“For me, it was the most accessible thing, to start picking up something like drums as opposed to something like electronic music. After playing in metal and punk bands throughout middle school and high school, Montalvo turned to producing in his late teens.
The 24-year-old Lompoc, California native currently resides in Santa Barbara, California, and began making music when his father first brought him home a Macintosh and keyboard at age 7.
‘Fast’ is an understatement for how things have been moving as Montalvo’s popularity skyrockets among fans of both trance, dubstep, and everything in between. A brand-new producer coming in blazing hot thanks to an official endorsement from super-group Above & Beyond (currently number 5 on the world’s Top 100 DJs), Seven Lions is about to embark on his first-ever tour supporting his fellow young dub-superstars Gemini, Koan Sound, and Bassex. “A man of very few words, Seven Lions, nee Jeff Montalvo, chooses to let his basslines do the talking for themselves.