani billboards. What happened, of course, is that Harris (born Adam Richard Wiles in 1984) traded up from the Amiga computer of his teens, developed some of the best studio chops in the business with deep-house rollers like 2013’s “Thinking About You,” and helped spark EDM’s pop crossover with hits for Rihanna, Florence Welch, Ellie Goulding, and others. Along the way, he became one of the 2010s’ first DJ/producer/songwriter polymaths to earn top billing even on the songs in which he didn’t sing. No stranger to pyro-lit main stages—his percussive, synth-strafed 2014 single “C.U.B.A” is big-room house at its most gargantuan—Harris has resisted getting boxed into any one sound. On 2017’s Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 1, he lays down a set of slinky R&B jams for Frank Ocean, Migos, and Young Thug, while the 2018 singles “Promises,” with Sam Smith, and “One Kiss,” with Dua Lipa, proved just how versatile his vision of pop can be. And for anyone needing more proof, look no further than Harris’ return to the studio with Goulding—“Miracle” and “Free”—both of which appear on 2024’s 96 Months and revel in ’90s trance and breakbeat hardcore vibes.
- GENRE
- Dance